Ah, Pong. Not the first video game, but the first one to really become popular. Through the mid 70’s Pong was pretty much it — the genesis of gaming in our cultural consciousness. In the wake of the success of the original arcade hit, a home version was made. Then another, and another, with tons …
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Has Scheduling Improved My Writing? I Think So.
Ah yes, another one of those oddly meta “blog entries about blogging.” I’m mostly writing this one because, as with most of December, it’s been a bit of a long day and I don’t feel like cranking out anything more substantial. In any case, over the past few months I’ve set myself up with a …
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A Look Back At 30 Years Of The Simpsons
Ah, The Simpsons. A show I pretty much grew up with; as much as one really could say with regards to a television series, anyway. Today, December 17th, 2019 marks 30 years since the premier of The Simpsons as a stand-alone television show, starting with that holiday classic “Simpsons Roasting On An Open Fire.“ Honestly, …
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Angry Video Game Nerd Episode 88: Swordquest – Episode Review
The Atari era of gaming was something special. It was a time period where things were kind of wild and companies were throwing pretty much anything out there to see what would take. Atari itself, as a company, was doing wonderfully and the VCS, later renamed the 2600, was dominating the gaming scene. This success …
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How “The Wizard” Became One Of My Favorite Films Ever
Today, December 15th, 2019, marks 30 years since the film “The Wizard” premiered in theaters. This film is famous among gamers of a certain age for the fact that it heavily features video games — not just any games, mind you, but the Nintendo Entertainment System. For those of us in the late 80’s and …
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The Xbox Series X – An Odd Name For A Beautiful Machine
Yesterday, as a part of “The Game Awards 2019,” Microsoft revealed their next console in quite the theatrical video. Quite the work of art, the video showcased a monolithic, tower like machine drastically different from previous designs in the Xbox family, The Controller is, incidentally, quite familiar and mostly traditional — save for the “Sega …
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Vagabond’s Quest Is Back. Yes, I’m Serious.
Long time readers may recall an article I wrote back in 2016 regarding an online game I used to play in High School around 2001-2002 range called Vagabond’s Quest. It was a straightforward game, played from the website itself and functionally through text rather than any kind of awesome graphical world — more akin to …
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Why In Depth Discussion Or Debate Is Nearly Impossible On Twitter
I don’t care what you want to call it — discussion, debate, discourse, arguing, whatever it is — any kind of “deep” discussion on Twitter between two parties is, in practice, virtually impossible. This is for two key reasons — the nature of the site itself, and the culture surrounding its used. These two aspects …
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How I Rediscovered My Love Of Making Music
Back in late August I was spending some time with a friend who was in town on business. He and I are both very much into the hunt for treasure that is antique and thrift store shopping, and on this particular day we stopped at one of my regular antique store haunts; one I’ve picked …
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We Now Return To Your Regularly Scheduled Program (Dec 2019 Edition)
Late last week I wrote about an unscheduled break I had taken from writing on this site. With today being Monday I, of course, wanted to get back on schedule with writing. The problem is, with this being the holiday season, today proved to be more busy than I expected and I’m only now, at …
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Mind The Gap – An Unscheduled Break (Dec 2019 Edition)
It’s been about a week since my last post here. I’ve, quite simply, needed a small break after the pre-Black Friday buildup and the week following. For anyone in retail, even for someone like me who works in a small used game store, this is a busy time of year, and the added demands of …
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What’s Coming For December 2019 On Xadara
Now that the insanity of this past week (including Black Friday) is over, just what do I have planned for December 2019? Well, to start off with, I’m going to bloody rest. This past week has been non-stop work for me in one form or another – I cranked out more articles than normal for …
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Don’t Like The Negative Press Stadia Is Getting? Consider This…
The past week has been quite the roller coaster in gaming, particularly with the much anticipated and (depending on who you ask) much loved new cloud gaming platform, Google Stadia. I discussed a few days ago that there’s a very vocal group of Stadia users and fans who reject all criticism of the product, namely …
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December 2019 Xbox Live Games With Gold
We’re coming up on December and the end of 2019 and with the new month just days away we have a new set of Games with Gold. Always fun to see what’s to come… well, so long as the games are ones you want. Right, let’s get to it! On the Xbox One we have …
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Angry Video Game Nerd Episode 87: Ninja Gaiden – Episode Review
This time we have another big production from the Nerd, this time on a very well known game that happens to be one I personally had as a kid (I actually still have my original copy) and have strong memories with — Ninja Gaiden for the Nintendo Entertainment System. The Episode starts off, incidentally enough, …
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