Dawn of the Monsters – Easter Eggs Galore

Learn about the easter eggs, references, and homages in Dawn of the Monsters!

DAWN OF THE MONSTERS – OFFICIAL REVEAL TRAILER

Oh ye Control All Monsters faithful… You must be wondering, “where have you been, Alex? Where are the articles? Why have you slowed down?” and the answer is this. I’ve been hard at work on Dawn of the Monsters, and while there hasn’t been an update in a long time, here’s the mother of all […]

King Kong Video Games – Part 2

Sorry for the delay on this article- my time has been taken over by other things in my life, namely Dawn of the Monsters. But here is the part 2 I’ve been sitting on for a while! Despite a roaring 70s and 80s, Kong had a quieter go in the 1990s. Toho planned to make […]

King Kong Video Games – Part 1

Despite being an enduring pop culture icon for almost 90 years, King Kong’s appearances in the virtual world are somewhat limited when compared to his monster cohort like Godzilla, Gamera, and Ultraman. Despite this, his impact on the games medium is about as big as a 50 foot gorilla. Lets take a look at King […]

Kaiju Video Games – Primal Rage

Genre: Fighting Players: 1-2 Release Date: 1994 Platform: Arcade, many others (see below) Director: Jason Leong & Pete Kleinow Developer: Atari Games Publisher: Atari Games In the early 1990s, Atari Games was trying to come up with a fighting game to capitalize on the success of Street Fighter II. Not to be confused with Atari […]

Kaiju Video Games – Gamera: The Time Adventure

Hi all! Today’s post is a bit different than previous ones. In that it’s just a video. As covered in my Kaiju Video Games History Panel, Gamera: The Time Adventure was released in 1995 for the Bandai Playdia and, as mentioned in that panel, no one has uploaded footage of this game. . . Until […]

Kaiju Video Games – Attack of the Friday Monsters

Attack of the Friday Monsters: A Tokyo Tale (怪獣が出る金曜日) Genre: life simulation Players: 1 Release Date: March 13, 2013 (Japan), July 18 2013 (NA & Europe) Platform: Nintendo 3DS Director: Kaz Ayabe Developer: Millennium Kitchen Publisher: Level-5 This is the fourth part in a series on notable kaiju video games. Giant Japanese-style monsters and games […]

Kaiju Video Games History – G-Fest XXVI 2019 Panel

This is the reason my updates slowed to a crawl. I’ve spent what little free time I’ve had over the last few months assembling this panel attempting to include as many kaiju video games as possible. As I explain in the video, I’m sticking mostly to non-Godzilla and non-Ultraman stuff but that still leaves me […]

Kaiju Game News – Earth Defense Force: Iron Rain launches today! + A Brief History of Sandlot and Yuke’s

Today on April 11, Earth Defense Force: Iron Rain launches on PS4! This is a spinoff from the main line of Earth Defense Force games, which is a series of games about defending the planet from onslaughts of aliens, giant insects and, of utmost interest to us, kaiju. This new title is “designed for a […]

Kaiju Video Games: King of the Monsters

Exploring the history of SNK’s King of the Monsters!