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Archive for the ‘Black And White’ Category

July 20th, 2008

Max Payne 2: More than meets the eye

While we’re on the subject of Max Payne …
Have you ever wondered how Max Payne and the gorgeous Mona Sax look like under all those layers of “graphic novel-like paint” in
Max Payne 2’s dialogue or cut scenes? Well, you need not wonder any longer. Feast your eyes on these before and after shots:
Before
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By Joel -- 1 comment

July 19th, 2008

Freaky! Max Payne can dance!

First off, let me take this opportunity to give b5media’s video games channel boss Mike Leaño a pat on the back for doing such a great job at whipping our sorry behinds keeping us all in top form. Actually, I’m just trying to butter him up because I need to borrow one of our favorite […]

By Joel -- 2 comments

July 6th, 2008

Whatever happened to Strategic Simulations Inc.?

I’ve been asking this question since the early 2000s, and I don’t know for the life of me why I didn’t bother looking the answer up with Google, or any other search engine for that matter. Maybe it’s because I don’t want to ruin the mystery. It turns out, however, that the disappearance of Strategic […]

By Joel -- 0 comments

June 15th, 2008

One on One Basketball: Dr. J and Larry Bird?

Yeah, my sentiments exactly—that is, if I belong to the generation of basketball fans (especially of the National Basketball Association) that only knows Shaquille O’Neal, Kobe Bryant, and Yao Ming. But I belong to the previous generation of basketball fans that idolizes Julius Erving, Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Michael Jordan.
Wait a minute […]

By Joel -- 0 comments

June 14th, 2008

Where in the World is Carmen San Diego? Apparently, everywhere

A few posts back, I answered fellow b5media video games channel blogger Aiza Bautista’s meme on what games I currently play. My answer included “a plethora of old video games, including Super Mario Brothers, Adventure Island, Where in the World is Carmen San Diego, and Contra. Well, I’ve talked about the first two and the […]

By Joel -- 1 comment

May 4th, 2008

Hard Hat Mack: Simple pattern for a simple game

Today’s generation of gamers have it easy. They’ve got dozens of gadgets at their fingertips and all the data they need to finish the games they play on these gizmos. Talk about spoonfeeding.
Yesterday’s generation, on the other hand, went through the haystack to find the needle, which represents information on how to solve difficult puzzles […]

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April 30th, 2008

Video game consoles, then and now

Did you know that there have been at least 63 video game consoles and personal computers in the past 50 years? Well, I didn’t … honestly. So imagine my surprise when I came across this video:

The author of this mish-mash, however, missed the entire Apple line of personal computers. I owned an Apple IIc, so […]

By Joel -- 1 comment

April 30th, 2008

Blast from the past: Egad! It’s the Coleco Telstar

Here’s another video featuring a television commercial for the Coleco Telstar Arcade, my first video game console. Sigh, wish my Coleco Telstar Arcade’s still in pristine condition. But that’s all it is, a wish, since the cartridges that contain the video games have been lost. So here’s a toast to this personal trip down memory […]

By Joel -- 0 comments

April 19th, 2008

Asteroids: It may be ancient but it’s still loads of fun

Is this what you’re talking about, Mike? I’m writing this post in reaction to shiny happy person (read: my boss) Mike’s comment on the E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial article. Let me quote him here for clarity’s sake:
Well, I did play this game back in the day. I never did like it then. I was too busy […]

By Joel -- 1 comment

March 16th, 2008

Archon: Battle chess, anyone?

How many of you have watched the Harry Potter movies? Okay. How many of you remember watching Harry and Ron Weasley play a round of Wizard Chess, with Hermione Granger commenting how barbaric the game is? No, this post is not about an old Harry Potter video game since the Boy Who Lived probably wasn’t […]

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