How Japanese RPGs Rewired My Gaming Brain (And Changed Everything)
I can pinpoint the exact moment my gaming world got turned upside down. Summer of ’94, sitting in my buddy Tom’s basement, watching his older...
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How I Finally “Got” EarthBound After Dismissing It as Too Weird
Man, I have to admit something that’s kind of embarrassing for someone who claims to know retro RPGs – I completely whiffed on EarthBound when...
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The Day Pokémon Red & Blue Invaded My High School (And Changed Everything)
You know what’s funny? I can pinpoint the exact moment my high school’s social order got completely turned upside down, and it all started with...
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That Orange Plastic Gun Changed Everything – My Duck Hunt Obsession
Christmas morning 1987, and I’m seven years old staring at this orange plastic gun that came with our new Nintendo. My older brother had already...
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How Lemmings Nearly Ruined My Brother Relationship and Taught Me Problem Solving
God, the summer of ’92. I can still feel that oppressive heat wave that basically trapped me and my brother Dave in our basement for...
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Why I Drive to Strangers’ Garages at Dawn for Old Nintendo Consoles
Last Saturday morning I found myself standing in some guy’s garage in suburban Detroit at 6:42 AM, having driven forty minutes through darkness to check...
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The Summer I Got Lost in Space – Why Star Control II Still Has Me Hooked After 30 Years
My salvation that boring summer of ’93 came from an unlikely source – my uncle Dave showing up at grandma’s house with his 486 PC...
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The Last of Us Episode 3 Hit Me Right in the Feels – Why Bill and Frank’s Story Matters
I’ll be honest – I wasn’t expecting to get completely wrecked by an episode of The Last of Us that barely featured the main characters....
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That Winter Chapter Still Gives Me Nightmares – Why The Last of Us TV Show Nailed Ellie vs David
There are some gaming moments that just… stick with you, you know? Like, twenty-plus years of playing games and certain scenes still make my palms...
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Kansas City Nearly Got Us Killed – Why The Last of Us Episode 4 Hit Different
Man, I’ve got to talk about episode 4 of The Last of Us because it absolutely wrecked me, and I mean that in the best...
