Author Archives: Brian

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Computer and video game lover

PC Gamer (US)’s Six Best Games Ever Made Lists, 1994-2005 (And the First Unified PC Gamer US & UK List from 2010)

Posted on November 29, 2025 by Brian

PC Gamer (US) did Best Games Ever lists in 1994, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, and 2005.  After that, there weren’t full lists for a few years.  The next list is from 2010, but that is done with the US & … Continue reading →

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1998: The Best Gaming Year Ever, Part II – Lists of The Year’s Games, By Genre and Otherwise

Posted on November 17, 2025 by Brian

Here is part II, the second half of my 1998 retrospective.  Well, the second half for now, maybe I will think of more to say in the future on this topic.  I wrote most of this when I posted part … Continue reading →

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1998, Greatness, and the Eras of Gaming

Posted on October 30, 2025 by Brian

I have no excuse for why I didn’t publish anything here in August or September, I just didn’t get to writing anything.  However, this month I have been very busy indeed, writing, researching online, watching video, and playing games for … Continue reading →

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Donkey Kong Bananza – First Impressions and Thematic Analysis

Posted on July 19, 2025 by Brian

Before I begin, there will be no spoilers here beyond things already spoiled on the cover and in Nintendo’s trailers for the game. Introduction Donkey Kong Bananza just released for the Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo’s new console.  I got the … Continue reading →

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A Beginning at a GeoGuessr-style Look at the Mario Kart World… World

Posted on July 7, 2025 by Brian

Where is Mario Kart World? I enjoy GeoGuessr.  For anyone who has not heard of it, it is a geography game that uses Google Street View images to ask you, where in the world are you?  Or rather, where in … Continue reading →

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First Impression Reviews: The Nintendo Switch 2 Hardware and Mario Kart World. Also a bit on Fast Fusion, and F-Zero GX: Switch 2 Emulation vs. Real Hardware

Posted on June 8, 2025 by Brian

Yes, I know, it’s been a while again.  I really should be able to write something at least once a month… bah.  Well, I’ve got something now, at least: a Nintendo Switch 2!  It is probably unsurprising that I got … Continue reading →

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My (Bad) Classic Starcraft Replays – A Game from 2/12/2002

Posted on March 18, 2025 by Brian

Yes, I finally got around to making another one of these.  I actually recorded this game in the Remastered version back when I made the first video, but after seeing how broken that replay was in Remastered I decided that … Continue reading →

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My (Bad) Starcraft Replays: A Youtube Series – Intro and First Game, from 10/20/2001

Posted on January 13, 2025 by Brian

Introduction Of the games I play the most, Starcraft, GeoGuessr, and Super Mario Maker 2 stand above all others not only because they are the games I am playing the most, but also because they are also the games I … Continue reading →

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On Doom CD32X Fusion – An Amazing Homebrew Accomplishment for the Sega 32X CD

Posted on December 18, 2024 by Brian

Doom CD32X Fusion is a brand-new homebrew version of Doom for the Sega 32X CD. It’s really amazing with fantastic performance, and makes use of all five CPUs in the Genesis with Sega CD and 32X in order to get … Continue reading →

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Warcraft I Remastered & Warcraft II Remastered: A Badly Broken Dream Come True

Posted on November 25, 2024 by Brian

Just as a note, this is not a full review of Warcraft I or II, so if you know nothing about the game you probably will miss some of the context here.  Sorry about that.  The section about the missing … Continue reading →

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