Game 22: A.P.B. (Atari, 1987)
Ice Cream Jonsey The first job in creating every video game is to pick a name not previously used by another game. Those are the rules, I think less of games that don’t…
Game 21: Aztec (Paul Stephenson, 1982)
Aztec cracks me up, Raiders of the Lost Ark premiered on June 12, 1981, and the Apple II copy of Aztec that I have displays “1982” on the title screen.…
Game 20: Diamond Mind Baseball (Imagine Sports, 1987-2023)
I was in a single-season fantasy baseball league filled with text adventure creators like Jon Blask, Lenny Pitts and Neil deMause in 2005, and from that I was invited to…
Game 19: Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne (Remedy Entertainment, 2003)
I am trying to create joy with this game blog post project; almost all of the games that I have played I have enjoyed, I liked revisiting them and I…
Game 18: Elevator Action (Taito, 1983)
I saw an interview with Nick Cannon where he related an anecdote about who he had a crush on when he was growing up. He stated that his was his…
Game 17: Baldur’s Gate 3 (Larian, 2023)
I’ve recently made time to seriously play Baldur’s Gate III – it is as good as everyone says. It was fine from the outset. The first big tactical fight that…
Mom
I got a call from my brother on Monday, July 8th, 2024. I was eating lunch, so I declined the call. I would call him back in like 10 minutes.…
Game 16: Protector (Alex Herbert, 2003)
Protector is, in my opinion, the greatest game ever created for the Vectrex. It is a clever, stunning imagining of Defender for a system that maybe had a reputation of…
Game 15: Adventure Construction Set (Electronic Arts, 1986)
When I first started this project, my desire was to have a different platform featured every week. The PCjr! The arcade version of Elevator Action! Wirewalker on the PlayDate! Space…
Game 14: Galacticon (Radin Games, 2022)
Galacticon, by Radin Games, is a modern-day arcade game, but for home systems. It’s got a great look for what you’d like to see for one of these. There are…