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RetroComment : GAME saved, but what now to prevent GAME over ?
Apr 16th
It’s finally good to see the future of GAME has now been resolved. The games industry needs a presence on the high street rather than being available in shops selling carrots, slabs of meat and dog food. Whilst it is good that you can get games at supermarkets, this particular product and market needs a specialist retailer – regardless of what your opinions are of the people who work there and their technical abilities.
What can be done to prevent the fire sale that sparked the collapse of the GAME group ?
So what has GAME got to do going forward. From the suggestion box these spurt forth like a spurting thing :
RetroReview : Mega Drive March Madness Part 2 – The Mega CD
Mar 18th
Dateline : 18th March 2012
It’s only appropriate on Mother’s Day to post this article. Why ? Well back in the day having seen this following piece of kit shown off in all the magazines and through adverts on the TV, you would have been pestering your Mum to get this for you. And boy you’d be in for a crushing disappointment. It’s the Sega Mega CD….
This should have been the next great technological leap, but ended up being a big step backwards
When a console reaches the end of it’s life cycle in these technologically advanced days, companies will look to the future and bring out a new improved machine to replace it. Granted, this could take a few years of development and testing but once a console’s time has come, it has come and the end is not far off. Back in the day, companies would look to add-ons and expansions to their existing machines to squeeze as much life out of it as possible.
RetroReview : February Free-For-All – 9th February 2012
Feb 14th
Dateline 9th February 2012
The best way to deal with writer’s block – which, as some of you may have noticed, is why there hasn’t been an update for a week – is to get some sort of list going that will stimulate the writing juices. It’s either that or finally give in and play some well known games for a change as opposed to the obscure ones. Argh No! So join me now as we go through the Retro Alphabet with as many glaring omissions as there are inclusions, I am sure :
Says it all really....
RetroComment : Where’s The Originality ?
Jan 4th
4th January 2012
Is it too much to ask for something a little different ? After all if everything is the same over and over again it all becomes a bit safe and predictable. After casting an eye over some of 2012’s big game releases, RetroBear sharpens his claws once again for another attack on modern gaming….
Now wouldn't that be something ?
RetroEvents : London Gaming Convention (December 2011) Review
Jan 3rd
3rd January 2011
Better late than never, RetroBear takes you on a journey by train to “That London” as he attends the first ever London Gaming Convention and has a thoroughly enjoyable time of it….
You may recall towards the end of November I mentioned I had been invited to the first London Gaming Convention not far from Arsenal Football Club. Well the good news is I did manage to attend. The bad news is it took me so long to write an article about it. However I can report that, despite a few teething problems, and those I can’t really comment on as I did not take take part, I found the whole thing to be really rather good.
Happy New Year !!!
Jan 2nd
May 2012 make all your dreams and wishes come true
As the holiday season starts to wind down and Retrobear finds he can no longer put off standing on those scales just to see how much he has eaten in 2 weeks, he takes time out to reflect on the year 2011 and looks forward to 2012.
Well it has been a funny old year for yours truly, especially when you consider at the start of 2011 Retrosection didn’t actually exist. We rose from the ashes of the now-defunct Gamefancier site and it’s been a good move. True, perhaps I haven’t been here posting as much as I should have done but I think overall there has been enough content on the site over time to give you a feel of what we are all about here.
RetroEvents : London Gaming Con – 3rd & 4th December
Nov 29th
Here is a real opportunity for all retro and current games fans. Coming up this weekend at the Rocket Complex, Holloway Road in London is the first ever London Gaming Convention. Check below for further details of this fabulous event and register your interest. Seriously it beats dragging yourself up and down the high street Christmas shopping !
Retrosection will be in attendance and we hope to have some reviews and pictures of just what went on and what you will miss out on if you don’t go ! So check out the website below and all the details and RetroBear hopes to see you there !
London Gaming Con is fast approaching this 3-4 December. Make sure to Register Now for the event which will bring Gamers together! It will be a 1,000 person-event by fans for fans at the Rocket Complex on Holloway Road, taking place from 11am in the morning right through to well past midnight. Remember, you must be over the age of 18 by 3rd December to attend.
If you register and pay now then you can get Saturday for just £8 and Sunday for just £6. (On the day entry without pre-paying is £10 per day).
Register Here – View Travel Info Here – Full Website Here
| Party till 1am! Ultimate Championship: Win £100 brentalfloss Live-Concert! Over THIRTY game tournaments Play Latest Games Casually Extensive Retro Zone Anime Screenings LAN Gaming Bass Invaders Rave! |
Game Developers Talks Super-Sonic-Sunday! DDR Tournament Cosplay Masquerade CoLD StoRAGE Live Pub Quiz Cosplay Workshops Sunday Sonic Party Whose Game is it Anyway? |
Area 11 Live-Band YGO/MtG TCG Tournaments Bands & Chiptunists Buy VG Goodies Sonic Blindfolded Karaoke Nintendisco & ClubSEGA Ashens, Guru Larry, Benzaie MUCH MUCH MORE! |
START PLANNING YOUR DAY NOW
View Guests Here – View Event Timetable Here – View Tournaments Here
Stakes Tournaments (Cash Entry, Big Prizes): Mario Kart, Super Smash Bros, Super Smash Melee, Blazblue Continuum Shift 2, Super Street Fighter IV Arcade, Arcana Heart 3, Ultimate Marvel v Capcom 3, King of Fighters XIII, Animeleague’s Dance Dance Revolution
StandardsTournaments (Free Entry): Rock Band, Guitar Hero, Animeleague’s Dance Dance Revolution, Counter Strike Source, Minecraft, Team Fortress 2, Micro Machines, Tetris 64, Goldeneye 64, Sonic 2, Super Mario (original), Halo Anniversary, Gears of War 3, Mortal Kombat 9, US2, Modern Warfare 3, Mario Kart Wii, Super Smash Brawl, Sonic Generations, Blazblue, Super Street Fighter 4 Arcade, Forza, Phantasy Star
30 Days of Gaming – Game 19 – Goldeneye (Nintendo 64)
Nov 22nd
Dateline : 19th November 2011
The old foe stands opposite Retrobear – the move tie in. However on this occasion he is more than pleasantly surprised as this one is really rather good. In fact not just rather good but stupendously good. So grab your silencer and your tuxedo as RetroBear goes all Bond on us….
You can tell the quality that went into this game and that is why its a gaming classic
30 Days Of Gaming – Game 14 : Sega Rally Championship (Sega Saturn)
Nov 16th
Dateline : 14th November 2011
Driving games are ten a plenty but it is rare to find one that rocked the arcades that also rocks in the comfort of your own home. Those Friday night trips to Stourport-on-Severn must have paid off as RetroBear loads up one of the great Sega games from the last great days of arcade gaming…..
Driving games don't get much better than this and for once the spirit of the arcade original runs through it
30 Days of Gaming – Game 9 : Virtua Tennis (Sega Dreamcast)
Nov 13th
Dateline : 9th November 2011
With a craving for barley water running through his veins, REtroBear tackles one of the best sports games out there as well as one of his own pet hates. You’ll see why underneath he is no member of the Andy Murray Fan Club….
If anyone makes any reference to new balls or balls being out there will be trouble
I hate tennis. Its not really a sport to me, more of a minority one that should be tucked away on some obscure satellite sports channel where no one knows it is there. Sport should never be elitist but the only seemingly good tennis players we Brits seem to produce are either toffs, Scots or Canadians. My hatred doesn’t end there – for me tennis is equally dull to play as it is to watch and besides, the only tennis courts round here are used for football.