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This site covers essays on my own scatter-brained opinions and perspectives on gaming and the games I play and (mostly) love.  I started gaming on the NES with Super Mario Bros., and the hobby has more or less been a big passion of mine since then.  I like to think I’m an open-minded person (or at least I try to be), so I play a wide variety of games.  Consequently, you may find my posts to be rather “eclectic” in the topics they cover.  It’s a bit all over the place. Topics I’m big on include indie games, PC and Steam gaming, Nintendo, handhelds, and retro games and gaming history.

For fun, here’s a list of the Top 50 games that have had the biggest impact on me and the platforms I played them on.  This list is currently a work in progress, and I plan to elaborate on it more later.  Right now, they are numbered in no particular order:

1. [NES] Super Mario Bros. 3
2. [Game Boy] Donkey Kong
3. [Game Boy] Super Mario Land 2
4. [PSX] Twisted Metal 2
5. [PC] Starsiege: Tribes
6. [PC] Deus Ex
7. [PC] System Shock 2
8. [PC/360] Dark Souls
9. [PSX] Final Fantasy VII
10. [PSX] Metal Gear Solid
11. [PC/Xbox 360/Vita] Spelunky
12. [GENESIS] Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (and Knuckles)
13. [PC] Nox
14. [PC/Xbox 360] Fallout: New Vegas
15. [PSX] Jet Moto
16. [PC] Half-life
17. [DS] Hotel Dusk: Room 215
18. [PC] Team Fortress 2
19. [Xbox 360/PSP] Split/Second
20. [DS] Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective
21. [PSX] Final Fantasy IX
22. [PS2] Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
23. [Game Boy] Pokemon Blue
24. [NES] Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers
25. [PS2] Final Fantasy X
26. [Wii] Mario Kart Wii
27. [PSX] Crash Team Racing
28. [PS2] Onimusha
29. [PC/Xbox 360] Alan Wake
30. [PC] Gotham City Impostors
31. [NES] Super Mario Bros.
32. [PC] Overwatch
33. [NES] Super Mario Bros. 2
34. [Wii U/Switch] Mario Kart 8 (Deluxe)
35. [PC] Hollow Knight
36. [PC] Into the Breach
37. [PC] Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
38. [PS2] Twisted Metal: Black
39. [PC] Resident Evil 2 (Remake)
40. [360] Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Game
41. [PS2] Devil May Cry
42. [VB] Mario’s Tennis
43. [NES] Mappy-Land
44. [Wii U/Switch] Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
45. [Wii] New Super Mario Bros. Wii
46. [PSX] Chrono Trigger
47. [PC] Sleeping Dogs
48. [PSX] Crash Bandicoot Warped
49. [Mac] Eagle Eye Mysteries in London
50. [PS2] Resident Evil 4