I am a person who has always loved video games. I began playing them when I received my NES as a gift on my second birthday. Since then video games and I have shared a love/love relationship. They’re my escape, my doorway into different worlds, and a way to decompress after a long day....

I haven’t been on this planet quite 30 years yet. I just turned 29 in 2015 and while I’m getting close to being at the base of the proverbial “hill” I still have one year of my twenties to live it up. I define “living it up” by watching netflix on Friday nights and...

There have been very few times in my life when the video game world has seemingly stopped. When excitement gets so great that time ceases to exist and undying anticipation is released in an overwhelming explosion of excitement. On June 15, this happened once again, when Square Enix announced that it would be remaking...

I’ve been on a serious retro gaming kick the past few months. Whether it’s playing Super Mario with Jordan, reliving classics on my 3DS, or going on “retro-trips” with Brendan, 2015 has been a year of classics. A few weeks ago I came across Sonic’s Ultimate Genesis Collection on my PS3. I’ve owned this...

Friends, gamers, Internet denizens, I Mike Staub have taken up a quest with my good friend Jordan (Huey) Hue.  We have decided to take some of our ever-diminishing free time and fill it with the nonsensical hilarity of Super Mario.  While playing through Mario it’s not too out of the norm to hear very...

Internet beware! The Mike Staub Pod Show is back! After a long hiatus, the show has decided to make a somewhat triumphant return. This show we have Keith, Brendan, Chad, and Amanda in studio. We talk about the past year, as well as Brendan’s experience with Fifty Shades of Grey.  We also celebrate the...

Is anyone else slightly offended that 1995 was officially twenty years ago? I know that as I get older I keep realizing that I remember these years fairly vividly. I remember 1995, I remember things I did in 1995: movies I saw, games I played, albums I listened to on repeat for hours on...

On this episode of the ChompCast, Mike has Brendan in studio to discuss retro gaming. They talk about the current explosion of retro collecting as well as discuss their favorite “eras” and genres. They also talk about how retro gaming has influenced modern gaming, and how retro is now a genre. Pay very close...

It’s cold out there, Winter is upon us. I really don’t enjoy the winter at all, but it’s a harsh reality I must endure each year. So I celebrate by staying inside and playing a lot of great video games. Video games have always been somewhat obsessed with the change of seasons, but especially...

For those of us who enjoy living as natives of the North Eastern United States, Winter is a terrible time of year. The air hurts your skin, it gets dark far too early, and we have the pleasure of being coated with feet upon feet of snow! So that means there are many hours...