Video games
Miscellaneous non-review video game content.
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Retro rewind: Ranking the 5 hubworlds of Crash Team Racing
In what will likely be the final ranking involving the 1999 kart racer, I take a look at the feature that made Crash Team Racing what it was – the immersive hubworlds within the single-player story mode.
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Retro rewind: How I got caught up in the cultural phenomenon of Guitar Hero
Rhythm games dominated the gaming world in the late 2000’s and impressively infiltrated mainstream pop culture in the process – and I loved every bit of it.
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Retro rewind: An ode to the CRT TV
Though long obsolete by conventional standards, the CRT TV remains an essential for our collection – and it isn’t just about the games.
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Retro rewind: Ranking the 5 boss races of Crash Team Racing
A long revered game in the kart racing genre, Crash Team Racing’s single-player mode featured plenty of challenges while helping to set the game apart from its contemporaries.
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The 3 3DS games I’m looking to add to our collection the most
One of a few handheld systems in our library, the 3DS boasts an impressive catalogue of first-party titles and a wide range of affordable games.
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April update: Super Smash Bros. stats between my wife and I
After around a month of collecting data from our matches on a daily basis, we have now recorded a total of 383 battles into our dataset.
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The 3 NES games I’m looking to add to our collection the most
The oldest console in our library, the NES remains an overlooked system by both my wife and I since we began collecting.
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Smash Masters stats: Tracking our Week 3 performance across all 5 Smash Bros. games
A third week of Smash Masters competition is now officially in the rearview mirror, adding on to a long-term quest of collecting data from our matches and slowly getting better at all five games.
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Video game collection: Unconventional controllers
While our video game collection primarily centers around physical video games, looking to add a wide range of controllers comes with the territory.
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Retro rewind: 4 video games in our library I’ve still yet to play through
With a physical video game collection nearing 500 titles, the backlog is already infinite. Here’s a look at the games I’m meaning to get to the most.