Welcome back to Franchise Festival, where we explore and discuss the history of noteworthy video game series from the last four decades. Older entries can be found here. This week we will be ripping and tearing through the guts of Doom. Cover art, … Continue reading Franchise Festival #55: Doom

Welcome back to Franchise Festival, where we explore and discuss the history of noteworthy video game series from the last four decades. Older entries can be found here. This week we will be telling the tale of Tales. Cover art, unless otherwise noted, … Continue reading Franchise Festival #54: Tales

Welcome back to Franchise Festival, where we explore and discuss the history of noteworthy video game series from the last four decades. Older entries can be found here. This week we will be opening the door to Crazy Castle, one of the … Continue reading Franchise Festival #53: Crazy Castle

Welcome back to Franchise Festival, where we explore and discuss the history of noteworthy video game series from the last four decades. Older entries can be found here. This week we will be stalking the S.T.A.L.K.E.R.s of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Cover art, unless otherwise … Continue reading Franchise Festival #52: S.T.A.L.K.E.R.

In the mid-90’s Capcom’s arcade division developed many popular fighting games and brawlers. Super Street Fighter II was the flagship title for the powerful CPSII hardware. Darkstalkers, Dungeons & Dragons and Street Fighter Alpha were among the games that utilized … Continue reading Franchise Festival #51: Marvel vs. Capcom

Welcome to Friday, folks. Per my column from last week, there will be no Franchise Festival for the next couple of months. I’ll still be writing and building up a backlog, though, so you can have another uninterrupted year of … Continue reading Franchise Festival #Q: Soliciting Suggestions

Welcome back to Franchise Festival, where we explore and discuss the history of noteworthy video game series from the last four decades. Older entries can be found here. This week we will be flying through the clear blue skies of Mario‘s 3D history. Cover … Continue reading Franchise Festival #50: Mario (3D)

Welcome back to Franchise Festival, where we explore and discuss the history of noteworthy video game series from the last four decades. Older entries can be found here. This week we will be warping through the pipes of Mario‘s 2D history. Cover art, unless … Continue reading Franchise Festival #49: Mario (2D)

Welcome back to Franchise Festival, where we explore and discuss the history of noteworthy video game series from the last four decades. Older entries can be found here. This week we will be defending the history of Kingdom Rush with towers. Cover art, unless … Continue reading Franchise Festival #48: Kingdom Rush

Welcome back to Franchise Festival, where we explore and discuss the history of noteworthy video game series from the last four decades. Older entries can be found here. This week we will be engaging in Monkey Kombat with the history of Lucasarts’ Monkey … Continue reading Franchise Festival #47: Monkey Island

Welcome back to Franchise Festival, where we explore and discuss the history of noteworthy video game series from the last four decades. Older entries can be found here. This week we will be darkly stalking the facts about Darkstalkers, a … Continue reading Franchise Festival #46: Darkstalkers

Welcome back to Franchise Festival, where we explore and discuss the history of noteworthy video game series from the last four decades. Older entries can be found here. This week will be the second-ever instance of bumping a series’ spinoff section into … Continue reading Franchise Festival #45: Final Fantasy Spinoffs

Welcome back to Franchise Festival, where we explore and discuss the history of noteworthy video game series from the last four decades. Older entries can be found here. This week we will set off on an epic journey to uncover the history … Continue reading Franchise Festival #44: Final Fantasy

Welcome back to Franchise Festival, where we explore and discuss the history of noteworthy video game series from the last four decades. Older entries can be found here. This week we’ll be revving our engines and taking down the history of Burnout, … Continue reading Franchise Festival #43: Burnout

Welcome back to Franchise Festival, where we explore and discuss the history of noteworthy video game series from the last four decades. Older entries can be found here. This week we’ll be unlocking the story of Zero Escape, a trilogy of visual … Continue reading Franchise Festival #42: Zero Escape

Welcome back to Franchise Festival, where we explore and discuss the history of noteworthy video game series from the last four decades. Older entries can be found here. This week we’ll be creating our own path through Craftworld with LittleBigPlanet. I only made … Continue reading Franchise Festival #41: LittleBigPlanet

Welcome back to Franchise Festival, where we explore and discuss the history of noteworthy video game series from the last four decades. Older entries can be found here. This week we’ll be using our momentum to explore the history of Prince of … Continue reading Franchise Festival #39: Prince of Persia

Welcome back to Franchise Festival, where we explore and discuss the history of noteworthy video game series from the last four decades. Older entries can be found here. This week we’ll be reading about the text-heavy Wizardry franchise. This article would not be … Continue reading Franchise Festival #38: Wizardry

Welcome back to Franchise Festival, where we explore and discuss the history of noteworthy video game series from the last four decades. Older entries can be found here. This week we’ll be climbing the ladder of knowledge on Donkey Kong, the series … Continue reading Franchise Festival #37: Donkey Kong (Classic)

Welcome back to Franchise Festival, where we explore and discuss the history of noteworthy video game series from the last four decades. Older entries can be found here. Today we’ll be coordinating our tactical approach to X-COM. Yes, I put a dash in … Continue reading Franchise Festival #36: X-COM