Why My Genesis and My Buddy’s Mega Drive Were Actually Different Machines
Back in 2011 when I was first diving into retro gaming, I bought what I thought was a pretty standard Sega Genesis from this guy...
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The World Is Not Enough N64 – When Bond Gaming Actually Got Better
That damn Z-trigger on the N64 controller was starting to stick again. I’d been gripping it too tight during another marathon session of The World...
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That Time I Discovered Power Rangers on Genesis Was Actually Pretty Rough
You know what’s funny about coming to retro gaming as an adult? I don’t have those rose-colored glasses that make every childhood game seem like...
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Why Phantasy Star II Hit Different Than Every Other Genesis RPG I’d Played
Back in 2011, I was working my way through what people considered the “essential” Genesis RPGs, trying to understand what I’d missed during those years...
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The Genesis Games That Made Me Rethink Everything I Thought I Knew About Gaming
So there I was, around 2011 I think, standing in a used game store in Denver holding a Sega Genesis cartridge and feeling like an...
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Playing Resident Evil 4 Remake as Someone Who Discovered the Original Late
You know what’s funny about coming to gaming late in life? I never played the original Resident Evil 4 when it mattered. 2005 was a...
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Three Decades of Falling Blocks: My Tetris Obsession Started in a Buick
That Game Boy saved my sanity during what might’ve been the longest car ride in human history. Summer of ’91, I’m crammed in the back...
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My Shelf Wars: When Digital Games Try to Go Cardboard
My game shelf tells two different stories. Left side’s got my video game collection – all neat and organized by console, special editions sitting pretty...
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Been There, Rage-Quit That: What Makes Boss Fights Mess With Our Heads
I’ve got a graveyard of controllers that died honorable deaths. Well, maybe not honorable. There’s that Genesis controller I threw hard enough to crack my...
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Discovering Chrono Trigger at 42 Changed Everything I Thought I Knew About RPGs
I’ll be honest—when my daughter first mentioned Chrono Trigger back in 2011, I figured she was just throwing another retro game title at me that...
