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“Friday Old Games” is a series of articles in which we review a game from the older generations of consoles, share why we picked it, and whether or not it holds up with time.

I was perusing the internetz when I came across the news that EA is bringing the NBA Jam franchise back. I knew immediately that my next FOG review would have to be about the pinnacle of the NBA Jam series, NBA Jam: Tournament Edition. I hooked up a Genesis and proceeded to rain 3’s on the computer’s head.

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The WingDamage staff spends way too much of their time thinking about and playing video games.

Game Ideas are a series of random articles where members of the WingDamage staff propose their own ideas for a video game. Most of the game ideas featured on the site are for entirely new games with new mechanics. But some ideas are just too awesome to keep to yourself.

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“Friday Old Games” is a series of articles in which we review a game from the older generations of consoles, share why we picked it, and whether or not it holds up with time.

The Nintendo 64 was not known for the quality of its fighting games and War Gods certainly doesn’t help. This is one of those games that seems like the developers were trying to copy what their eight-year-old nephew told them Mortal Kombat was like, only the eight-year-old speaks a language no one understands and the uncle has a degenerative brain disease.

Sadly, some poor kid got this game for Christmas and now he hates war; all because of this game.

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Most of the time, the Wingdamage offices are filled with sunshine, lollipops. But today I stand in defiance of that harmony. I read spambot’s article and I find myself at the opposite end of the spectrum. Like the Pink and Orange hungry hungry hippos, we are staring at each other across a chasm of differences.

The PC will never replace the console for me. As much as I enjoy services like Steam, GOG, and Gametap the PC is always my second choice for gaming.

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A beard might tell the world “I don’t care about the opposite sex” or “I am married” or “I am really lazy”.

A goatee tells the world “I am in my 20’s” or “I wish I was”.

A soul patch says “I missed a spot”. But there is just something special about the mustache that seems to tell the world “Hello ladies”. From Tom Selleck to Burt Reynolds to Adam Morrison, to just about every Highway Patrolman, mustaches are a thing of beauty.

In the world of video games these 11 whiskers represent the pinnacle of the art of mustaching.

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With the massive success of the movie Avatar, television manufacturers are convinced the world is ready for some sweet 3D action in your living room. LG, Sony, Toshiba, Panasonic, and Samsung are all gearing up some form of 3D displays. ESPN is going to broadcast the first 3D sports network. Forget HD. The world seems on the verge of a 3D TV revolution.

What does this mean for gaming?

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“Friday Old Games” is a series of articles in which we review a game from the older generations of consoles, share why we picked it, and whether or not it holds up with time.

In our horribly named, but entirely delightful, weekly series, we jump into the official WingDamage Delorean and go back… back in time to examine some of the games of yesteryear. So let’s see if we can get this baby up to 88 miles per hour and go back to 1985 and look at Duck Hunt for the NES.

The Nintendo Entertainment System came packed with the raddest looking light gun in the history of video games. In the 80’s, the NES zapper looked like the future. When you were done pretending to shoot your friends with it, you could use it to play what I still consider to be one of the best light gun game ever made.

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"Old School"

As Ciandi has pointed out, online gaming has vast potential to connect us all in crazy new ways.  Xbox Live, and to a lesser extent the Playstation Network have completely changed the gaming landscape. I have spent hours crushing guys from Germany in Burnout: Revenge. I have witnessed 8 strangers working together as one perfect unit to crush alien scum in Resistance 2.

So why am I defending something old and antiquated like split screen multiplayer? Click past the break, adventurous reader, to find out.

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Imagine my surprise and delight when I decided to check what was new on Netflix and saw the movie Far Cry. I didn’t even know they made a Far Cry movie. I wondered if it was based on the game, or just happens to have a similar title. My surprise turned to fear as I read the description and discovered that not only was it based on one of my favorite games, but it was directed by one of my least favorite directors. The reviled Uwe Boll.

Uwe Boll (which is German for “Terrible Director”) has made a living (and angered a whole lot of people) taking beloved video game properties and transforming them into terribly wretched movies. Does Far Cry continue the trend or has Uwe Boll finally crafted something somewhat enjoyable?

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