We are gathered here today to celebrate the life of the Virtual Console. For a little over a decade, it was Nintendo's premier method of preserving video game history. It provided gamers the ability to travel back and play Nintendo's past consoles, whether for the first time as a new gamer, or again as someone … Continue reading A Farewell to the Virtual Console
Back in January 2019 I was enjoying my SNES Classic and decided I should investigate games I'd never played before. I mashed Right on the D-Pad in a kind of "Retro Roulette" I'd made for myself. I landed on Super Ghouls n' Ghosts. I booted it up, died about 20 times without even finishing the … Continue reading How to Make Difficult Video Games Fun
Last week I talked about the Game Boy Advance, and today it's time to gush about the GameCube. The GameCube launched in November of 2001. Like in my last post, this was a time before I had regular access to the internet and so could only find out about games through TV ads, store demo … Continue reading The GameCube: Finally Appreciated After 20 Years
The Switch is already 3 years old. Remember back in October of 2016, when it was just an idea? Pretty soon it'll be old enough to go to preschool. And then before you know it, your Switch will want to go to rock concerts and it'll believe it knows everything... When the console launched, it … Continue reading The Nintendo Switch: 3 Years Later
I know that sounds a bit snobbish, but hear me out. It's a compliment, I promise. With the Sega Genesis Mini coming out in a few days, I did what any nerd who grew up in the '90s did: immediately consider buying it. The Super Nintendo was fun, and I coveted it / its games … Continue reading I Wish I Liked SEGA More
This weekend I took a leap of faith into a new aspect of gaming: going to an actual meeting. We were in Seattle for my wife's work and she noticed Renton City had this retro gaming convention. As she was working, I went in by myself. My older brother has a substantial video game collection, … Continue reading My First Retro Gaming Convention
Being an JRPG fan is great, but there are times where it feels like a tragic situation. JRPGs are the games I love the most, but play the least (the least amount of them, that is). I can wrap up a platformer or Metroidvania in 10-15 hours, but I can only fit in so many … Continue reading Top 10 JRPGs I Wish I Had Time For
Valkyria Chronicles 4 is a strategy RPG developed and published by Sega. It will release to the West on September 25, 2018 on PC, Xbox 1, PS4, and Switch for $60. I played the Valkyria Chronicles 4 Demo on Nintendo Switch. I feel like this game came out of nowhere and ambushed me. In a … Continue reading Valkyria Chronicles 4 Preview
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