Why Ultima Still Makes Modern RPGs Look Like Theme Parks
I first stumbled across Ultima VI: The False Prophet in the most British way possible – through a mate’s dodgy copy that his older brother...
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When Two Cartridges Became One Game – My...
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Digging Into N64 Power Supply Schematics – What...
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Why Your N64 Power Supply Will Eventually Die...
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Why I Still Fire Up My Genesis for...
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When N64 Star Wars Games Made Me Forget...
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Why Hyperstone Heist Proves Genesis Did Beat ‘Em...
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Why I Spent Three Months Getting Genesis Emulation...
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Why Setting Up Proper Sega Emulation Changed How...
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Finding Mortal Kombat Trilogy N64 in My Collection...
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Why Mario Party 2 Turned My Accounting Brain...
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That Time Sega Made the Impossible Genesis Port...
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That Time Nintendo Actually Made Water Feel Like...
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That Time Pokemon Puzzle League Made Me Forget...
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Why Diddy Kong Racing Absolutely Smashed Every Other...
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Why Those Grimy Corner Arcades Were Gaming’s Golden...
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The Sega CD Games That Actually Made That...
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Why My Genesis and My Buddy’s Mega Drive...
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That Time Chakan Made Me Question My Life...
Game Reviews
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My 30-Year Journey Through Fighting Games: From Quarter-Munching Kid to Graying Competitor
That summer of ’92 changed everything for me. I was fourteen, all elbows and acne, standing in this dingy arcade that smelled like stale cigarettes...
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Why King’s Quest Changed Everything (And Nearly Broke My Brain)
I still remember the first time I booted up King’s Quest on our family’s IBM PC clone – this beige monstrosity that took about three...
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Before WoW Made Everyone Forget: Why the Warcraft RTS Games Were Actually Better
You know what’s weird? I was cleaning out my old game closet last weekend—much to my wife’s delight since she’s been asking me to do...
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Why Spyro the Dragon Still Makes Me Feel Like a Kid Again
Christmas 1998. I’m twenty-one, home from Arizona State for winter break, and honestly expecting the usual haul of socks and maybe a gift card to...
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That Time PaRappa The Rapper Destroyed My Gaming Confidence (And My Relationship)
Christmas 1997. Sarah thought she was being clever, getting me something “different” from the usual gaming suspects. I’d been banging on about Final Fantasy VII...
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Why Pac-Man Was More Than Just a Game – My Lifelong Love Affair with Yellow Pixels
The first time I saw Pac-Man, I was eight years old and it was bloody magical. This would’ve been early 1982, and my dad had...
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The Soundtracks That Made Me Cry (And Why My Dad Called Them Beeps and Boops)
I still remember the first time video game music made me cry. Not some cheesy pop ballad or dramatic movie score – it was the...
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That Time a Cartoon Worm in a Space Suit Became My Gaming Obsession
The first time I saw Earthworm Jim at the local game store, I thought someone was pulling my leg. This was 1994, I was deep...
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My Thirty-Year Love Affair with a Blue Hedgehog (And Why I Keep Coming Back Despite Everything)
Right, so I need to come clean about something – I’ve been following Sonic the Hedgehog for over three decades now, and I’m still not...
