Doug Bonham
Doug Bonham is a writer, editor, photographer and business planner for Silicon Sasquatch. Having spent the past year working on a master’s degree, Doug is trying to start his career to go along with continuing working on Silicon Sasquatch. Currently residing in Portland, Oregon, he remains a Sega Dreamcast fanboy.
Posts by Doug Bonham
The Backlog: Triumph Over Adversity edition
May 2, 2011 - 12:12 pm
Tags: Diablo II, Diablo III, DJ Hero 2, Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, Portal 2, Section 8, Sonic the Hedgehog, Torchlight
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Things don’t always go right in life. Hell, they rarely do. But this week in the Backlog, we have to pat ourselves on the back for getting over some issues in gaming. Aaron and Tyler have each crafted ingenius methods to deal with PSN being down, while Doug has continued to play old games because [...]
Retrospective Overdrive: 16-BIT LIGHTNING ROUND
April 29, 2011 - 9:45 am
Tags: Donkey Kong Country, Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, Lightning Round, Mortal Kombat, Ninja Gaiden, Retrospective Overdrive, Sonic the Hedgehog, Super Mario World
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I’ve been playing old games so you don’t have to for a few weeks now, but not every game deserves 700 words or more to explain why they’ve stood the test of time or are best left remembered. Just like a game show, then, it’s time for THE LIGHTNING ROUND, where the stakes can really [...]
Backlog: Portals to a New World edition
April 24, 2011 - 8:54 am
Tags: Civilization Revolution, FIFA 11, God of War III, Hot Springs Story, Japan, Mortal Kombat, Portal 2, Split/Second
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Happy Easter! Or, in particularly snarky corners of The Internet, Zombie Jesus Day! We’ve got Tyler back again extolling the virtues of digital downloads, Nick and Aaron digging into Portal 2, and Doug still playing innkeeper and digital tyrant. So without further ado, to the backlog!
Backlog: Let’s Play Two edition
April 16, 2011 - 10:54 am
Tags: Aperture Science, Dissidia: Final Fantasy, Fallout: New Vegas, Fallout: New Vegas: Dead Money, Final Fantasy, Forza Motorsport 3, Game Dev Story, Hot Springs Story, Pokemon White, Portal, Portal 2, Street Fighter
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Usually the turn of phrase “let’s play two” comes about for baseball — specifically for a double header. Kind of fitting, then, for the Portland Timbers, who opened the newly renovated Jeld-Wen Field in front of an international TV audience for the first ever home MLS game. After all, JWF (née Civic Stadium) was primarily [...]
Retrospective Overdrive: Street Fighter series
April 14, 2011 - 12:51 pm
Tags: Hadouken, Marvel vs. Capcom 2, Retrospective Overdrive, Street Fighter Alpha 3, Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix, Super Street Fighter IV
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The Overdrive continues unabated. This time Doug is looking at the king of all fighters, the Street Fighter series. Other entries in the Retrospective category can be found here. This month is the 20th anniversary of Street Fighter II. Let that sink in for a while; how old were you 20 years ago? For how [...]
Retrospective Overload: Super Metroid
April 6, 2011 - 2:42 pm
Tags: Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, Metroidvania, Retrospective Overdrive, Shadow Complex, Super Metroid, Super NES
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Our Retrospective Overload continues unabated, and this time we’re heading back 17 years to 1994. You can find other articles in this series (and our previous Retrospectives) through this link. The Super NES and I have an interesting history. It’s a relatively brief one too, as I’ve only owned one since college. For reasons that seem [...]
Review: Mass Effect 2: Arrival
April 1, 2011 - 9:30 am
Tags: BioWare, DLC, Mass Effect 2, Mass Effect 2: Arrival
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Alright, so here’s the deal: Before the jump, I’m not going to spoil anything. After the jump, I will try to avoid direct story spoilers but discuss what Arrival means in terms of Mass Effect 2 and Mass Effect 3. It’s a hard topic to avoid when talking about this DLC pack, and needs to [...]
The Backlog: Spring is Sprung Edition
March 28, 2011 - 11:30 am
Tags: Backlog, F1 2010, Forza 3, Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, Pokemon White, Super Castlevania IV, Super Mario World, Virtual Console, WWE
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Spring officially began earlier this week. Hooray! In theory, there should be less rain in the perennially rainy northwest soon, it should start to warm up a bit, and it’s staying light out past 7 pm at night. These are all awesome things. Not awesome? Living north of a place that refers to itself as “the [...]
Retrospective Overdrive: Jet Set Radio Future
March 21, 2011 - 7:30 pm
Tags: Jet Set Radio, Retrospective, Retrospective O, Sega, Xbox
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And so we begin the odyssey into the depths of my old games pile. Leading off is an oldie but a goodie: Jet Set Radio Future. Catch our introduction to the Retrospective Overdrive here, and all of our previous Retrospective articles can be found here. I’m not going to lie: I’d almost completely forgotten about [...]
Retrospective Overdrive Mode: Initiated
March 16, 2011 - 12:49 pm
Tags: Retrospective, Retrospective Overdrive
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I really need to stop playing Pro Evo Soccer 2010. From there, an idea is born: I need to play other games; unfortunately, at this point in time, I can’t afford to go keep up on new releases. So, when you can’t look outside for story ideas, you look inside. Unsurprisingly, being a gigantic nerd, I [...]