Category Archives: SNES

The Games of 1998, The Best Gaming Year Ever, Part I: Greatness, the Eras of Gaming, and On Why 1998 Is Special

Posted on October 1, 2026 by Brian

Before I begin, I want to make something clear.  This series is a summation of others’ opinions as much as it is mine.  I have not played all of these games, not even close. Considering how long I have been … Continue reading →

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List: The Number of Mario & Zelda Main Series Titles, By Platform

Posted on May 4, 2026 by Brian

Why has it been over two months since the last article?   I’m not sure, but as usual I have written a bunch of scraps of lists but not finished or posted anything.  Well, this one is long enough to post, … 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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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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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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The Worst Game I Own For Each Platform I Have

Posted on March 14, 2024 by Brian

Uh, yeah, it’s been too long.  I haven’t been playing retro games much, honestly, other than Starcraft: Brood War, by far the best game ever made, which I got back into last week.  I should write something about that game … Continue reading →

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On My Setup – Classic and Modern Gaming on both Old and New TVs with Good Image Quality

Posted on August 14, 2020 by Brian

I would say I am sorry for not having posted anything for so many months, but… it’s been a very bad year for this world, I haven’t been able to get myself to write a post in a while.  I … Continue reading →

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More Updated Old Posts

Posted on March 13, 2017 by Brian

So, continuing on my work of adding hyperlinks into all of my old Game Opinion Summary posts/lists, adding a table of contents with links to all titles in the article, plus direct links to each game in the Table of … Continue reading →

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Article: Why Zelda: A Link to the Past is Overrated (but good)

Posted on January 1, 2017 by Brian

———— Introduction ———— I love the Legend of Zelda games, they are among the best! Indeed, I have sometimes considered it my favorite videogame series. This action-adventure franchise is amazing thanks to its great gameplay, graphics, music, and design. I … Continue reading →

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