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Archive for the ‘Sony’ Category

August 28th, 2008

Age-old debate: Joystick versus other controllers

I’ve been a big fan of joysticks since I first took hold of that shaft attached to a flat box which made up the main controller for the Atari 2600. This healthy respect for the joystick as a video game controller went up a notch in the late 80s when arcades started sprouting in my […]

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August 24th, 2008

Another take on the history of video games

Here’s yet another take on the history of video games:

Great production. Hey, what else can I say? Wait! I need to ask this question: Why the hell did the video jump from the 1980s to the 1990s? I’m sure I am not the only one asking this.

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August 17th, 2008

The video game console controller ‘family tree’

Ever wonder how the modern video game console controller came to be? Well, thanks to the ingenious Sock Master, we now have a pretty good idea. Here’s a little tidbit from his “study” entitled “Sock Master’s Game Console Controller Family Tree”:
How did the current home-console controllers come to be? How have they evolved? You may […]

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August 13th, 2008

Making Lara Croft go boom!

I’ve been paying extra attention to one of video gamedom’s most beloved heroine’s of late, first on my PC and then on my neighbor’s rickety Playstation. I’m a late bloomer when it comes to Tomb Raider, you see—I only started noticing Lady Lara Croft’s, uhmm, video games when they were already classified as classics. Duh.
Anyway, […]

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August 10th, 2008

Video game console collection on video

Unfortunately, the consoles in the video aren’t mine. Boohoo. At least I get to reminisce. It’s wonderful to know that there are video game fanatics out there who have preserved their consoles.
Sigh. My collection isn’t complete anymore. My old Coleco Telstar Arcade is in shambles … the only intact things that came with the original […]

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July 31st, 2008

Boss battles: Truly inspiring

Talk about inspiring. I’ve just finished my daily rounds of Internet video publishing websites and found this classic video on YouTube featuring the different boss fights of yesteryear. Contra! Mega Man! Castlevania! Legend of Zelda! Punch Out! Sigh. Let me just shut up and dish out the video:

Whew! Makes me wanna bring out the Super […]

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July 31st, 2008

The History of Video Games in two minutes

I’m currently watching a video on the history of video games by YouTube user applemctom, and my wife, Joyce, keeps asking me why I know majority of the games featured in the video. I guess my video games addiction is finally showing, eh? To test my mettle, I tried to list down in order all […]

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July 30th, 2008

The Gaming Historian: Now this is edutainment

I’ve found this neat video on the Video Games Crash of 1983 by Normal Caruso, and all I can say after watching it from start to finish is, “Whoa!” Well, if we believe all points that Norman raised in the video, particularly the supposed factors that contributed to the fall of the video games industry […]

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July 30th, 2008

How you look like while playing video games

Ever wonder what you look like while playing your favorite video games on your equally favorite console?

Hey, don’t laugh. I’m sure that’s exactly what you did when you were younger. Heck, you still may be doing “the moves.” Makes you wonder, eh, if this is the reason why the guys up at Nintendo developed the […]

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July 6th, 2008

Street Fighter: More Touch of Death combos

Picking up from where we left off, I was talking about Ken Masters’ Touch of Death combo on Street Fighter II. After a few tries (I’m trying to master it, but my fingers are kind of stiff, having been overused in MMORPGs), I’m thoroughly convinced that you can do a Touch of Death combo with […]

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