Hammered Bros’ very first pick on “The Badasses of Gaming” is Rodney from the Skate or Die series. This guy trained the skateboard legends of today but nobody knows about his past - the past he had working in a little skate shop that was responsible for sending countless kids to the hospital with his “advice.” » read more

Sometimes we don’t get right to playing a game due to its uninviting box art cover. As mentioned in the first part of this article and how it was difficult to make good choices on our Nintendo game purchases due to the lack of review resources like the internet or a wide variety of game magazines. We relied on one thing - our eyes. » read more

Sometimes there are rehashed games from the old vault that make you cry, like Shadow the Hedgehog. How in the hell did this come from the great Sonic titles back in the Genesis days? And don’t say, “It’s Shadow, not Sonic.” It’s from the same company under the same franchise, it is the same. They were losing their creativity and thought that Sonic’s evil half would be pretty hip if he had a gat – yes, it’s officially a gat. This isn’t some nerf-looking laser gun that would be more appropriate to the actual series. It’s a cheap, street glock used to kill innocent bystanders at the wrong address in a drive-by. » read more

You are going to buy a Nintendo game today so it’s either your birthday or it’s close to Christmas. There was plenty of time in between these two great events to decide what game you wanted to buy. Unfortunately you had no resources; there was no internet to read reviews and you couldn’t trust Nintendo Power’s “reviews” either. All you can do is drag your parents to the mall and pray that they had something “bitchin” behind the counter.
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