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About Nightoftheliving8bit

Hailing from the mighty mighty east coast, Eric has spent the majority of his life being a passionate and devoted gamer. From the 80's all the way up to today, Eric has played countless games over the years for various systems, all the while never truly becoming the dreaded "fan boy" of a particular console. Eric currently works for a video game magazine and a local news station and spends the majority of his free hours gaming and reading/researching into various things on gaming culture, news, events and so much more. Eric is also known under his two names, NightOfTheLiving8Bit and ER1C OF WAR and you can find him creeping the dark and dank places of local flea markets in search for lost treasure or kicking back at home enjoying his favorite new or old school games, while always looking into new ways to help innovate the gaming community as a whole. If Gamester 81 was Yoda, Eric would be his Luke Skywalker when it comes to gaming knowledge and he looks forward to bringing you the best of the current world of gaming and generations past! Favorite Games: (No particular order) Final Fantasy III (US) & VII, Resident Evil, Kings Field, Assassins Creed Series, Panzer Dragoon Saga, Elder Scrolls Series, Fallout Series, Gears Of War Series, Metal Slug 2, Clock Tower (PSX), Halo Series, Super Mario Bros 3, Mega Man 2, Castlevania Series, Donkey Kong, Gran Turismo 2, DOOM, Startropics, Metal Gear Solid, Duke Nukem 3D, Diablo I & II, Quake, Chrono Trigger, Super Metroid, Crystalis, Ghost N Goblins, The Legend Of Zelda and various others titles! Favorite Systems: The Nintendo NES, Sega Dreamcast, PlayStation 1, Xbox & Xbox 360, Super Nintendo, Virtual Boy, Neo Geo AES, PC gaming and the Atari 2600!

Halo DLC Give Away! Plus more!

In celebration of the soon to be released Halo 4, Gamester81.com is giving away a few free map packs, avatar items and much more! We’re now into the lovely month of October and as we head into November a numerical …

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DayZ Review (PC)

Is the Arma II mod really worth all the hype? For those of you who have been on the edge or just hearing about the infamous DayZ mod for the realistic shooter Arma II, you’ll want to check out this in …

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Wolfenstein 3D 20th Anniversary Interview With John Romero!

Gamester81.com sit’s down with the legendary creator of Wolfenstein 3D and Doom, John Romero in mark of the 20th Anniversary of Wolfenstein 3D! After a long break, I am back! Yes, your typing godfather of creativity has returned with a bang!  Since …

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PAX East 2012 Details!

  Yes, YES, the Penny Arcade and Games Expo is upon us for the year 2012 and the city of Boston is about to be over taken by copious amounts of nerds, fan boys, and top leading industry folks. John …

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Silent Hill: Downpour Review (Xbox 360)

  In the year 1999 not only were we facing the apparent and mythological crisis of Y2K but we also saw a handful of fantastic games to be released on Sony’s already aging console; the Playstation One. Developer and Publisher Konami was …

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Breaking News: A NEW NEO-GEO CONSOLE IS REAL!

It’s been rumored for some time now that SNK Playmore was going to be working on a Neo-Geo Handheld and today the rumor that has been previously debunked comes to light. A recent article on Joystiq reports that the fabled Neo-Geo …

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This Week In Gaming News for 3/12/2012

  The Walking Dead, from comics to TV and now to consoles!  PAX East, UK retailer GAME, reaches it’s own GAME OVER screen and much more in this extra large edition of This Week In Gaming News, only on Gamester81.com! …

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Alan Wake’s American Nightmare (Xbox360)-Written Review

Remedy Games has finally launched their answer to Alan Wake 2, in the form of a downloadable game, but does this title fall short compared to the physical release of Alan Wake for the Xbox 360?  Or does it live up to …

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This Week In Gaming News for 2/23/2012

Persona4 Arena, Alan Wake is Awake and Pirate transvestites? Check out gamester81.com’s This Week In Gaming News! Boy has this been a busy week for me; I’ve been playing catch up on a large series of games all throughout the …

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Medal of Honor Review (Xbox360)

While Call of Duty and other various high octane first person shooters may focus on massive and unrealistic Hollywood style effects and scenarios, Medal of Honor takes a much more honest approach to combat, sadly it can be said that at …

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Has the FPS Market Became Over Flooded?

  Today, resident gamester81 gamer, NightOfTheLiving8Bit (Eric Durant) takes a look at the popular craze over the Call Of Duty games and what it means to the rest of us, and the industry as a whole. We’ve all heard it …

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This Week In Gaming News 2/11/2012

Mario Kart meets its match, Apple accused of unfair labor and upcoming Gamester81.com reviews! It’s another week in life, yes yes… the cold sting of winter is slowly starting to fall away and the inviting warmth of the sun will soon bring …

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This Week In Gaming News For 2/08/12!

PSN get’s a name change, Awesome Game Releases, Neo-Geo Handheld, Skyrim Updates and more! As the season of Winter draws to a close over the next couple of months, the “dead” season for gaming slowly comes a midst on the horizon. The …

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This Week in Gaming News for 1/28/12

News for the week of January 28th 2012, Xbox 720, EA Online Pass and Wii-U Name Change. Hello Gamester81.com readers!  As we near down to the end of January some of this weeks gaming news has begun to dry up. …

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Razer Onza T.E. Controller for the Xbox 360 Review

  (Final article, we had a mishap with the draft that was leaked out! So I bring to you without further wait, the final verdict on the Xbox 360’s Razer Onza TE Controller! -Eric ) It’s a no brainier to even the …

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