Today on Offworld

Today on Offworld we debuted One More Go, our newest regular column (joining Jim Rossignol's launch column Ragdoll Metaphysics) from former Edge editor and current games consultant Margaret Robertson. In her debut column, Margaret found an interdimensional rift split open from a misguided New York Times Crossworld puzzle that saw Atari, rather than Nintendo, becoming the modern day global games powerhouse.

Elsewhere we saw a Game Gear that played Atari 2600 games and a Wii that played like a theremin, saw Left 4 Dead makers Valve tell us precisely how pitiful we are against a zombie horde, and played a World of Warcraft April Fools joke to its full conclusion.

Finally, we rounded up digital download Black Friday sales from Microsoft and from Sony that both feature games typifying what it is Offworld is all about.

[#1 posted by Sawdust , November 26, 2008 4:07 PM]

I recognize Mario and the Yars' Revenge playset in the screenshot for this article, but what is the little dinosaur-looking guy from?

[#2 posted by Brandon Boyer , November 26, 2008 4:33 PM]

He's the proto-Koopa from the 2600 version of the original Mario Bros. I probably wouldn't have recognized him myself if I hadn't been the one to cut Mario out of the same shot.