Category: gaming
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RIP NES Classic Edition
Nintendo has decided to discontinue the NES Classic Edition. Supply never met demand, often selling out on sites within 10-15 minutes. I really wanted to gift these out during Christmas. I thought it was a great toy, and a good trip down nostalgia lane for my gamer friends, and retired-gamer friends. Unfortunately I wasn’t able… ➡️
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Hold Onto That Feeling Link
As I eagerly await the release of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, I examined my hopes and tried to lower my expectations. It’s easy to get caught up on a hype train fueled by nostalgia. Franchises have a burden in order to entice consumers. They must have something familiar to bring back people… ➡️
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Lateral Technology
An excerpt from Super Mario Bros. 2 (Boss Fight Books Book 6) by Jon Irwin: Each of these advances in business strategy relied on the same simple idea: building something new from old parts. Yokoi called it the philosophy of seasoned—or lateral—technology. State-of-the-art didn’t necessarily equal innovation and wonder. But find a clever way to… ➡️
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Wii U, Wii Hardly Knew… U
It’s 2017, and the Wii U is dead. All hail the Wii U. I go in depth on the Wii U’s life, and all the highs and lows. ➡️
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You Can’t Take The Sky From Me
My thoughts on No Man’s Sky. The video game about space travel and walking. ➡️
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Spire Plunging (Love for Towerfall)
I found out about Towerfall when I got an Ouya. It was the Ouya’s “killer app”. I played the single player mode for a few minutes, didn’t see the fun and moved on. I knew it was a game best played with multiple people but I only had one Ouya controller. You can technically sync… ➡️
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Music Select
In today’s age of the remix, some artists are putting their own touches and takes on some familiar classic works. No, not Shakespeare, but rather the classics of our generation: video games. There are a ton of covers out there for video game music and plenty of awesome sites like OC Remix to find them.… ➡️
