It seems like no one can pre-order an SNES classic. Nintendo’s second foray into the “plug and play” style of game consoles may be just as popular as the NES classic that released in 2016. Pre-Orders for the SNES classic sold out within minutes of posting across online retailers and their limited stock has...

Let’s take a trip back to the 1990s shall we? Everyone was wearing flannel, listening to grunge, and trying to figure out how to get rid of the 1980s. The early 1990s garnered a strange cultural response to the bright neon and bubblegum pop of the 1980s. When Nirvana and Pearl Jam are being...

Welcome to Greatest.Games.Ever! If you have not, I highly suggest you take a look at my introduction post, that discusses what this series is all about. Read it already? Great! It’s time for us to dive in headfirst into the land of Pokemon! Generation 1 that is! It’s amazing to live in an era...

Woah!? I know…it’s been a while. Life tends to do that sometimes and I’d like to apologize for my absence. PopChomp’s original intention was to be a sort of garden for the cultivation of ideas and opinions. It’s not a site that will rely on a glut of content or clickbait. It’s a place...

For all of you 1990s kids, it’s time to start feeling old. Sonic the Hedgehog, the game that taught us to run fast with reckless abandon is turning 25 years old today! On June 23, 1991 Sega released Sonic on the Genesis and for a time there, the hedgehog was just as popular as...

If you didn’t already know, Spider-Man is finally making his first appearance in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).  On May 6, 2017, Spider-Man will finally join up with the rest of the Avengers in Captain America: Civil War.  While the film is already getting RAVE reviews (94% on Rotten Tomatoes, 8.6 on IMDB), I’m...

PAX East 2016 erupted into the Seaport District of Boston, MA on April 22 and served as a beacon for all nerds, gamers, otaku, and megafans of the North East. The Boston Convention and Exhibition Center was filled to the brim with a colorful array of characters and video game companies. It was loud,...

Of all the video game series to get the big film treatment, I would never think that Ratchet & Clank could be one of them. I started with this series back in 2002 on the PS2 when I was given the original game as a gift. I didn’t know what to think of Ratchet...

This has been a bit of a pipe-dream for Brendan and Mike for a long time. During Episode 3 of Bit-Chomp, Mike and Brendan started a tangential conversation about the Final Fantasy series; and what good FF conversation doesn’t discuss the amazing soundtracks by Nobuo Uematsu. This is a proto-type show for a project...

It’s time for Bit-Chomp Episode 3! Mike and Brendan talk about Brendan’s experience with Strider and how the retro-style game isn’t going anywhere. They also discuss the importance of a new, turn-based JRPG  and talk about I Am Setsuna. Brendan and Mike then decide to converse about Mike’s Top 10 Games of All Time!...