Category Archives: Articles

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 →

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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 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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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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More Super Mario Maker 2 Levels & I Finished my Super World!

Posted on March 10, 2022 by Brian

Since my last article about Mario Maker 2 on the site, I have made three levels, one in December, one in January, and one just yesterday in March.  The most important of these is the one from January, for I … Continue reading →

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2021 Game of the Year

Posted on December 31, 2021 by Brian

This 2021 Game of the Year article could be longer, but I think I cover the necessary categories well enough to post one this year.  (I did a GOTY list in 2019, but not 2020.  It makes a return this … Continue reading →

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On My Super Mario Maker Levels – For Both Mario Maker 1 and 2

Posted on May 20, 2021 by Brian

What, it’s an actual… update on the site?  Why yes it is.  Once I started not updating the site for a while, I started worrying more about it and that led me to do what I usually do in such … 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 →

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