Recent content by JaiGuru

I still go back and play Warcraft 2 over again from time to time. I really like those early, simple RTS games. There's something pure about their design. No hero classes. No special abilities. No multi-map questing. Just basic resource and time management. I find it has almost a zen-like quality...

I would honestly say it was the SNES. Virtually every controller that has come since has been an iteration of that. There were controller like the one on the NES that predate that system considerably, though they weren't well know. It was the first which really took ergonomics into...

This isn't exactly an oldie, but I've been dying for another go at FInal Fantasy XII. I really like the game but those PS2 visuals haven't aged so well. I'm not looking for a remaster so much as a true remake which takes advantage of modern graphic design and online capabilities. The game was...

I love that old box! It was my very first computer. I spent long hours as a very little pup playing Ghostbusters and Ghosts n Goblins. Likewise, we had Apacolypse, Wizards of Wor, some Egypt game where you run towards a pyramid, and PipeWorks. If you've never played that last one you owe it to...

It's probably a tie between the original NES or the SNES. Both of those gobbled up summer and weekend afternoons like a starved hound in a ham factory. Everyone was playing in those days so all of your friends would always want to come over to see which games you had. Likewise, you always ran...

My rig is aging but I still play lots of World of Warcraft. It's fairly generous with its spec requirements so I always get a good experience out of it. I'm hoping to upgrade next year but we'll see what happens. I need a new processor, card, and powersource, unfortunately so it's going to be...

Well, depending on how you define it, it was either Ghosts and Goblins on the Commodor 64, or it was probably a demo disk I got with our first "modern" PC back in 1993. It was a Packard Bell, some Pentium 1 model, and it came with a whole ream of free software and trials. One of the free games...

The other side of this is that too often when you upgrade one thing you have to upgrade another. That new graphics card is awesome. Be a shame if your powersource was too weak. Processor getting slow? That new model is on sale! Pity it's not compatible with your mbsocket! It just goes round and...

I always keep my ear to the ground around flea markets. I am gunshy about purchasing used optical disks online. I've just had too many bad experiences with them. But when I can inspect them upfront before laying down my cash that's another thing entirely. Sometimes people running game stands at...

If you're willing to throw a little loot at it, I'm certain you can still find new old stock, still in its wrapper! GBA was a massive hit and was significantly over produced. I wouldn't promise any specific model, given how many redesigns there were, but you can definitely find one. You could...

Mario is doing what he must given the horrible circumstances his homeland is facing! Have you ever asked yourself why Peach keeps getting kidnapped? Why her kingdom, after all these years of war with the Koopa Troop, does not have a robust military? Bowser invades with swamp animals, ffs! He's...

I have a feeling we may see something like this. Sales of the game remain brisk, believe it or not. But Microsoft paid billions for the franchise and, at this point, I cannot fathom them even breaking even. Something more has to come down the pipeline.

Now that the Better Together update has been out a little while, I've been thinking about the future of the game and what I'd like to see from the next update. There's already a glut of content, but we all have our little wish list of ideas we'd like to see implemented in the vanilla game...

End game is upon us as the expansion is preparing to draw to a close. WoW often has decent gold making opportunities in the space between releases so I thought it'd be a good time to share some of our tactics. It's no where near as lucrative as WoD was from my experience, but then maybe I'm just...

Hello everyone. I began playing WoW in the BC days (how can you tell an old WoW player? They'll tell you. Bah dum TSCH). And since those days I have always mained a warrior. I began on Arms, graduated to Fury after the update on the Isle of Quel'Danas which reset our tallent trees, and...