Category Archives: Articles

Diablo IV Review of sorts, Part II: Spoiler-Heavy Storyline Analysis & Additional Thoughts

Posted on August 20, 2023 by Brian

Introduction After writing my previous article here I continued playing Diablo IV.  As a reminder I am playing it on Xbox Series X in 4k.  I finished the story in Diablo IV in July, just after the first season began … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, Modern Games, PC, Xbox Series X | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

My Lego Castle & Pirate Set Photos

Posted on June 4, 2023 by Brian

Introduction In this post I’m going to post some pictures.  There are 16 photos of my Castle collection, and 10 Pirate.  Enjoy.  This is about all the Pirate photos I could post, but I could post plenty more closeups of … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, Legos | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

A Super Mario Maker 2 My Levels Update

Posted on May 31, 2023 by Brian

What, nobody other than me was asking for this?  Well, sorry, but I was so here it is.  My last MM2 levels update was last March, and since then I have made several levels.  I would, honestly, make more if … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, Modern Games, Nintendo Switch, Strategies | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

A Beginner’s Guide to the Texas Instruments TI-99/4A Computer

Posted on April 19, 2023 by Brian

————- INTRODUCTION ————-   This is a guide for how to use an old computer platform that I have had an interest in for some time now.  I wrote a Game Opinion Summaries list for some TI99 carts something like … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, Classic Games, Hardware, Research, TI 99/4A | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

It’s Over. Nintendo Went Through With the Worst Shutdown of a Digital Storefront Ever.

Posted on March 30, 2023 by Brian

I wrote this today, because I’m still upset about this and aren’t over it.  This article has three parts.  First is the longer, about Nintendo’s recent shutdown of digital purchasing on the 3DS and Wii U.  Second is a shorter … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, Modern Games, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Wii, PlayStation 3, Playstation Portable, PS Vita, Wii U, Xbox, Xbox 360 | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in Articles, Legos | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in Articles, Legos | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in Articles, Legos, Reviews | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in 3DO, Articles, Game Opinion Summaries, Reviews | Tagged , , , , , , | 1 Comment

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 →

Posted in Articles, Legos | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment