Posts By Randy D.

Most all of the best-known console brawlers from the 1980s and 1990s started in the arcades, notably led by Technos’ Double Dragon and Capcom’s Final Fight. However, in the 8-bit and early 16-bit era, fidelity was sometimes elusive. Final Fight, for …
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If you’ve followed my reviews here in the past, you know I love a good driving game. Part of the appeal is the music that goes along with it. Just …
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My first experience with the roguelike genre was in 1991, with Sega’s Dragon Crystal, a Game Gear launch title. Of course, at the time I didn’t know that’s what it …
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I’ve lived throughout the Southeastern United States, but the one city that I’ve called home for most of my life is Atlanta. It’s known for many things – its airport, …
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In the early ’80s, arcade gamers were happy to have moved past the era where games were black and white, or used tinted coverings on the cabinet to simulate color. …
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Three Fields Entertainment got its start when its two founders left Criterion Games after parent company Electronic Arts shifted Criterion’s franchise focus from Burnout to Need for Speed – away …
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The first examples of arcade racing games date back to the early 1970s. Like the gaming industry in general, racers have evolved as technology has, going from monochrome top-down racers …
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Two words strike fear into even the most jaded twenty-something: student loans. All that education and all that partying came with a price that makes its presence truly known just …
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Common sense moment – it’s generally regarded as bad form to consume alcohol prior to doing anything that requires good cognitive skills. Driving obviously comes to mind. Making important decisions, …
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When a science-fiction plot delves in time travel, the characters generally emphasize their efforts to not do anything that might alter the course of history. One such work is “A …
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