Old cartridges, old discs, old memories. A second look at the games that came before.
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Gauntlet Dark Legacy (GC) – Goblins, Secrets, and Poor Financial Decisions
Gauntlet Dark Legacy stuffed an absurd amount of action, secrets, characters, and arcade nonsense onto the GameCube. More than 20 years later, it’s still hard to put down.
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Star Fox (N64) – Back in the Arwing
Star Fox 64 remains one of Nintendo’s finest arcade shooters, combining memorable characters, branching missions, and an endlessly satisfying gameplay loop.
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Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee (GC) – Smash First, Ask Questions Later
A nostalgic look back at Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee on the GameCube. Throwing skyscrapers and wrestling Kaiju still has its charm, but this monster brawler leaves you wondering what could have been.
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Pokemon Snap (N64) – Nintendo’s Weird Success
A look back at Pokémon Snap, Nintendo’s rail-shooter photography experiment that somehow became one of the most beloved Pokémon games of the Nintendo 64 era.
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Binding of Isaac (PS4) – Crying in the Basement
Grotesque, brilliant, and deeply uncomfortable, The Binding of Isaac is a roguelike that weaponized trauma, tears, and procedural chaos—and in doing so, reshaped an entire genre. Fifteen years later, it’s still impossible to forget.
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Punch-Out!! (NES) – Little Mac, Big Memories and Bigger Asterisks
Punch-Out!! for the NES is one of my earliest gaming memories—an endlessly replayable boss rush of patterns, timing, and wildly dated stereotypes. Little Mac may be the underdog, but this game still punches way above its weight.
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Experiencing Resident Evil Without Nostalgia
What’s it like to experience one of gaming’s most iconic horror franchises for the first time as an adult? With no nostalgia, no childhood memories, and no idea what an ink ribbon even is, I dove headfirst into Resident Evil—starting with co-op action in RE5 and slowly spiraling into haunted mansions, parasite cults, and giant…
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From Gameboy to HeartGold – Why the Pokemon Remakes Are the Way to Go
A nostalgic deep dive into Pokémon Gold and why its DS remake, HeartGold, might just be the better way to relive your childhood. From dead batteries to better mechanics, here’s why sometimes the remake beats the original.
