John | Video Game Canon
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Amateur game historian and cataloger of links to great writing about games. 💻 videogamecanon.com ➡️ Video Game Canon Top 1000 ➡️ Various Bits of Game History 💻 videogameresearchlibrary.com ➡️ Video Game Research Library
What are we doing? Why are we so concerned if the youth like TV and movies from decades ago? Xena was 30 years ago. Rocky & Bullwinkle was 60. Some things just don’t come back around. In fact, we know this back Rocky & Bullwinkle because they tried to bring it back after 30 years and it flopped.
Hey, Darren Daulton was one of the only cool guys on the 93 Phillies.
I’m guessing they look something like the ones in the bottom right corner? Probably a Library Edition set, which generally use the cheapest CDs you can find.
Yeah, definitely not. Italians LOVE Mario and we’ve embraced him the same way we’ve embraced The Godfather, Rocky, and Tony Soprano.
80s toy packaging really is incredible. Just look at this Transformers image (though if you’re of a certain age, you’ve no doubt seen it before)! (Art by David Schleinkofer)
The most true thing that has ever been posted on Twitter is still true:
Boss Key is back with the NCAA's online March Madness tracker. I can't believe it, but the tab literally says "Boss Button". Clicking it brings up a fake email/calendar-like interface.
[Pretend I also included the “Always has been” astronauts here]
It’s a pretty good writeup. The story is good and Floyd the Robot seems to be the highlight.
Yes, today is the 20th anniversary of the launch of the Xbox 360. But what’s more important is that today is also the 20th anniversary of the debut of Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved. The true killer app of the 360’s launch and rivaled only by its sequel as the greatest twin-stick shooter of all time.
I’ve been thinking about it, and this might be one of the best jokes The Simpsons ever did. (The first person to bring up “Formerly Chuck’s” gets blocked)
It wasn’t offered nationwide, but they’ve done a Resident Evil event before. news.capcomusa.com/lets/browse/...
It already exists and it’s… not great. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blade:_... It did give us this amazing interview though… www.avclub.com/patton-oswal...
I hope @discontinuedfoods.bsky.social is keeping track of all these weird (and weirdly early) Stranger Things tie-ins. This one seems to be just Honey Combs with marshmallows.