Moment of Zen – Chicken Butts
Every Friday at the end of the day, I treat my coworkers with a ‘moment of zen.’ Analogous to Jon Stewart’s sign-off on the Daily Show, what started as just sharing a cool space photo or a funny animal picture turned into me doing what I do best – ruining peoples’ day with trivia that they didn’t ask to learn.
Last week, the moment of zen was especially fun, so I decided to share it here.
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Yesterday was my birthday. That means a lot of the games I loved as a kid that were released in November are celebrating 20 to 30 year anniversaries. It’s hard to think about, but I’ll wax nostalgic regardless. I spoke pretty highly of 1994’s Donkey... read more
Super Mario Bros. 3 (NES – 1989)
Often described as the definitive pinnacle of Super Mario 2D platforming, Super Mario Bros. 3 is another one of those games that needs no review. One of the highest-grossing non-bundled video games of all time, with 17 million copies sold, Super Mario Bros. 3 will... read more
Super Mario 64 (Nintendo 64 – 1996)
Nintendo SIXTY-FOOOOOUUURRRR! I was there, and I was hyped. Games were going to be in three dimensions! Controls were going to be analog! There was going to be sixty-four bits! And most importantly, Mario was back and bigger than ever. “Mario runs around like a... read more
Super Mario Bros. (NES – 1985)
Oh wow, someone is reviewing Super Mario Bros. on the Internet. What’s this guy going to tell us that we don’t already know? “Dad! I made it to the castle! I’m going to save the princess!”~Me, age 7, calling my dad at work after reaching... read more
Sayonara Wild Hearts (Switch – 2019)
Sayonara Wild Hearts is difficult to explain. It’s described as a “pop album video game” but that’s not something we’ve really had before. I didn’t know what to expect when I scooped it up from the Nintendo Switch e-Shop when it was... read more
Metroid: Zero Mission (GBA – 2004)
Metroid: Zero Mission is a retelling of 1987’s original Metroid. I hate the original Metroid, but I love Metroid: Zero Mission. What improvements did it take to make this ground-breaking, genre-creating game go from something I could shrug off, to something I... read more
Ori and the Blind Forest (PC/Switch – 2015)
Ori and the Blind Forest is not an indie game. Sure, you may not have ever heard of the Austrian video game developer Moon Studios, and if you haven’t played Ori and the Blind Forest or it’s sequel, you haven’t played another game they made. The... read more
Mega Man X (SNES – 1994)
Mega Man X. Mega Man X. Mega Man X. It’s fucking great. “Why Mega Man X is So Fucking Good That It Makes My Dick Rock Hard”~Arin Hanson of Game Grumps Mega Man X is one of the greatest games of all time. It takes a beloved franchise and gives it... read more
Super Mario World (SNES – 1991)
What happens when you combine an eight-year-old’s two favorite things; Super Mario, and dinosaurs? Well, he’d probably also want a few Ninja Turtles thrown in for good measure just so you’d be covering the holy trinity. This isn’t about turtles... read more
Donkey Kong Country (SNES – 1994)
Monkey. That was the only name we had for Donkey Kong in my house prior to November, 1994. My brother and I knew the smelly, singlet-wearing animal from 1992’s Super Mario Kart was known, canonically, as Donkey Kong Jr., but we never once would waste the... read moreAbout our Hero
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