Feeling The Retro Bug, Feel Like Recording a Retro Vidcast

Today’s one of those retro days for me.

Bored at home, the weather is humid and the A/C is pumpin the room with cool air. What game will I record myself playing today?

We’ll just have to see, won’t we?  lmao

Watch the site for the post. 

It’s nice to get out……

Hey everyone, how’s it going..! I hope you’ve been visiting OldSchoolJunkie.com for fun editorials, reviews, interviews and much more retro greatness. This weekend I found myself at the beach and decided to mess around with the camera. What do you do for fun when your stuck behind a computer all the time whether job related or not?

**Retro Tip**

Let’s remember to get out and see the world, more often than not. Peace!

www.oldschooljunkie.com

New Changes To Blog- Added Twitter Feed Plus More

Well as most of you that follow me on Twitter, you know that I’ve jumped into the Video Games Industry full on and alone. Thankfully many of like minded website owners and retro centric individuals like myself have joined hands with me to create a really cool unofficial retro gaming network. What I mean by that is essentially, I have created a retro based website, not a blog and little by little I’ve created a network using both Facebook and Twitter to push my thoughts and ideas to the world.

I must also mention that with out the support of a few very dedicated individuals via my Twitter account, I would not be anywhere near the number I’m at on the Alexa ranking system. I have basically jumped to just over 1 million and with any luck, should be breaking the 1 million mark in a short while. I’ve decided to do a small update on the blog to let you all know my current status and future continued growth.

On a side note, I’m always looking for writers, artists and anyone that is willing to help me out on this personal endeavor I’ve chosen to take on. Personally, my goal is to keep the old school generation from fading away into gaming history by keeping the games of the 80′s to current generation of retro remixed re-releases on the front page of the internet.

You can contact me by sending me your input, recommendations, also if your interested in writing a retro game related article or review to this e-mail address –> feedback@oldschooljunkie.com

It’s Been A While….New Site With New Priorities

I know I’ve been neglecting my poor little Blog site, but the truth of the matter is that I’ve taken the big leap and launched an all new Retro Gaming site. OldSchoolJunkie.com is my new baby, I have been busy editing video and audio for the site and designing the new lay out and feel of the new site.

I will continue to write on this site from time to time, when I need to rant, vent or just blow off some steam from my new endeavor in the gaming industry. I will also continue to be a contributing News Editor for TheBitbag.com until further notice.

So for all of my Retro Gaming news, reviews and all other Indie and classic games, head on over to the official site here. If your following me on Twitter already, your already set but you can also help me get to the top by following and RT-ing my Old School Junkie account on Twitter as well, here.

Thank You for all of your support and I look forward to the future.

Games For Windows Live! – Game Room Walkthrough

 

Hello retro gamers, I made this video for those of you that aren’t on Xbox Live! or Game For Windows Live!.

The prices are a bit on the high side for my tastes, but the bottom line is, if you love reliving your retro days. I won’t ramble on to much, if you want to know how the process is for playing a game and the pricing to purchase these retro classics, watch the video I’ve attached to this post.

New Website Launched

A few days ago, after many many months of deliberating I finally broke down and decided to launch the official Retro and Indie Developer dedicated website. Though the site can be found here: Old School Junkie. I’m not that great at using WordPress nor have much skill with HTML and many other website related language. So it’s still a work in progress. Stay tuned for updates. One more thing, if you go the new site right now I’m running a contest promo with the prize being a free copy of Super Mario Bros. for the Wii Virtual Console. Thank you so much for all of your support. Peace

Splinter Cell: Redemption DEMO Game Play

This is my 1st attempt at completing the exclusive Xbox 360 DEMO on realistic mode, which ended with me laying dead on the ground. I completed the easy and normal mode with out any problems, but in realistic mode if any bit of light reflects on you, your dead…lol, sorry if the video is not that great. Peace!

Metro 2033 Ships To Retail Experience a Post-Apocalyptic World Unlike Any Other

Today marks the debut of the Xbox 360 and Windows PC exclusive Metro 2033. Fortunately my game shipped two days ago so I should be receiving it today or tomorrow, “here’s crossing my fingers”.  Metro 2033 looks to raise the bar when referring to FPS visuals on the Xbox 360 and Windows PC, which is a genre that the Xbox and PC already own over all other gaming platforms.

"Metro 2033 offers gamers an experience unlike any other," said Richard Williams, Vice President, THQ Global Brand Management. "We’ve taken an extremely deep, engaging story, an incredible Russian twist on the post apocalyptic setting, and wrapped it up in some of the very best cinematic, first person action game play. The world of Metro 2033 is going to be talked about for years to come, just like other great gaming worlds that have gone before."

No other platform can match the kind of numbers when it comes to FPS sales on any console or gaming platform. I have really high hopes for the game, I will be completing this game for sure. The game retails for the usual $59.99 on the Xbox 360 and $49.99 for the Windows PC version.

For more Metro 2033 news, visit Metro2033Game.com, follow Twitter.com/Metro2033 or become a fan at Facebook.com/Metro2033.

3D Dot Heroes – Playstation Exclusive Is All Retro

I “can not” wait for this incredible RPG for the Playstation 3 exclusively. I know once this game launches it will be in my collection with the quickness, check out the latest video below. Please leave your thoughts in the comments.

Retro News: The Games That Defined a Generation

Today while going through my mountains of E-Mails, I discovered a small bit of news from Atari. Atari is releasing a new version of it’s popular Atari Flashback mini console system. The introduction of the Atari Flashback 2+ Classic Gaming Console is available on the official website for $39.99 plus $15.00 s/h. The console has been beefed up substantially from it’s previous console and will offer new gamers to retro gaming the opportunity to play the Atari 2600 in an almost identical form factor as it’s predecessor.

Check out the detailed specifications after the link.

Continue for the full details…..

Long Day Driving Around

Today I was out hanging with my friend and fellow gamer Will. We drove up to Boston to pickup his PAX East 3 day pass..!
Just getting and I am beat, worked on a friends laptop and revived it ffrom the grave. Still needs to HDD and probably an external DVD drive. Other that the laptop is running at optimal performance, considering the damaged drives. I’ve been up since around 5:50am and I just wanted to do one update today. Back to work on the A.M., peace out.

PSHome 1.35 Launching Tomorrow New Features Abound

Not sure if my Playstation Home Client is even up to the current version, I haven’t logged into Home in months. Finally a major update for the service is abound and this update promises more than some new neon glow sticks, from the post up on the official Playstation Blog, we can expect some much asked for features.

• Favorites: Personalize your own section to make locating your favorite places quick and simple.

• Personal Spaces: Your clubhouses and personal spaces are now right at your fingertips. The personal spaces you own and the clubhouses you belong to will be viewable in one convenient location.

• Friends: Finding your friends in PlayStation Home has never been easier. View the current location of your friends in PlayStation Home, and then navigate there to enjoy the action together.

• Explore: Browse all the spaces PlayStation Home offers. Finding a space that suites your taste and mood has never been easier.

• Recommend: Keep up with what’s hot in PlayStation Home. This regularly updated category will feature the newest and most exciting additions to PlayStation Home.

**NOTE** PlayStation Home will not be accessible for a brief period tomorrow as we work the magic on our side to bring you this update.

Heavy Rain Game Review Done By: Raw Game Play Corey and Mike From RawGamePlay.com

I am labeled a huge Xbox fan and for the most part I am a big Xbox fan, as well as a PS3 fan and Nintendo fan. But, most of the reviews done on Playstation 3 games always seem to do nothing but compare the games to previous iterations or to another console versions.

In my opinion, when I see that in a review, I lose interest with the quickness. I love seeing, hearing and reading reviews that just mention facts about the game being reviewed.

This is the first ever review I saw on the RGP site and I know for a fact if the other reviews on the site are of this caliber, then they will be my first stop for information on future titles. Shout out to Corey and Mike for this kick ass review.!  Check out the site here .

Peace Out!

Raw Game Play

New Twitter Integrated Tweet Defense Screens

As posted earlier by Torrence Davis from TheBitbag, Tweet Defense is a new “tower defense style” game for the iPod Touch and iPhone devices. I have a few screens for you to mull over, until you break down and get it for your self.

 

The Screens:

 

 

 

 

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New Trailer: Prince Of Persia Goes Back To Its Roots

I remember playing Prince of Persia wayyyyyyy back on my Windows 95 PC, and after playing the last two PoP on the PS2 and Xbox (original) I lost all interest and didn’t even give the name any thought when ever I heard talk about it from friends. Then we come full circle with a more feel of the originals roots. Quickly when I say roots I don’t really mean graphics (2D), but more of the game play on the exploration and climbing and hanging on the ledges. I know the other 3D games did all this but the style and visuals didn’t feel like the classic landscape

Here’s the trailer for your viewing pleasure: