“Descendant of Erdrick, listen now to my words.” With this speech, players began 1989’s Dragon Warrior, widely considered to be the first console RPG. Dragon Warrior featured a deep, epic adventure that was more complex than anything available on home videogame consoles of the era. Dragon Warrior created a genre, inspired countless imitators, and remains both challenging and playable today. Join us as we discuss Dragon Warrior–one of The Great Games.
Cartridge Blowers Episode 95: Who Wants More Smurfs?
The comedic failings of Sony have started to turn into background noise with their latest wacky antic over something going wrong with the PSN. Valve, apparently deciding that near-universal acclaim for Portal 2 is not enough attention, is going around making sure everyone knows that they will not be doing anything at E3 this year. Someone decides that what the world needs is a Smurfs dance game for the Wii. And Eric finally plays a 3DS and thinks it's the worst.
The Great Games Episode 1: Dragon Warrior
“Descendant of Erdrick, listen now to my words.” With this speech, players began 1989’s Dragon Warrior, widely considered to be the first console RPG. Dragon Warrior featured a deep, epic adventure that was more complex than anything available on home videogame consoles of the era. Dragon Warrior created a genre, inspired countless imitators, and remains both challenging and playable today. Join us as we discuss Dragon Warrior--one of The Great Games.