Why Myst Changed Everything for This Sega Kid (And Still Gives Me Chills)
Look, I’ll be straight with you – as a dedicated Sega fanboy, I wasn’t supposed to care about PC games. But sometimes life throws you...
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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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DOOM Blew My Mind at 40 – How a 90s Shooter Changed Everything I Thought About Games
I’ll be straight with you – I never played DOOM when it first came out in 1993. Hell, I barely knew what a computer was...
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Why I Fell Hard for Point-and-Click Adventures as a Gaming Late Bloomer
You know what’s funny about discovering point-and-click adventure games in your forties? You don’t have any nostalgia clouding your judgment. When my daughter first showed...
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The Blue Bomber Beat Me Down for Three Decades (And I Kept Coming Back)
Look, I need to be honest about something right up front – the first controller I ever threw in genuine anger was because of Mega...
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How Super Mario Bros Ruined My Life (In The Best Possible Way)
Christmas 1985 was supposed to be different in our house. Not because of any grand plans, mind you, but because my dad had pulled a...
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That Time I Found Gaming Gold in a $15 Used Bin – Why Suikoden Changed My Life
The used game bin at Electronics Boutique was basically my second home during college. You know the drill – ramen budget, endless free time, and...
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How Diablo Proper Ruined My University Years (And Created the Action RPG Blueprint)
I can pinpoint the exact moment my life went sideways, and it wasn’t booze or girls or any of the usual university pitfalls. It was...
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That Sweet Sound of Dial-Up Death: How We Gaming Pioneers Survived the Stone Age of Online Play
The first time I connected to another human being through my computer, I’m pretty sure I experienced what people describe as religious ecstasy. This was...
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Five CDs of Pure Gaming Perfection: Why Riven Still Blows My Mind
Man, October 1997 was a good month for gaming. I’d just gotten my hands on a brand new Pentium 166MHz machine – yeah, I know,...
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Why Shigeru Miyamoto’s Games Still Hit Different After All These Years
Christmas 1982, I was five years old, and my parents surprised me with an Atari 2600. But honestly? The real magic didn’t happen until a...
