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5 Reasons to Own an NES Console in 2023
If you’re a child of the 80s (like me!), the odds are pretty good that you had an NES console growing up. Most likely it was in the living room where you had to share screen time with a sibling or with your parents and you all called it “The Nintendo.” My Nintendo occupied a…
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Retro Gaming in 2022 is a Joke
If getting older has taught me anything, it’s that everything changes. That includes not only the hair on my head, but the hair on my body. Who would have thought that while I lose the precious locks from my scalp, I can also grow a whole new goatee in my pants? Oh, and also: Retro…
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16 Underrated NES Games
The Nintendo Entertainment System is one of the most successful and most enduring video game consoles ever invented. Following the North American console crash, the NES emerged not only as the dominating force in home gaming, but as a pop culture icon so ubiquitous as to be almost unmatched in its ubiquitatious ubiquitosity! Mario, Metroid,…
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The Steam Deck is NOT a Threat to Nintendo
Valve’s latest foray into the unforgiving world of gaming hardware is their impressive Steam Deck. I’m sure you know all about it, but for the sake of the uninformed (and Google’s search algorithm), let’s talk briefly about what the Deck is, what it does, and why so many gamers are calling it a “Nintendo Switch…
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The REAL Reason We Can’t Have a Switch Pro (Maybe)
Everyone grab your fancy suits and Sunday dresses because a new Switch is coming to town! Wow, it looks so amazing I can’t wait to see what’s inside! Oh, wait…. Is that? Is that the same Switch I have now with a fancier shirt on? False alarm everyone. Grab the sweatpants and liquor, we’re sitting…
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Forced Scarcity in Gaming – Ripping Off Fans with FOMO and Market Manipulation
With new console and PC part sales on the rise, you have likely heard of the scarcity problem the tech industry is facing right now. Let me be the first to say that finding and purchasing a PlayStation 5 is nearly impossible, and it doesn’t look like this will be changing anytime soon. All of…
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Top 5 Game Developers of the 1990s
This perennially popular decade will likely go down as the “Good Ole’ Days” of gaming. Whether it featured the greatest amount high-quality games is of course up for debate, but I don’t think anyone can deny that it was the most inventive and seminal era in the industry. There were dozens of studios that stood…
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Classic NES Game Commercials
I’ve gathered up a few old NES game commercials that really put into perspective how much marketing and video games have changed, and also how freakin’ old we’re getting. Please enjoy these classic NES game commercials.
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Not Everyone Loves Animal Crossing’s Summer Update
Nintendo spiced up island life this July by adding a brand-new area to explore right off your own island’s coast. Like so many others stuck in quarantine this year, I found myself in dire need of a distraction, and since I was already in the market for a new console, I treated myself to a…
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Why is Retro Gaming on the Nintendo Switch Such a Hit?
…nothing can beat playing the original, 8-bit Legend of Zelda. Games like that, or Super Mario or Metroid or many of the others, having grown into such successful franchises with such loving fanbases, have enormous sentimental value to millions of adults in the gaming world.
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Former Nintendo Power Employee Spills the Beans
I worked at Nintendo Power during the second half of 1996 and for the last three months they gave me Player’s Pulse. That was definitely the highlight of my time on staff. I got to pick letters to include, write responses to those letters, and pick the envelope art that was displayed on those pages.
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Mario Maker 2 Switch Update is the Best of Both Worlds
The update is free, so you get a massively popular hero and a great set of villains too, so it really is the best of both worlds!
