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hidden pixels: Homebrews to watch – Children of Magia
Homebrew games rarely receive the same level of coverage as major commercial releases, yet many of them rival—or even surpass—indie titles in creativity and craftsmanship. The issue is not a…
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Opinion: Why Some Game Stores Don’t Carry Newly Published “Retro” Games
Walk into a local retro shop and you’ll see shelves filled with legacy cartridges, discs, and consoles, but often very few newly published titles for old systems. That absence isn’t…
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Now Playing: Dragonyhm – An Open world RPG in 8 Bits
In an era where RPGs sprawl across massive open worlds with cinematic cutscenes and endless quest markers, Dragonyhm makes a confident counterstatement. Developed by Spacebot Interactive and published by ModRetro,…
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The Thrill of the Hunt: Searching for Classic Games
For many collectors, retro game hunting is less about acquisition and more about pursuit. The process—scanning shelves, flipping through cartridge stacks, spotting a familiar spine. It becomes ritual. Whether you’re…
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Now playing: Toki Tori – Ultimate Edition
This is the first post in an ongoing series chronicling the games I am currently enjoying. Toki Tori: Ultimate Edition revisits the classic puzzle-platformer from Two Tribes with a thoughtful…
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Apple to apples
People use the phrase “apple to apple” to mean fairness. Clean comparison. No distortion. But the phrase hides something important: apples are not all the same. Some are grown to…
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Leveling Up the Handheld: A Modern Guide to Chromatic Accessories
Handheld gaming has always been more than just the console itself. If you look back at the era of the Game Boy, you’ll find a platform that embraced experimentation in…
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