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Yesterday, for the first time, I tried my hand on Oculus Virtual game from Facebook. And all I could think of was the Nintendo Virtual Boy 3D gaming console. Boy, this was a failed project from Nintendo, but should they had kept it alive; it would be competing on the same level or even higher with Oculus. Though short-lived, Virtual Boy was Nintendo’s first 3D gaming console. It was pushed out of the market quickly by the Nintendo N64 and the likes of Mario’s Tennis. Well, the Virtual Boy did not receive the much attention it deserved and its high price also contributed to its failure in the mid-90s. The monochrome display also did not fit well with some gamers, not to mention its weight. The Virtual Boy received a fair amount of...

Photo Courtesy: jcm51.com Every so often I usually take a walk back in time and re-live the good old day. Today, while rummaging on old stuff, I was hit by the nostalgia of John Clark Animations. Do you remember them? Well, after bumping into an episode of Frog and Toad and Friends, it brought back all the memories of the 90s. I couldn’t help but review the entire John Clark Animation series right from the 80s. If you were lucky to have been a teen back in the 90s, then you must have at least watched one of the shows when it premiered. I remember it like yesterday, when Frog and Toad were premiered, I was still a kid then, but the humor and the wit that John Clark put on these animations was on a whole new level. We would gather in...

If you were lucky to be a kid in the 90’s, you surely remember the crossover shows which were the hit back then. I have been a fan of the crossovers even though some of them don’t make any sense. In the 90s, through to 2000s, the crossovers were a new thing, and the thrill was high. We would be amazed to see some of our favorite characters meeting up. Most exciting was when they could fight or do a contest in the plot. While some crossovers stood out as being amazing, awesome and very interesting, there were some which were just a bummer. There are some weird crossovers of the 90’s that can make you wonder what the producer was thinking will setting them up. The nineties were a strange time and medias like CBR, Nickelodeon, MGM...

It has been a while since I talked about the toys that made out days in the 90s and 2000s. Today, I had a nostalgic flashback of the Rumble Robots. Do you remember them? If you were lucky to have been a teenager in the late 90s to early 2000s, you must have had the first-hand experience of playing or rather fighting with the Rumble. These remote-controlled robots would amuse the entire neighborhood kids for an entire weekend. And as if that was not enough, we could carry them to school and play with them during break time. The Rumble Robots were very popular back then. We organized fight nights where all the kids in the bock would bring their Robots then we organize some sort of a contest where the last man would remain standing. It...

What crosses your mind when you think “LEGOS”? Yes, I get nostalgic too anytime I think about them; reminds me about the early 2000s when we could stay up for hours trying to create different things from our box full of Legos. Let us not go back to time, do you remember the Bionicle games? They were a dozen, but just pick one Bionicle game that you remember. In this article, we will remember Bionicle in general, from the toys, all through to the video games. I found Bionicles to be awesome. Almost 20 years later, I can still spend time assembling a Bionicle character. If you have no idea what the heck Bionicle are, don’t worry. This article is meant to shade some light on what Bionicles are and also details what I wish everyone knew...

Owning a flip phone in the mid-2000s would automatically make you the coolest lad in the block. It was the in thing at the time. It is because of this that over 543 million flip phones were shipped all over the world in 2015 out of the total 1.44 billion smartphones shipped in the same year. Crazy, right? If you were lucky to have owned a flip phone back in then, then you know what am talking about. But if you were not at the “phone age” then I will fill you in on the experience we had back then with flip phones. Did you know that the billionaire investor Warren Buffet has been using a smart phone for the longest time? He even stated in one interview that he is not willing to let go of his smartphone any time soon. I was in the same...

Do you remember back in the 90s to early 2000s when the Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) was a must-have? Today I had a nostalgic flashback of my PalmPilot 5000 and the way I would spend hours on ends trying to figure out how Graffiti works on it. It was an incredible experience back then. When laptops were not that affordable, it was terrific to have a PC on your palm. Yes, the premium versions would cost you an arm and a leg, but it was the best investment at the time for people in business and students who could afford it. But a few years after its introduction, more affordable versions, sometimes with low processing power and memory, were released to the market, making the PDAs the most popular gadget in the 90s. It was a fancy...

Over 79.2 Million laptops and PC were bought in the last quarter. This is the record high that has ever been recorded in years. The pandemic forced everyone from students to non-students to work from home, hence the increase in orders for laptops and related gadgets. But have you ever wondered where it all started? Let’s take a walk back in time and look at the real story behind the evolution of computers and computing technology. Let’s dig in... Have you ever stopped and think how the first computer looked like? Or maybe the first phone? What about the first hard disk or memory stick? What about the first keyboard? I bet you haven’t, and if you have, you only did it once, when your computer stopped working. We usually take for...

Micro-Transactions - The Past & Future Micro means "small" and transactions mean buying, selling, or participating in a trade of some kind. In the early years of gaming, individuals that were part of the retro timeline noticed that the option to purchase in-game add-ons such as cosmetics was never freely accessible. As Bethesda launched animal equipment in The Elder Scrolls for $ 2.50, the first-ever microtransaction sold by a major company was in 2006. It was created as an experimental test of the response of the market to DLC. The majority of players responded negatively, arguing that $2.50 was too expensive for an in-game cosmetic object. Microtransactions first started with gamers having the option to purchase using a debit or...

Photo Courtesy: Nintendo South Africa Today we take yet another trip, not so far back this time. Back in the early 2000s, when Samurai Jack hit the TV scenes with a storm. I was by then a fan of action-adventure animated series, but Samurai Jack just took it to another level. The production of this TV series was unique at the time. It stood out from the rest of the Animated series that we were used to at the time. I remember watching Samurai Jack the whole weekend with my friends. We would alternate between playing PS3 video games and catching up with an episode of Samurai Jack. Surprisingly, am still crazy about this show over 20 years down the line. I was watching it on YouTube recently, and it still gives me the chills. Apparently...

This has been a week of alternative rock and grunge bands. Right from Nirvana to Tool, Soundgarden. Today, I am looking back to yet another Grunge band I loved, none other than Alice in Chains (AIC) that was formed way back in 1987 by Jerry Cantrell (guitarist) and Sean Kinney (drummer). Alice in Chains became popular back in the 90s. In this article, we will also look at why AIC was ranked among the most popular rock bands back in the 90s. Alice in Chains’ successes included two NO. 1 Album and 18 Top 10 songs back the early 90s. The band took a hiatus until 2005, following the death of the lead vocalist Layne Staley in 2002. Since then they’ve released three studio albums with William Duvall, who replaced Stanley as the lead singer...

Photo Courtesy: WorthPoint When I listen to Soundgarden I get a similar feeling and emotions that I get when listening to Nirvana. I guess it’s because of the similarity of the death of the lead singers Kurt Cobain and Chris Cornell. May the soul of these two music geniuses rest in peace because they made my teen years. I get goosebumps and strong nostalgic feeling when I listen to them sing. My love for rock was inspired by my dad, who loved to listen to Nirvana, Soundgarden, Tool and the likes. Eventually, I also loved rock by association! Soundgarden is one of my favourite rock bands from back in the days. I could listen to them on repeat without getting bored. Back when I was a teen, I would have Nirvana and Soundgarden playing on...

If there is a book series that has stood the taste of time is the Boxcar Children book series. Since 1924, the books are still selling on the bookshelves and the stories never get old. Boxcar Children has even been adapted into a movie that was released in 2014. The Movie is based on the original 1924 Box Children book with a few additional plot and character twists to appeal to the current Gen X and Gen Z. If you were luck to have been a bookie back in the '90s, you must have come across or even read the Boxcar Children series books part of your school work. About Boxcar Children Book Series. Boxcar Children is a collection of Children's books originally produced and published by Gertrude Chandler Warner. She was an American first...

It is now over 3 decades since Tool (The band) was formed. But surprisingly, they are still popular and rock lovers still love them. The Tool is one of the few bands that have remained relevant for the longest period. They have stood the taste of time while remaining relevant to all the generations of rock lovers. It is not that easy to remain relevant after over 30 years of being in the industry. The Tool is among the few bands that have garnered much attention in the world, accolade, and intrigue as an all-time rock band. Perhaps the most intriguing of all is that they have managed to do so on the back of only one EP and four studio albums which stands testament to the depth and quality of the band’s music given their relatively...

Hi everyone! It's been a couple of weeks, and another one of my articles is due today; I have decided to talk about something a little different—the Nintendo DS. The DS is something I grew up with as a child, and some of my favorite games included Sims and Mario Kart. I can specifically remember having hours of fun, transporting it everywhere I go and playing it on the airplanes a couple of times. If you used to have one of these gadgets, what was your favorite title to play? Do you still have your DS, or was it sold a while ago? Product Features The ability to play video games in 2D. The screen is Extra Large (XL) An eye-appealing, folding feature that transformed portable gaming. Headphone jack Wireless connectivity A unique design...

Today, while making rounds on the internet, I was hit by the greatest nostalgia of all. The Windows 95! Yes, Windows 95 still exists online. If you missed the experience of Windows 95 back in the days, Click here for a firsthand experience. The creator of the online Windows 95 emulator has made it appear so real, that I actually felt like I have traveled back in time. It awakened the 90s in me. The days when I could play Putt-Putt, Pajama Sam, and Freddie fish all night on my dad’s Windows 95 PC. It felt awesome at the time, it was the best of the best technology we had at that time. It is over 25 years now, but you can still see the close resemblance between Windows 95 and Windows 10. They are not so much far from each other. Just a...

What hits your mind when you hear the mention of the word “Nestcape”? Myself, am always hit with strong nostalgic memories of the good old days when Netscape ruled the web, right from the its simply awesome web-browser to the Netscape navigator. Netscape had a wide range of products right from browsers to mail servers and news group. Let’s explore the history of this internet giant of the 90s. Brief History of Netscape Netscape Communications Corporations was an independent American computer services firm, based in Mountain view, California and later on in Dulles, Virginia. It used to be a dominant internet browser, but lost its market share over 90 percent to Internet Explorer and other rivals in the first “Browser Wars”. The...