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Brian’s Man Cave Ep17: The Legend of Zelda and Donkey Kong board games

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Retro video games are awesome, but did you know there are some board games based on them? I’ll show you two of my favorites, The Legend of Zelda and Donkey Kong.

Endless loop VS Race to the end – part 2

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Race to the end… (continued from part 1) It was when I got introduced to the Nintendo NES that I really started to notice a style of game-play where the objective was to race to the end, rather then continuous playing until you lose. Super Mario Bros was a completely new form of game that I just was not used… Read more »

Endless loop VS Race to the end – part 1

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The Endless Loop… The early video games had many things in common, some more obvious then others. If a game was successful then it was common place to expect a ton of clones to follow (Pac-man, Space Invaders, Pong) just to name a few. There were other subtleties such as similar graphics and sound, a large assortment of space themed… Read more »

A Giant Mouse, Pizza and Video Games

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One thing about having a small child is that you end up going to lots of birthday parties, I have lost count on how many times I have been to Chuck e Cheese in the past few years. I used to love going when I was a kid, so its great that I can experience that again… But something is… Read more »

What is it about Donkey Kong?

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Every Easter morning when I was little I would wake up to a room full of hidden chocolates and a small gift to cerebrate the occasion. I still remember on one of those Easter mornings when I got up to do my annual egg hunt, there on the table was Donkey Kong for the Intellivision.  I don’t remember if I… Read more »

Console VS Emulator

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This is something I have been thinking about for a while. Ever since I learned about emulators I have wondered if there is reason to still buy physical cartridges and seek those hard to find systems? Well in my opinion, YES! There is value in having something physical, something you can hold or display on a shelf. Our digital world… Read more »