Author Archives: Pike

Guys!

Posted on May 18, 2012 by Pike

As you know we are unofficial GoG.com mouthpieces because they sell loads of great games, but this is a particularly special one. http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/sid_meiers_alpha_centauri Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri. $2.99 USD. You know what you do.

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Earth Defense Force

Posted on May 15, 2012 by Pike

As Pike and Mister Adequate are together “in real life”, to use a term, we shall be co-writing today’s blog post!  Obviously one of the first things we decided to do upon meeting up was to play some vidya, and … Continue reading →

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Okay guys!

Posted on May 11, 2012 by Pike

Pike here!  Mister Adequate has made it all the way over here to the colonies and we’re busy gathering up some games to play.  We went to GameStop the other day and picked up several classics for cheap, including TimeSplitters … Continue reading →

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Flags!

Posted on May 3, 2012 by Pike

If you are a fan of any of the following things: The Hearts of Iron series alternate history flags in general Then this is a great little site that focuses on making flags for alternate history nations and the like: … Continue reading →

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Two Important Things!

Posted on April 27, 2012 by Pike

Okay guys!  We’ve got two important things this morning. Firstly, Syndicate is on GoG for $3 USD. Secondly, thanks to some happy surprise events that caught both of us off guard, Mister Adequate is going to be coming to the … Continue reading →

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Old Quirks

Posted on April 20, 2012 by Pike

Yesterday Mister Adequate and I were reminiscing about quirks in older video games that wouldn’t exactly work today.  He mentioned inputting code into your computer from a booklet and getting a complete game out of it (I wonder if this … Continue reading →

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Pongs!

Posted on April 13, 2012 by Pike

Just a quick post today: Hit up this site for a bunch of clever Pong variants, some of which will have you giggling out loud. Then, check out Ancient Greek Punishment.  It’s worth it.  No, really.

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School of Games

Posted on April 6, 2012 by Pike

I recently had a thought which arose when I was having a discussion with people about various forms of entertainment and how educational/not educational they are.  Most people seemed to agree that games, as a whole, are not educational.  Now … Continue reading →

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Everyone Needs to be Aware that Sonic 2 HD is a Thing that Exists

Posted on March 28, 2012 by Pike

Have you ever thought “Man, I’d love to play a version of Sonic the Hedgehog 2 that is exactly like the original except with updated graphics and great reimaginings of the music?” If so, you’re in luck.  Sonic the Hedgehog … Continue reading →

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Gotta Go Fast!

Posted on March 23, 2012 by Pike

I really can’t get over how great Sonic the Hedgehog is.  As some of you may know, I was mostly a Nintendo kid growing up, but we had a next-door neighbor with a Genesis and I’d go over there and … Continue reading →

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