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Archive for March, 2008

In the Wild…

Posted in finds on March 31, 2008 | 2 Comments »

The goldmine. I have been having a high success rate in the wild lately. I think it must have something to do with people spring cleaning or something. I have found that, in my area anyway, the amount of stuff in used electronics stores and thrift shops seems to build to an apex around December [...]

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DVD Review: Retroware TV, Season 1

Posted in Reviews on March 26, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Released by: www.retrowaretv.com Release Date: March 8th, 2008 Number of Discs: 3 Encoding: Region Free Special Features: Season overview commentary, extra interviews (Walter Day, Todd Rogers), blooper reel plus more. “Nerds rejoice…” I work in a job where I am paid to be creative all day, and as such that allows a certain amount of [...]

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Why do other languages have to look like scribbles?

Posted in Art of Collecting on March 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I wish I was disciplined enough to learn another language. One would traditionally think that a retro game fanatic like myself would kill to learn Japanese because of the amazing tradition they have of releasing games that are much better than their localizations. While I am not denying the fact that knowing Japanese would open [...]

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Why am I so happy?

Posted in finds on March 21, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Look what I got in the mail Thursday. and The best part? I got ‘em both for $130 from the same seller on Ebay. Considering the price that Snatcher alone is going for even in the past week ($152.50 with 4 days left, $99.99 starting bid) on Ebay, I think I gots me a pretty [...]

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Review: Sunset Riders

Posted in Reviews on March 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Platform: Genesis Publisher: Konami Release Date: March 3rd, 1993 Initial Impressions: Fuckin’ Contra meets High Plains Drifter. Thoughts: “But the Super NES versions has 2 more characters-” “FUCK YOU!” is my reply. It’s not like any body uses anyone but Billy anyway, why would you? Two six-guns? Billy is the wild west equivalent of John [...]

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Welcome to the Temple of Doom

Posted in News and Updates on March 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Hey Kids. I finally got around to registering a domain name for the blog, and awesomely enough I got templeofdoom.org. I still a have to configure the servers, but the domain should be taking effect sometime this week. So to sum it all up, same guy (i heart yuna), same blog (now with bi-weekly updates!), [...]

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