Category Archives: Metroid

There’s a Name for My Pain, and It’s Mother Brain

Posted on May 1, 2013 by

It’s interesting that there are a few different video games with Mother Brains. The original and most famous, and likely the inspiration for the others, appears in Metroid as the final boss. She’s basically a biomechanical supercomputer created by the … Continue reading →

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A Different Video World

Posted on March 6, 2013 by

I just recently found out about the Game Theory videos on YouTube. They’re somewhat tongue-in-cheek, but with a definite sense of wanting to teach something and explore how the world of video games works, which is pretty similar to what … Continue reading →

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O Captain N, My Captain N

Posted on February 18, 2013 by

Back in the early nineties, Valiant released a series of comic books based on Nintendo games. While the Mario ones were the most interesting to me, there were also Captain N comics. Unfortunately, Valiant only had the rights to use … Continue reading →

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Comically Yours

Posted on February 14, 2013 by

While researching the Chozo for my last post, I came across a scan of the Super Metroid comic from Nintendo Power. I wasn’t subscribing to the magazine when it was originally published, so this was the first time I’d read … Continue reading →

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The Chozo Ones

Posted on February 13, 2013 by

In the original Metroid game, you generally find power-ups being held by birdlike statues. We later find out that these are representations of the Chozo, a technologically advanced race of bird-people who colonized many different planets. They also raised the … Continue reading →

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Make Way for the Demetric System

Posted on November 7, 2010 by

Considering the importance of agriculture in ancient society, it is not at all surprising that ancient pantheons pretty much always had at least one fertility deity. In fact, a lot of the earliest known gods fit into this category, and … Continue reading →

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Recruitment Problems for the League of Darkness

Posted on August 18, 2010 by

We now follow up a post on the history of Islam with one on a Saturday morning cartoon show from the early nineties. This blog sure is wacky, huh? {g} We’re told that, in Captain N, Mother Brain basically has … Continue reading →

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Game Girls

Posted on May 19, 2010 by

(Picture by Kuroi Tsuki) I’m sure this topic has been addressed in many ways in many other forums, but I’m going to weigh in on it anyway. It’s the role of women in video games, particularly the earlier ones. Once … Continue reading →

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