Our Team Fortress 2 server is up. Point to tf.ptdmagazine.com to join.It’s the classic arcade game that no one thinks of, yet everyone’s played. It’s also a sequel that was infinitely better than its predecessor. It’s name: Galaga.
It’s easy to forget just how successful Space Invaders was. In 1978, it was…
There’s a wave of nostalgia – pun intended – when loading Ecco the Dolphin for the first time. It’s been fourteen years since this charming swim-em-up enthralled Genesis/Mega Drive gamers across the world. Released under the banner of the Sega Vintage…
We were just outside of Pittsburgh when the mutants attacked.
We’d seen them tailing us since DC. Well, smelled them more than seen, you know what the mutants are like. They picked off three of our escorts in the first wave,…
In 1998, director Gus Van Sant remade Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho in a particularly unusual manner: he filmed a shot-for-shot remake. Critical opinion was divided on whether Van Sant’s work was an homage, a rip-off, or simply an exercise in pointlessness.
In the…
Addiction can be a terrible thing. It’s ruined lives and torn families apart. So it’s strange how many games have the term ‘addictive’ bandied about so easily when it can have so many detrimental affects. Qwak, from Team 17, the…
Breath of Fire II, the first sequel to Capcom’s premier RPG series, has arrived on the Wii’s Virtual Console. This marks pretty much the first traditional RPG available on the service, and while this oft-overlooked role-playing title may not be…
While most Nintendo fans are currently diving into the third installment in the Metroid Prime series, why not take a moment to download Super Metroid from the Virtual Console and experience arguably the pinnacle of the franchise?
Debuting for the Super…
Kicking off Nintendo’s “Month of Metroid,” the very first Metroid game was released for the Wii’s Virtual Console on Monday. While no one will deny that the original NES Metroid is a classic in itself within the legendary sci-fi adventure series,…
There are games that everyone recognizes as great. There are games which initially bask in the glory of adulation and then, through the passing of time and technology, glide gracefully into obscurity. Then there are the lost ones. Games which…
I hate retro compilations. That might come as a surprise to you, dear Game Publisher, since I’m what you would call an early adopter, a gamerdad (although I don’t have kids). Plain and simple, I am someone who’s seriously been…
Robert Ludlum’s The Bourne Conspiracy
5 stars
