Latest Articles

Cuphead

The most easily noticeable thing about Cuphead is that it looks like an old cartoon. Indeed, the game has been

Emerald Dragon

This entry was written for the Japanese Video Game Obscurities book, which is currently being crowdfunded on Kickstarter. If you

Top 47,858 Games of All Time Episode 90: Star Fox, Um Jammer Lammy

DIRECT DOWNLOAD Join the HG101 gang as they dive under the rectangle, do a loop around the other rectangle, and

Venom & Spider-Man: Separation Anxiety

This entry is part 2 of 2 in the series Spider-Man & Venom

While he started as a villain, Venom’s popularity lead to his transformation into an anti-hero with multiple mini-series to his

Spider-Man & Venom: Maximum Carnage

This entry is part 1 of 2 in the series Spider-Man & Venom

For almost two decades following the advent of the NES, Japanese game companies generally dominated the arcade and console landscapes, while

Age of Empires III

When Ensemble Studios made the original Age of Empires in 1997, few seemed to expect that this Civilization-inspired work would

Primordial Pauline: How Did Mario’s First Girlfriend Get Her Name?

The story of how Mario got his name is fairly well known – in the original Japanese arcade release of Donkey

LOCALHOST

In 2017, game designer Sophia Park made waves with Arc Symphony, a game about a fictitious fan community from the

Top 47,858 Games of All Time Episode 89: Half-Life, Paradroid

DIRECT DOWNLOAD Join the HG101 gang as they crowbar their way toward that Nobel Prize for Physics. Patreon bonus for

Hybrid Front, The

This entry was written for the Japanese Video Game Obscurities book, which is currently being crowdfunded on Kickstarter. If you

Manage Cookie Settings