For those of you who may not be acquainted with today’s national Holiday…it’s March 10, Mar10, OR Mario Day! Mario is my favorite video game character and it’s my favorite series of games of all time. Mario is no slouch, Nintendo releases a new Mario...
The mid 1990s were owned by Donkey Kong Country. In a previous piece I had written, 1994 represented the return of Donkey Kong to the limelight with DKC and the oft-overlooked Donkey Kong ‘94. DKC was a massive success and ultimately gift wrapped the 16-bit...
In a move that will most likely surprise NONE of us who keep an eye on the video game industry, Sony has announced that the next Playstation will be called (drumroll please…) The Playstation 5! Yes we all called this, we all figured this would...
As you all already know, I’m a giant Nintendo fan(boy). I wanted to take a minute out of the day to celebrate Nintendo’s 130th Anniversary and wish the Japanese toy and game company a big Happy Birthday! They have a special place in my heart...
Sometimes Ideas hit you at strange times. I was sitting around over the past Saturday with no plans or reason to go out. I love days like that, they don’t come along too often but are always appreciated. I’ve been super busy lately with my...
Yeah, I know I said I wasn’t going to do any sort of listicles on this site, and I hope this isn’t really that type of post. I want to talk about the fall and what’s coming out over the next few months. While 2019...
As you all already know, I’m a huge Nintendo fan(boy). I take their side constantly and when others criticize them for their moves, I often find myself playing defender. Nintendo has been a company that I’ve always appreciated and as someone who likes to walk...
I can’t believe the Dreamcast is 20 years old…. The summer of 1999 was as warm as any that I could remember. I started the summer as a 12 year old gamer excited about what the fall and winter had in store. I spent the...
I remember 1994 pretty well. I was in the Second and Third Grade on Long Island, NY. I played a whole lot of video games on the Genesis and SNES and NES. I typically stuck with Mario games because he was (and still is) my...
Yes you read that right, you elder millennials, the Game Boy is now 30 years old and while that’s hard to believe, the revolutionary handheld has reached its pearl anniversary. I remember when I got my Game Boy in August of 1990, from a Toys...
I wanted to try something a little different with this post. It’s a little personal, but I wanted to share my experience with anyone interested in reading it! This may seem a little strange coming from the likes of me. I’ve posted a bunch of...
You all know how much I love a good story. I don’t mean that in a video game narrative sense in this instance, though I appreciate a strong video game story. I love anecdotes of how people may have found a certain series or a...
Imagine this. You’re at your favorite mall in 1993. You step into the arcade, it’s a little dark, it’s a little smelly, and the floor is covered in carpet that’s designed to look like space. You’ve just been handed your head (literally) a few times...
Thank goodness for the SNES Classic Edition. If it were not for this fun little console, I may have never gathered the willpower to hunt down and play Earthbound, for real. It was always one of those games that I had the intention to play...
Feel free to comment or reach out with whatever feelings you wish, this is designed to be a conversation if you feel like it should. I know I’m a little late on this, but I think about Stadia a lot. Google Stadia At the Game...
It’s starting to get to being that time. New consoles are right around the corner. 2019 saw one of the most quiet E3s in a generation and it’s pretty much just for one reason, Xbox and Playstation are getting ready to produce their next consoles....
Normally in this series, I want to talk about one game at a time. A stand out game that, to me, is one of the greatest games ever made. For this Ratchet & Clank I can’t do that. When looking at Ratchet & Clank, one...
When I started these posts not too long ago, I wanted to stray free of lists, reviews, and other normal pieces that we see and read every day. Even my blogs that took a look at E3 conferences were designed to be a way for...
Remakes are weird, aren’t they. They’re even weirder in video gaming culture. What’s a remake vs. a remaster vs. a reboot? Sometimes companies like Crystal Dynamics create a game called Tomb Raider that is neither a remake NOR a sequel to the original series. 2018...
I’m writing this piece on a warm summer evening in early July. I’m about a day or so away from seeing the newest Spider-Man movie, Spider-Man: Far From Home. At this point I’ve seen every MCU film multiple times, I own the Blu-Rays, I have...
Let me begin by saying I’m not into shooters. I’ve played my fair share of Goldeneye and Halo over the past 2 decades, but first person shooters have never been at the core of my interest nor have I ever been skilled enough to truly...
I was a kid of the 1990s. Born in 1986 I only remember a slight taste of the end of the 1980s, so calling myself an 80s kid has always felt wrong. I loved (and still do), Ghostbusters and TMNT, but I was a little...
Let’s take a trip back to the 1990s shall we? Everyone was wearing flannel, listening to grunge, and trying to figure out how to get rid of the 1980s. The early 1990s garnered a strange cultural response to the bright neon and bubblegum pop of...
It’s amazing to live in an era in which you don’t have to explain what Pokemon is to most people. Even during the beginning of Pokemon hysteria the average Pokemaniac would be met with confused looks as they showed off their newest obsession. We would...
I have always self-identified as a console gamer. I got an NES on my 2nd birthday and became a Nintendo loyalist early in life. I still own a large amount of classic consoles, mostly all of the mainstream systems from NES through Switch. I never...
We gamers always like to argue about what the “Best Generation” or “Best Console” of all time is. Arguments and insults are slung at rapid fire between PS1 or SNES, PS2 or XBOX, Atari 2600 or Genesis or NES! Let’s not forget the SWITCH! There’s...
Happy First Day of Summer! I’m a Summer person: I love the heat, the sun, and being able to sit outside and soak it all in. The summer is about beach vacations, outdoor rock festivals, and spending a bunch of time inside and playing videogames....
Before we begin…. This post is all about something I tried out that worked for me. It may not work for everyone and every thing I write here is personal, anecdotal experience. Ugh..the backlog, the bane of every gamer’s existence. Gamers love to collect games...
It’s Music Monday and I figured why not talk about video game music. This post comes in celebration of Square Enix (one of my top 5 favorite developers) putting all of the original music from its Final Fantasy series on streaming services. I listen to...
Nintendo won E3. I’m incredibly biased due to my undying love for everything Nintendo, but when a company shows off close-to 40 quality games in a 40 minute video, they tend to win. Nintendo’s E3 direct was all about one thing, the games. Sometimes conferences...
E3 is always one of my favorite weeks of the year. While the giant video game conference is slowly moving towards obsolescence, it’s great to have dedicated time to celebrate video games. This year is a little awkward though. Sony has ducked out of...
For those of you who may not be acquainted with today's national Holiday...
The mid 1990s were owned by Donkey Kong Country. In a previous piece I had written, 1994 represented the return of Donkey Kong to the limelight with DKC and the oft-overlooked Donkey Kong ‘94. DKC was a massive success and ultimately gift wrapped the 16-bit...
In a move that will most likely surprise NONE of us who keep an eye on the video game industry, Sony has announced that the next Playstation will be called (drumroll please…) The Playstation 5! Yes we all called this, we all figured this would...
As you all already know, I’m a giant Nintendo fan(boy). I wanted to take a minute out of the day to celebrate Nintendo’s 130th Anniversary and wish the Japanese toy and game company a big Happy Birthday! They have a special place in my heart...
Sometimes Ideas hit you at strange times. I was sitting around over the past Saturday with no plans or reason to go out. I love days like that, they don’t come along too often but are always appreciated. I’ve been super busy lately with my...
Yeah, I know I said I wasn’t going to do any sort of listicles on this site, and I hope this isn’t really that type of post. I want to talk about the fall and what’s coming out over the next few months. While 2019...
As you all already know, I’m a huge Nintendo fan(boy). I take their side constantly and when others criticize them for their moves, I often find myself playing defender. Nintendo has been a company that I’ve always appreciated and as someone who likes to walk...
I can't believe the Dreamcast is 20 years old...
I remember 1994 pretty well. I was in the Second and Third Grade on Long Island, NY. I played a whole lot of video games on the Genesis and SNES and NES. I typically stuck with Mario games because he was (and still is) my...
Yes you read that right, you elder millennials, the Game Boy is now 30 years old and while that’s hard to believe, the revolutionary handheld has reached its pearl anniversary. I remember when I got my Game Boy in August of 1990, from a Toys...