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  • Here’s Some Stuff I Bought: Portland Retro Gaming Expo 2025 edition.

    Here’s Some Stuff I Bought: Portland Retro Gaming Expo 2025 edition.

    October 22, 2025

    Time to cover the stuff I bought at Portland Retro Gaming Expo 2025, with a small rant about the state of retro game collecting.

Recent Posts

  • Cold Fear: French-ident Evil.

    October 11, 2025

    Ever wanted to play a survival horror game that uses the classic fixed camera and the newfangled innovation of Resident Evil 4? Cold Fear has you covered.

  • Desert Crisis: A Half-Life mod with a soundtrack straight out of 2004.

    September 8, 2025

    In one of those rare “hyperfixation” modes again, I write about a Half-Life mod that has a soundtrack that just oozes 2004.

  • Darwinia: An early Steam darling.

    Reviews

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    September 24, 2021
    Darwinia: An early Steam darling.
  • Pat Sajak’s Lucky Letters: A crossword game by the Wheel of Fortune guy.

    Game Show a Go Go

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    August 18, 2021
    Pat Sajak’s Lucky Letters: A crossword game by the Wheel of Fortune guy.
  • Gemini: Heroes Reborn – A puzzle platformer based on the biggest TV show of the 2000s.

    Promotional games, Reviews

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    July 27, 2021
    Gemini: Heroes Reborn – A puzzle platformer based on the biggest TV show of the 2000s.
  • Peggle spinoffs: Popcap has the crossover fever.

    Promotional games

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    June 30, 2021
    Peggle spinoffs: Popcap has the crossover fever.
  • Taken from the Secret Area Vault.

    Videos

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    June 12, 2021
    Taken from the Secret Area Vault.
  • Weekend Writing: BioShock Infinite, the polarizing third installment.

    Contemporary Reviews, Weekend Writing

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    May 22, 2021
    Weekend Writing: BioShock Infinite, the polarizing third installment.
  • Terrorist Takedown: More like Stereotype Shooter.

    From the Bargain Bin, Reviews

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    April 16, 2021
    Terrorist Takedown: More like Stereotype Shooter.
  • Candy Crush: From mobile game phenomenon to short-lived game show.

    Game Show a Go Go, Video Games and The TV

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    March 18, 2021
    Candy Crush: From mobile game phenomenon to short-lived game show.
  • Bingo Story presents The Price Is Right: Stuck in Contestants’ Row.

    Facebook and Mobile Games

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    February 28, 2021
    Bingo Story presents The Price Is Right: Stuck in Contestants’ Row.
  • Covering the end of Battleborn: A MOBA with an identity crisis.

    Contemporary Reviews, Service Shutdowns

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    January 25, 2021
    Covering the end of Battleborn: A MOBA with an identity crisis.
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