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Shapeshifters All Around

Posted on June 11, 2026 by Nathan

Dragonsphere – This is a MicroProse point-and-click adventure game from 1994, which is quite similar in its interface to the last two games I played, Rex Nebular and the Cosmic Gender Bender by the same publisher, and Inherit the Earth … Continue reading →

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Psychics, Psychologists, and Gynecologists

Posted on June 23, 2024 by Nathan

WARNING! SPOILERS! Don’t Look Now – This movie starts with a girl drowning when she goes into a pond after a ball. Children in movies really need to stop chasing after objects, although I guess you can also meet frog princes that way. That’s … Continue reading →

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Let Me Kluya In

Posted on April 12, 2024 by Nathan

I’ve reached Zeromus, the final boss in Final Fantasy IV (the Game Boy Advance version), but haven’t been able to beat him. I can’t really think of anything to do other than just leveling up some more, but I suppose … Continue reading →

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Wonder of Wonders, Mario of Marios

Posted on March 8, 2024 by Nathan

Super Mario Bros. Wonder – I received this game as a Christmas present, and while I’m generally not that good at action games, I’ve played through some of it. Between this and Odyssey, I wonder if Mario games just aren’t as … Continue reading →

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A Thousand Troops of Koopas Couldn’t Keep Me from You

Posted on April 15, 2023 by Nathan

The Super Mario Bros. Movie – I kind of wish this had existed back in my teenage years. I mean, I don’t necessarily expect video game movies to be great cinema, but I do want a lot of references to … Continue reading →

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Intergalactic, Planetary, Planetary, Intergalactic

Posted on December 16, 2021 by Nathan

Next on my list of video games I haven’t played but watched playthroughs of to see what went on in them, it’s the Super Mario Galaxy games. They definitely look good, like how the Lumas resemble cuddly stuffed animals. Mario in … Continue reading →

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Everyone’s Your Friend in Mushroom City

Posted on November 11, 2021 by Nathan

I watched a playthrough of part of Mario Party Advance for research purposes. It sounds silly saying that, even if it’s technically true; it’s not like I’m writing a scholarly study on Mario. But I was interested in what it added … Continue reading →

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Fungi and Fun Gals

Posted on September 24, 2021 by Nathan

I’m back on a Mario kick this week. Wait, does Mario kick? I know he punches in Super Mario 64. Oh, wait, he kicks Koopa shells. First, I wanted to look at another Mario mini-movie, Mario to Yoshi no Daibouken … Continue reading →

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Please Plesiosaur Me

Posted on June 25, 2021 by Nathan

In light of my recent post about dragons in the Mario series, which addresses the confusion between those and dinosaurs, I find it interesting that the franchise has two separate creatures based on the Loch Ness Monster. The first one, … Continue reading →

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Folded Follies

Posted on February 4, 2021 by Nathan

Paper Mario: The Origami King – When this first came out, there was a lot of talk about how it wasn’t being billed as a role-playing game. As with its two predecessors, you don’t get experience points from fighting battles, … Continue reading →

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