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Crystal Anniversary

Final Fantasy IV: The After Years – I started playing this a while ago, then put it aside and lost my game data when switching computers. I think it’s actually still backed up somewhere, but I hadn’t gotten that far, … Continue reading →

Posted in Dragon Quest, Final Fantasy, Greek Mythology, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, Names, Relationships, Star Wars, Technology, Video Games | Tagged airships, bacchus, cecil harvey, ceodore harvey, cid pollendina, crystals, dark elves, dionysus, dragon quest iii, dwarves, earthbound, edward chris von muir, edward geraldine, eidolons, elves, epopts, fabul, final fantasy iv, final fantasy iv: the after years, final fantasy v, gekkou, izayoi, kain highwind, kingdom of baron, maenads, maniac mansion, meteors, mysidia, ninjas, palom, porom, princess luca, rosa joanna farrell, rydia of mist, troia, tsukinowa, ursula fang leiden, yang fang leiden, zangetsu |

Fuzzy Pickles

I started playing EarthBound last week when I found it on the Super NES for Switch application. It probably wasn’t the best timing as the Switch version of Chrono Cross also came out that week, but I’ve been switching back … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Cults, Humor, Magic, Maps, Monsters, Music, Names, Religion, Technology, Toys, Video Games | Tagged aliens, buzz buzz, charles schulz, eagleland, earthbound, ghosts, hippies, jeff andonuts, maniac mansion, monkeys, mr. belch, ness, nintendo power, onett, robots, threed, zombies |

Do the Wrong Thing

I’ve been thinking a bit about morality in video games, partially due to seeing another mention of how the Grand Theft Auto games, and I think some others of the sort as well, let you brutally murder prostitutes and perform … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Dragon Quest, Final Fantasy, Mario, Monsters, Prejudice, Sims, Ultima, Video Games, Zelda | Tagged dogs, dragonlord, duck hunt, final fantasy vi, glory of heracles, grand theft auto, leucos, link's awakening, locke cole, lord british, maniac mansion, misogyny, morality, paper mario: the thousand-year door, penguins, princess gwaelin, prostitution, richard garriott, secret of evermore, stealing, super mario 64, super mario bros. 3, super mario world, super paper mario, the sims, toad, ultima iii: exodus, ultima iv: quest of the avatar, undertale, violence |

Wily Science

Having just recently attended a Kevin Geeks Out show about mad science, I thought it might be fun to take a look at some prominent mad scientists in video games. There are a lot of them, many in games I’m … Continue reading →

Posted in Captain N: The Game Master, Cartoons, Christianity, Chrono Trigger, Comics, Donkey Kong, Evolution, Final Fantasy, Fundamentalism, Mario, Mega Man, Religion, Science, Sonic the Hedgehog, Super Mario Bros. Super Show, Technology, Television, Video Games | Tagged apes, archie comics, baron k. roolenstein, chrono cross, crash bandicoot, day of the tentacle, donkey kong country 3, doug tennapel, dr. eggman, dr. fred edison, dr. light, dr. lugae, dr. neo cortex, dr. robotnik, dr. wily, earthworm jim, final fantasy iv, gato, golbez, iggy koopa, king bowser koopa, lara ashtear, lucca ashtear, luccia, ludwig von koopa, maniac mansion, mega man x, monkeys, nurse edna edison, professor dinglehopper von schlemmer, professor elvin gadd, professor gerald robotnik, professor monkey-for-a-head, psy-crow, purple tentacle, queen slug-for-a-butt, red edison, robot masters, robots, rubicante, sonic adventure, taban ashtear, weird ed edison |

The Tentacles of Time

Day of the Tentacle – In my younger days, the NES version of Maniac Mansion was a favorite of mine. It was bowdlerized somewhat from the original computer version, particularly in terms of Nurse Edna’s sexually suggestive comments. Nintendo initially … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartoons, History, Humor, Monsters, Video Games | Tagged benjamin franklin, bernard bernoulli, betsy ross, chuck jones, constitution, day of the tentacle, dead cousin ted edison, dr. fred edison, george washington, green tentacle, john hancock, lucasarts, maniac mansion, nurse edna edison, purple tentacle, red edison, thomas jefferson, time travel, weird ed edison |

Nerd Rock with Erdrick

Descendants of Erdrick, Down Right Heavy – It seems like bands covering themes from video games is now a trend, and one that I welcome. After all, there’s plenty of nostalgic value in hearing this music again. Even back in … Continue reading →

Posted in Albums, Dragon Quest, Final Fantasy, Mario, Music, Pixies, Video Games | Tagged descendants of erdrick, down right heavy, erdrick, final fantasy mystic quest, maniac mansion |