As Metroid celebrates its 35th anniversary, we reflect on the GameBoy Advance classic Metroid Fusion and the controversial philosophy of its story, design, and gameplay…
The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask’s N64 Retrospective
How Eiji Aonuma & Yoshiaki Koizumi Changed Zelda’s Future Prelude In replaying Majora’s Mask for its 20th anniversary, I wanted to make this retrospective into something more than just “Hey,…
‘Sonic Adventure’ 20th Anniversary | Retro-Graded Games
On December 23rd 1998, twenty years ago today, Sonic Adventure was released for the Sega Dreamcast. Just in time for Christmas, the first 3D game in the Sonic the Hedgehog series sold incredibly well,…
Retro-Graded Games: Metal Gear Turns 30 – Now What?
While it’s normal to go into one’s 30th birthday with a sense of dread, it’s jarring to see the adage apply to a video game series. Especially one as dear to people as the Metal Gear…
Retro-Graded Games: Star Fox 64
Lost in the exciting news this past week that the world would finally see Star Fox 2 was the realization that this week is also the twentieth anniversary of what is arguably the best game in the franc…
By The Way: A Look Back at the Red Hot Chili Peppers
So yeah, I’m just throwing that image up there to start this off and get it out of the way, because this is probably one the defining images of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. They’re four white dudes play…
Growing Up Baumbach: Celebrating 20 Years in Film.
Hello fellow The Squid and the Whale enthusiasts and Greenberg lovers! For those of us who found Frances Ha to be darling and Kicking and Screaming to be stellar, make sure to check out the informatio…