Been There, Rage-Quit That: What Makes Boss Fights Mess With Our Heads
I’ve got a graveyard of controllers that died honorable deaths. Well, maybe not honorable. There’s that Genesis controller I threw hard enough to crack 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...
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The World Is Not Enough N64 – When...
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That Time a Clown Bombing Got Me Hooked on European Adventure Games
Back in ’96 I was pulling shifts at Software Etc. – yeah, I know, glamorous career choice for a college dropout – when this game...
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Games Made Me Cry and I’m Not Ashamed Anymore
The first time a video game made me actually cry, I was twenty years old in 1998, sitting in my cramped dorm room at ASU...
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When Games Were the Devil’s Work: My Journey Through Gaming’s Moral Panic Years
I was thirteen when my mam discovered my copy of Mortal Kombat hidden under a stack of Amiga Format magazines. She’d come into my room...
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The Sega Genesis Made Me Who I Am (And Why Console Wars Actually Matter)
Man, I still remember the exact moment I knew I was different from other kids on my street. It was October 1989, I was twelve...
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I Spent My 20s Hunting Digital Trinkets and It Was Worth Every Obsessive Minute
Man, you know you’ve hit that weird middle-aged point when you’re explaining to your students why I can still remember the exact location of every...
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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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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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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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The Game That Taught Me What Addiction Actually Feels Like
I can pinpoint the exact moment I understood what proper gaming addiction felt like, and it wasn’t on my beloved Amiga or Mega Drive. No,...
