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Mafia 2 Release Party Miami
Our friends Kevin Wasielewski and Hector Penton at OriginPC invited us to come to the club Grand Central to celebrate the release of the Max Payne/GTA/Saints Row clone sequel Mafia...
Games Coming Out September 2010 for PC
August had some nice releases but September looks like a heavy month for PC gaming as...
The Obsolete Gamer Show: Episode 6
Throughout the show we played clips from my interview with Sairys who was one of the couples featured in the documentary Second Skin. We talked about how she got introduced to the Second Skin guys and how she first joined her guild (also profiled in the film) The Syndicate. She...
Limbo Review
While we’re on the topic, let's talk about the deaths in Limbo. “Limbo is unforgiving” is a complete understatement. It’s more than unforgiving, it makes you look like a pathetic fool as well, should you make a mistake. Run too far without paying attention? Bear Trap has now turned your...
Stirge’s QuakeCON Diary – 4 days of glory!
Day two it was ready for the actual CON to start. We went upstairs to receive our badges and they were very happy to give them to us, we entered the vendor area and started looking around. In my time working for Alienware I had helped create some amazing convention...
Battleforge Guide: Raven’s End Solo Run
My guide on my favorite map in Battleforge to farm in PVE solo for upgrade...
Japan, I Left Your RPGs On The Sidewalk And Changed The Locks. We’re Through!
We've all been through a lot with Japan but sometimes, despite the heartbreak, you have to let go. This is Umar's farewell letter to Japan and the closing to a nearly 20 year relationship. Their bond in the RPG world is over......
Game Theory with Scott Steinberg
If you are in the gaming industry, are interested in game design, and the future of that industry, Scott Steinberg's show and website offer great...
LanSlide PC – Free Gaming Computer Help
At first, it might seem like helping people build their own computers or educating them about buying computers so they avoid buying parts they don't really need would be detrimental to a gaming computer company. However, our stance is that a more educated public is a good thing for PC...
The Obsolete Gamer Show 5
What do you get when you put three crazy geeky gamers in a room for an hour, uncommon hilarity. On this week’s OGS our famed editorial writer Umar joined us to talk about everything from Farmville hate to Pokemon love. No gaming subject was too taboo nor were the jokes....
Games Coming Out August 2010 For Consoles
It use to be August was the last change to get out and do what you really wanted to do for the summer before school started up again. Today, many of us stay inside because the sun burns. (It really really burns) Good thing the console market knows this and...
Lineage: A Crack of Time – Q&A
Our focus is on enhancements based on player feedback. We are in a unique situation where we have the option of catering to our players requests and we want to make sure they are given a game they will enjoy playing. We listen to their feedback, we watch their play...
Games Coming Out August 2010 For PC
A bunch of great games for PC are actually coming out this month! I talk about them...
Classic Gaming Expo 2010 – Day 1
There are thousands of people and groups who create new games and products for hundreds of classic systems. In addition there are sites like Atari Age which showcase people from the industry and new ways to play classic...
The Obsolete Gamer Show 4
This week the production value on OGS has gone up 100%. The boys of classic video gaming are back with a brand new podcast featuring an interview with Origin PC co-founder Hector...
Fury of the Furries
The further you go the more time you'll spend planning on how to complete each level since often you'll find yourself with only one or two of these fur-balls available and sometimes not even through the whole stage but only at certain areas. And in the World of Fury of...
Frontier (a.k.a. Elite II)
Frontier is a game of undefined genre. It's a wild mixture of simulation, strategy with adventure and role playing elements. And as much as it seems that this kind of mix'n'match would not work out it actually does and the game is no less than brilliant! It's a true sandbox...
UFO – Enemy Unknown (a.k.a. X-Com – UFO Defense)
UFO or X-COM as they call it in the US is a product built upon the idea that could've easily been transformed into three different, smaller games. First of, there's the strategy – Globe View – in which you build your bases, send intercepting ships to shoot of alien vessels...
Moonstone: A Hard Days Knight
Moonstone: A Hard Days Knight is an action hack'n'slash game with role playing elements in fantasy medieval setting developed and released by Mindscape in 1991 & 1992 on Amiga and PC respectively. Both versions look and play nearly the same & use the same palette of 32 colors, but PC...
Gamer Profile – Alex Aguila
Alex tells a story about a classic gaming of Tecmo Bowl against Arthur where the loser would have to walk around the hotel halls in their underwear. Alex lost and believed the underwear thing was just a joke, unfortunately it was not. Alex said that it has been a while...
The Obsolete Gamer Show 3
You ever watch a tv pilot and the set, the lighting and everything else just doesn’t seem network ready? Then next week comes and the show looks completely finished as if polished and shined to look better. Well that is what we are doing with The Obsolete Gamer...
Zack Weddington – Viva Amiga
We think the film will be interesting to people who have never even heard of the Amiga, because it is the stories of the people involved with the Amiga which really drive the film. It's also gonna have a hell of a lot of eye candy and awesome animation done...
Obsolete Gamer Profile Channel
We will accept pretty much all the videos on our YouTube page but the best ones will be featured in an article on Obsolete Gamer.com and on our Podcast. We hope you will spread the word so we can create this video library....
Repost Rewind: The Art of the AFK
After about seven hours I was tired and didn’t want to play anymore. My office chair was small and my ass much too big. I sent a tell (whisper) to Mack letting him know I was going to A.F.K for a bit and feign death my shadow knight right where...
Dear Game Industry, Hire Some Real Writers
Have you ever continued playing a game that just had horrible mechanics just to find out the ending to the story? Do you feel that story is important in a game? Today, Umar cites his opinion on how strongly he feels that story can make or break a game if...
Tera Online Q&A
An MMO is a living, breathing organism that we must continually nourish. We plan to release content updates regularly after launch through patches, and work toward larger expansion updates as...
Obsolete Intros – Chrono Trigger
The role-playing aspect drew fans in and the detailed story which included side quests, character development and multiple endings kept players not only interested from start to finish, but coming back for more....
Super Mario Bros. Wall
Sometimes something comes alone that is just way to cool and this is one of those things. Check out the video showing Super Mario Bros displayed on a wall, it is totally...
My Own Misconceptions of the Word Mature (Warning: This gets mature, guys.)
It seems the word mature is left loose and open for definition online. It leads many into the misconceptions of what they should be expecting in a gaming community which advertises it as such. This is one of those stories. *cue Law and Order chime*...
Ninja Gaiden
Then it had the worst learning curve of any game. Pretty much from Act 3 on you were in hell and when you reached Act 6 you were in hells toilet....
World of Warcraft – Ask a CDev
As shown in the World of Warcraft Special #1 comic, Algalon is currently monitoring the activities of the mortal races of Azeroth. His outlook on life and the titans' plans has been called into question, so he seeks to understand what makes Azeroth so different from the countless worlds he...
Gamer Parent’s – Bargaining
Siblings can kill a bargaining session even if they will share in whatever you are bargaining for. If they are not sharing in it chances are they will sabotage you so making sure they weren’t around was paramount....
F-Zero Commercial
Funny, I didn’t know F-Zero could help you lose weight I’ll have to remember...
Video Game Art Is In The Eye Of The Beholder
Being able to feel something emotionally towards a story is one thing many people are able to relate towards their own lives. The feeling of regret and the inability to mend past mistakes is a strong focal point in the novel Atonement by Ian McEwan where a young girl...
Obsolete Intros – Test Drive 2 – The Duel
I first plated TD2 on my cousins Amiga which he had connected to his stereo system so it sounded even better. What was funny was a few months later I heard the intro on a 386 system and almost fell over...
Spider-Man – The Video Game
While playing the “far-away” mode I wondered why Spider-man didn’t just use his webbing like this all the time. When you are in “close-up” mode you can use a web spray attack that hits multiple enemies, but it uses some of your health. You can also jump and swing on...
Obsolete Intros – Parasite Eve
Parasite Eve is one of my favorite RPG/Action games. It was developed and published in 1998 by Square Enix and follows the story of Aya Brea a New York cop that witnesses an entire opera house spontaneously combust. It is up to her to find out not only why it...
Crash Bandicoot versus Parappa the Rapper Iron Chef Style
Another thing, is it just me or does the Playstation man creep you out? I mean he just looks really weird and that dance he does frightens me....
