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Gaming Flashback: Mega ManGaming Flashback: Mega Man
Mega Man, a series franchise was born in the month of December, a series we rarely hear about today but one that inspired many great games in the side scrolling genre. Mega Man was foundation brick in the early Nintendo consoles and a bread winner for Capcom, he was a mascot to represent a genre typically dominated by Mario.
The name Mega Man, in the 1980’s was synonymous with the word awesome. It was also synonymous with the word difficult.
A character that had so much potential you can now find him in mobile phone gaming and the virtual console in Europe.
“In the year 200X, master robot designer Dr. Thomas Light, and his assistant, Dr. Wily, worked on a project to create human-like robots with advanced intelligence.” (wikipedia) Each robot was designed to perform a specific task, Cut Man was designed to cut down trees, Guts Man is designed to pickup heavy things, Ice man for arctic exploration, etc. His assistant grew envious of Dr Light so he reprogrammed the robots to do his bidding, which was nothing but evil. Your job is to undo this evil.
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Episode 531: Is Bethesda Evil?Episode 531: Is Bethesda Evil?
This podcast was also delayed in publication due to real-life issues, but there’s a lot of banter involved, including a discussion of Bethesda’s missteps and the upcoming The Elder Scrolls VI, whatever it is.
- Report: Xbox Game Pass not happening on Nintendo Switch anytime soon
- Resident Evil 2 remake was nearly first-person
- Kingdom Hearts director says Marvel and Star Wars would be tricky to add
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TD Gaming Podcast 98: I Was Bad AssTD Gaming Podcast 98: I Was Bad Ass
This week we’re giving our impressions of Wrath of the Lich King, taking a look back at Ikari Warriors for the arcade and NES. This weeks news covers a few cool topics:
7-11 getting into the video game market- World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King Sells 2.8 million copies
- Harmonix facing drum pedal lawsuit
- Playstation 3 online community matches Xbox 360’s
This week we’re taking a historic look back at SNK Playmore, a company that managed to collapse yet rise from the flames under a new name with their old SNK franchise licenses. Also, we’ll announce the winners for our Bejeweled Twist Contest.