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Deep diving into video game nostalgia. Opinion, reviews and news on video games past and present.

13/03/2022

Half-Life. The peak nostalgic FPS and Valve's most important success.

https://deathbynostalgia.com/half-life-valves-most-important-success/

It is hard to find games as influential as Half-Life. Not simply because it went on to spawn multiple well received sequels. But what it allowed Valve to achieve.

11/03/2022

Dissecting Sony's State of Play. What is there to look forward to?

https://deathbynostalgia.com/dissecting-sonys-state-of-play/

The State of Play is Sony’s answer to the Nintendo Direct. Easily digestible, its straight to the point and offers players a way to assess upcoming games.

09/03/2022

Super Mario Party - Are games featuring Mario overrated? A Switch review.

Check it out here - https://deathbynostalgia.com/super-mario-party/

Here is my controversial opinion. Games that feature Mario and his gang can be extremely overrated. Super Mario Party is one such game

07/03/2022

Call of Duty: United Offensive Review now uploaded.

Back when expansion packs offered far more than cosmetics and developers tried to exceed the original

Check out the review -https://deathbynostalgia.com/call-of-duty-united-offensive-review/

Video game expansions are much less common now. Before DLC spoiled the party, developers usually put more effort into expansion packs than we see today.

06/03/2022

This weeks biggest stories in video gaming, summed up

https://deathbynostalgia.com/video-game-news-28-02-06-03/

Rounding up the biggest stories in the video game industry from 28/02/2022 to 06/03/2022

05/03/2022

Thinking about collecting video games in 2022? Older games can be an expensive habit, if you are not careful

https://deathbynostalgia.com/collecting-video-games-in-2022/

Video game collecting can be great. An ever-increasing group have turned to collecting older/retro video games. Some, fuelled by nostalgia. Others, in a misguided attempt of making profit, and an even smaller minority, simply because they like collecting things.

03/03/2022

This War of Mine. A great game by a great developer.
11 bit studios This War Of Mine

Check out the review here

https://deathbynostalgia.com/this-war-of-mine/

This War of Mine is over 7 years old at the time of writing. It has gone on to sell over 4.5 million copies in its lifetime. Testament to its quality, it has also been ported to the Xbox One, PS4, Nintendo Switch and mobile markets.

01/03/2022

The PlayStation One is the most nostalgic console.

https://deathbynostalgia.com/the-playstation-one-and-childhood-nostalgia/

The PlayStation One for The PS1 launched in December 1994 in Japan, followed by September launches a year later in both North America and Europe. It was Sony’s first entry into the home console market and was meant to compete with the big hitters at the time, Nintendo, and SEGA. Instead, it did no...

28/02/2022

Why should the video games industry speak out about Russia's illegal invasion of Ukraine? Because it is the right thing to do.

Russia's illegal invasion and video games.

https://deathbynostalgia.com/russia-invades-ukraine/

Слава Україні! Героям слава!

Sadly, the world is in a terrible place right now. No doubt you will have already heard of Russia’s barbaric and heartless invasion of Ukraine. For those of you who have not, here is the breakdown.

25/02/2022

Call of Duty: The game that spawned a monster. An influential game, 19 years later.

https://deathbynostalgia.com/call-of-duty-a-game-that-spawned-a-monster/

Call of Duty is dominating the first-person shooter market. There are no signs of it slowing down either. But where did it all begin?

23/02/2022

The Video Game Industry Lacks an Ethical and Moral Compass

Large video game companies are stirring up controversy on a regular basis. We cannot go more than a couple of days before one of the big hitters has upset their consumer base.

21/02/2022

Review #2 now online. Is Resident Evil 0 the unsung hero of a 26 year old franchise?

https://deathbynostalgia.com/resident-evil-zero-a-prequel-to-a-remake-remastered/

My opinion of Resident Evil Zero has always been that it a good game sandwiched between greatness and mediocrity. Overshadowed by its superior successor

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