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As most of you know, I tend to write very detailed and somewhat technical articles on various video game systems, focusing primarily on the obscure releases.  When writing one of my last system reviews, a fellow RFG staff member recommended that I add a bit more color to my reviews; to add a bit more [...]

Not the best book I’ve read that’s for sure. Perhaps it’s because other than the games there is little background literature to draw inspiration from. It’s not like there is a whole “universe” of depth and mythology surrounding Diablo like there is with the various D&D games. The story isn’t that great because it’s drawn [...]

Although I consider myself an enthusiastic advocate of playing games on original hardware, I realize that the older NESs and SNESs become, the less chance they can be found for reasonable prices and/or in working order. Sure you can find them now but what about in another ten years? Or twenty or thirty? Hell I’m [...]

It had been 3 years since the Dark Watcher attended the Classic Gaming Expo.  The people behind the event went on a hiatus, but made a return in Las Vegas.  We jumped into a rental and made the long drive to "Sin City".   They say that what goes on in Vegas stays in Vegas. For [...]

I finished reading this prequel novel to the upcoming BioWare game just the other day. An excellent book that was really hard to put down. I’ve read and own some of Drew Karpyshyn’searlier novels and I knew it would be a good read even before I picked it up. This novel is set before the [...]

Why would Nintendo choose a cartridge format for their Nintendo 64 system while other consoles were using the high storage capability of CD?  To better understand we must first go back to the days of the Nintendo NES. One of the causes of the Great Videogame Crash Of 1983 was the markets over saturation of [...]

DW has been quite lucky over the years with new consoles, next gen hype, and the like. Although we enjoy the hype of up and coming systems, we have always made the right decisions when it comes to buying. At times we look back and try to determine what drives our gaming purchases. Decisions usually [...]