Tag Archives: consoles

ColecoVision – Old School Goodness

I’m firmly convinced that the reason I’m still such a dedicated gamer to this day has a lot to do with the quality of my early experiences. The NES, Super Nintendo or Genesis/MegaDrive were ground zero for many current enthusiasts,

Consoles vs. PCs: A Foot in Both Camps

(Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Just Enjoy Gaming) In the world of gaming there are those that are not merely enthusiastic about the pastime itself, but unflinchingly loyal to the hardware on which they partake in that

Point Streak Podcast: E3 2015

Hello and welcome to Point Streak!  This week we get super topical and talk at length about the upcoming E3 2015 in June.  Announcements, rumour, must-sees, duds, surprises and wish-lists abound.  Join us as Jeff, Chris, Vernon and Jennifer put

Point Streak Podcast: Predictions, 2015

Here we are friends, 25 episodes in on Point Streak.  In this edition, take a ride into the future as we spend a whole podcast trying to predict where the game industry will go in the near future: Steam, VR, console

Point Streak Podcast: Gaming Buyer’s Guide 2015

Welcome once again to another edition of Point Streak.  This time, the podcast centres on our very own Vernon, The Black Dragon, as he shares his Gaming Buyer’s Guide for 2015.  Think of it as tips for the savvy gaming consumer,

Point Streak Podcast: 8th Generation Consoles

Point Streak returns to the present day, with a new episode on a topic so current you can smell the freshness.  The Xbox One, PS4 and WiiU are the combatants of the 8th Generation of gaming consoles…and where do they

Point Streak Podcast: Exclusives

The subject of Exclusivity has been covered before at Enthusiacs…but never really goes away.  In this week’s Point Streak we find Jeff, Tony and Brian weighing in on everything from console exclusives to exclusive content – ploys much loved by publishers

Hardware Retrospective: Interton VC4000

  Thank you for joining me for another Hardware Retrospective. Last month, I went over a console that few people have heard about, despite being produced by a well-known company. This month, we’re going at a console that is even

Hardware Retrospective: The SEGA SG-1000

Welcome to Hardware Retrospective, a series that aims to tell the story of console gaming through the technology that defined it. Today, we’re going to look at SEGA’s first console, the SG-1000. In the early 80s, the console market was

Enthusiask: Advice for What Ails You

Greetings to you, weary travellers.  Come join me by the fire as I, Oliver Fiasco, provide sage advice, in another instalment of Enthusiask.  Just keep a safe distance back so you don’t get hit by a stray ember.  I flunked