Alex McCumbers

Most people bleed red. Alex bleeds pixels. Hailing from the deep mountains of WV, land of beautiful landscapes and internet scarceness, Alex can be found writing about games in every sense. Retro games are his life, spending more time with his GBA than his PS4. Drop by one of the social doodads for deep discussions about gaming!

Nintendo Teams With SCRAP For Real-Life Zelda Adventure

Sweeping across the nation within the last few years is the group-building fun that is Escape the Room games. These games are built with various puzzles and riddles in mind, that usually lead to the group physically finding a way out of the room or set of rooms. Nintendo must have loved the idea, seeing plenty of families and companies locking themselves in to solve puzzles, and decided to team up...[Read More]

Zelda: Breath of the Wild Rumored to be Delayed

Nintendo wowed the gaming world with their official release of the Nintendo Switch, a console that combines the portability of a handheld device with that of a usual home video game system. Many were impressed with the design, as many of the rumors were true. Now some negative rumors have arisen on the net, starting with Eurogamer and moving on to sites like Mammoth Gamers. Unfortunately, Zelda: B...[Read More]

Creating with Limitations – An Interview with Ty Anderson of Links Awakening 64

A few weeks back, I was sitting at home doing what I do best at the hands of my Playstation 4, when all of a sudden I get a message from my buddy Erik. Now, to preface this, Erik is the biggest Legend of Zelda fan I know, introducing me to the franchise as a tot when he brought over his copy of Link to the Past, complete with a big strategy guide filled with hints, secrets, and lore. It was a grea...[Read More]

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Super Rad Raygun Review

Super Rad Raygun comes as a re-imagining on the indie game Rad Raygun that made rounds on the Xbox Live Indie games section of the marketplace. While Rad Raygun was a cool experiment, it lacked depth, and honestly the Xbox Indies weren’t as prominent in their placement as indie games are now. Thus, a revamp of that idea was in order for the folks at Tru Fun Entertainment, produced by both Sc...[Read More]

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Super Rad Raygun

Super Rad Raygun stars a robotic hero that must monitor his energy levels while tackling the dangers of communism in a retro inspired adventure. Expect jabs at 80's politics and gaming culture in this incredibly artistic game that comes from an old Xbox Indie idea.

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Quest of Dungeons Review

The rogue-like genre has always been about the risk/reward system that usually comes from only having one life. Typically, the genre focuses on tight decisions, incredible skill, and a little luck. Quest of Dungeons is a rougue-like dungeon-crawler that emulates the Mystery Dungeon series, but in a much smaller fashion. Where I had trouble getting into games like Shiren the Wanderer, which had lay...[Read More]

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Quest of Dungeons

Quest of Dungeons is a simple rouge-like, dungeon-crawler that has been on a multitude of consoles in the past couple years. The addictive game is now available on the Nintendo 3DS' E-Shop, completing the game's simplicity with portability.

The New 8-Bit Heroes – An NES Homebrew Revolution

The Nintendo Entertainment system changed the way the world saw video games. It was a system that shattered people’s expectations of what could be played at home rather than an arcade machine. When that gray box hit American shores, everything about video games changed in a dynamic and rapid fashion. It wasn’t long before the hits of the Japanese Famicom became household names with cha...[Read More]

Haunted ’86 – NES Homebrew Hits Steam Greenlight

Sure, Halloween may be behind us, but the fall and winter seasons are always a great time for spooky games. There are still a few horror games that I want to hit before leaving the genre for a while like Silent Hill and Amnesia. There is something captivating about scary settings, which is what brings us to Haunted ’86, an NES platformer that just hit Steam Greenlight for a future PC release...[Read More]

BOSS – A New Atari 2600 Game

Alright, so even though I’m a bit of Retro Guru here on Marooners’ Rock, I will admit that my knowledge of anything prior to the NES is pretty hit and miss. While I can name off most of the consoles after the NES in order or release and spout off all the cool little features of each, I never had much interest in anything before that magical gray box. That’s mainly because prior t...[Read More]

Top Ten Games That Need To Be On Nintendo Switch

Alright, so many people around the world are infatuated with Nintendo’s secret project that was finally revealed to be the console/portable hybrid it was rumored to be. Yes, the Nintendo Switch, at least judging by the trailer, looks like it could change how high quality gaming is treated. This capability to play a high definition game on the go, and then dock it to the TV at home opens up a...[Read More]

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Yomawari: Night Alone Review

Horror is something that’s not easy to pull off in any medium. Lucky for gamers its a little easier in the world of video games, if not a spectacle with more parts to use. Putting the player in the role of the character involved in the scary situation can take something that’s fairly tame in a movie and make it absolutely horrifying in a game. It’s wild how that little bit of int...[Read More]

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