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Mika and the Witch’s Mountain (Switch): COMPLETED!
I have a soft spot for games by Chibig. I like how they're all set in the same universe, often with recurring characters (like...
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Castaway (Switch): COMPLETED!
Yes, it does look a lot like a Game Boy Colour Zelda game. It feels a bit like one too, not least because you...
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The Fairyland Story (Evercade): COMPLETED!
This is one of the games on the recent Taito cartridge for the Evercade. I'm not 100% on the timings, but it feels very...
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Picross S Namco Legendary Edition (Switch): COMPLETED!
It's been a while since I last completed a Picross game, but I've actually been playing this one off and on for six months...
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Teddison Inc (Playdate): COMPLETED!
Teddison Inc is a cookie-clicker type numbers-go-up game. You're a bear (for no explained reason, except - presumably - to enable the pun in...
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Holy Potatoes! We’re In Space?! (Switch): COMPLETED!
Maybe I should have looked up the game before playing, but I naïvely assumed that this follow-up to Holy Potatoes! A Weapon Shop?! would...
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Holy Potatoes! A Weapon Shop?! (Switch): COMPLETED!
89p? Well why not. The two other Holy Potatoes games were also 89p each, so I got them as well. Yes, I know I...
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Spider-Man 2 (PS5): COMPLETED!
It's not often I play a big all-the-graphics modern games these days. In fact, even Spider-Man 2 is now a few years old. It...
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Puzzle Bobble (Evercade): COMPLETED!
New Evercade cartridges arrived last night! one of them is the Taito Arcade 3 compilation, the highlight (for me) on it being Puzzle Bobble....
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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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