by Christopher Lynk | September 13, 2020 | The Backlog |
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... 
by Christopher Lynk | September 11, 2020 | The Backlog |
Sayonara Wild Hearts is difficult to explain. It’s descrived 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... 
by Christopher Lynk | September 10, 2020 | The Backlog |
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... 
by Christopher Lynk | September 9, 2020 | The Backlog |
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... 
by Christopher Lynk | September 7, 2020 | The Backlog |
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... 
by Christopher Lynk | September 6, 2020 | The Backlog |
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... 
by Christopher Lynk | August 27, 2020 | The Backlog |
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... 
by Christopher Lynk | June 30, 2020 | Blog |
Hi. It’s been a while. Pandemic and stuff. I’ve been staying within my property line working on my backlog of video games, meanwhile the world has been folding in upon itself. Let’s get caught up, shall we? A Global Pandemic Happened, We Got Idiots... 
by Christopher Lynk | February 2, 2020 | Blog |
I’ve been trying to avoid blogging too much about politics and the world situation. It turns out that just means I don’t post to my blog very often. As we get into Donald Trump’s 4th year, and the kerfufflefuck theater that is his impeachment, I... 
by Christopher Lynk | December 2, 2019 | Blog |
It’s been a while. I feel like rambling. Let’s get a blog post on the wall. This was originally going to be a recap of the past year, but I’ve been so bad at keeping this blog updated that the timeline covered in this post will probably account for... 