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Marshall’s Cavalcade of Holiday Horror: Zombies Ate My Neighbors

Hello Internet! Well, it’s December and you know what that means? It’s time for another installment of Marshall’s Cavalcade of Holiday Horror! This time we will be talking about one of the greatest games ever made:  Zombies Ate My Neighbors for the Super Nintendo (Also Sega Genesis, but who cares?). The Game Zombies Ate My Neighbors is a love letter to the horror movie genre. It honors the B-movie schlock from the 50’s on up….

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The Marshall Makes a Review Video Part 1: Introduction

Hello Internet! It’s been a while, how have you been? That’s good. I’m good as well, but a lot has happened in those few months that we haven’t talked. I don’t really want to go into it. There, now we’re all caught up! New Territory This post is going to deviate slightly from my previous posts in that it’s only going to be indirectly about video games. For a while now I’ve wanted to create…

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Doom 3: The Weird Middle Child

Hello Internet! Today we are going to talk about one of my favorite little black sheep, Doom 3. As you should already know because you area a die-hard follower of my blog, I’m a huge fan of the Doom franchise. The original Doom has a special place in my heart for introducing me to the world of videogames. Doom 3 also has a special place in my heart for re-introducing me back into the world…

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Noiseland Arcade

A Look at The Simpsons Arcade Game Hello, internet! I’m excited about this new post because I’m about to combine two of my absolute favorite things: video games and The Simpsons. Now, there are a lot of Simpsons-related games out there, and most of them are crap, but I’m going to focus on one of the good ones, the best one actually. And that one is The Simpsons Arcade Game! If you thought I was…

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The Doom of Nostalgia

Nostalgia. Some people think of it as a dirty word; the rose-colored glasses we put on to justify our sometimes good and sometimes questionable taste. I’ve been thinking about this topic ever since I was on the Inside the Gamer podcast (which you should totally check out). On the podcast, I wondered what had happened to all of the arcade sports games, because I thought they were so much fun and I preferred them to…

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Run Silent: The World of Subsims

Ahoy there, mates! Get small and baton down those hatches because we are about to scratch the surface on one of my absolute favorite videogame genres: the u-boat simulator! Patience is the Key In the world of subsims, you’re the captain of a u-boat (another word for a German submarine) during WW2. Your job is to order your men around the Atlantic Ocean until you come across some enemy ships to sink. Your mission is…

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Cavalcade of Holiday Horror: ObsCure

I don’t know what it is about Christmas time that gets me in the horror mood. Maybe it’s all the joy? For some reason, December is the month where I bust out the horror movies, whip out a scary novel, or throw in a good horror game. So in honor of that strange tradition, I will be making at least one horror related post for the month of December, starting…now. Don’t stay out too late…

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An Exercise in Futility

Trying to Beat Goldeneye 007 over the Weekend Just recently, I stumbled upon my Nintendo 64 (N64) sitting in a box at my parent’s house. I grabbed it and my roommates and I set it up at our place. We dug out the games and scoured over them until we came upon the mother lode: Goldeneye 007. The memories came flooding back. All those days and nights wasting away my childhood trying to beat one…

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Story and Video Games: The Debate

Which is more important in a videogame, story or gameplay? This is an old question that has been sparking debate for a while. Even though I’m a story guy through and through, I find this debate to be trivial and somewhat outdated. Despite this, I still read articles (especially with VR capabilities coming out) that gameplay is king and always will be, or that nothing can beat a good story and that story is the…

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Story and Video Games: An Overview

Story in video games is a funny thing. It’s something people often say is less important and should come second to gameplay. While I don’t entirely disagree, I think they are downplaying an important aspect of games. Story enhances the game immensely and critical to immersing the player into a different world. Story in games has evolved significantly in 20 years. Not that narrative in games wasn’t already complex, just look at any Final Fantasy…