Of Dragons and (Game) Genies

Of Dragons and (Game) Genies

by | Jul 8, 2020 | 1980s

I’m about to buy a Secret Passage. I’m playing Dragon Warrior. The landscape I traverse is lit in glowing 8-bit pixels, the terrain a beautiful, eye-frying saturation. I am Eldrick, questing for gold, a princess, and out to kill the Dragon Lord. It was endless...
A Final Fantasy Retrospective.

A Final Fantasy Retrospective.

by | May 4, 2020 | 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s

Final Fantasy has been around for over 30 years, and the franchise is still going strong today.  There was a joke back in the 90’s I remember about there never being a real FINAL Final Fantasy.  Look how far the series has gone since it premiered back in 1987....