I came across this comic strip a week or so ago (but of course I forgot to post). It reminded me of my own (sometimes misplaced) nostalgia for older games.  They were marvelous for their time, but really hard to go back to these days (unless you are very persistent).

I came across last week's gamercat and it made me laugh, and ponder, a bit.  Why are nintendo titles generally not available at launch, under-stocked, and over-priced? Even old games for the DS are not cheap (sometimes they are cheaper on ebay used, but not always).  What gives?

The stuff one finds on YouTube! While looking up something else the other day I came across a compilation of all versions of Bloody Tears - the Castlevania theme song) from games that it's been composed in.  Here is the breakdown: Simons Quest: 0:00 Castlevania IV: 2:40 Bloodlines: 5:31 Dracula X: 7:18 Symphony of the Night: 9:47 Symphony of the Night (V2): 14:44 Legends: 20:15 Chronicles:

Back  when I was a teenager I was reading about this collaboration in the gaming magazines of the time (the few that I could afford to buy from the UK when I was living in Greece) and I could only imagine! Engadget did find one of these layout around the video is below.  Pretty cool to actually see one.  The rumors behind this (and the lack of internet to verify this info) also made

I love a good Mashup!This is a mashup I found posted by one of my Facebook friends depicting the metro system in Boston (what I use every day) as something from Super Mario World :-)  Too bad it doesn't include the commuter rail system ;-)