The Grammy award-winning The 8-Bit Big Band and Lawrence are releasing a new cover of the Marvel vs Capcom 2 song “I Wanna Take You for a Ride.” It’s been covered many times by the VGM community, but in this instance, new verses and a bridge accompany the admittedly repetitive tune. Yo! @lawrencetheband x The …
The early days of reality television were embarrassing for all of us. Actually, no, reality television is still embarrassing for us. Every time I visit my parents, where they still have cable, there’s some show about detailing cars or antiquing that is on TV. Fear Factor was something special, though. I don’t mean that in …
Licensed games have tried their damnedest to nail the original theme songs and other aspects of film scores. Horror games are no different, and we’ve seen plenty of successful examples over the years. Going as far back as the tinny notes of Halloween on Atari 2600, there’s something about the limitations that make these soundtracks …
There was a time when print media and pixel art were like peanut butter and jelly. Before the advent of polygon-based graphics and online storefronts, nearly every game was made from chunky grids of color, and at retail, every game came with a printed instruction manual showing how to play it. Flash forward to 2023, …
If you’re unfamiliar with the Battletoads, it was a series of games that Rare made before they started to make good games. Hey-oh! I’ve probably already lost half of you, but it was worth it. For the rest of you who remain, I’m mostly kidding. Mostly. I think history is misremembering Battletoads as a landmark …
Atari just announced for the company’s once-ubiquitous 2600 console. You read that right. A gaming console that counts 1982 as its most successful year is releasing another new cartridge in the year 2023. The game-in-question is called Save Mary and was actually developed during the console’s golden years, before being shelved when the 2600 went …
The life of a retro gamer is one fraught with delight and frustration. Chasing the unique feeling of waiting years while someone develops a new game for your vintage console of choice in their spare time. But the delight, when it lands, makes it all worth it. Conversely, watching someone snipe your eBay bid for …
Sotheby’s If you’re a devoted Apple fan and proudly sport an iPhone, Apple Watch, and AirPods, why not complete the ensemble with a pair of exclusive Apple-branded sneakers? Recently, the auction house Sotheby’s listed a pair of these retro shoes for the staggering price of $50,000. According to the listing, these sneakers were specially created …