As I prepare to say goodbye to to the blog, I thought it would be a great time to revisit “Games of our Lives.” The original 3-part series was some of my favorite material to write, and I still go back and re-read them every now and then. I intended to cap off each year [...]
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Games of our Lives: Supplemental
Posted in Games of our Lives, Old school, tagged Playstation 3, Super Smash Bros., Uncharted 2, Wii on November 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Silver Mario
Posted in Culture, Games of our Lives, Nintendo, Old school, tagged Mario, Nintendo, Super Mario Brothers on September 15, 2010 | 1 Comment »
In case you’ve been under a rock, today is the 25ht anniversary of Super Mario Brothers original Japanese release. As I write this, “Mario Bros” is the #5 trending topic on Twitter. In addition to the usual suspects, a ton of mainstream press covered it. I even saw a headline about the anniversary on that [...]
Like sand through the hourglass, these are the games of our lives
Posted in Culture, Games of our Lives, Nintendo, Old school, tagged Atari, autobiography, Bubble Bobble, Burgertime, Donkey Kong, Grand Prix, Mickey Mousecapade, NES, Nintendo, Paperboy, Punch-Out, Super Mario Brothers, timeline on September 11, 2008 | 8 Comments »
Dick: I guess it looks as if you’re reorganizing your records. What is this though? Chronological? Rob: No… Dick: Not alphabetical… Rob: Nope… Dick: What? Rob: Autobiographical. Dick: (In awe) No fucking way. No doubt inspired by the brilliant movie (and book) High Fidelity, I’ve seen a lot of music bloggers run with an autobiography-through-music [...]
