a blog about video games and culture from a guy stuck in the 90s!
Evidently, Mario is not popular in Thailand. Our original honeymoon plans were going to put me in Japan for the Super Mario Odyssey launch, where our favorite Italian plumber enjoys fame and fortune, but despite my best efforts to steer my honeymoon to a more Mario-friendly destination, we enjoyed up going further south to Thailand. …
Continue reading Super Mario Odyssey – The Collect-a-Thon We All Needed
Ahh - the video game manual! Never has something so great been accompanied by something even greater. Peanut butter and jelly? Ha! Total snooze-fest! Steak and potatoes? Yeah, ok, like that ever caught on! But the video game and the video game manual? Folks, we have our winner. In 2017 it really is a lost art form, …
Continue reading Let’s Talk Video Game Manuals, and 3 of my Favorites!
Welcome to the first in a new segment, "What's In Geddy's Hand?" the ambiguously named installment where I tell you about the handheld games that have been keeping me occupied, entertained, and most importantly, distracted from my real-life obligations. As I've mentioned before, my playing style is usually playing one large game at a time, with a …
While it may be unpleasant to think about, it's true folks, and you know it. The top-selling game in the industry known as "mobile gaming," or as I like to call it, "toilet gaming," is the latest addition to an admittedly short list of games I've completed in February. I've been endlessly grinding away in …
Continue reading I Finally Finished Super Mario Run (after countless hours on the toilet)
I'm ashamed. I totally forgot this presentation until the morning of. Holy cow did the holidays fly by! But I'd be lying if I said I wasn't staring at the YouTube stream in eager anticipation a full half hour early, while my retinas started to burn a little bit, waiting to see the holy grail …
I rave about Super Mario Run for eight paragraphs.
If you know me personally or at least know what I look like, you probably can't imagine me spending an hour setting up and taking these pictures. But try harder - it'll be more ridiculous that way. In terms of my gaming collection, it's certainly been a good year so far! I have a love/hate thing with …
Continue reading Summer Game Hauls, Presented by my Amiibo Collection!
