Next up in what was at the time “The Angry Nintendo Nerd” we have a review of Who Framed Roger Rabbit on the NES.
Angry Video Game Nerd Episode 4: Who Framed Roger Rabbit – Episode Review
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Game Player’s Gametape Vol. 1 No. 1
Getting back onto the video game scene, we have the first proper video in the Game Players magazine gametape series. There are about 10 of these to come, with me already having covered the Super Mario Bros. 2 tape, and the Power Glove tape. This video features the games Double Dragon, Bionic Commando, Milon’s Secret […]
EliteCon Was *gasp* A Success!
So, that convention down in Flordia, EliteCon, the one that everyone was saying would fail because it banned cosplay and wasn’t a “real convention” due to that, and not having other events? Yeah.. It was successful. Wanted to extend a heartfelt thank you to all of our excellent vendors, devoted volunteer staff, and most of […]
Angry Video Game Nerd Episode 3: The Karate Kid – Episode Review
With inspiration from his friend Mike, James makes another Bad NES Games style video to round the series out to a trilogy. Little did they know what they were creating when this review of The Karate Kid on NES was uploaded to YouTube.
The Computer Chronicles – Tax Preparation Software (1987)
It’s tax season, in case you didn’t know. Today, most people do their taxes online, via some preparation software or via a third-party service that invariably uses custom software, or some electronic filing system down the line. to get the actual data to the IRS. 30 years ago, however, it was a different story. Electronic […]
EliteCon – A Follow Up
I didn’t think I would need to write a follow up to the 1st EliteCon article (as seen here) but clearly since a couple of people can’t read (either between the lines or in general) it seems like I just have to address a few things that, for whatever reason, either were not understood in, […]
Bits and Bytes – Program 1: Getting Started
It’s time to head back to 1983, to a time when the PC as we know it was in its infancy, and the home computer market was still dominated by the likes of Commodore, Atari, Apple (pre Macintosh, mind you), and Tandy (at least, here in the North American market – it was a slightly […]
Game Player’s Gametape – Super Mario Bros. 2
Ah, Super Mario Bros. 2. A classic game, beloved by many. Not so much me – while I don’t hate the game, it honestly isn’t one I’m super fond of, or enjoy playing much. Still, it’s one hell of a game, with one hell of a story behind it. I’m not here to talk about […]
The Computer Chronicles – Apple II Forever (1988)
A decade after it’s release, the Apple II, one of the “holy trinity” of affordable microcomputers released in 1977, was still going strong. Constant updates and improvements kept these machines in use far beyond their original designed life, and beyond the life of 8-bit computers on a whole: I dare say in the early 90’s […]
Angry Video Game Nerd Episode 2: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde – Episode Review
Following up from the Castlevania II review, James takes a look at Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde, also on NES, to cap off his “Bad Video Games” film pair.
Xbox Game Pass – It Seems Alright To Me
Upon waking up today I looked through twitter, as I do every day, and found Xbox’s “Major Nelson” tweeting about a new service coming to the Xbox brand: Xbox Game Pass. https://majornelson.com/2017/02/28/introducing-xbox-game-pass-unlimited-access-to-more-than-100-games/ This is pretty straightforward service, from the looks of things: Pay about $10 a month and have a selection of full games to […]
Jim Sterling And The Digital Homicide Lawsuit Madness In His Own Words
In today’s episode of “The Jimquisition”, Jim Sterling finally told the story about Digital Homicide suing him over his covering of their video games on the Steam software distribution service. I covered Jim Sterling and Digital Homicide before, sharing a few videos on the subject – if you haven’t seen those articles, they are worth […]
The Computer Chronicles – Microchip Technology (1983)
In this very early episode of the Computer Chronicles, we take a look at computer chip technology in 1983. 34 years ago 8 and 16 bit CPU’s were dominant, RAM was measured still in the Kilobytes, sometimes megabytes for larger systems, and CMOS was an “emerging technology.” Thousands of transistors on a chip the size […]
Angry Video Game Nerd Episode 1: Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest – Episode Review
Always best to start at the beginning, and here we have the beginning of what would become the much loved Angry Video Game Nerd series, with James Rolfe’s rant about Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest, on NES.
March 2017 Xbox Live Games With Gold
You know the drill, a new month, a new set of 4 games, 2 for the Xbox one, and 2 for the Xbox 360, free with your Xbox Live Gold subscription. They may not always be the best games, but they don’t cost you anything extra beyond the price of the service (hence the use […]