One of the things I loved from the eighties were the cartoons. Anime, Western ‘toons like Johnny Quest re-runs, Galaxy Rangers, the Mighty Orbots, G.I. Joe, you name it. Then […]
Larry Hama’s name might be familiar to fans of Hasbro’s G.I. Joe series — he was the Marvel writer responsible for the comics based on their toy line. Not only […]
If you haven’t heard yet, Arnie’s back on the big screen in a new action vehicle called “The Last Stand”. The bad news is that it doesn’t look like it’s […]
John Carpenter’s Big Trouble in Little China in 1986 is a fantastic action mash-up of Chinese mysticism, American swagger, and outrageous martial arts sequences set in modern Chinatown. The game […]
The art actually came from the box set of the “Classic” Dungeons & Dragons boardgame version released in 1994. An earlier version, with a different dragon but similar arrangement (sans […]
The late eighties and early nineties saw an explosion of AD&D licensed video games as computer game developer, SSI, reaped the benefits via its series of “Gold Box” RPGs. These […]
Gaiapolis, Entopous, or “Gaiapolis – Koganedaka no Ken” (Gaiapolis – Sword of the Hawk) as it was known in Japan, is something of a quiet, relatively unheard of arcade classic […]
Bruce Lee was a consummate badass who did it all. Director, writer, teacher, and martial arts master whose influence continues to be felt years after his death, he didn’t wait […]
“Avengers, assemble!” Just saw the Avengers last week and it was great, superhero-powered action from start to finish. That said, the arcade game was also a lot of fun back […]
Can you save the President from ninjas?! This beat ‘em up is perhaps better known in the West simply as “Bad Dudes” with the small subtitle “vs. DragonNinja” beneath it […]
