While they’ve fallen out of popularity in recent years, video game cheats and secrets were the topic of discussion on the playground in the ’80s and ’90s. Some tricks, like the Konami code and Super Mario Bros’ Warp Zones became almost universal knowledge, but other cheats never quite gained the same kind of traction. Today a game’s secrets are all discovered and posted on a well-formatted web page within hours of its release, but back in the day cheats could actually fall through the cracks.
So, here are a few secrets you may not know about games you might’ve been playing for 25 years or more. Some of these cheats could have saved your younger self a lot of frustration, but hey, better late than never, right? Let’s start playing these classic games right… Continue reading
Just a few days ago Star Wars Battlefront was released much to the pleasure of millions of fans who have been waiting for over a decade for another Battlefront game. Thankfully, we’re already being assured that we won’t have to wait nearly as long for the next installment in the series. 
Video gaming has gone through one hell of a transformation in the last 30 years, perhaps more so than any other entertainment industry. Gone are the days of brick-sized memory cards, squint-inducing 8-bit graphics and couch-constrained multiplayer modes, replaced instead by instantaneous cloud storage, photo-realistic pixels and sophisticated online playgrounds.