Our 2012 Backlog slog continues with a trip into the blasted wastelands of id Software’s Rage.
Pictured: agony and swelling. Note that I”m not holding my mouth open, I’m actually trying to close it.
Well hello, dear readers! A series of unfortunate events knocked us out of commission for a while (a dead power supply, coupled with getting sick, topped off with a heaping helping of having a piece of my jaw removed), but guess what: we’re back! Our two weekly features (Classic Mondays and The Weekend Album) should come back next week, but other new posts will start appearing today!
Speaking of today, the next entry in our Backlog 2012 series will go up, covering the id Software game Rage. What else is in store? Well, while yours truly was swelled up with teeth that felt like a redneck’s mouth, I watched enough movies to make the AFI jealous. With that in mind, look for a cornucopia of movie and TV show reviews, as well as a couple of mobile game reviews.
Also, Torchlight II’s release is imminent, so look for our review to go up sometime early next week!
The 90s were the golden age of point-and-click adventure games. An excellent but relatively unknown entry in the genre was Robot City.
Image obtained from Retro-Treasures
When most people think about the NES version of Ninja Gaiden, they usually think about the brutal difficulty, or the wall-clinging abilities of Ryu Hayabusa, or the extremely well done cutscenes. But what about the soundtrack?
Rounding out the Holy Quadrilogy of RPGs on the SNES (Secret of Mana, Secret of Evermore, Final Fantasy III (aka VI), and Chrono Trigger), Secret of Evermore offered up gorgeous graphics, a story that spanned the breadth of your imagination, and a hauntingly beautiful soundtrack that still gives me goosebumps to this day.
20 years ago, The Lawnmower Man presented a variety of moral conundrums and predictions about the use of technology. The question is, are those conundrums and predictions still relevant?
Nightmares on Wax produces some of the best head-nodding, foot-tapping, chilled-out downtempo tunes you could ever hope to find. Mind Elevation, their fourth LP, will calm your nerves, relax your body, and chill out your very soul.
Impressive special effects, large set pieces, and a keen eye for future technology are the highlights of this entertaining film from 1935.
In this week’s Classic Mondays feature, we take a look at the 1996 turn-based strategy PC classic Deadlock: Planetary Conquest.
