THE 2022 GAME AWARDS RECAP

Despite big releases such as Marvel’s Midnight Suns dropping just last week to great reviews, the Game Awards, hosted and produced by Geoff Keighley, aired last night. Like every year, the show was weighted more towards world premiere trailers with many awards either being given out during the pre-show or rushed through before an ad…

REVIEW: TIMECOP (SNES)

Jean Claude Van-Damme is no stranger to film video game crossovers, having played Guile in the live-action Street Fighter film, but compared to other 90’s action icons like Stallone and Schwarzenegger, his video game tie-in ratio is pretty small with only a Universal Soldier game, which was simply a conversion of an already existing game called Turrican 2, and Timecop. Licensed games, especially in…

REVIEW: THE MASK (SNES)

We don’t really see much of Jim Carrey nowadays, but in the mid-90’s the actor was everywhere. His breakout year came in 1994 when he starred in three incredibly beloved comedies: Ace Venture: Pet Detective; Dumb and Dumber and The Mask, loosely based on the comic book series published by Dark Horse. Not one to miss out on making…

REVIEW: THE ROCKETEER (SNES)

I’m going to preface my review of The Rocketeer  on SNES with a little story from my childhood. It’s Christmas 1992 and I’ve opened all of my presents, save one. So far I’ve gotten everything that I’ve wished for, namely my Batman Returns Bat-missile Batmobile and Batcave play-set; What could be in this mysterious box…

REVIEW: THE ROCKETEER (NES)

As a kid of around 6 or 7, I had little to no knowledge of The Rocketeer’s history in comics, but what I did know is that there was a movie about this golden helmet wearing character zipping around in a jet-pack, shooting gangsters and saving the day. As you can more than likely tell,…