Author Archives: Brian

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Computer and video game lover

On an Interesting ’80s Lego Birthday Party [Castle] Poster

Posted on January 17, 2023 by Brian

Sometime in the later 1980s, as many child Lego fans did I somehow got some issues of Lego’s then-new magazine, which was mostly aimed at child fans.  I would not regularly get issues until the mid 1990s, so unfortunately I … Continue reading →

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Lego Rebuilding and Opinion Summaries, Part V: Lego Pirate Sets

Posted on December 29, 2022 by Brian

Table of Contents Introduction Opinion Summaries Pirates – Renegade’s Raft – Forbidden Island – Black Seas Barracuda Imperials (Bluecoats) – Harbor Sentry – Broadside’s Brig – Caribbean Clipper Islanders – King Kahuka – Islander Catamaran Conclusion Introduction   I mentioned … Continue reading →

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Game Opinion Summaries: Digital-Only Nintendo 3DS Games, Part 5: K-L

Posted on November 14, 2022 by Brian

Yes, it’s not a mirage, it’s an actual videogame article!  I finally got the next part of this series done.  The article should be complete now.  I cover some interesting stuff this time. Table of Contents K-L – 20 games … Continue reading →

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Lego Rebuilding Part IV: The Rest Of My Classic Castle Sets, including Guarded Inn, Viking Voyager, Forestmen’s Hideout, and more, and a Minifigure Inventory

Posted on October 31, 2022 by Brian

Since my last Lego article, I have continued rebuilding my remaining castle Lego sets, and also have gone through my pirate and space minifigures to determine what I have minifigure-wise from those lines. It’s been a lot more work than … Continue reading →

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Lego Castle (and Town), Part III: On Reassembling Lego Sets and Summaries of Wolfpack Tower, Wolfpack Renegades, Black Monarch’s Ghost, And More

Posted on September 30, 2022 by Brian

Yes, it’s another article about Lego.  I’ve been spending a lot of time with this stuff this month. After finishing with building the fantastic Lion Knights’ Castle set, which I discussed in my last article but will cover in greater … Continue reading →

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Me and Lego Castle, Part II: Lego Castle Set Opinion Summaries

Posted on September 12, 2022 by Brian

This article ended up being significantly longer than I thought it would be.  It’s more than twice the length of the first Lego article!  Some of that is me repeating things, but most of it is just that I have … Continue reading →

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The Eye of Typhoon Re-Release: A New, and Issue-Plagued, Way to Play a Classic (Or, Limited Run Does It Again!)

Posted on September 8, 2022 by Brian

Why am I posting this before part two of something I’d almost entirely finished writing before posting part one?  Well, I was going to post that today, but this is also important.  This short article is about a re-release of … Continue reading →

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Me and Lego Castle, Part I: A History, Analysis, and Sets List

Posted on August 30, 2022 by Brian

This is an article about Legos, the toys. I’ve gotten a bit back into them recently. Don’t expect articles like this to be a regular replacement for videogame articles, this is just going to be an occasional thing, but it’s … Continue reading →

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Game Opinion Summaries: Digital-Only Nintendo 3DS Games, Part 4: G-H-I-J

Posted on July 31, 2022 by Brian

Yes, the next part is done.  This time we’ve got a bunch of decent games.  There’s nothing really amazing, but most of them are alright and might be worth a look… except for the last three. Table of Contents for … Continue reading →

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Game Opinion Summaries: Digital-Only Nintendo 3DS Games, Part 3: D-E-F

Posted on June 23, 2022 by Brian

I have several short articles I’ll post soon, but I wanted to get this done first, and I have.  There are nineteen full summaries this time, plus mentions of the DLC for two of the Fire Emblem games.  There’s some … Continue reading →

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