Posted on January 14, 2018
My Top 10 Mario Worlds!
When I was a kid, I had it in my head that if I dug a tunnel going underground in our back yard, it would somehow open a portal and bring me to the Mushroom Kingdom. I might… Read More
Posted on October 9, 2014
At a Loss…
From the age of 8 until I was about 15, driving around town with my sister was a fun way to get out of the house. Whether it was in her red ’91 Pontiac Sunbird or her black… Read More
Posted on January 13, 2014
Rapid Fire Game Reviews!
I am currently playing through five (technically six) games on four separate consoles. I can usually juggle two, or at the very most three at a time, but five or six is beyond anything my brain can handle…. Read More
Posted on September 25, 2013
It’s Mario, and you Paint
I don’t consider myself to be the most creative person on the planet, but whenever I do happen to come up with something original – be it musical or anything artistic – I tend to dismiss it… Read More
Posted on April 15, 2013
…and one I just thought about.
I thought I was completely out of memories pertaining to Super Mario Bros., but I was wrong. This one actually deals more with another game, one I probably won’t dedicate an entire post to otherwise… My… Read More
Posted on April 10, 2013
My Top 100: #1 – Super Mario Bros.
Could it be anything else? My previous experiences with games were fleeting, whether they were in the cart corral at Co-Op (with Centipede and Millipede) or in Baie-Sainte-Anne with our friends’ Vectrex. These were one-screen affairs that… Read More
Posted on April 10, 2013
My Top 100: #3 – Super Mario Bros. 3
After compiling a list of a hundred games I thought deserved to be on my countdown, I determined the order from #100 to #10 rather easily. “I like Title A more than Title B, but less than Title C.” That’s… Read More
Posted on March 20, 2013
My Top 100: #7 – Super Mario 64
Imagine looking at a rubix cube head-on. You know there’s a possibility of there being more sides to it. You’re pretty satisfied with looking at the green square, but the green one is nevertheless the only one you’ve ever seen. You have an… Read More
Posted on March 5, 2013
My Top 100: #13 – Super Mario Bros. 2
It could have been the look on Mario’s face on the cover, zooming through the air, ready to take on all enemies with nothing but a turnip in his hand. It could have been the TV commercial, which… Read More
Posted on February 18, 2013
My Top 100: #17 – Super Mario World
I wouldn’t call the Super Mario Bros. series stale, but the last few games haven’t exactly been the most revolutionary of the bunch. The first New game was incredible, mostly because it went back to the basics of what made… Read More