Drink the Video Games

<p>In this months episode of Drink the Video games, we head into the realm of Mortal Kombat and talk about how the game came into being, how its controversies propelled it to every corner of popular culture, and how it...

<p>This month were firing up the good old Nintendo and taking a look at their very big 1989!! The cereal, the tv shows, The Wizard! Nintendo put it all out there in 1989 to blow away the competition, and we'll take a...

<p>Get the torch lit, it's time for the Winter Olympics! As the games are about to begin, I was feeling nostalgic for a good old winter games tie-in and it got me thinking...what Winter Olympics licensed game was first...

<p>This month I'll be taking a look at the SEGA classic, Streets of Rage! How the game shaped the SEGA 16-bit era, how the music elevated the game into a class of it's own, and how a 25 year absence can't keep this...

<p>This month I'll be taking a look at one of the games that defined the brawler genre...Double Dragon! I'll take a look at how the game came into being, the legacy it created, the follow-ups that are still trying to...

<p>In this season of Drink the Video Games, I'll be taking a look at the history of Beat 'em Ups! How they got started, dominated the arcade to home console cycle, created some of the best tie-in games of all time, and...

<p>This month we are climbing aboard the Moldy Crow to see if Lucasarts can pull off the the ultimate Doom competitor with Dark Forces! I'll take a look at the technology that helped give Kyle Katarn an upper hand (and...

<p>This month I'll be diving into the over the top force action of The Force Unleashed! We'll get into how George Lucas gave it his blessing, how Lucasarts had to branch out technologically to make it happen, how ILM...

<p>This month, I'll take a look at the marketing bonanza that was 1996's Star Wars Shadows of the Empire! I'll dig into how the project came into existence, journey from the book, to the album, to the comics, toys, and...

<p>This month, we take a look at Rebel Assault! This game showcased the power of the CD-ROM and the power of Star Wars video games! I'll dig into how the game got created, the technology involved, how Vince Lee and team...

<p>This season of Drink the Video Games I'll be taking a look at the galaxy far, far away and checking out Star Wars Video Games! In this first episode I'll go into the past to learn about the first Atari Star Wars...

<p>In this months FMV Explored episode, I'll take a look at the more modern Sam Barlow masterpiece Her Story! I'll take a look at how the game came into being, how the storytelling captured the minds of the video game...

<p>Next up in the FMV series is a game that is as known for the controversy surrounding it as it is for the game itself, Phantasmagoria! We take a look at the over the top production, the hurdles it had to clear to get...

<p>For the first video game explored in this season we take a look at the classic The 7th Guest! In addition to being an FMV staple, this game pushed the boundaries and technologies for PC gaming in the early 90's. I'll...

<p>In the second season of Drink the Video Games I'll be taking a look at classic (and modern) FMV games! In this introductory episode we look at how FMV games came into existence, what made them important, how they...