Starfield Hit Me Right in the Space Dreams (And My Teacher Salary)
Man, when Starfield dropped, I did something I haven’t done since the Dreamcast launch – I called in sick to work. Yeah, I know, real...
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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...
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The World Is Not Enough N64 – When...
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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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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 SimCity Taught Me Systems Thinking at 40 (And Why I Can’t Stop Building Digital Cities)
I’ve mentioned before that I came to gaming backwards – discovered it as an adult, then worked my way through gaming history. But there’s one...
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How a Construction Guy Got Hooked on Digital LEGO and Never Looked Back
First time someone mentioned Minecraft to me was around 2013, I was working a job site downtown and this young electrician, Danny, wouldn’t quit talking...
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How a Woodland Board Game Converted This Lifelong Digital Gaming Bloke
I’ve been glued to screens since 1984. Proper gaming screens, mind you – started with the Spectrum, moved through the C64, then my beloved Amiga...
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That Time Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater Made Me Care About Sports Games (And Changed Everything)
Look, I’m going to be honest with you – I was never a sports game guy. Growing up with my beloved Genesis and later my...
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Why LucasArts Adventure Games Were Gaming Perfection (And How They Lost It All)
Man, I’ve gotta be honest with you – even though I was Team Sega through and through during the console wars, I spent plenty of...
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When Strategy Gaming Met Real History – Why Age of Empires Changed Everything
I still remember queuing up at PC World in 1997, clutching my birthday money and scanning the strategy game shelves for something new. Real-time strategy...
