The Valis series is far more interesting than it first appears. Yes, it’s a line of side-scrolling games with anime heroines and fantasy wor...

Pop Breaker could have very well ended up forgettable. It’s a puzzle-shooter for the Game Gear, putting together its stages with basic grap...

A quick notice: this site will move to a new host shortly, so the images and the old site archive may not work for a brief period. The actua...

Special Duty Combat Unit Shinesman is the rare anime seemingly remembered for its dub. That’s not to disparage the original Japanese versio...

It's time for that annual post about myself—or at least one about the stuff I’m doing elsewhere. Life is busy, yes, but I sometimes find...

Super C is among those rare NES titles that replicate arcade games while improving them. Many games of similar origins cheated a little: Bi...

I was perhaps too brief in covering Ardy Lightfoot and the unexpectedly grim fate of Catry. It turns out that there’s a little more to the ...

It’s tempting to swiftly set aside Ardy Lightfoot . You might give it the same fleeting glance you’d give any other semi-obscure Super NES a...

Dive Alert keeps underappreciated company. It’s on the Neo Geo Pocket Color, a fantastic handheld system unfairly cut down when the pachink...

It’s always a relief to rediscover some bizarre cartoon you vaguely remember from your childhood. Beyond nostalgia, there’s a comfort to fin...

Dynamite Headdy has a secure yet easily sidelined role in Treasure’s catalog. It’s not unfairly maligned like Advance Guardian Heroes or L...

This coming month looks to be a busy one for nerds of my stripe, what with Unicorn Overlord , Princess Peach: Showtime! , a new Contra , and...

A look through this site reveals that I enjoy going on and on about minor concerns. Yet I assure you that this entry involves no trivial com...