Author Archives: Brian

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Computer and video game lover

On My Setup – Classic and Modern Gaming on both Old and New TVs with Good Image Quality

Posted on August 14, 2020 by Brian

I would say I am sorry for not having posted anything for so many months, but… it’s been a very bad year for this world, I haven’t been able to get myself to write a post in a while.  I … Continue reading →

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Consoles Opinion Summaries: The Fourth Generation

Posted on March 30, 2020 by Brian

Yes, it’s finally here, my long-delayed fourth generation console opinion summaries article! I’m sorry I had nothing last month, but it has been a somewhat anxious time. That is only getting worse with the virus outbreak, but I finally spent … Continue reading →

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My Favorite Games of 2019, and of the Decade of the 2010s

Posted on January 27, 2020 by Brian

I usually do not do Game of the Year lists and have not for some time, and for good reason — it is impossible for any one person to play all of the great games released in a year, and … Continue reading →

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Console Opinion Summaries, Part 2: The Third Generation – Atari 5200 and 7800, NES, Master System, and Colecovision

Posted on December 16, 2019 by Brian

That’s right, it’s not a mirage, it’s an actual update to my ‘Console Opinion Summaries’ list!  This took way too long, so for future entries I probably should cut back on the history portions that are done much more completely … Continue reading →

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Pendulous review update – 16-bit emulator and full game release

Posted on November 27, 2019 by Brian

I wrote a review of Pendulous in August 2015.  In February 2017, the games’ original creator found my review and decided to release the full game for free in response.  That was a very nice thing to do and I … Continue reading →

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Opinion List: Update to the Consoles Ranking List and new Platform Favorite Games Lists ‘new’ platforms

Posted on November 15, 2019 by Brian

In 2015, I made a list of how much I like all of the consoles I had at the time. Additionally, that list also includes lists of my favorite games for every console I own.  I did not attempt to … Continue reading →

Posted in 3DO, Articles, Atari Jaguar, Classic Games, Colecovision, Intellivision, Modern Games, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Switch, Nokia N-Gage, Philips CD-i, PlayStation 3, PS Vita, Tiger R-Zone, Wii U | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Console Opinion Summaries For My Systems – Introduction, Table of Contents, and the First and Second Generations

Posted on October 31, 2019 by Brian

Yes, it’s something new again and not what I was talking about. Well, I think this is more interesting than discussing a bunch of sports games and such. I will get to that, but first, this is something I’ve been … Continue reading →

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Opinion List: Comparing the 3DO, Jaguar, and 32X Game Libraries

Posted on September 30, 2019 by Brian

I have had a lot going on recently so I have not gotten nearly as far with that Genesis Game Opinion Summaries update list as I’d like, though I do have the list of titles I’ll be covering together.  But … Continue reading →

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Update

Posted on September 16, 2019 by Brian

Sorry for the lack of any new articles, but some things happened. First, I was planning on continuing the Guild Wars Game Opinion Summaries series for a while longer, but after the rape and allegation about Guild Wars music composer … Continue reading →

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Guild Wars Memories and Screenshots, Part 13: April 2007 – November 2008

Posted on August 18, 2019 by Brian

In early 2007, I got a new computer.  While my old one was a 1.5Ghz Pentium 4 with 384MB of RAM, a 32MB GeForce2 GTS graphics card, and Windows Millenium (which I still love! But anyway.), the new one was … Continue reading →

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