Tag Archives: Arcade

If you were as inactive as I was growing up, then summer wasn’t a time for swimming or sunshine. That season away from school was for playing games, and that was just as true for vacations. I played a number of portable games on family vacations, but none are as …

Hair today, gone tomorrow Suspension of disbelief is something that’s simply inherent to playing video games. It’s a digital fantasy, so just roll with it, people! When it comes to character creation, artists have free reign, knowing that silly things like physics and gravity have no bearing on in-game costumes …

We have a long episode this week for two reasons. We spent a really long time going over the Top 7 and getting super nostalgic for gaming’s awesome past, and we included a lengthy interview with David Jaffe. Both are worth listening to, especially if you have fond memories of …

This was a crazy week. While Nintendo and Sony hid in their bunkers, Microsoft dropped a bomb regarding the Xbox One. If you haven’t heard about it yet, then you’re in for a suprise! If you have, well, then listen to us talk about it anyway. Hosts: Hollander Cooper, Henry …

Objects of desire Every year, the most powerful men and women in the games industry put themselves in the spotlight at E3 and other press events. So, naturally, our first thought was to make fun of them. It’s all good-natured, of course. We found a bunch of random objects that …

Electronic Arts’s favorite little engine is coming to mobile devices. The team behind the software revealed “Frostbite Go,” an initiative to bring the engine to EA’s mobile projects, on its new website (via NeoGAF). “One of our most exciting current projects is called Frostbite Go, a mobile division empowering EA …

It’s around this time of year that the new releases well starts to dry up. Don’t panic, though, because while May’s list of anticipated titles might look slim, it’s packed with more than a few surprises, including radical DLC for Far Cry 3, Metro: Last light’s debut, Donkey Kong’s first …

Welcome to the city, there are spoilers here “There is always a lighthouse, there’s always a man, there’s always a city.” According to BioShock Infinite, these are the constants in an infinite universe of variables. In every world the cycle will repeat in one form or another, and there will …

This week was light for reviews, but heavy on news worth blabbing about. Hear us talk about an always-online Xbox 360 (and a currently offline Microsoft employee), as well as the new Batman game, which we’re hoping will give us ample opportunities to punch people in the head. Hosts: Hollander …

As you may have heard LucasArts is no more (opens in new tab), and we’re celebrating it’s passing by creating a Jedi funeral pyre in this week’s RadarPlays Retro. We plugged in a favorite from our childhood, Super Return of the Jedi, and found out it was way harder than …