As arcades have begun shuttering their windows and closing their doors across the United States it’s becoming increasingly harder to find those classic titles. Due to this a new market which is focused around bringing those games into the home…
Stranger Things Season 3: The Game Review
The third season of the Duffer brothers and Netflix’s original series Stranger Things was one that not only further developed beloved characters, but also took risks in embracing its horror themes to deliver a story as good, if not better,…
SNK 40th Anniversary is the New Standard for Retro Game Collections
Every once in a while, we see a prolific game developer or publisher put out a collection of some of their best games across their history in a nice, convenient package. These collections give us access to some of our…
VGBC: Thimbleweed Park Episode 2 – Complete Parts 4-6!
Each month, members of Irrational Passions will play through a new game. From modern to retro, obscure to popular, games we’ve played and those we haven’t, we will be hitting checkpoints as we go, sharing our experiences. Play along and…
Randomizers: The best thing to happen to the emulation scene
The concept and execution of playing old console/handheld video games on more recent systems or your computer is nothing new. Emulators (the programs that allows this to happen) and ROMs (the game files themselves) have been around for almost two…
Monthly Passions: August 2015
Almost a month late, but hey, we got games to talk about and play!