Monday, August 8 2011
‘Retromania’: You’d Throw It Against the Wall If You Weren’t So Immersed in It
Retromania is about the anxiety of influence; how our present moment is feeding into it, how it emerged framed as a historical inevitability, and how its necrotic collateral is any futurism that may have the audacity to disregard the past.
Wednesday, May 26 2010
You Say Apocalypse, I Say Retro Chic
Much like telling an erotic story within a Victorian backdrop seems ever so sexy, human depravity juxtaposed against a seemingly golden age of good, moral values is darkly comic and that much more disturbing.
Tuesday, May 13 2008
Ming & Ping: Causeway Army
Finding a synth-pop CD with this much polish and straight-up style feels like an utter breath of fresh air.
Tuesday, April 22 2008
Kamera: Resurrection
Kamera is as pure a retro throwback as you may ever find.
Thursday, January 17 2008
Contra 4
Games like Contra presented a sort of difficulty that, while extremely demanding, was what offered those games longevity to begin with.
Friday, October 19 2007
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
Much more than a gimmick, the controls of Metroid Prime: Corruption eventually gel into the definitive FPS experience.
Monday, September 17 2007
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
Metroid has always been akin to waking up in the eye of a storm.
Thursday, June 7 2007
Tetris Evolution
Tetris Evolution starts with the tried and true concept of Tetris and takes it somewhere it's never been before: Xbox Live.
