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Action movie parody 'Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon' becomes an actual live-action movie trailer

By Adi Robertson on May 8, 2013 02:53 pm + 19 comments

Retro sci-fi shooter Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon is an over-the-top take on '80s and '90s action movies Continue reading…
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Point and click to take down Nixon in 'Watergate: The Video Game'

By Sam Byford on May 6, 2013 10:48 pm + 2 comments

Bob Woodward, the Washington Post reporter whose work with Carl Bernstein on the Watergate scandal Continue reading…
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Retro shooter 'Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon' gets an amazing Saturday morning cartoon treatment

By Adi Robertson on April 13, 2013 07:46 pm + 37 comments

Is there a point at which self-aware irony breaks down, and we're forced to recognize that Continue reading…
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'Evoland' is a playable history of gaming, from 8-bit to HD

By Andrew Webster on April 5, 2013 10:20 am + 38 comments

When you first start playing Evoland, it doesn't look all that impressive. The pixelated visuals are Continue reading…
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How 'Retro City Rampage' finally came to the NES

By Jacob Kastrenakes on March 1, 2013 10:28 am + 13 comments

Plenty of modern games have retro graphics — but how many could actually run on an old console? R Continue reading…
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1980s Samsung ads predict a 2010s future of robot game shows and healthy steaks

By Sam Byford on February 21, 2013 02:14 am + 10 comments

Samsung's present marketing may range from international insanity to brazen innuendo, but it's Continue reading…
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Sega returns with classic console-themed laptops

By Sam Byford on February 15, 2013 04:49 am + 48 comments

It's not quite the Dreamcast 2, but for hardware-starved Sega fans it'll have to do: the former Continue reading…
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Play this: 'Corrypt' is a fiendishly difficult box-pushing game with a twist

By Aaron Souppouris on January 28, 2013 04:05 am + 7 comments

Corrypt is an award-winning puzzle game from Michael Brough, the prolific indie dev behind the Continue reading…
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Nintendo working on a Wii U Virtual Console for classic gaming

By Ben Kersey on January 10, 2013 06:07 pm + 26 comments

One of the most popular features of the original Wii was the Virtual Console, allowing gamers to Continue reading…
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Pentax introduces retro-styled point-and-shoot with a brass body and strong low-light capability

By Nathan Ingraham on January 7, 2013 09:37 am + 16 comments

Camera design has been moving retro for several years now, and Pentax's new MX-1 point-and-shoot is Continue reading…