Remember the Experimental Theatre Ad for Legend of Zelda?

legend of zelda commercial 80s

Advertisers in the ’80s had no idea what to do with video games. Think of everything you’ve seen depicted in Mad Men, now picture those exact same survivors of childhood in the Depression, but older and just burning their days until retirement, trying to sell 8-bit computer games to children in a decade exultant in … Read more

Six NES Games That Need to Be Remade NOW

New quick-hit opinion over at Asylum, and don’t gripe at me about how some of these were remade for your crappy platform. I’m talking here about games that truly deserve a second chance in our new wireless, body-language reading, super-graphics consoles. A long time ago, there was a heartwarming Nintendo game full of potential, despite … Read more

Video Game Porn Spoofs We Wish Existed

Video game porn parody

When my parents — both writers and editors — ask how my work is going, I think they always wait for me to announce I’ve begun work on the next great American novel. But usually I haven’t because my work week is full of Photoshopping fake video game porn for my freelance clients. Meaning, I’m … Read more