Golden Axe (Sega, 1989)
Sword & Sorcery. Known for buff swordsmen, scantily-clad warrior-women, and evil magic, this sub-genre of fantasy held pop culture in […]
Retro Console Gaming
Retro Console Gaming
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1989, Konami [Ultra])
If just seeing that logo didn’t fire off a powerful twinge of nostalgia for you, then we probably grew up
Retro Console Gaming
Ninja Gaiden (Tecmo, 1988)
Ninjas were a staple of pop culture in the 80s and 90s. They were everywhere. Movies, TV, cereal boxes… and
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River City Ransom (NES, Technos Japan, 1989)
Part of why so many of us love video games is that they’re a release. They release tension. They give
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Contra (Konami, 1987)
If you had an NES as a kid, and you lived near a video rental store that also dealt in
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Super Mario Bros. (NES/Famicom, 1985)
Often touted as one of the titles that kicked off the video game craze worldwide, Super Mario Brothers is the
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GosT – Behemoth (Blood Music)
A lucky few of you may have grabbed the vinyl when it debuted for limited release, but now Blood Music has released GosT’s “Behemoth” album for digital download!
Album Reviews
Zombie: The Unearthed OST by SurgeryHead (Featuring GosT)
Zombie: The Unearthed OST by SurgeryHead (Featuring GosT) Ooh, I was very excited to get the greenlight on this one.
Dan Terminus – The Wrath of Code
Dan Terminus, pseudonymous darkwaver extraordinaire from Lyon, France, has released a real earful with Finland’s Blood Music, The Wrath of Code. And let me tell you, it’s a dizzying doozy of a musical ride.
John Carpenter: Dark Myth Weaver of the 1980s
Many of John Carpenter’s films have common threads that stitch them gently together. For instance, the majority of the visuals (camerawork, exposures, etc.) create a mood that is not only nightmarishly dark but also thrown into stark, bold contrast. It creates the effect of a spooky slap in the face. Carpenter is also known for scoring many of his own movies, and doing a superb job of it.
Arcade Gaming
Street Fighter II: The World Warrior (Capcom, 1991)
Street fighter II: The World Warrior is where the franchise started for most fans; though its prequel enjoyed moderate success, it was this one that truly caught on and blew new air into arcade fighting games as a genre.
Album Reviews
SurgeryHead – Garbage Day
As many NRW readers may have noticed, while I love all retrowave music, my tastes do tend toward the darker end of the genre’s spectrum… and toward its fringes. That’s why I wanted so badly to review this set of tracks, and I’m very pleased to be doing so.