Toys in the Attic – Dragon Force

Welcome to Toys in the Attic, a new little segment where I get to talk about a game from a land so far far away – the past. We’ll start this off right, by talking about my absolute favorite video game of all time – Dragon Force. No, not the power metal band, Dragonforce, although a game about them would be quite interesting… but I digress! Dragon Force is one of the greatest games never played, and a lot of that has to do with its release on Sega Saturn in 1996. How many of you owned a Sega Saturn in the mid 90s? How many of you even knew somebody who knew somebody who owned one? It was rather sad that such a great machine had such a short shelf life, but that’s neither here nor there. Now I’m just going to educate you about a game you should have played eons ago.

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MORTAL KOMBAT! That Is To Say, A New Game…

Dark clouds foreshadow rain.  Similarly, the new Mortal Kombat live action video that made its way onto the web seemed to foreshadow a coming storm of new media for the almost-forgotten franchise.  Timing couldn’t have been better, in all honesty.  Just around the corner is E3, the place where video games can be reborn (or at least, given a second chance).  E3 is where many fans are expecting to see something new from the Mortal Kombat franchise, having just been acquired by a new developer.  It’s been a little less than a year since Midway went bankrupt and Mortal Kombat went to WB Games (now, NetherRealm). Continue reading…