November 2018

November 29, 2018 EGM Awards

Electronic Gaming Monthly's Best & Worst Awards of 1991

Episode #3 - 1991 was the year when Silence of the Lambs swept the Oscars. It's one of only three movies that won the Big Five categories, that is actor, actress, writing, director and best picture. Another sweep ...
November 27, 2018 EGM Awards

Electronic Gaming Monthly's Best & Worst Awards of 1990

Episode #2 - 1990 was the year when In Living Color upset the long-running Saturday Night Live at the Emmys. It was also the year that gave us Oscar-winning movies Ghost and Dances With Wolves, all while "U Can't ...
November 26, 2018 Game Over

Story Breakdown: Valis II (TurboGrafx-CD)

Episode #37 - Valis is one of my favorite 16-bit action franchises of all time. Not because it's the best looking or playing side-scroller you'll ever see, but rather because the story kicks ass, the cinemas are ge...
November 22, 2018 EGM Awards

Electronic Gaming Monthly's Best & Worst Awards of 1989 (Pil...

Episode #1 - 1989 was that year that gave us Oscar-winning movies like Driving Miss Daisy and Dead Poets Society. It was also the year when Bette Midler's "Wind Beneath My Wings" cleaned up at the Grammys and Chee...
November 19, 2018 Game Over

Story Breakdown: The Addams Family (TurboGrafx-CD)

Episode #36 - This week brings us Thanksgiving, which is a time when we get together with family and celebrate all of the best things in life. In an effort to celebrate one of my favorite holidays, I wanted to talk...
November 12, 2018 Game Over

Story Breakdown: Valis - The Fantasm Soldier (Genesis & PC E...

Episode #35 - Valis is not what I would call a great action game. It doesn't control especially well, the graphics aren't very good and the level designs are the very definition of bland. But there is one thing Val...