Author Archives: Cassidy

Cassidy is the curator of a bad video game hall of fame. Whether you interpret that as "a hall of fame dedicated to bad video games" or as "a sub-par hall of fame for video games" is entirely up to you. Goes by "They / Them" pronouns.

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Indiepocalypse #20: Because I’m Bad, I’m Bad — Really, Really Bad (at Street Brawling)

Posted on September 4, 2021 by Cassidy

We’re back again with our monthly feature for @PIZZAPRANKS‘ Indiepocalypse, with a walk down Bad Street Brawler on NES! It’s a game which we’ve covered before here on the Bad Game Hall of Fame, but certainly still a title that I …

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Urban Yeti!

Posted on September 3, 2021 by Cassidy

“I Don’t Think You’re Ready for this Yeti.”

What do you get when you combine a mock cult, Dolemite, surfboarding, and multiple failed distribution deals? Why, a Game Boy Advance cartridge about cryptids, obviously! The story of what is possibly the GBA library’s oddest entry, and the industry history of the folk responsible.

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Interview: ‘Virtual Lab’ Developer, Megu-tan

Posted on August 30, 2021 by Cassidy

An interview with the elusive Megu-tan — the developer of Virtual Lab! We discuss their brief time in the games industry, the circumstances of their game’s troubled development, and the endless wonders of virtual reality.

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Virtual Lab

Posted on August 11, 2021 by Cassidy

“Doctor Rocka, You’re Needed in the Virtual Lab.”

As the Virtual Boy counted down its final hours, a fledgling publisher emerged to release a last-minute cartridge for the console. But was it even a finished product at that point? Leave the experiment to us.

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Indiepocalypse #19: Oh My Gods. And Also: Generals

Posted on August 7, 2021 by Cassidy

We’re back again with our monthly feature for @PIZZAPRANKS‘ Indiepocalypse, with a glimpse at the historical first-person shooting of Gods and Generals! While the format doesn’t necessarily entail my covering the full breadth of the game’s many, many follies; it does give …

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Indiepocalypse #18: Captain Novolin IV: The Quest for Peace

Posted on July 2, 2021 by Cassidy

Our monthly feature for @PIZZAPRANKS‘ Indiepocalypse returns, with a new angle on an old classic of the Bad Game Hall of Fame: Captain Novolin! Now, rather than attempting to rehash that existing article in any sort of substantive way, the …

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SSFF: N-Gage – Ambitious Ports | Punching Weight

Posted on June 10, 2021 by Cassidy

Told y’all there’d be “more SSFF N-Gage content in the very near future!” In this follow-up to our video covering the whole history of the N-Gage, this episode seeks to cover a handful of the handheld’s most notable games, and to …

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SSFF: N-Gage – Cell Phone Gaming’s First Big Flop | Past-Mortem

Posted on June 2, 2021 by Cassidy

My second research and writing contribution to Stop Skeletons From Fighting – an episode on the life and times of the Nokia N-Gage – is out now on YouTube! Contributing to the script on this one was a ton of …

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Indiepocalypse #16: The Curious Case of the Quiet Man

Posted on May 8, 2021 by Cassidy

My monthly feature for @PIZZAPRANKS‘ Indiepocalypse continues; with a piece on the potential creative design concepts that can be explored through “deliberate inaccessibility,” and how 2018’s The Quiet Man squanders / walks back its most novel idea. Where Square Enix …

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Indiepocalypse #15: Cassidy’s Bad Game Corner

Posted on April 2, 2021 by Cassidy

Howdy folks! I’m excited to let y’all know that I’m gonna be turning in a new monthly feature for the indie games bundle / zine ‘Indiepocalypse!’ My contributions will generally be centered around the merits and innovations of historically “bad” …

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