October 11, 2024 by Samuel Floyd
I can not fully express what demo discs meant to me during the Playstation era. Demo discs opened up a door to a world that most people had never even seen the door to before. Demo discs not only gave us a glimpse of what was up and coming, but often times gave us a […]
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September 13, 2021 by Samuel Floyd
When it comes to racing simulators Gran Turismo was in a class all its own, until Forza came along but we’ll discuss that later. Racing games were fine before Gran Turismo came along, but they were lacking a depth that only Gran Turismo could show us we were missing out on. Formula One: Built to […]
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July 5, 2021 by Samuel Floyd
In the mid to late 90s sports video games were an open market. It was a time when seemingly any company could publish whatever sports title they wanted, which kept EAvil companies from monopolizing every sport known to humanity. This was good for the consumer as it meant developers actually had to try harder with […]
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June 22, 2020 by Samuel Floyd
If you’ve read a portion of my other Peripheral Vision posts you’ll know I have quite a few strange video game controllers. One of the strangest among the collection is my Interact Barracuda. Compared to all the other oddities I own this is an absolute unit. I’m a grown man with grown man hands I […]
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June 12, 2020 by Samuel Floyd
Before the success of Sony’s DualShock series, there was another controller that looked slightly similar by the name of the Dual Analog. The Dual Analog was released in Japan in 1997, alongside a pair of compatible games, Bushido Blade and Tobal 2. The controller was advertised as giving more precise controls, with a rumble feature […]
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June 8, 2020 by Samuel Floyd
As a teenager the Sony Playstation was my favorite console and I simply couldn’t get enough of what it had to offer. While perusing a rental store I found a game that caught my eye by the name of Auto Destruct. On the back of the box I read: “Your family was murdered by a […]
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