Archive for Author: Mark Freedman

Mark Freedman is a hard hitting reporter on just what the crap is going on in the world of video games.He also writes reviews and manages the staff Q&A column. Occasionally, he has been known to take a shower. zzzz

  • Gotcha! The Sport! (NES)

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    A licensed game based on a license you've never heard of.

  • Dwarf Fortress (PC)

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    Dwarf Fortress is one of my most influential games, and yet, also so strikingly different and deep than any other I've played.

  • What the Crap?: Unpausable Games

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    No matter how hard you try, you cannot pause that which is unpausable!

  • Gyruss (NES)

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    Saving the world and promoting bad science.

  • What the Crap?: 8-bit Racism

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    Can't we all just get along?

  • What the Crap?: Warnings and Delays and Clogs, Oh My!

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  • 3-D WorldRunner (NES)

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    Pehhhh, kids these days and their 3D consoles and TVs. In my day, if I wanted 3D action, I popped in 3-D WorldRunner or Rad Racer, strapped on my 3D glasses, and squeezed that black Tic Tac labeled "S

  • Mario and Portal: Together At Last

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    You got Portal in my Mario! No, you got Mario in my Portal! This is what happened over at Stabyourself.net. Two major players, separated by an entire generation, have met up here in 2012. Meet Mari0

  • Bad Dudes (NES)

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    THE PRESIDENT HAS BEEN KIDNAPPED BY NINJAS. ARE YOU A BAD ENOUGH DUDE TO RESCUE THE PRESIDENT?

  • Beavis and Butt-head (SNES)

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    In between long gaming sessions of Skyrim, I've been pulling up my DVR to watch some MTV. In case you haven't heard, MTV finally got something right. Instead of bringing in another useless reality show, MTV and Mike Judge have brought back Beavis and Butt-head, those adorable scamps from Highland that Bill Clinton and various other politicians have spoken out against for causing kids to be kids, laughing at the unfortunate, and burning down houses. Like their other attempts to capitalize on other hit TV shows, Viacom published different Beavis and Butt-head titles across other consoles, but manages to stick somewhat reasonably to the Beavis and Butt-theme unlike Home Improvement. By "somewhat reasonably", I mean that it actually has the title characters in the game in the town they live in, but that's about it.