Happy New Year For 2012 and Looking Back at 2011

It’s that time of year again, when people reflect on what they’ve accomplished, what they’ve witnessed, and what they envision their future unfolding throughout the next year.  Last year I outlined my gratitude for the uptick in web traffic to both this blog and my retail website, magisterrex.com, as well as my appreciation for the [...]

Rock Band Becomes Relevant With RUSH 2112

Back in the day all the cool kids listened to Rush records.  The group released several albums with limited success (albeit with some great music) until 1976, when 2112 hit the store shelves.  This was a “concept” album, meant for people to put on and listen to one side at a time, and be transported [...]

New Obsolete Comic Review – Marvel Holiday Special

A new Obsolete Comic Review is up at oldgamereviewer.com, this time focusing on the 1991 schlock-o-rama, Marvel Holiday Special #1.  Discover a One-Eyed Santa, a festive Spirit of Vengeance, and what I really think about Scott Lobdell’s writing.  All this and more can be found in this week’s installment, found HERE, YES HERE

Retrogaming Ruins: Descent to Undermountain

Back in the holiday season in 1997, Interplay Productions released Descent to Undermountain, a new Dungeons & Dragons PC game hotly anticipated not only because it was a new AD&D game, but because it promised to be a 3D roleplaying experience using the Descent 3D game engine.  Many gamers did not bother to wait for [...]

From 1988 – “Merry Christmas from Sierra On-Line!”

Back in 1988, Sierra introduced the Sierra Creative Interpreter (SCI) game engine, which permitted graphics in 320×200 in 16 colors, a huge improvement from the previous AGI (Adventure Game Interpreter) engine, which ran at 160×200 resolution.  The first three  games to enjoy the improved graphics quality were King’s Quest IV: Perils of Rosella, Leisure Suit [...]