Standing in my buddy Mike’s basement in late 1996, gripping that bizarre three‑pronged Nintendo 64 controller for the first time, I couldn’t shake this nagging thought: “Where the hell is Sonic?” Here was Nintendo’s fancy new 64‑bit powerhouse, Super Mario 64 bouncing around in actual 3D like some kind of digital miracle, and yet… no blue hedgehog anywhere to be found. For someone who’d grown up on Sega versus Nintendo playground debates, the idea of…
Man, I need to tell you about one of the most underappreciated games in the entire Sega Genesis / Mega…
Man, isn’t it crazy how some games just… stick with you? I was down in the basement last weekend, organizing…
Man, I can still hear that jetpack sound effect in my sleep. Not the cheap, tinny beep you’d expect from…
So there I was last Saturday, rummaging through a box of N64 games that’s been sitting in my spare room…
There’s something deeply disturbing about how Mario Party 2 can transform a mild-mannered accountant into a vindictive maniac who holds…
Water in games used to be absolute rubbish. Proper rubbish. You’d jump in and either die instantly or swim through…
Man, I still remember the exact moment Pokemon Puzzle League clicked for me. It was summer ’01, I think, and…
So there I was last Tuesday night, sitting in my basement game room trying to avoid grading another stack of…
The six-button controller was just sitting there on my mate Dave’s coffee table like it had fallen from another planet.…
