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Cactus Creeps

Posted on August 27, 2020 by Nathan

Picture by BlazingDazzlingDusk Although a lot of people keep small ones in their houses, the cactus is a pretty terrifying plant, so I’m not surprised that some video games use them as enemies. The two that immediately come to mind … Continue reading →

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Kirby’s Come Undone

Posted on April 23, 2020 by Nathan

One game I’ve been playing recently is Kirby’s Extra Epic Yarn, the 3DS port of the Wii game that came out some years ago, which I was interested in but never played. Kirby was turned into yarn some time before Yoshi … 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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Holy Ghost in the Machine

Posted on March 27, 2015 by Nathan

It’s a well-known fact that, back in the earlier days of Nintendo, they censored a lot of religious references in the English translations of games. It’s stated here that their policy was to exclude “symbols that are related to any … Continue reading →

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I Can’t Wait to Bomb Some Dodongos!

Posted on February 6, 2014 by Nathan

Maybe the Creationists are right that humans and dinosaurs once co-existed, as per this pictorial evidence: Or maybe video game makers just realize the universal truth that dinosaurs are cool, which is probably why Young-Earth Creationists now prefer to say … Continue reading →

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Bringing Ganon Back

Posted on October 10, 2012 by Nathan

Ganon is defeated at the end of pretty much every Zelda game, yet somehow he always comes back to fight another day. Usually the games are silent on how he keeps returning, but both the Oracle games and The Adventure … Continue reading →

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