Five Modern Hardcore Single Player Games
It’s no secret that I believe that games were more “hardcore” in the past. Not all of them were, a lot of them were just poorly made. But many (like Half-Life) had a brave, undeniable faith in the...
View ArticleOMG I’VE NEVER SEEN TOYSTORY!!!111oneoneone
Some things can only be experienced in their time. Years later, after the zeitgeist for a particular phenomenon has passed, it often rings hollow, or even looks ridiculous. The Goonies, for example....
View ArticleSaturday Morning RPG – You’ve got the touch!
Nostalgia and parody are two great tastes that taste great together. That makes Saturday Morning RPG the tastiest morsel available for iOS platforms. Yeah, I don’t normally review games for mobile...
View ArticleRise of the Triad – How to do a reboot like a boss.
Rise of the Triad has made its triumphant return to computer screens everywhere. It’s been almost 20 years since the release of the original, but this reboot has got me feeling all of the nostalgia....
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World of Warcraft – I Thought I Missed You
With the upcoming 10th anniversary of World of Warcraft coming up this month as well as this week’s release of the new expansion, Warlords of Draenor, it seemed like a good time to make a return to...
View ArticleEpisode 71 – Nostalgia Games
Most of us have had that moment where you are playing one video game or another, and something sparks your memory of when you were younger playing games, and had that magical quality of nothing but...
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Back to the Future, Part II
Part I here Part III here There’s an old adage among novelists: you have an eternity to write your first novel and 6 months to write your second. Writing team Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale spent four...
View ArticleForgotten toys of the 80s
When people of the Gen X persuasion look back on the 80s in a nostalgic fashion, I feel like there’s a sort of filter that lets all of the shiny and exciting stuff through while conveniently forgetting...
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Top 10 games that turn 20 this year.
The 90s were like a golden age of gaming! So many enduring classics were born in the age of grunge rock and Hammer pants that it’s easy to forget just how long they’ve been with us. 1997 in particular...
View ArticleEpisode 162 – Breath of the Logan
Greetings, fellow Dorkadians! This week we pit friend against friend in opinionated battles over some of the most beloved things in our lives. (That would mean video games and superhero movies.) First...
View ArticleEpisode 195 – #GameStruck4 part 1
This week we sit down to delve into a Twitter hashtag originally meant to promote a movie streaming service. Then the gaming community decided to make it their own. We’ll tell you ours if you’ll tell...
View ArticleEpisode 196 – #GameStruck4 part 2
Welcome back to the second part of our lists of games that define us. We still haven’t agreed on what that means, but we’re doing it anyway. In this special, extra long edition, we get Megan and...
View ArticleEpisode 200 – A Very Special Episode
It’s our 200th episode!!!!!! We made it, guys! So this week, on a very special episode of the Dorkadia Podcast, we reflect on these last six years and how we’ve all changed as gamers and people. You’ll...
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Review: Bubble Bobble 4 Friends
Let me start by saying, unless it’s a puzzle game, I’m not very good at video games. I used to be, but as video games developed, I was left behind. I didn’t have the coordination for difficult moves...
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