TURN TO CHANNEL 3: ‘Friday the 13th’ is fondly remembered, but a scary excuse for a game
Here we are in the month of October! Did you know that this was the same month that I began here at NEPA Scene? It’s true, as my first article was published on my mother’s birthday last year. It’s been so awesome writing for all of you, so thank you for following along. I say […]
TURN TO CHANNEL 3: ‘Super Mario 64’ powered up the plumber for a new generation
Video games were in a scary place in the mid-1990s. The days of 2D graphics, especially in the realm of tried and true platform titles, were beginning to fade away, looking quite long in the pixels, as it were. The problem was that many 2D gaming staples had developers behind them that feared the worst […]
Boo Bash party and costume contest returns to Mohegan Sun Casino on Oct. 30
From a press release: The Boo Bash is back to haunt Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs in Wilkes-Barre! Celebrate Halloween on Friday, Oct. 30 with live music, a costume contest with cash prizes, spooktacular cocktails, and more from 7 p.m.-midnight in the Keystone Grand Ballroom. Grab your masks, superhero tights, or angel wings and enter […]
WILDLY FRUSTRATED: As professional wrestling takes its lumps, so does my childhood
There were three absolute truths about me as a child: I loved superheroes, video games, and professional wrestling. If you know me at all, that has not changed one iota over the years. Sure, more interests have been integrated into my life, but that has only made me more lovable… or insufferable, depending on one’s […]
TURN TO CHANNEL 3: ‘Banjo-Kazooie’ on the N64 took 3D platform games to new heights
There are many reasons that the history of video games and those shared memories we have with them are so fascinating to me as both a small business owner and retro gamer. The chief reason among these would have to be that the video game industry, like all forms of entertainment, is riddled with ideas […]
Read this comic telling the strange, sad story of Wilkes-Barre cartoonist Ham Fisher on his 115th birthday
Born on Sept. 24, 1900 (though some records say 1901), Hammond Edward Fisher – better known simply as Ham Fisher – was a cartoonist from Wilkes-Barre famous for creating the comic strip “Joe Palooka.” While this classic comic of the fictional heavyweight boxing champ isn’t as well-known today, it was huge in the 1930s all […]
TURN TO CHANNEL 3: ‘Mario Kart 64′ set competitive gamers’ hearts racing 18 years ago
One of the many things that unite retro gamers are those fond memories they share with friends, usually involving a beverage (alcoholic or otherwise), some snacks, and some great memories, albeit some that involve some intense moments. We all have that one friend who is so good at video games that, for that good hour, […]
WILDLY FRUSTRATED: Not even Peace Day can bring Burger King and McDonald’s together – but I will
There are a lot of random holidays appearing on calendars these days. Hell, I don’t even know if you can call them “holidays.” What I do know is that some of these “holidays” are nothing but gimmicks for random days that hold no actual historic or national meaning to them whatsoever. Then again – I […]
Kevin Smith will shoot ‘Mallrats 2’ in Exton Square Mall in Exton, Pennsylvania
After the fun and success of long-awaited sequel “Clerks 2” in 2006, it was only a matter of time before writer/director Kevin Smith revisited his 1995 sophomore comedy, “Mallrats.” Entitled “MallBrats,” the follow-up to the cult classic movie will be filmed at the Exton Square Mall in Exton, Pennsylvania, just a two-hour drive from Scranton […]
TURN TO CHANNEL 3: ‘GoldenEye 007’ is the movie licensed game that killed – and still does
Whatever it is you’re passionate about in life, chances are a lot of that has to do with the fond memories you have involving that particular interest. In the case of video games, there are also those games that many gamers have similar memories of, and today’s topic here on Turn to Channel 3 is […]
