Scribblenauts came out roughly 17 years ago on the Nintendo DS. I remember first hearing about the concept and being genuinely blown away by how revolutionary it sounded. I was never the most artistic or imaginative kid growing up, but the idea of being able to conjure up literally anything you could think of within…
Category: Video Games
Things I Hate: WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! (GBA)
I very clearly remember when WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgames! landed on the Game Boy Advance in the early 2000s. It genuinely came out of nowhere and was a remarkably bold move on Nintendo’s part. Wario had made his debut all the way back in Super Mario Land 2 as the final boss, then went on…
Fun Facts and Trivia About Atari 5200 Video Game Console
The Atari 5200 was a home video game console released by Atari, Inc. in the year 1982, positioned as a higher-end option to sit alongside the popular Atari Video Computer System. The VCS was renamed the Atari 2600 at the time of the 5200’s launch. The system was originally developed to compete with Mattel’s Intellivision…
Things I Like: Mario Party 1 (N64)
The Mario Party series has been a long-running, highly successful franchise for Nintendo. It kicked off on the Nintendo 64 in the late 1990s, though I never got the chance to play it back then, mostly because I was broke, and it wasn’t part of the stack of games I picked up from my mom’s…
Things I Like: Resident Evil 0 (GameCube)
Resident Evil Zero is definitely one of the odder entries in the entire series. Serving as the franchise’s ultimate prequel, it spent several years stuck in development hell before finally landing on the Nintendo GameCube, arriving after the Resident Evil 1 remake. Using the same graphical engine turned out to be a natural fit. Still,…