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The Most Difficult Arcade Games – Ever!

The Most Difficult Arcade Games – Ever! Arcade games, or Coin-Ops were designed to punish you, and be insanely brutal. These games were designed like this for the sole purpose of eating as many of your precious coins as possible. While all Arcade games bear this mark, some of the games were exceptionally or unreasonably hard; making them virtually...
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The 5 Most Disastrously Copied Video Games

The 5 Most Disastrously Copied Video Games The world of video games is one of infinite imagination. Unfortunately the world of business is to imagination what the Planet of the Apes is to bikini waxing. And when these worlds collide, you get what happens when any two planets collide: big explosions and the exact opposite of the creation of new...
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Let’s Talk About The Xbox One

Let’s Talk About The Xbox One Since the reveal of the Xbox One on Tuesday things have gone from bad to worse for the gaming community. Microsoft continues to make announcements to the press, with more detail in every interview they do, that continue to devalue the Xbox One entertainment device. Entertainment Device? Portlandian,...
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Nolan Bushnell’s Axlon Andy Robot Auction

Nolan Bushnell’s Axlon Andy Robot Auction Many of you know Nolan Bushnell as one of the founding fathers of the video game industry as we know it.  With the help of Ted Dabney, he launched Atari way back in 1972 after the introduction of the first coin-operated arcade game, Computer Space and the rest as they say is history.  It wasn’t long...
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Doing Away with Escorts: A Modern Gaming Trope

Doing Away with Escorts: A Modern Gaming Trope So few gameplay elements in past titles would aggravate me more than dealing with helpless escorts. One example I always refer back to is Ashley in Resident Evil 4. Her double whammy character traits of being a defenseless target and whiny brat came to define everything gamers lamented in these types of...
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