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Geek Confessions: I Could Never Remember the Konami Code

Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, START. The Konami Code, also known as the Contra Code, is one of the most famous cheat codes in the history of gaming. Originally introduced in Gradius, but most famous for its function as the 30-lives code in Contra, it helped thousands, if not millions [ READ MORE ]

Geek Confessions: I Hated Mega Man

I hated Mega Man growing up. If you know me now, this might seem a weird thing coming from me. I love the Blue Bomber now, in quite a few of his incarnations. I charged and blasted my way through Mavericks Reploids in X. Slashed my way through Neo Arcadia as Zero in his series. [ READ MORE ]

The Mother of Video Game Narration

It’s been a while since I could kick off a blog post with a punny hyperbole title, hasn’t it? give me some leniency though, this being a post about the Mother series, most known for strange references, odd humor, weird puns, and two over-powered Smash Brother Brawl characters. A few days ago I found myself playing Mother [ READ MORE ]

Resurrection of Quintet, a Soul Blazer Series Overview

A long time ago, during the 16-bit era to be precise, Enix was starting to become well-known for releasing games dealing with subjects like evolution, the growth of the planet, and the advancement of mankind. Actraiser and EVO: Search for Eden are two famous examples. The first one was developed by a company that had [ READ MORE ]

Going Retro.

My NES has been seeing a lot of use this past week. I’ve been trying to play through Ducktales without dying. It’s not a hard game at all, but with a challenge like that… well, it’s going to take a lot of time and memorization to pull it off. It’s much more interesting to play [ READ MORE ]

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