Move aside, Pyramid Head–the gaming world has spoken, and there’s a new Scariest Game Character in town. Just in time for Halloween, blogger Chad Concelmo introduces us to the gaming baddie he fears above all others: Phanto, from Super Mario Bros. 2. Since this was my Mario game of choice as a kid, I’m inclined [...]
Sometimes, the best games are the ones we make ourselves. That’s the case with mod sensation Brutal Mario, a send-up of Super Mario World that introduces new complications and bosses from all across 16-bit history. Check it out:
I should probably be ashamed of myself, but I’m having too much fun. I still have a couple [...]
If you’re still stuck for a Halloween costume, have no fear! You can pay homage to one of the great SNES RPGs, EarthBound, and look like the coolest kid in Onett with the ‘Awesomeness Combo Pack’:
It is not too late to do a very serviceable Ness impersonation this Halloween, thanks to Fangamer, creators of the [...]
Most of you have probably already picked out your Halloween costumes, gone shopping for accessories, and planned out parties with all your friends. Of course, most of you are not me. If you’re anything like your favorite current Gameology editor (and right now, there’s only one!) you’ve waited until the last minute to pick out [...]
Capcom’s Keiji Inafune is one of the veterans of the game industry. His name might not be as recognizable as Sid Meier or Shigeru Miyamoto, but Inafune has essentially been there since the beginning. His career with Capcom goes as far back as Mega Man, and he’s been a key member of the team ever [...]
Consoles modded to play import games or offer increased portability are pretty sweet. It takes some real technical know-how to crack open the pearly white shell of a 360 and introduce capabilities outside the system’s original design. The whole culture of console modification is pretty interesting–there are people out there with a huge degree of [...]
If you’re into heavily-armored ladies blasting their way through legions of space pirates and alien parasites, then…you’re probably into Metroid. (If not, you should be!) Since her humble beginnings on the NES (back before most people knew she was female!), Samus Aran has been a hallmark of the sci-fi shooter, starring in run-and-gun classics across [...]
Video games are a battleground for legendary rivals. Pokemon Red vs Pokemon Blue. SNES versus Genesis. PC versus console gamers. These are conflicts that have shaped systems, games, and entire generations. One of the genres most familiar with this kind of rivalry is the 2D fighting game. In the heyday of the arcade, these games [...]
More than any other genre, the RPG has always revered its elders. The graybeards who created the swords-and-sorcery, number-crunching world of the modern RPG, and the ancients who enjoyed these first forays into the realm, are held in high esteem by newer converts. I’m more than a mere acolyte, but even I must submit to [...]
I like to think I was a pretty hardcore kid. I was never a huge asset on the soccer field, and I can’t shoot a marble to save my life, but when I had a controller in my hands, boy, I was going places. I wasn’t a prodigy or anything, but I knew what I [...]
