Category Archives: Captain N: The Game Master

Winners and Choosers

Posted on January 28, 2022 by Nathan

After looking at the notion of people chosen by the gods, I became curious as to how the concept of a specific person being the Chosen One originated. It’s a pretty common trope in fantasy, someone being prophesied to save the world … Continue reading →

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Where the Worlds Have No Name

Posted on October 14, 2020 by Nathan

One night last week, I had a fitful sleep with a bunch of weird dreams. I remember one of them had me ranting about how J.R.R. Tolkien was never clear on whether Middle-Earth was his entire imaginary world or just … Continue reading →

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Guests from Another Game

Posted on September 17, 2020 by Nathan

You might well know by now about my mixed feelings on crossovers, how I love the idea but think they bring their own headaches, particularly when it comes to continuity. What’s kind of strange is that crossovers in the Mario franchise … Continue reading →

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Mega Mega, Right Back, Messages!

Posted on September 9, 2020 by Nathan

In my ongoing quest to watch old video game cartoons, I found the entire series of the Ruby-Spears Mega Man show. This ran from 1994 through 1996, when I was in high school, and I remember watching it with my … Continue reading →

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From the Animated Arcade Archive

Posted on June 4, 2020 by Nathan

I’ve already looked at the Saturday Supercade Donkey Kong cartoons, but I wanted to talk a bit about the others as well. They certainly went all out as far as games they covered, with a grand total of seven over … Continue reading →

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Conquer Yourself

Posted on April 9, 2020 by Nathan

My wife has been playing Kid Icarus: Uprising, and there’s a character in it called Dark Pit. A little bit of research reveals that there’s also a Dark Samus and a Dark Link, or rather several Dark Links and Shadow … Continue reading →

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It’s Koopa Clobbering Time

Posted on February 14, 2020 by Nathan

Here are some more Super Mario Bros. Super Show episode reviews, and for once I haven’t heard the reviews on the Super Show Show podcast at the Hard Times, because they haven’t gotten to most of these yet, “Mario of … Continue reading →

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Wily Science

Posted on April 30, 2018 by Nathan

Having just recently attended a Kevin Geeks Out show about mad science, I thought it might be fun to take a look at some prominent mad scientists in video games. There are a lot of them, many in games I’m … Continue reading →

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Lode Runner, Lode Runner, Going Faster Miles an Hour

Posted on May 19, 2017 by Nathan

In this post, I intend to address some connections between video games, many of which I haven’t actually played. I do remember playing Lode Runner on the Apple II in my elementary school days, though. You run around mazes and … Continue reading →

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Super Mario Apocrypha

Posted on May 5, 2017 by Nathan

Nintendo kind of seems to be steering away from Mario-related media as of late, as least in North America. I’ve heard that Archie Comics wanted to do a Mario title, but couldn’t get permission. In my younger days, however, there … Continue reading →

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