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The Games of 1998, Part One: 1998, Greatness, and the Eras of Gaming

Posted on October 1, 2026 by Brian

[Note: I’m not sure if I want to take down the original articles from last year or leave them here as a ‘this is an earlier form of the article’ thing, but I will change the table of contents links … Continue reading →

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My Mario Kart World Video Clips – Nonsense and Frustration in MKW Knockout Tour, Part One

Posted on July 6, 2026 by Brian

As readers of this site may know, I am still very addicted to Mario Kart World.  I’m not any good, though, and never have learned the routes for jumping up walls and such.  No, I just play simple old knockout … Continue reading →

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My Favorite Games of 2025 and First Impression Summaries on Some Top 2025 Titles

Posted on January 29, 2026 by Brian

Table of Contents My Favorite Games of 2025 Biggest Surprises of 2025 What was I Playing in 2025? – Mario Kart World, Mario Maker 2, GeoGuessr, Starcraft, Earthion, Fast Fusion The Atari Lynx First Impressions on Some Top 2025 Titles … Continue reading →

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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, Part I – What Makes a Year Memorable?

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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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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