There was a time when I had one top game of all time. You would ask me what was the best game I ever played, and I would point to one cartridge on the SNES that ate up more of my time than any other. This game more than any made me an RPG fan, and I always felt it was the crown jewel of Square Enix (just Square at the time), and not the Final Fantasy games. That game is Chrono Trigger. Now, ... more.

As I have said before, the Dreamcast is my favorite console. No, it does not have the horsepower of the 360 or the PS3, but there was something about it that just stood out. For a system that had such a short life span, there were some amazing games made for it. I've already done reviews of two of them: Jest Grind Radio and Marvel VS Capcom 2. Granted, I did review the 360 version of the later,... more.

This is the moment I have been waiting for. My original plan for the 30 Reviews in 30 Days was to do one final feature at the end in which I did a review of my top 5 games of all time. The closer I go to that time, however, the less that made sense. After all, I had already done reviews of the other games on my top 10, so if I did it that way, I was either not going to spend enough time on each... more.

It's no secret if you have been following the podcasts that my all time favorite system was the Sega Dreamcast. It was short lived thanks to not having a DVD player among other things, but it had some amazing games. Part of the reason for this is it ran a variation of Windows, which made programing games for the system a snap. One of the reasons the Dreamcast is loved by old school gamers is the c... more.

When I mention Blizzard Entertainment, what comes to mind? Warcraft? Star Craft ? Maybe even Diablo? Like Valve, Blizzard is known for its big titles, and the company is among the best selling in the PC market. Retrogamers, however, have a special place in their hearts for an older game from this company that was originally distributed by Interplay. That game is The Lost Vikings. A game for... more.

You may have wondered whatever happened to Retro Active. It hasn't vanished completely. We still hope to do a Dreamcast podcast one of these days, but Tom and I both have been rather busy, and trying to schedule a podcast has been next to impossible. The main articles and the podcasts are not all we intend to do with Retro Active, however, and I can think of no better time to debut our latest f... more.