Outside of the arcade light gun game, Terminator 2 got some horrible video game adaptations, but developer Bitmap Bureau will hopefully deliver a game worthy of T2’s greatness in September with Terminator 2D: No Fate.  Following the movie’s plot, the game is a side-scrolling action platformer that looks to be taking heavy inspiration from games like Contra.  […]

90s cult favorites, the Samurai Pizza Cats, are returning on PC and all major consoles for a new video game, Samurai Pizza Cats: Blast from the Past, just in time for the show’s 35th anniversary. Featuring the show’s original voice cast, Sonja Ball, Dean Hagopian, Rick Jones, and Terrence Scammell, Blast from the Past sees […]

If you’re a retro gaming fan like us, chances are you have watched the Angry Video Game Nerd unleash his legendary rage, ranting, raving, and tearing through 200+ episodes of gaming mayhem. For the Nerd’s latest gaming adventure, Mega Cat Studios and Retroware are bringing gamers to the 8-bit past with the upcoming Angry Video Game Nerd 8-bit. Watch an behind scenes creation of his Nerd Room at Magfest 2025.

With over 1000% funding from Kickstarter, Mega Cat Studios is gearing up to deliver a fresh 16-bit shoot-‘em-up for the Sega Genesis and Mega Drive in ZPF. Here’s the new lore trailer to explain the plot of the game.

One of the original Apple TV+ originals, Mythic Quest, is back for its fourth season this month.  After trying to strike out on their own in Season 3, Ian Grimm (Rob McElhenney) and Poppy Li (Charlotte Nicdao) returned to Mythic Quest, bringing with them a user-generated experience called Playpen that seems like it will cause […]

As 2024 is coming to a close, we played the latest releases of December to keep us gaming into the New Year. We returned to Antarctica to survive against terror in The Thing: Remastered. Crashed and bashed our way through whacky levels in Antonblast. Became a space ace frog pilot in Entropy Survivors. And we explored virtual spaces in Exercise Your Demons and the House of Da Vinci VR. Read our reviews for this month of the Gamebox 2.0. 

Everything Action was back in Syracuse, NY, for RetroGameCon’s biggest event ever. Now three days long, the convention brought retro games, arcades, music, vendors, a panel, special guests, and more to Upstate NY, and Zach and Chris were there for all three days. Check out everything we experienced. History of RGC From simple beginnings to […]

This October the Gamebox 2.0 gave us a few tricks and plenty of treats. We got to reunite with some old friends on the baseball diamond for Backyard Baseball ’97, went Beyond Shadowgate for the sequel to the NES adventure game, combined tactics and deck building in Dark Sky, and unleashed our inner Bridezilla in Lethal Wedding. Check out everything we played this month below.

The alter ego of Finnish rock band Poets of the Fall, Old Gods of Asgard is a heavy metal band that exists in the universe of Alan Wake/Control, and they helped create one of the most incredible video game levels of all time in Alan Wake II.  *Spoilers* In the chapter “We Sing” of the […]

As we get into a cozy fall season, the games we played this month haven’t slowed down the fun. For this month of Gamebox 2.0, we hit the borderline of madness in Edge of Sanity, battled zombies in Blood Purge, fought unholy abominations in Immortal Hunters, and gunned down some meaty invaders in Iron Meat. Check out everything we played this month below.