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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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...
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Game Gear Was Brilliant and Nobody Talks About It Enough
Right, let’s get one thing straight from the start – the Game Gear doesn’t get nearly enough credit for what it accomplished back in the...
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Why I Wake Up at 5 AM to Hunt for Plastic Cartridges
My ex-wife used to think I’d completely lost it. There I was, 43 years old, sitting in my truck at 5:30 in the morning with...
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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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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...
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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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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...
