Link List

10-Nov-2024 – Vintage Media Tie-In Games

Brief Summary: “I played a few of these in my youth but not most of them. Is there a game from your childhood that y”

09-Nov-2024 – Marvel Needs to Stop Using Motherhood as Shorthand for Female Character Development

Brief Summary: “Marvel has come a long way from the Avengers days where Scarlett Johansson’s Black Widow was the onl”

09-Nov-2024 – Kong: Survivor Instinct – Let’s Play

Brief Summary: “Hello friends. This is a Let’s Play video of “Kong: Survivor Instinct”. When giant monsters fight, n”

08-Nov-2024 – Beam Into Action With the STAR TREK ADVENTURES 2E: STARTER SET

Brief Summary: “Arriving soon and now available for preorder, the Star Trek Adventures 2E: Starter Set promises ever”

08-Nov-2024 – Muppets Ranked by the Likelihood That They Were the Zodiac Killer

Brief Summary: “The Muppets have been America’s favorite go-to brand of wholesome entertainment the whole family can”

07-Nov-2024 – Japan’s Pokémon donuts are evolving as Diglett grows into Dugtrio churro!

Brief Summary: ”
Looks like we’ll need to save even more room for Poké-desserts (not that we mind, of course).

On W”

07-Nov-2024 – Sega is delisting 60 classic games from Steam, so now’s the time to grab them

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07-Nov-2024 – Sega removing Crazy Taxi, Jet Set Radio, and a whole list of games from Steam

Brief Summary: “Sega has announced a mass delisting is happening soon, and Steam is being affected the most. Over 60”

07-Nov-2024 – Star Wars is reportedly getting a new film trilogy

Brief Summary: ”

Image: Disney / Lucasfilm

The future of Star Wars movies just got a little m”

07-Nov-2024 – Ordering a Pizza Online on a SEGA Dreamcast in 2024

Brief Summary: “A few months ago, fellow Junkyard compatriot Harvey Jones notified me of a cool thing he’d seen in t”

06-Nov-2024 – Time to Turn Really Blue with The Smurfs Roleplaying Game

Brief Summary: ” The Smurfs Roleplaying Game is a new chance for old-school fans and new ones alike to explore the b”

06-Nov-2024 – The Vatican’s Anime Mascot Is Now an AI Porn Sensation

Brief Summary: “Meet Luce: Last week, the Vatican unveiled Luce, a Japanese-style cartoon character that will serve”

06-Nov-2024 – WB Games ‘Hogwarts Legacy 2’ Will Tie Into HBO’s Harry Potter TV Series

Brief Summary: ”
Hogwarts Legacy 2, the sequel to Warner Bros. Games 2023 smash-hit wizarding adventure that is curr”

29-Oct-2024 – 25 Years of SEGA Dreamcast (EGX London 2024 Panel)

Brief Summary: “On the 27th of October at EGX London 2024, Christopher Dring of GamesIndustry.biz hosted a panel cal”

22-Jul-2024 – Doom 64 Ported to the SEGA Dreamcast!

Brief Summary: “Released back in 1997, Doom 64 brought a levelled up spin-off of the game-changing PC first-person s”

31-Oct-2024 – Spooky 8-Bit Horror Games To Play This Halloween

Brief Summary: “Read the original post on Flickering Myth here: Spooky 8-Bit Horror Games To Play This Halloween
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30-Oct-2024 – Like a Dragon: Yakuza (Amazon Prime Video) – Review

Brief Summary: ”
Tonal mishmashes don’t always work, but that’s hardly an issue for Sega’s Yakuza / Like a Dragon ga”

28-Oct-2024 – Fortnite is streamlining its many battle passes

Brief Summary: ”

Image: Epic Games

Fortnite is bigger than a battle royale now, and to help m”

28-Oct-2024 – A Classic ‘Macross’ Arcade Game Gets A New Port This December

Brief Summary: “The classic 1992 ‘Macross’ arcade game by Banpresto is getting a new port courtesy of those nice peo”

27-Oct-2024 – Clutch Putting a Synthwave 8-bit Lair

Brief Summary: “Picking up where I left off after Mars Gardens, I had to dive headfirst into Walkabout Minigolf’s la”

27-Oct-2024 – Contra Returns

Brief Summary: ”
Contra had first made its way to smartphones with a 2011 remake of the first game, dubbed Contra: E”

26-Oct-2024 – Last Call BBS: Puzzle Games for the Retro-Inclined

Brief Summary: “The last game from the makers of TIS-100, SpaceChem, Exapunks and many other puzzle games feels like”

26-Oct-2024 – Atari’s Pac-Man Flop: How a Classic Went Off-Course

Brief Summary: “For fans of retro games, Pac-Man is nothing short of iconic—a game so loved it’s been ported to near”

25-Oct-2024 – U.S. Copyright Office rejects DMCA exemption to support game preservation

Brief Summary: “The Video Game History Foundation decried the ‘lobbying efforts by rightsholder groups’ that have ‘i”

25-Oct-2024 – Rey Movie Update Is More Bad News for Star Wars Fans

Brief Summary: “Star Wars seems to have become a revolving door for writers and directors as of late. Whether projec”

25-Oct-2024 – Original ‘Final Fantasy VII’ Game Skip Discovered 27 Years Later, Lets Speedrunners ‘Save’ Aerith

Brief Summary: ”
At long last, speedrunners have found a way to prevent Aerith’s tragic demise in Final Fantasy VII “

24-Oct-2024 – Star Trek Just Brought Back the Weirdest Version of Its Oldest Aliens

Brief Summary: “This Star Trek: Lower Decks article contains spoilers.

When it comes to Star Trek aliens, inconsi”

24-Oct-2024 – Minecraft drops VR support across all platforms

Brief Summary: “PC and PlayStation VR headsets will cease to work in Minecraft from next March.”

24-Oct-2024 – McDonald’s Japan debuts new anime girl mascot character with incredibly long name

Brief Summary: ”
New Dabuchi burgers arrive with new mascot.

Food often comes with a side order of linguistics in J”