Category: Editorial

The Nintendo Power Awards Will Always Have a Special Place in My Heart

Remembering the Lode Runner Series

Atari Casino’s Box Art Promises Cocaine and Hookers but Fails to Deliver

Top 5 Activision Games for Atari 2600

Animal Crossing: Weeds Reflect a Town’s Decline

Top 5 Nintendo Power Covers of All Time

Why Acknowledging a Game’s Flaws Can Be so Frightening

An Analysis of Pixel Gaming, or How I Learned to Love the Pixel

Brave New World Order: New Champions for a New Era

The Top 5 Retro Sports Games of All Time

The Contra Code: Konami’s “One Size Fits All” Approach to Cheat Codes

Brave New World Order: Wrestling With Hulks and Hedgehogs

Have We Forgotten The New Games Journalism?

8-Bit Memories: A Look Back at a Simpler Time

Whatever Happened to Final Fantasy?

Mega Man and Me: A Love Story Without a Happy Ending

How Do We Define “Retro?”

The Lore of The Legend of Zelda – Why Ignoring It Is Missing Out

Pokey Minch Was Eric Cartman Before South Park Existed

Atelier Is the Batman of JRPGs

NES Cartridge Prices Are on the Rise, But That’s Not a Bad Thing

Linda Cube Again Is My Favorite Game I’ve Never Played

Final Fantasy Should Go Back to 2D

Pokémon Was Better When I Didn’t Know What I Was Doing

Animal Crossing, Delayed Gratification, and the Appeal of Waiting Simulators

I Miss the TurboGrafx-16

Manchester Orchestra’s Andy Hull Likes the Sega Genesis

The X-Men Arcade Game Got Me to Eat a Lot of Bad Pizza

Gaming Magazines and the Lost Art of the Letters Section

Great Video Games Need Good Boss Music