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Zelda II: The Adventure of Link – I Am Error
I Am Error. Nintendo’s Zelda franchise is, arguably, the most celebrated in gaming history. Critically acclaimed, always brilliant, inventive, intelligent, and creatively inspired, the series has a...
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Ruddy Hell! Ori and the Blind Forest Is Glorious!
Yes. Every now and then there’s a video game release which is so ruddy, truly, very, definitely awesome you have to sit up and notice. These days Nintendo usually deliver these gems, but beards off to...
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Super Mario 64 Is On The Wii U! We Reminisce…
It’s been 18 years since it was released? WHAT!?!? Where did the thyme go!? It’s not often we get whimsical on Professional Moron as whimsicality is for whimsies with a sense of whimsicalness (we lie –...
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Remembering Earthworm Jim!
The legend that is. It’s been two solid decades (20 years, 240 months, 1043.55 weeks, 7304.84 days, 175, 316 hours) since Earthworm Jim 2 was released. It came out with a wave of anticipation, as the...
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Indie Game Awesomeness: SteamWorld Dig!
It’s the crrrrrrrritically acclaimed SteamWorld Dig, yo! A quick post this evening about awesome Indie game SteamWorld Dig which Professional Moron has loved playing upon over the last year. It’s one...
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Super Mario Bros. 3 Is Still Amazing & Here’s Why, Innit!
All hail! We’ve always claimed classic games are unaffected by the passing of time and the development of technology. It’s like the film Jaws – timeless despite modern CGI effects. It’s the same with...
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ZOMG! Super Mario Maker Looks Really Bloody Super Indeed!
The internet went ballistic over the weekend when Super Mario Maker (an impending Wii U title based on classic Mario platforming games) were (and was) revealed. Again. It were revealed last year at E3...
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ZOMG Yoshi’s Woolly World Is Fantabulous!
The woolly Yoshi dudes do their thang! Right, now later this year we’ll Go Geek and cover the 20th anniversary of one of the SNES’ (the best video game console in history – factorama!) final...
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Retro Tribute: 20th Anniversary For Donkey Kong Country 2!
Glorious retro awesomeness from Rare. Ahhh, Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy’s Kong Quest (conquest, see?). Released 20 years ago, this built on the success of the MASSIVELY popular Donkey Kong Country...
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Retro Gaming Gone Modern: Secret of Mana
It’s the Secret of Mana. What is your secret? Ours is a secret! Right, today we’re taking a look at Secret of Mana. This RPG has taken on something of mystical status over the years. Japanese...
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Retro Gaming Badness: 20th Anniversary of the Virtual Boy!
There it is, eyeing you with it’s anti-capitalist sentiments! Wowza! Nintendo’s Virtual Boy was released on this day in Nippon back in 1995. That’s 20 years ago. Count them years with us, kids: 1, 2,...
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Retro Gaming Awesomeness: Yoshi’s Island’s 20th Anniversary!
Yes, it’s his island. Don’t you dare trespass! Right! 20 years ago in August of 1995, Nintendo released Super Mario World 2 in Nippon. It didn’t hit the rest of the world until October ’95, but so...
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Karty Retro Gaming Aceness: Super Mario Kart!
Oh yeah! For a long time we considered Super Mario Kart, the 1992 SNES classic, the best in this celebrated series. Rightly so! It’s fantabulous and started a fantabulous franchise. After ’92 we had...
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Book Of Da Week: Game Over
Game over, man. Game over! Game Over: Nintendo’s Battle To Dominate Video Games is our book of choice for the week ahead, frankly as it’s considered the best book ever written about video games. It’s...
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For Shovelry! Why We Love The Rather Almighty Shovel Knight
For shovelry! We covered Shovel Knight almost a year ago rather briefly. Indeed, we’ve been wanting to do it proper justice ever since, and now’s the thyme! Why? As there’s a Nintendo amiibo on the...
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Happy 30th Birthday To Nintendo’s Super Mario Bros!
Nintendo‘s legendary Super Mario Bros. Right, on this day thirty years ago in Nippon the quite legendary Super Mario Bros. was released on the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). Everyone knows it....
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Why You Need The Surreal Genius of Super Mario Maker in Your Life
Super! To state Super Mario Maker is the most ridiculously absurd, absurdly ridiculous, brilliant gaming experience of 2015 is an undergarment. Er, understatement. Apologies for the typo. Zero...
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Shovel Knight: Plague of Shadows Will Make You Cry (happy tears)
Plague of Shadows! Shovel Knight? The Plague of Shadows? Eh?! In the history of shovels not much really stands out. To Professional Moron’s knowledge, the only shovel based cultural thing we’re able to...
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Why Mario Kart 8 Is One Of The Best Next Gen Games, Mon!
The volatile Mario Kart 8! For some reason we’ve only touched on Mario Kart 8 once on this blog, back when we highlighted the psychological trickery it can bring out from its players. This time around...
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Gusty, Gesture Based Loveliness in LostWinds
LostWinds provides relaxing, engrossing gusty gesture based fun. LostWinds for the Nintendo Wii was one of the first indie games we ever played back in the autumn of 2008. Frontier Developments created...
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