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Gaming After 40

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I cover video and computer games from a current and historical perspective, with a sense of humor. We look at the great and the weird in equal measure.

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  • Role Playing vs. Action vs. Utility: Games Win!

    Posted on Saturday December 5th, 2009 at 14:00 in ads, rpg

    In the late 1980's, SSI worked out a licensing deal with TSR to produce official Advanced Dungeons & Dragons software for home computers.  Many fondly remember Pool of Radiance, which launched the long and successful Gold Box series of ...

  • Lucky (?) Gaijin Gaming: Rastan Saga II

    Posted on Friday December 4th, 2009 at 12:45 in import games

    I'm seriously cheating this week, because this PC Engine game is presented completely in English, even though the game never came out in the US!  But the holidays are approaching, so I'm happy to enjoy my luck with Taito's Rastan Saga II for the...

  • Oddities: Laurel & Hardy - The Videogame

    Posted on Thursday December 3rd, 2009 at 14:52 in oddities

    Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy were one of the greatest comedy teams of the early sound movie era, starring in classic shorts like The Music Box and features like The Flying Deuces. Unfortunately, this 1987 Commodore 64 game from UK publisher Advance...

  • Video Podcast - Retro Redux: R-Type

    Posted on Wednesday December 2nd, 2009 at 15:00

    This week we take a look back at Irem's classic 1987 shooter R-Type, and talk to the folks responsible for the recent XBLA version. Please vote for us at iTunes, and send us your feedback via the comments.  Thanks for watching! ...

  • Adventure of the Week: Raaka-Tu

    Posted on Tuesday December 1st, 2009 at 15:00 in Adventure Games

    As the holiday season brings on warm feelings of nostalgia, I'm motivated to revisit Robert Arnstein's jungle adventure Raaka-Tu, published by Radio Shack in 1981 for both the TRS-80 Model I and Color Computer.  I played this one as a teenager, ...

  • The LoadDown - 11/30/2009

    Posted on Monday November 30th, 2009 at 08:28

    Once again we survey the downloadable Wii and XBox 360 landscape for the week... WiiWare -- 4 new titles.  Telltale's excellent episodic series continues with Tales of Monkey Island - Chapter 4:  The Trial and Execution of Guybrush Threepw...

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