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David’s Retro Rewind: Galactic Wrestling

This is a weird one to cover in a Retro Rewind, I know. As I recall, my first experience with Galactic Wrestling Featuring Ultimate Muscle was many years ago, back when I was just a lad with a PlayStation 2 and a…

The Trouble with Hogwarts Legacy

As someone who grew up in the 90s and early ’00s, I grew up reading the Harry Potter books and watching the movies. Of course, for people reading this that didn’t grow up at that time, this was before we knew that…

Nine Things to Hope for in Hogwarts Legacy

On March 17th, the world was given another glimpse into the world that Portkey Games has made for their upcoming game Hogwarts Legacy! While they introduced us to a lot, especially considering that the game is coming out in less than nine…

How Elden Ring Reminded Me of My Love for Gaming

I have been a lifelong gamer. When I was younger I remember playing Super Mario World on my Super Nintendo, Kid Chameleon on a Sega Genesis, and beating up Bowser in Mario 64 when I would visit my friend’s home. Games have been part of my life…

Modding and Custom Content: Extending a Game’s Life Cycle

I’ve been thinking about a lot of games that have come and gone over the years. In the early days of gaming, a game was released, you played it and potentially your friends played it. After that, either you talked about it…

2022’s Gaming Releases are Very Reminiscent of 2017

2017 was one of the greatest (if not the greatest) years in gaming history, Nintendo made a splash with the Switch and released both Breath of the Wild and Super Mario Odyssey. PlayStation saw one of the biggest new IP launches with Horizon: Zero Dawn and Nioh,…

On WoW: Wrath of the Lich King Classic

I’d be lying if I said I didn’t expect to write an article like this at some point or another. After Blizzard finally acquiesced to the desires of World of Warcraft’s player base by producing World of Warcraft Classic and The Burning…

94th Academy Awards – Best Picture and Final Predictions

This is it. The last call, the Big Kahuna, and the one for all the marbles. It’s the Academy Award for Best Picture. After an extended season filled with dramatic twists and ceremonial changes, ballots have been cast and campaigns have been…

94th Academy Awards Predictions – Best Director

While filmmaking is a collaborative effort, every team needs a team leader. Someone not just to make important decisions, but bring out the best of every actor, cameraperson, and editor behind the scenes. The Academy Award for Best Director is one of…

94th Academy Awards Predictions – Best Original Screenplay

The initial plan was to wait for the Writers Guild Awards to confirm that it was finally time for Paul Thomas Anderson to win an Oscar for Licorice Pizza. Then they happened, and Original Screenplay went from a fairly simple category to one…