New Retro Game Challenge – Recca!

Hey All! We’ve added a brand new game to the Retro Game Challenge leaderboards! Since there has been a waning interest in the current titles, and everyone seems to keep playing Recca, we’ve went ahead and made it official!

Don’t know what Recca is? Well, it’s easily one of the hardest games on the NES! Check it out in this video.

Bodach’s Retro Game Challenge

Do you have the skills required to be a retro master?

Come down to Bodach’s Games and participate in the Retro Game Challenge.  These 8 games are playable on demand, at any time in the store.  Get the high score and immortalize yourself on the Bodach’s Games Retro Challenge Scoreboard.

Click the banner above to see the games that are available for the challenge!

Remember:  You can play any game that we have on the sales floor for the NES or Atari (Not Including the games in the display cases). just by bringing it to the counter!

Battlefield 3: Back to Karkand Patch Available & Trailer for Close Quarters

Battlefield 3: Back to Karkand Patch to Fix Animation Bug

Per a post from H Brun on the Battlefield 3 blog on March 12, PS3 players can download a patch today to fix an annoying weapon animation bug.  The bug was causing various animation glitches such as the one below.

Per H Brun, “This download is free of charge if you have already bought Back to Karkand. Note that changes made on our back end will make this re-download mandatory in the near future” (2012).

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Microsoft Registers a New Patent That Implies DVR Functionality for the Xbox 720

Possible DVR Capabilities in Next Xbox Platform

Xbox 720 Concept

As the title oh so subtly implies, Microsoft has registered a new patent that includes a digital video recorder (DVR) application.  According to the patent, the DVR application will run “alongside a television client component that allows users to record media content on the gaming console”.

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All Should Fear the Wrath of My… Sack Full of Diseased Badgers! Stronghold 3 Launches October 25th, 2011

Stronghold 3 comes out October 25th, 2011 on PC.
Get ready to kick some medieval ass while building a vast empire!

Stronghold 3I admire those who love strategy based games.  For those that love and are actually good at strategy based games I am in awe.  With the imminent arrival of Stronghold 3, I was overcome with the painful memories of letting thousands of troops die at my lack of tactical skills.  For those who care naught for the computer generated lives of so many brave little souls… Man the catapults!  Sharpen the pitchforks and axes!  And yes… grab the sack full of diseased badgers!  It’s time for the long awaited sequel to Stronghold!  Oops, I mean the third installment to the Firefly Studios Stronghold line.

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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim… Hells Yes!

Gamers everywhere excitedly await the release of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.

Elder Scrolls V: SkyrimThe upcoming holiday season looks to be full of gaming goodness (and empty wallets), and among the top of many gamers’ lists is Bethesda’s, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.  The fifth game in The Elder Scrolls series, Skyrim is set two hundred years after the events of Oblivion (the fourth game in the series… obviously).  Skyrim gets it’s name from the land of Skyrim, a northern province of Tamriel in the midst of civil war after the murder of the king – and I’m trying hard to stay away from the dirty jokes in regards to the name… but maybe that’s just me.

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