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Nintendo Power Reviews Issue 2
Welcome to the second Nintendo Power review. Looking through issue one was a lot of fun, but to be honest I’ve looked through that issue a ton of times. I’m kind of looking forward to the next few issued because I’m a lot less familiar with them. It’s September/October 1988, the NES is the hottest…
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Interactive Gaming Time Machine: Exploring the Nintendo Power Previews 1994 Laserdisc
As I was looking around Archive.org recently for Nintendo Power magazines, I stumbled upon this gem of a video that instantly transported me back to my early teens, browsing the Toys R Us video game aisles. It’s the Nintendo Power Previews 1994 laserdisc! For anyone that doesn’t remember these, in the gaming sections of places…
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In Search of Star Fox: Exploring Indie Alternatives
With each passing year, it seems Nintendo has less and less interest in continuing the adventures of the Star Fox crew and their never ending quest to rid the Lylat System of the influence of Andross. The last time we say Fox and friends was in 2015’s Star Fox Zero for the Wii U, a…
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Nintendo Power Review: Issue 1 – July/August 1988
Here we are, issue number one, and it starts off SUPER strong with the iconic cover art! Mario looks fantastic, but let’s take a moment to appreciate the impressive clay rendition of Wart. They really nailed it! In another decade most game magazines would just be using official artwork for covers, and it always seems…
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Let’s review some (all?) Nintendo Power!
Nintendo Power magazines are still one of those huge ways I can get a dose of pure nostalgia so quickly, especially those old issues. From the unique art they used on their covers to the very Japanese style of layout they employed. From the sometimes weird illustrations they would have in their pages to the…
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The Super Mario Bros Movie was super fun!
I meant to write this post up exactly a month ago, when I went to the movie spoken of in the title. But maybe this is good too, as I’ve now had time to think about the movie a little bit more since first seeing it. Anyone that knows me knows my love of all…
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Tetris score! New personal best!
I thought this was kind of a funny coincidence since the Tetris movie had just happened and everything. So I and some friends and colleagues have a Tetris high score board going. We play the NES game on game A, and for a while I was in second, then eventually bumped down to third. Last…
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Tetris: the movie
The Tetris movie released on Apple+ this past weekend, so of course I had to see it day one. I’m happy to report that while I was a little nervous going into it, overall the movie was very enjoyable, the actors were great, and most things didn’t feel embellish too much, just enough to heighten…
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Virtual Reality in 2023
My first experience with VR (well modern VR anyway) was three years ago, and I instantly fell in love. I think I was shown the archery game in Valve’s The Lab first, which was pretty amazing. Then I played Beat Saber, and thought to myself that no matter what, I had to have more of…
Painted Pixels
Video games, retro stuff, and other otaku and geeky interests.
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