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ROMiniscing: Kid Chameleon (Genesis)
Superior [ Epic ] Legendary Before we resorted to classifying games in the megahybrid genre of “Action,” there was “Action-Adventure” and its sub-category - the iconic “Platformer.” These games were...
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ROMiniscing: Adventure (Atari 2600)
Superior [ Epic ] Legendary Naturally, Atari games set the standards for every style of video game we’ve come to love. Pitfall! is many people’s first Platformer and River Raid their first console...
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ROMiniscing: Ogre Battle: The March of the Black Queen (Super NES)
Superior [ Epic ] Legendary Final Fantasy Tactics and Disgaea brought the Tactical RPG to non-Japanese gamers, but the genre obviously predates these landmarks. With Fire Emblem establishing the genre...
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ROMiniscing: ActRaiser (Super NES)
[ Superior ] Epic Legendary There are only so many variations to the Platforming model, but when the market was saturated with this genre, we gamers were treated to every possible iteration. Whether...
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ROMiniscing: Maniac Mansion: Day of the Tentacle (PC)
Superior Epic [ Legendary ] When you talk about graphic adventure games, people have a lot of questions, not least of which is “What’s a graphic adventure game?” It’s baffling that such a fantastic...
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Evony: It’s official… worst ad campaign ever.
As a business major, I find myself questioning the marketing decisions of just about every company. How many people actually know what Aflac sells? Is Flo from the Progressive commercials funny to...
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Kingory is not copycat. (Evony\Civony v2.0)
It’s been a little over a month since I last beat the Evony\Civony dead horse. In that time, I’ve stumbled across posts that demonstrate the game’s plagiarism of art and text, as well as the...
View ArticleYouTube Round-Up: February 13, 2010
Welcome to the YouTube Round-Up, where contributors and editors of NFOpocalypse share their gaming videos and favorites. Have a suggestion for a video that should be featured here? Leave a comment!...
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Evony is dying a slow, painful death
If you’ve been following my sporadic Evony coverage, then you’ll be glad to know the game seems to be dying off. Whether as a result of bad press (look at all the links in the comments), their...
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Portal: Get it for free by May 24th
Great news about Steam: in anticipation of Portal 2 later this year, the device has been modified to dispense Portal for $0 until May 24th. If you haven’t played this yet, you absofuckinglutely must...
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