Gaming Obscura: Pulseman
Companies like Game Freak are often widely known for their single greatest achievement. After all, players often associate a successful game franchise to a singular developer; Elder Scrolls by Bethesda, Resident Evil by Capcom, and so on.
Gaming Obscura: Goosebumps: Escape from Horrorland
Goosebumps was an incredible thing for ‘90s kids. Now, 25 years later, the children’s horror anthology is still growing. While the original series ended in 1997, the Goosebumps franchise has expanded into a hammy TV show, merchandise, more books, and two theatrical films.
Gaming Obscura: Trespasser
The Jurassic Park franchise has a love/hate relationship with its video game tie-ins. From fantastic park builders and arcade shooters to the lesser known barcode collector and DVD board game, Jurassic Park games have been pretty hit or miss. Among the lesser known titles, one very special game stands out above all the others.
Gaming Obscura: Koala Lumpur: Journey to the Edge
It’s 1998. My uncle has just handed me a wrapped package roughly the size of an encyclopedia. Beneath the shiny red paper is a cardboard box depicting a roadkill koala. Inside the box is Koala Lumpur: Journey to the Edge, a game that would grab my interest and has refused to let go for the past 20 years.
Gaming Obscura - SOS
In 1997, the movie Titanic was a cultural phenomenon, raking in massive box office numbers, record breaking award nominations, and shedding light on one of the more tragic moments in world history, all under the guise of a fictional love story.