Why Castlevania Became My Gateway to Proper Gothic Gaming
Right, I need to be honest from the start – I came to Castlevania later than most people. Growing up in the UK meant different...
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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 I Discovered Power Rangers on Genesis...
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Why Phantasy Star II Hit Different Than Every...
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That Time Batman Returns on Mega Drive Made...
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Two N64 Adventures That Showed Me What Games...
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That Time I Convinced Myself the 32X Was...
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That Chunky Black Box That Defined My Gaming...
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When Every Company Thought They Could Make the Next Mario – A Journey Through 90s Mascot Madness
You know, coming to retro gaming in my forties meant I missed all the hype cycles when they actually happened. I wasn’t there for the...
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How Indie Games Made Me Remember Why I Actually Love Video Games
I’ll be honest – I never thought I’d care much about indie games. This was 2008, I’m browsing Xbox Live Arcade during one of Phoenix’s...
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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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Why I Keep Going Back to Bloodborne Despite My Sanity
Something’s definitely wrong with me, and I know this because normal people don’t voluntarily put themselves through the same punishment for hundreds of hours and...
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That Time Myst Made Me Realize Games Could Be Art (And Nearly Drove Me Insane)
Look, I need to be honest with you right up front – I was never really a PC gaming guy in the early 90s. I...
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How I Finally “Got” EarthBound After Dismissing It as Too Weird
Man, I have to admit something that’s kind of embarrassing for someone who claims to know retro RPGs – I completely whiffed on EarthBound when...
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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 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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Racing Games That Made Me Blow My Allowance at the Arcade
First time I played OutRun, I had to stand on this rickety milk crate just to reach the steering wheel properly. The arcade owner—this guy...
