Truth be told, I've never been a fan of rail shooters. You know, the type of shmup--or shoot 'em up--where the ship or flying charac...

In case you weren't already aware, December is "Hudson Month," according to my friend Anne Lee (of the Chic Pixel blog). Wh...

As you should have heard by now (I mentioned it in my very last post, after all), last Friday marked the 56th anniversary of Sega's exis...

Although the company that eventually became Sega first opened its doors 76 years ago (as Standard Games), it didn't change its moniker t...

How's this for a silly, game-related tidbit that's likely to shock at least a few of you: back when I was a junior or senior in high...

You know how at the end of yesterday's post--about the rather rad (if I do say so myself) Dreamcast and PC Engine cushion designs I rec...

You may not be aware of this, but the dynamic dragon duo known as Bub and Bob--or Bubblun and Bobblun, if that's how you roll--haven...

I have extremely fond memories of playing through--or at least trying to play through--Treasure's Guardian Heroes  back in the day. As s...

Everybody who has been to Kimimi's Blog --and that's all of you, right?--knows that said blog's proprietress is an awesome chick...

Anyone who has flipped through the instruction manuals of at least a few old games--from the 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit eras in particular--kn...

True story: I've spent waaaaaay too much of my free time over the years searching Flickr for photos of Japanese game shops. As such, I...

A week or so ago I lamented the complete lack of good Christmas-based games. Well, I just thought of one: Sega's  Christmas NiGHTS . S...

I'll always have a soft spot for the Saturn. For starters, it was the first system I ever imported from Japan. Also, it served as the ...

Don't worry if your reaction to the headline above was, " Taisen Puzzle what? " Although the folks at Konami have produced at ...

I don't know about you, but I often get caught in "YouTube loops." (I go onto the site to watch a single, specific video and e...

I recently put a few obscure Japanese PSone games on eBay in the hopes of securing some cash for future purchases. Here are the relevant lin...

If you're a lover of gorgeous graphics (especially of the 2D variety), you've also got to be a lover of Vanillaware --the Japanese d...

Extra points are awarded if you can tell me why I sold my Saturn system, too. I'm guessing I sold both (and a bevy of other games like...