Rogue Friday: Sega Genesis

The Sega Genesis. Throughout the late eighties to mid nineteen nineties, Sega and Nintendo competed neck to neck with each other in the first ever console wars. Children's playgrounds everywhere had children arguing over which was the superior console. To 16 bits graphics and blast processing. From Mario to Sonic. Exclusive after exclusive. When a game was ported to both systems there was a noticeable difference in quality. Never before have two game companies been so close to each other in sales with world wide popularity, with Nintendo just barely coming out on top.

Srs Bsns: Women Representations in Games

For as long as I can remember it seemed you really had to go out of your way to find positive, or even just passable representations of women in gaming. The average person who thinks about good women characters in video games will think Lara Croft, Samus Aran, Jill Valentine, etc. You want anymore than that then you need to know where to look, and even then some of these inclusions has only happened in the last couple of years.

Rush 2 Extreme Racing USA

Hello and welcome to ToriJ's Video Game Reviews. Last December I played San Francisco Rush Extreme Racing and it was one of the best racing games I've ever played for the Nintendo 64, so naturally I tracked down the sequels of the game with the intent to review every single one of them, and this time we take a look at the second entry of the franchise: Rush 2 Extreme Racing USA!

Top Ten Final Fantasy Games

I don't think it's any secret by now that I love Final Fantasy. It was my introduction to the RPG genre and remains one of my favorite series of all time. I've reviewed several games from the franchise, and I plan to review a lot more as soon as I can get around to it, but in the meantime I want to focus on ten entries in the franchise that have stood out to me through the years and might have stood out to you, too. Prepare for an adventure as we embark on the one Top Ten list where nobody is going to come out satisfied.

A Child's First Game

Who doesn't remember the feeling they had when they opened up their games to play for the first time? It's an incredible feeling isn't it? One mixed with excitement and anticipation, soon followed by frustration and agony as the game got harder, and harder, and harder until we threw the controller across the room! Or maybe that's just me. While we can all remember what these first times are like, how many here can remember the very first time they ever played a game? Some of you can probably only go back so far, and others might be able to remember what they had for breakfast that morning. Everyone's memory is different as well as their experiences and here today I'm going to share one with you all: a child's introduction to gaming.