When My Nephew’s Minecraft World Became Our Common Ground
I gotta be honest—I never thought a blocky sandbox game would be what finally broke through the wall my nephew Jake had built around himself....
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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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Watching Gaming’s Future Unfold: What’s Coming Next After Four Decades of Evolution
Had this proper moment the other week while setting up my nephew’s PlayStation 5 – he’s back from uni for the holidays and wanted to...
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Why I Still Miss My Plastic Guitar (And the Golden Age of Living Room Rock Stars)
I was stood in Currys PC World in 2006, hunting for a replacement power lead for my knackered PlayStation 2, when I spotted this proper...
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When Gaming Hit Puberty: My Front-Row Seat to the 3D Revolution
Right, so I’ve got to tell you about the first time I encountered proper 3D gaming, because it was one of those moments that completely...
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Why I Still Hoard Every Game Manual I’ve Ever Owned (And You Should Too)
I’ve got this plastic storage container in my basement that I guard like it contains the Declaration of Independence or something. It’s filled with every...
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Why I’m Getting Pickier About Which Old Games Deserve My Money
Look, I never owned Final Fantasy VII when it first came out. Couldn’t afford a PlayStation back then – I was still trying to make...
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Games That Made Me Sleep With the Lights On (And I’m Not Ashamed)
I’m forty-seven years old and I still remember the exact texture of that NES controller in my sweaty hands. It’s 1987, I’m ten, and I’m...
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How RPG Morality Systems Made Me Question My Own Ethics (And Why That’s a Good Thing)
First time I nuked an entire town in a video game was back when I was catching up on all the Fallout games I’d missed....
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The N64 Nearly Broke My Brain (And Changed Gaming Forever)
The Nintendo 64 launch was a proper wake-up call for those of us deep in the European gaming scene. September 29th, 1996 – though we...
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The Great Motion Control Con: How We All Got Fooled Into Waggling Plastic Wands
Right, let me tell you about the time the entire gaming industry collectively lost its mind over wiggling controllers about like demented orchestra conductors. This...
