Here we have Mega Man 2, one of the most beloved retro games of all time, done in a "2.5D" style, with flat sprites and fully rotating 3D backgrounds. This marvel of creativity confirms something we've long suspected is truth:

Old Nintendo games, downer quotes, and The Talking Heads team up to assure you that life is a tale full of sound and fury, signifying nothing. At the same time, there's something glorious and comforting about it...Kind of...

Remember Mega Man? Remember those little yellow hard hat enemies that ducked into their shells and make themselves invincible, but would also take an inevitable peek outside and reveal their soft spot? What if they didn't do ...

We already knew Sally Shapiro producer Johan Agebjorn likes to kick it old school with icy Italo-Disco, but we never knew of his love for remixing 8-bit jams. Neither did we think of adding some synthetic bass nectar to the...

tba

Those pop/nerd culture arbiters over at BoingBoing can't get enough of the pioneering video game systems of the 1980s, so it's no surprise that they devoted an episode of their new web video series to the retro classics....