Recently the release of the Nintendo Switch and it’s flagship title “The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild” has put the gaming community into a tizzy. Whenever a new Zelda game is released fans seem to reflect on the series as a whole and a general wave of Zelda nostalgia grips the internet. I’ve been … More Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (NES, 1988)
BACKGROUND Every now and then I like to sit down and write about things in my everyday life that inspire me. The following was written in response to a coworker of mine who showed up to work wearing some hilarious greenish brown pants that were kind of jeans but not really jeans. Every time he wore … More Creative Writing: Fly by the Seat of My Vintage Pants
Although the most recent TMNT film “Out of the Shadows” seems to have come and gone somewhat uneventfully, I’m still riding on a nostalgia kick in regards to our heroes in a half shell. The rise of the Ninja Turtles was meteoric at the end of the 1980’s. Like Member’s Only jackets and Cabbage Patch … More Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Trading Cards (Topps, 1989)
We’ve all been there. You’re playing a game and the tune from the stage you’re on is catchy enough that you begin to hum along with it. Before you know it you were sitting in class or languishing away in your cubicle and that tune is on repeat in your head. Game tunes may not … More Five Awesome Video Game Tracks Part 6
1995 was one of the biggest and most important years in the renaissance of the Star Wars phenomenon. I have spoken at length about several aspects of this year ranging from the re-release of the trilogy in THX on VHS, to Dark Forces on the PC, to one of the most hideous and frightening looking … More R2-D2 (Kenner, 1995)
Going to the grocery store was always an excruciating experience as a youth. It seemed that the endeavor consumed an entire day as what felt like hours slowly ticked by while staring at walls of different varieties of Hamburger Helper while mom debated the pros and cons of the different flavors of boxed pastas that … More Gumball Mini Football Helmets
I was a latecomer to FPS games. While the world was addicted to Doom and it’s various spinoffs and clones I didn’t own a PC that could handle anything close to those specs and none of my friends at the time even owned a PC. So while the rest of the “mature” gamers in the … More Star Wars: Dark Forces (LucasArts, 1995)
Televisions today are flat panels either mounted on a wall or sitting atop a stand. Owners want it to be large, visible, and yet at the same time they want it to take up as little space as possible. In my younger years TV’s were much smaller in screen size and yet typically much larger and … More Console Television Sets
When I was a kid, one of the annual Halloween traditions in my house as well as around the neighborhood was to put cardboard cut outs with Halloween imagery up in the windows. If you’re about my age I’m sure you remember these things. Essentially it was a flat piece of cardboard with printed artwork … More Cardboard Halloween Cut Outs
I’m not going to hold it back; I’m a mark for Return of the Jedi. The Empire Strikes Back is certainly the most critically acclaimed of the Star Wars films and the clear cut favorite amongst the serious Star Wars fanboys but Return of the Jedi has always had a certain appeal to me that … More Squid Head (Kenner, 1983)
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