Arcade Spotlight: Playland in El Cerrito, CA
We're back with another edition of the Arcade Spotlight! This time we're traveling to the unknown town of El Cerrito in sunny southern California. Let's check it out!
Retro Games
25 Best Fighting Games
There are really two eras to consider when choosing the 25 Best Fighting Games. The first era starts shortly after the SNES was introduced and has its roots firmly in the arcades. This era brought us the classics that formed the fighting game genre as we know it
10 Best Sega Dreamcast Games
We miss you, Dreamcast. That's why writing the 10 Best Sega Dreamcast Games put a tear in our gaming eye. The Dreamcast is the Firefly of video game consoles -- short-lived, ahead of its time, and absolutely amazing
Artist vs Akuma in a Hand Drawn Fight to the Death
Everyone loves animation, especially the cartoonists who do the drawings. Except when the thing you're animating decides to fight back. In this case, it's Akuma vs the man who has created him.
25 Best Mega Man Games
One thing you’ll notice while going over this list of the 25 Best Mega Man games, is that many of these games are stamped with anniversary symbols. Lots of them were made in celebration of Mega Man’s 10th or 15th birthday
25 Things You May Not Know About Sonic the Hedgehog
Since we already did a 25 Facts You Didn't Know About Mario list, we figured it was only right to do a Top 25 Things You May Not Know About Sonic the Hedgehog list as well. After all, they are the oldest video game rivals in the history of ou
Top 25 Best 2D Platformers
The Top 25 Best 2D Platformers of gaming history are kind of a cyclical bunch. Half are great retro games from gaming's youth, while the other half are inspired indie titles that have decided to bring modern day gaming back to a more simple time
Final Fantasy vs. Dragon Warrior: Which JRPG Franchise is the Highest Level?
In the early days of console RPG, there were two big names: Squaresoft's Final Fantasy and Enix's Dragon Warrior. Things are different now, with Dragon Warrior becoming Dragon Quest, and both Square and Enix doing a fusion dance to create a new company, Square Enix, but these two franchises are still two of the largest JRPG names out there. Final Fantasy is primarily known for its spiky-haired heroes and chocobos, and Dragon Quest is known for, well, its slimes, but when it comes down to it which JRPG franchise is the best?
25 Facts You Didn’t Know About Mario
How can you make a top 25 Facts You Didn't Know About Mario list? Mario is perhaps the most popular video game mascot of all time. Surely we know everything about him, right? Wrong! There are tons of hidden factoids about Mario and his games
10 Awesomely Bad SNES Covers
The SNES had awesomely bad covers? They did. But at least they were original. We've had it up to here with today's video game box art. We don't want to sound like old men, but by golly ... they all look the same. Ba