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Bad Dudes Vs. Dragon Ninja: A Retrospective
Every so often, a game comes along that really gets some mainstream publicity, and this public attention can have an impact on our ordinary, non-game related lives. Most commonly, it comes in the form of a game such as Mortal Kombat or Grand Theft Auto III, fueling the debate on violence in the media. But Bad Dudes affected our lives in a much different way. Its plotline (that the president had been kidnapped by ninjas) terrified Americans everywhere, but also made them more aware of the threat posed by ninjas to our democratic society. “President Ronnie has been kidnapped by the ninjas.” If this sounds insane to you, it’s probably because you a

Timelord is Why Mankind Will Never Invent a Time Machine
Milton Bradley is probably best known for their exciting board games, but back in 1991 they decided to try their hand at making NES games. Apparently they were feeling extra ambitious that day, because they didn’t make just any video game, they made Timelord – a game in which their very own company invents time travel and saves the world. Keep in mind that Timelord was one of the first things Milton Bradley made in 50 years that wasn’t sitting on the store shelf next to Hungry Hungr

Why Tenchu: Wrath of Heaven is Unquestionably the Most Realistic Ninja Game Ever
In the history of video games, ninjas are everywhere – from Bad Dudes to Shinobi to Ninja Gaiden to Final Fantasy. Ninjas are so popular in video games that it’s easy to get confused and think that they are simply fictional characters, created by game designers.  You know, like Mario, Pac-Man and John Madden. However, ninjas were real, and played an important role in the history of medieval Japan, although the real ones barely resemble the characters we are used to seeing in video games. Until now.

A Beginner’s Guide To Role-Playing Games
Perhaps no genre of game has undergone such a dramatic increase in popularity as the console RPG. Ten years ago, RPGs were very long, single-player games that relied heavily on story and character development (instead of high-speed action) and were only played by a handful of lonely geeks. These days, it’s still pretty much the same, except that thanks to the internet and the highly disproportionate number of lonely geeks who frequent it, RPGs seem a lot more popular now than they were before. Sure, Gran Turismo 4 outsold Suikoden 4 about 10,000 to 1, and GameStop probably sold more copies of GTA: San Andreas at a single store than they d

Final Fantasy IV (aka Final Fantasy II)
The most rabid, obsessive fans of the Final Fantasy series will often refer to Final Fantasy IV as the best game in the series, but when pressed, will have a hard time explaining why.  Of course, this is because there really isn’t anything special about Final Fantasy IV – from start to finish, it’s a completely run-of-the-mill, unremarkable and tedious routine of power-leveling and talking to insipid townsfolk.  In fact, the game would probably have been forgotten by now if not for the fact that it has Final Fantasy in its title.  Most of the game is so repetitive and devoid of anything even resembling gameplay that it manages to become rather boring well before it e