Happy 40th Birthday, Ms. Pac-Man!
Ms. Pac-Man was first released in arcades on the 13th of January 1982 – and remains one of the finest arcade games of all time (don’t just take my word […]
Review: Namco Museum Collection 2 (Evercade Cartridge 06)
In my review of the fifth cartridge in the Evercade’s growing library – the Atari Collection 2 – I lamented the fact that the very first compilation released for the […]
Review: Namco Museum Collection 1 (Evercade Cartridge 02)
Having already reviewed the first cartridge in the Evercade’s growing library, the Atari Collection 1, it’s now the turn of the second compilation: Namco Museum Collection 1. As the cartridge […]
Board Game Review: Monopoly Arcade – Pac-Man
You can purchase Monopoly Arcade – Pac-Man from Amazon here. I’m not a huge fan of standard Monopoly, as I find it to be a very outdated design that’s far […]
Review: Pac-Man 256
Though it’s been around for some time – having been released in 2015 for Android and iOS – I decided to reacquaint myself with Pac-Man 256 following the 40th birthday of the perenially popular yellow dot-muncher. It’s a superb little game; essentially a Pac-Man meets Crossy Road endless runner (which is no coincidence – Hipster Whale developed both Crossy Road […]
The Origin of Q*bert’s Name – and Other Stories
I always wondered how Q*bert got his name. For many years, that kind of information was at best very difficult to uncover and a much more laborious process than it […]
Games of My Life: Pac-Man – Arcade/Various
Pac-Man’s 39th birthday was yesterday, so I wanted to get some words out there about the enduring yellow legend. The cultural impact of Pac-Man can’t be overstated. Here was a […]
8-Bit Box: Pixoid – Board Game Review
The 8-Bit Box from IELLO is an incredibly appealing concept. Billing itself on the box as ‘the first generation board game console’, it’s a collection of games lovingly homaging classic […]
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