A collection of short stories, reviews, and other odd things
Thank you all for reading this review here! If you’d like more gaming-centric articles and reviews and even some really dumb satire, head on over to my dedicated game and media site, The Avalanche Rebels. All of my gaming articles Continue reading CirKA SNES Controller Review
Hello everyone. My name is Claire, and I’m a gameaholic. I’m one week sober. My backlog is over eight-hundred and fifty now, while the number of games I actually play is in the dozens. I play the same ones over Continue reading The Curse of the Triple Dip
About ten-twelve years ago or so, Nintendo’s website had a fully-functioning forum with accounts and a very active community. One of the features of your account was that you could register your games on the site. I can’t remember exactly Continue reading A thought on the cancellation of Club Nintendo
What started as a super-hyped action-over-exploration take on the Metroid series, after its first cutscene, quickly devolved into ruining everything that made Samus’ character special by turning her into the most cliche tropey girl with daddy issues ever and solidifying Continue reading Metroid: The Baby The Baby The Baby Review
Earlier this year, Hyperkin released their long-delayed ‘next gen’ clone console, the RetroN 5– a system that boasts the ability to play games from five different types of cartridge digitally in HD. Think of it as an emulation machine for Continue reading RetroN 5 Review: A Modern Answer To Retro Needs
With his recent inclusion in Super Smash Bros. as an assist trophy, I thought it time to finally review the game that the Prince of Sable is from- an obscure and awesome little Japanese-exclusive GameBoy title called For The Frog Continue reading Short Review: For The Frog The Bell Tolls
Few people in the States may have heard of Mega Man: The Wily Wars. Wily Wars is a compilation ala Super Mario All-Stars featuring 16-bit upgrades of Mega Man, Mega Man 2, and Mega Man 3, with an unlockable 3-boss Continue reading Mega Man: The Wily Wars Review
This week’s Throwback Thursday is doing a little something different. How different? Well, did you know that the Super Nintendo was capable of surround sound? Strange concept, right? Believe it or not, that little SPC700-powered powerhouse was capable of some Continue reading Top Five Uses of Surround Sound on SNES
Everyone knows of Super Mario 64. It’s a genuine classic that changed the way 3D games were made, popularized the idea of analog control in a 3D environment, and showed just how 3D could be used to make for fun Continue reading Super Mario 64: What Was, What Is, and What Could Be
Animal Crossing for the Nintendo GameCube began life as a late-era Nintendo 64 title called Dobutsu no Mori (lit. ‘Animal Forest’). As the story goes, when it was decided to bring it westward, Nintendo of America had the task of Continue reading Animal Crossing Review