Genesis Does What Nintendid In the event that you’ve been living under a rock, retro mini consoles are a hot commodity right now. Nintendo got the ball rolling with the NES Classic Edition (then again with the SNES), Sony did their best to compete with the poorly...
In 1978, Brian Eno released the album Ambient 1: Music for Airports. It remains a landmark in the world of ambient music, a genre which said was, “as ignorable as it was interesting” and which was intended to “induce calm and a space to think.” The music was quiet,...
The 1980s were a glorious era for pop culture: the films of John Hughes, Aqua Net, Flock of Seagulls, the list is virtually endless. Of course, no list of 1980s icons would be complete without ALF. That’s right: the Alien Life Form from the planet Melmac. He is an...
Sit down with a bunch of retro video game enthusiasts and you might have an argument about the best platform game of the 80’s and 90’s. Some will say the Mario series, some will say Kirby, and some will even say Sonic the Hedgehog. But one series that I loved to...
Duck Hunt was the only Nintendo game I ever played which required the Zapper. I spent more time shooting at the dog then I did the ducks. It was fun, and I wasted hours of my life playing it. That said, it wasn’t the only system to utilize the light gun, and it was...
Everyone knows that pumpkins are evil. It’s a well established fact. Put a pumpkin in a position of authority and it will definitely, 100% guaranteed, abuse its power. This is such a well known truth, that it’s baffling that the produce of the Salad Kingdom ever...