by Ben Magnet | Oct 4, 2020 | Console/Handheld, Lists, Opinions
The second hand market is the backbone for retro game collectors. There are stores dedicated to it, conventions, trade shows, websites. The ways we can go out and grow our retro video game collection is limitless. However, with this grand wonderland of used games...
by Ben Magnet | Sep 18, 2020 | 2010s, 2020s, Console/Handheld
Early in the morning on September 17th, 2020 there was buzz on Twitter that Nintendo took off any mention of the 3DS on their Japanese language website. A little bit later, a spokesperson told Polygon that the system is being discontinued and will no longer be...
by Ben Magnet | Sep 5, 2020 | 2020s, Console/Handheld, Events, Opinions
On Thursday September 3rd, Nintendo released their Mario 35th Anniversary Nintendo Direct. The direct had some neat things to show off such as upcoming releases of a Game and Watch console, R/C Mario Kart, and the release of Super Mario All-Stars for the SNES Online...
by Ben Magnet | Aug 29, 2020 | 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, Arcade, Console/Handheld, ESports, Reviews
Netflix had some good video game documentaries for a while. It was where I first watched Game Over: The Story of Atari and for fun they also have the original anime Hi Score Girl (which I would definitely recommend if you like anime) and recently Netflix released...
by Ben Magnet | Aug 16, 2020 | 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s, Console/Handheld, Opinions
As awesome as fighting games are, there has always been one aspect that made me want to get good at certain fighting games. It wasn’t because there was a tournament that I was going to participate in or because I wanted to school my brother in a game. I wanted...