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How Mario Kart 64 became the gold standard for 90s kids and arcade bars

May 11, 2020Alex Alusheff0 Comments

By Alex Alusheff There’s nothing worse than being struck by a blue shell in Mario Kart. Unless it’s being struck by your older brother after you blue-shelled him. We drained a lot of hours into Mario Kart 64 for the Nintendo 64 when we were kids. The game was released in 1996, when I was 6 and my brother was 8, right around the time our brotherly love dissolved into a bitter rivalry. In a…

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Melons for Mother’s Day: Completing Yoshi’s Story for my mom

May 6, 2020Joseph Delaney6 Comments

My mom spent years trying to beat Yoshi’s Story on the N64 by collecting only melons. One melon eluded her. And for Mother’s Day, I will complete her quest.

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Donkey Kong Country rekindled a friendship only to troll it

April 29, 2020Adam Rolf0 Comments

King K. Rool charged across the deck of his pirate ship. His bulbous frame almost too large for Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong to jump over. This was it. No time for planning. One life left and no save made in a while. Then came the barrage of cannon balls from above.

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How RollerCoaster Tycoon’s Shuttle Loop encouraged murder

April 16, 2020Alex Alusheff0 Comments

I remember three things about playing RollerCoaster Tycoon as a kid: Leafy Lake, the carousel music and sending people to their deaths on the Shuttle Loop. Come on, we’ve all done it.

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Analyzing Final Fantasy VII without nostalgia goggles

April 12, 2020Joseph Delaney6 Comments

Most video games age like bananas. You buy them and they’re really great for a day, maybe two. Then one day you come home, and suddenly they’re all brown, and gross, and have regressive views on gender and sexuality. Just like bananas. But some games age much better than bananas. Some games have visuals and mechanics that don’t wither with age, but rather only seem to improve as time goes by.