In this week’s round table comic book review we take a look at a self-published book, A.A.I. Wars, written & illustrated by Jason Flowers. The year is 2058 or so we believe. After downloading what appeared to be a signal of alien radio waves, we were ambushed. The waves were encoded with a viral alien… Continue reading A.A.I Wars | Comic Sans Episode 17 GenXGrownUp Comic Review
Author: GenXGrownUp
"You have to grow older, but you don't have to grow up."
We're Generation X'ers who spent our childhood immersed in the music, movies, games, and pop culture of the late 70s & 80s. All of that stuff has shaped who we are today as adults.
So all of those nostalgic things are still very much a part of how we live our lives & see the world in the 21st century.
GenXGrownUp Reviews My Arcade Micro Cabinets
When we were growing up in the 80s we all said the same thing, “Man, I wish I could have my very own arcade game!” Well, it only took us 30 years. Check out Jon’s obsession with mini arcade cabinets as he takes a look at Mini-Burgertime, Mini-Dig-Dug, and Mini-Galaga in his review of the… Continue reading GenXGrownUp Reviews My Arcade Micro Cabinets
GenXGrownUp Podcast: Castle Rock, Thimble Box, & Völgarr the Viking
This week, Jon bravely admits that he is looking forward to “The Meg,” Mo is confused about whether or not he liked “Batman Ninja,” and George talks about two great streaming shows: one new and one returning. Plus hear our dressing room demands and more! Facebook » fb.me/GenXGrownUp Twitter » GenXGrownUp.com/twitter Website » GenXGrownUp.com Podcast… Continue reading GenXGrownUp Podcast: Castle Rock, Thimble Box, & Völgarr the Viking
GenXGrownUp Comic Sans Episode 16: Aether & Empire
In this week’s round table comic book review we take a look at Aether & Empire from Blue Juice Comics written by Michael Horan & illustrated by Bong Dazo. At the height of Victoria’s reign, a scientific expedition to Mars has vanished and the daring rescue mission is now a race against time and space.… Continue reading GenXGrownUp Comic Sans Episode 16: Aether & Empire
GenXGrownUp Backtrack: Evolution of Digital Storage
Today most of us walk around with hundreds of gigabytes of storage in our pockets and think nothing of it. In the not too distant past, to have a few megabytes of storage was considered a ton! For those of us who remember 5 1/4″ floppy disks, it would take 9,532 of them to store one megabyte… Continue reading GenXGrownUp Backtrack: Evolution of Digital Storage
Anomaly 23: GenXGrownUp’s Comic Sans Episode 15
In this week’s spotlight comic book review we take a look at Anomaly 23 from Rune Comics written by Chris Hendricks, Andre DiMuzio, & Dirk McDougal & illustrated by Leigh Jeffery. Jack Connor, was just a high school teen with cerebral palsy, but while taking a shortcut through a junkyard, he ends up in the… Continue reading Anomaly 23: GenXGrownUp’s Comic Sans Episode 15
Völgarr the Viking & Its Roots in Arcade Classic, Rastan
Völgarr the Viking is an action platformer video game developed by Crazy Viking Studios. Inspired by side-scrolling platform games from the 1980s like Rastan and Ghosts ‘n Goblins, the game is a modern interpretation of the genre, while retaining both the graphical style and the difficulty level of the earlier titles. You can trace Völgarr’s… Continue reading Völgarr the Viking & Its Roots in Arcade Classic, Rastan