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I wanted to enjoy Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore, and I even did sometimes. But, mostly, it was just too early 2010s. Let me explain. Do you remember when tech was cool, when...
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This is my first weeknote post, and I'm already cheating a little bit by including some things from the week before. Whatever—it's my blog, so I make the rules. Also, as this...
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I don't have much context for NES games. I started with the SNES. Maybe all of those old games are insanely difficult. Even many SNES games were pretty hard. But Malasombra...
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I keep trying to play modern games and failing. Occasionally, I'll make it through one and enjoy it. But the game has to have something extra special for me to succeed....
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I really used to think the Game Boy peaked at Pokemon. As a kid, I even owned The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening, but I had no idea how wrong I was, because I never even...
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I really used to think the Game Boy peaked at Pokemon. As a kid, I even owned The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening, but I had no idea how wrong I was, because I never even...
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I'm currently (off and on) going through all the "Expanded Universe" Star Wars media, starting with the release of Timothy Zahn's 1991 masterpiece Heir to the Empire. Children...
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Star Wars: Outlaws was a good game that could have been great. It was close. The bones were great. And so was the muscle. But there was just too much fat on that meat. While...
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I wasn't even shopping for a Game Boy Pocket. I was looking for a good deal on a Game Boy Camera. The best price I saw at the time was an auction for a bundle that included the...
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I've been trying not to buy new games (the size of my Steam library makes me blush), so despite Titanfall 2 having been on sale for $2 for the better part of the last decade, I...