a blog about video games and culture from a guy stuck in the 90s!
Welcome to the first post of a new series, Living in the 90s. This started as a tribute to Toys "R" Us but took on a mind of its own. I present this "memory dump" of my childhood at my local Toys "R" Us, and I hope you can relate to it as well! By now, …
The world of game emulation has evolved over the past decade or so to provide near-flawless execution of classic hardware. As complex as hardware emulation actually is, to the normal user, the allure of being able to play all of their favorite childhood games, for free, is reason enough to download an emulator for their system of …
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!
Following my 3 hour marathon completion of Pokemon Yellow of which I barely scraped by, I quickly switched gears back to Earthbound and decided I would wrap this one up next. Earthbound and Xenoblade Chronicles are so vastly different in terms of playstyle that I was having trouble bouncing back and fourth, and decided I would …
Continue reading Nearing the End of Earthbound! Some Thoughts on End-Game
I'm seven minutes away from the time I need to go to sleep if I want to successfully catch the earlier bus to work tomorrow, but the excitement is real over here, people. I need to get this all out. Maybe it was the media attention surrounding the release of Pokemon Red, Blue, and Yellow on the 3DS …
Continue reading Finished Pokemon Yellow! Post-Game Thoughts
To be honest, I'm not quite sure how I ended up becoming obsessed with the Raspberry Pi over the past two weeks, but let's just say, I've been busy. I have a confession: I love playing classic video games and I mostly dislike the concept of playing new video games. It's very difficult for me …
Continue reading Adventures in Game Emulation with a Raspberry Pi! Part 1
In this post, I briefly discuss Earthbound, which I have been enjoying.
