Far too often a game simply won’t be released in America because…well, it’s predecessor failed. Now for me, this is never acceptable, but I do understand. If a game has a huge following in Japan AND it’s an RPG, but it doesn’t really take off in America, they’re more likely to continue the series in […]
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The Fantastic World of Japanese Games – Episode 2
January 24th, 2012 
gunsage When playing Japanese SNES games on an emulator, often there are obvious and not so obvious reasons why a game may not have come out to America. The best way to think about it is was it an RPG, did it have suggestive themes, and did it have any sort of following here in America? […]
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Comments Off on The Fantastic World of Japanese Games – Episode 2These Are A Few Of My Favorite Things – Episode 6
December 1st, 2011 gunsage I think this is normally where an intro goes. It’s unlikely that you’ll read it. That’s okay, because I have movies and stuff. Enjoy!
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June 14th, 2011 gunsage This is a HUGE year. There are 45 games! This is also the first year we’re seeing a mobile game on the list. While you’d think this would make it hard for me to choose, just a simple glance at this list and I can already tell what’s what. Read on to find out!
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June 3rd, 2011 Bruce McGee It is time for a new episode of Wonderpod. This weeks show wanders all over the place and we may lose the rails once or twice. The sound board was rocking and we even found some time to talk about an upcoming expo. The only way to know for sure is to listen and enjoy.
Brawler of the Year – 1994
April 28th, 2011 gunsage A lot of you might be skeptical about the pick this year, but trust me, it’s one you’ll want to totally get behind when you learn more about it. Yet again, this was a year with MANY console brawlers and not so many arcade brawlers. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing, but it might be […]
FPS of the Year – 1994
April 26th, 2011 gunsage This is a BIG year, but I think getting movies for all the games and briefly going over them, while it creates more work for me, is a better way of going about this. Sure, it means the article is HUGE, but unless I’m told it’s also BORING, I’m going to keep doing this so […]
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April 5th, 2011 gunsage Welcome boys and girls and Scruffys! Do we have a treat for you today…we have a brand new podcast known as Retropod! In the pilot, we discuss various topics such as…
Posted in Retropod, Video Games, Wonderpod Tags: 007, 1000, 2, 3, Aban, adventure, and, Arms, Auto, Back, Battletoads, Bayou, Billy, boy, castlevania, chrono, city, console, Cross, crystalis, dead, diablo, Disgaea, Doom, Double, dragon, fallout, fantasy, fight, final, Future, game, gaming, Ghosts, Goblins, Goldeneye, Grand, halo ., Hawkins, Hearts, Kingdom, lunar, Mario, Meat, Megaman, n, of, Part, pc, persona, Pilgrim, ransom, Rattle, river, Roll, Scott, series, Snake, SPIKES, super, Tempura, the, theft, to, trigger, video, vs., Wild, world, Xenogears, Xenosaga, Zelda 13 Comments »Kinect. Fastest selling consumer device. “Super-Hardcore” gamers, get over it.
March 9th, 2011 PatMan According to, well a bunch of sources, including The Guinness Book of World records, Microsoft and many a video game website, Kinect has surprised us all as it has now become the “fastest selling consumer device in a 60 day period”. Thats right, fastest ever. Apparently, Kinect has sold more than the iPad or even […]
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February 28th, 2011 Al Creed One of the most prominent veins in Video Game Journalism On The Internet is reminiscing about retro gaming. Be it masturbating over Super Mario Bros. 3, or throwing a fit over how godawful some bad games were, it seems like it is a cool thing to do. So, seeing as this column of mine was […]
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