What Makes it a Console? Revisited by Dark Watcher (16-Oct-20)
It’s remarkable that roughly 15 years ago we authored an article titled “What Makes it a Console??” If you are unfamiliar with the article or clicking the link to it expends too much energy, the premise of it was our attempt at differentiating videogame consoles from computer or handheld gaming devices. During that time, there [...]
What Makes Retro Gaming Appealing? by Dark Watcher (02-Aug-18)
Most gamers when asked about retro games speak on nostalgia and simplistic play mechanics, responsiveness, memorization, and timing. Perhaps we can approach the question differently… Retro games are akin to books. They are rather simplistic in presentation, bring you a sense of enjoyment, and transport you to a different place. However, they also require a [...]
Industry Reflection: Project Consumer Consumption by Dark Watcher (13-Jul-16)
Greetings game console compatriots. Ole DW here with your “Industry Reflection.” We are mid-year into 2016, and the industry is abuzz with rumors and news regarding Nintendo’s project, code-named “NX,” Sony’s project, code-named “NEO,” and, Microsoft’s project code-named “Scorpio.” While Nintendo remains tight lipped (as usual) on their project, the device will of course be [...]
Mad Catz M.O.J.O – Hands on Review by Dark Watcher (23-Dec-15)
The android micro-console market seemed to go out of control with so many competitors trying to capture some of the success following the OUYA. The result was a flood of similar devices with mobile cellular components and an Android operating system. The Dark Watcher took advantage of the situation, and purchased a Mad Catz M.O.J.O [...]
Fond Memories of Dreamcast by Dark Watcher (10-Sep-14)
EA chief operating officer Peter Moore sent out a series of messages on Twitter reminiscing on the Sega Dreamcast. It stirred within us our own memories. Has it really been 15 years!? When you consider yourself a console historian, and find yourself excited about every video game console ever developed, it is hard not to [...]
Infinity Blade: Awakening by Dark Watcher (18-Jun-14)
Ole DW picked up this short story not realizing at first that it was associated with the Apple IOS videogame series of the same name. We just saw it was a nice short book by one of our favoured authors Brandon Sanderson. We enjoyed the the development of the character Siris, and his interactions with [...]
Darksiders: The Abomination Vault by Dark Watcher (18-Jun-14)
It would appear that someone had taken the time to publish an official novel based on the Darksiders game series. The cover of course features the horsemen Death and War. How could we not pick this book up? The storyline takes place ages before the events of Darksiders and Darksider’s II. This was actually a [...]
Removing Console Features by Dark Watcher (20-Aug-11)
Its been some time since the Dark Watcher ventured out from the cave, stepped upon the coveted soap box, and delivered some good ole ranting. Today’s topic of rant? The removal of features from a console… The announcement for a redesigned Nintendo Wii for 2011 drew our attention. A lower price point would definitely get [...]
Happy 20th Anniversary Sega Genesis by Dark Watcher (17-Aug-09)
Ole DW is like a fishermen at times Every now and then we come across some impressive info fish. Sometimes we come across some thought guppies. Todays thought guppie read “Happy 20th, Sega Genesis” from the fish farms at Kotaku. Now…you won’t see DW bringing an anniversary card to our beloved Genesis. Then again we [...]
State of the Gaming Union Address by Dark Watcher (01-Apr-09)
Greetings game console compatriots. Ole DW here with your “state of the gaming union” address. Looks like the gaming community is buzzing with news from GDC’09. The one tag line we found quite humorous was “OnLive could threaten Xbox, PS3, and Wii”. If for some reason you briefly escaped our dungeon of n00b, and / [...]
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