VGM of the Week #8: Christmas

Hey everyone,

Yes I'm still alive. Work has just been a little crazy, what with Christmas and all. Anyways, it's my week for Video Game Music and I had something picked out, but decided to hold it off and do something special since it's... well, you know. I'll admit Rick helped me pick it since I had no idea what to do, but even though I never played but a little tiny bit of Banjo Kazooie, this still had fun winter whimsy. Enjoy, and Merry Christmas! And whatever else you celebrate if you're not into the whole birth of Jesus thing.

The Top Ten Game Franchises That Need to Make a Comeback

The last few years have been pretty good years for older gaming properties. With the resurgence of sidescrolling games thanks to NEW Super Mario Bros. and the whole download market allowing developers to make smaller games, tons of game franchises both new and old are seeing revisits. Games like Rayman Origins, A Boy and His Blob, Bionic Commando Rearmed, Mega Man 9 & 10, Marvel vs. Capcom 3, Yars’ Revenge and plenty of others have all brought attention back to long dead franchises. As well as other games returning still existing franchises back to their roots such as Sonic Generations, Donkey Kong Country Returns and Kirby’s Return to Dream Land. The point is, we live in a world where nostalgia rules, especially the gaming industry.

No, the other Bionic Commando reboot.

So it got me thinking about what other franchises I’d like to see get a facelift. There’s plenty of great gaming franchises from the past that are well deserving of making a comeback and for some, there’s no excuse. Not all of them need to be retail releases and most of them don’t even need to make the leap to three dimensions; all we need is for them to come back. So without further delay, let’s take a look at the ten game franchises I want to make a comeback.