MEGA MAN
merritt k Jul 18, 2022. 2 minute read
Nuts and Bolts: Mega Man X’s Dash Into the Future
In 1993, Mega Man made the leap from the NES to the then-new SNES console, joining 8-bit series like Castlevania, The Legend of Zelda, and Final Fantasy on Nintendo’s new hardware. The somewhat confusingly-titled Mega Man X was named not after its numbering in the series, but the new player character, Mega Man X. It introduced…
READ MORE >merritt k Nov 12, 2019. 6 minute read
5 Classic Video Game Hazards, Psychoanalyzed
Editor’s Note: This piece originally appeared at Dorkly.com in January 2018. As long as there have been video games, there have been protagonists. And yet, these heroes cannot stand alone: without the obstacles which define them, they are little more than collections of pixels, imbued with neither bravery nor resolve.…
READ MORE >Jordan Mallory Aug 27, 2019. 2 minute read
Mega Man Zero/ZX Legacy Collection Warps onto Everything Next January
Good news for anyone that loves retro platforming, the future, and/or pretty boys with swords: Capcom today announced the Mega Man Zero/ZX Legacy Collection, a bundle of six games (mostly) staring everyone’s favorite bishie robo of yore, for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC. Available on January 21,…
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Anthony McGlynn Feb 11, 2019. 4 minute read
The Fight to Save Video Game History Starts in Basements and Garages
With the increasing emphasis on digital distribution, gaming preservation is more important than ever. Publishers certainly aren’t doing it for us. Rather, companies like Nintendo go to the very public effort of shutting down “ROM sites” — where digital backups of old games linger long after being abandoned by license…
READ MORE >Jordan Mallory Dec 11, 2018. 4 minute read
8 Items from Other Games That Should Be in Fortnite
This morning’s Fortnite patch put the Infinity Blade from Infinity Blade into Battle Royale mode, which is weird on it’s own, but Epic also de-listed all of the Infinity Blade games at the same time. Epic said that maintaining the Infinity Blade series has “become increasingly difficult for our team…
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