So I was browsing through Goozex today, a video game trading website, when I found a pleasant surprise. Goozex now allows people to trade “retro” games. I saw categories for the 2600, NES, Super NES, Gameboy, Genesis, N64, and even Sega CD!!! How cool is that? Sega CD! But guess what I [...]
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So I received my Netflix disc over the weekend and gave it a spin on the dusty unloved Wii… I have to say this is my favorite console to now watch my standard resolution shows. While the Xbox 360 is still the superior console to stream HD programming due to overall speed, I have to say the [...] I’m realizing that there just isn’t that one multiplayer game that the members of Pinekast can play with each other that doesn’t require a $60 investment/justification. Xbox Live is pretty diluted when you are not playing online games with friends, which makes me more grateful for XBLA arcade games for being cheap and overall easy to [...] So the topic of this week’s show is… I’m not really sure truthfully. It’s either on how rose tinted glasses blinds jaded gamers from progress in modern game design. Or It’s about how innovation is destroying old school game design. Just because a game is old does not make the game great or the game design any better. On the [...]
After recording the pinball episode last week, in was inspired to revisit some of my favorite video pinball games. Below are seven pinball games that has a little of the old school charm that makes it special and timeless. Super Metroid is revered the world around by gamers and non-gamers alike. Filled with top notch platforming, great gameplay, tight controls, and stunning visuals, it was a showcase for the Super Nintendo. The final element was the captivating soundtrack. Composed by Kenji Yamamoto, it is ingrained into my brain to this day. The intro melody is [...]
This week we talk all about our favorite table games where you smack balls around. That’s right! Pinball! We are joined this week in holy matrimony with Jango, Game Repair Sean, Decepticreep, Jedah Doma, and Baldy. We talked about the best and the worst the old silver balls have to after. We also talk about the history and the possible bleak future of the pinballs and everything else in between. Even Tenno calls via satellite phone from Peru to do the Pinekast segways, what a swell guy and super-duper team player, I tells ya. So sit back and relax as we chit-chat about machines from the era of the penny arcades and what the future will hold for our favorite silver balled past time. also… Sex. –Decepticreep [display_podcast] Don’t forget to subscribe and review us on iTunes!
This week’s music: Continue reading Pinekast 60: Pinball & Beyond Dracula X: Rondo of Blood is one of those elusive games that every collector wanted in their hands. Not only was Rondo of Blood the first ever Castlevania game to have been press onto the compact disc format, but also it is probably the finest example of classic formula Castlevania and one of the best [...] Jango, you may have lost your pinball baby, but I hope this creation of the gods comforts you in your time of sorrow. I present to you, the Bill Paxton pinball machine. - [...]
On the search for the perfect Xbox Live headset, I decided to jump in feet first and score myself a pair of stereo headsets that can double up as an Xbox Live communicator. After researching for the ‘perfect headset’, I initially decided to invest in the Turtle Beach Ear Force X1, but was ultimately unhappy with them for two reasons.
Looking for an alternative, I took the leap of faith and purchased the Turtle Beach X31 wireless headset. This surprisingly light weight wireless headset was exactly what I was looking for… well for the most part. |
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