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Cat Quest (Steam Deck): COMPLETED!
My daughter picked this up on the Switch some time ago and loved it (and the sequel) so much she actually preordered Cat Quest...
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Street Fighter Alpha (Switch): COMPLETED!
Anyone would think I'd recently bought both the Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection pack and the Capcom Fighting Collection pack on the Switch eShop...
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Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo (Switch): COMPLETED!
Yes, it isn't the best two player competitive blocks-in-wells based puzzle game (that would be Puyo Puyo), but you can't not like Super Puzzle...
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Vampire Savior (Switch): COMPLETED!
No, not the horde-based twin stick only one stick sort of shooter. That's Vampire Survivors, even though I keep getting the two names mixed...
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Metroid Zero Mission (Switch): COMPLETED!
An actual Metroid Metroidvania game! Released on the Switch Game Boy Advance Online Service Thing presumably to tie in with the re-announcement (and gameplay...
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Animal Well (PS5): COMPLETED!
What if Jet Set Willy was a Metroidvania and it was a still all pixels but all the pixels had thousands of colours and...
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time (Switch): COMPLETED!
Did I completely forget that this was also an arcade game? Pretty sure I only ever knew it as a SNES title, but no...
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Switch): COMPLETED!
Yes! The arcade version! It's another game on the Cowabunga Collection, and probably the best one on there from what I remember. Sure, it's...
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Fall of the Foot Clan (Switch): COMPLETED!
Originally a Game Boy game, this TMNT game is now one of the games on the "Cowabunga" collection, and it... isn't great. Pretty sure...
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Blog Posts
The Backlog
Anyone who describes themselves as a gamer, or even those who read a lot of books, collect DVDs (remember them?) or are avid fans of various other arts, know about The Backlog. It is, as a gamer at least, a...
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The Ultimate Guide on How to Plug a USB Mouse into a PC USB Port
Introduction In today's digital age, the computer mouse has become an indispensable tool for navigating the vast virtual world of your personal computer. If you've recently acquired a USB mouse and are wondering how to connect it to your PC,...
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Substack, baby Substack
I got me a newsletter, it's as big as a whale. No idea where it's going, or why I can't just do the same stuff on this blog, but hey - all the cool kids have a Substack now. It's...
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