by Christopher Lynk | November 25, 2020 | The Backlog |
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...
by Christopher Lynk | November 25, 2020 | The Backlog |
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...
by Christopher Lynk | November 4, 2020 | The Backlog |
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...
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 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...
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...
