Noseblud

In recent months I played a lot of Age of Empires 2: Age of Kings.
And during the Attila campaign i came across this:

Somehow the anime geek in me will never find this not funny.

Face Facts

Well Red Dead Redemption 2 has been out for a while now.
Thus the excitement and anticipation in the lead-up to it's release now seems a distant memory. ]
I suppsoe that's to be expected with any game relased, but there's something i wnat answered.

Has anyone correctly identified the characters in the promo art?

 Original image located here. Accessed 21st January 2018

I remember this being a big deal, with people trying to match names to the faces (I tried it myself) but now we've had the time to get to know these characters, with recognizing famailiar faces and being introduced to new ones. So has anyone put names to the faces?

No Tickets to Paradise

During the holiday period, i came across something that made me irate:

Original video located here. Accessed 18th January 2019

Admittedly, Nintendo's lawsuit against various ROM sites (including Emuparadise) is news to me. Somehow, I have not been keeping abreast with the emulation front since I've been playing old games that have been easily accessible (via Virtual Console, Steam, and GoG).

I am however disgusted with this hostility towards emulation. For me, emulation is providing a vital service in preserving old games and making them readily available - even in the face of companies who are doing nothing of the sort and subsequently getting irate and bringing in the lawyers.

Little counter-productive don't cha think?

No doubt this fracas will result in some bad PR for Nintendo. And may make the topic of emulation a greater talking point than previously. So it would be interesting to see what will happen in the aftermath of this.....

Return of the Dragon

Happy New Year!

So here we are: Another year, and another series of posts to fill up a blog that flat out refuses to die. 

So to kick things off for 2019, this was something that caught my eye during the holiday period: Panzer Dragoon 1 and 2 will be getting a remake.  

This is good news for me. Whilst it does present hope that the fabled Saga may be following suite (admittedly however slim), the real treat is that Sega have made a big step in acknowledging their post-Megadrive history and are making some of their lesser-known/overlooked classics in a new light. I heard rumours that Sega were considering dusting off some old IP and here, we have some proof to back it up

So, there's some hope for 2019. So lets see if that potential is met....