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Celebrating The Games of 2025
While a large portion of gaming industry writers will be busy struggling to rank the games of this year in a fruitless attempt to determine which is the "best" one,…
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Little Rocket Lab
Under Review seeks to review the indie games that fall somewhere between complete unknown and massive indie success, the games with only a few thousand reviews that many folks miss.…
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Educational Resources
In the Resources series we will create an ongoing, frequently updated list of curated selections on one game related topic. In Educational Resources we focus on books, tutorials, video series, apps, and…
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Game History Websites
In the Resources series we will create an ongoing, frequently updated list of curated selections on one game related topic. In Game History Websites, we will highlight a large list of places…
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VGM: Chill Beats To Save the World To
In the Resources series we will create an ongoing, frequently updated list of curated selections on one game related topic. In VGM we will be focusing on the soundtracks and…
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Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (PS – 1997)
Toru Hagihara and Koji Igarashi developed this entry in the Castlevania series while at Konami originally for the 32X, but part way through decided to refocus on the Playstation. Igarashi…
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Super Mario 64 (N64 – 1996)
The first 3D Super Mario title was developed by Nintendo EAD and Shigeru Miyamoto for the Nintendo 64. Working with designers Yoichi Yamada and Yasuhisa Yamamura and programmers Yasunari Nishida…
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Super Mario Land 2 (GB – 1992)
Developed by Nintendo R&D1 with Gunpei Yokoi and Hiroji Kiyotake as leads, the sequel to the original Super Mario Land took everything from the original game and expanded on it.…
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Kirby’s Dreamland (GB – 1992)
Masahiro Sakurai's Game Boy title Kirby's Dreamland was not only Sakurai's first title, but the first in a long series of Kirby titles. Sakurai was at HAL Laboratory at the…
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Super Mario World (SNES – 1990)
For the Super Nintendo, Shigeru Miyamoto and Nintendo EAD developed a much more complex Mario game with beautiful new artwork by Shigefumi Hino, new characters like Yoshi, and a brand…