A quick one before the weekend

The NES was one of the first gaming systems that I ever played and I’ll never forget the hundreds of hours I spent sitting in front of the TV with this thing in my paws, trying time and again to beat Super Mario Bros. 2. Thinking about it now, I’m not sure if I ever did actually complete that game. I remember gripping the controller so tightly during those particularly difficult later stages that I’d force an impression of its cornered edges into my little hands. Sometimes I would apply such pressure that I’d actually bruise. I also head-butted my Gameboy while playing Wario once, but that’s an altogether different story.

A Billion in the Bank

Every day for the last year, I have bought the exact same £100,000-prize-scratch-card. With the exception of a few small wins (my largest was £10), as yet, I haven’t struck it rich. It is now getting to the point whereby I am no longer buying the tickets with the hope of winning the jackpot but…

A Binge in 1990’s Video Gaming

Here is my utterly biased list of the games that represent the cream of the crop as far as overlooked 1990’s games are concerned. CYBERNATOR (1992 SNES) Released Masaya as part of a series of futuristic robotic war games during the 1990’s, Cybernator was an addictive post apocalyptic, run-and-gun platformer. In the game, two warring governments fight…