merritt k Apr 28, 2022. 2 minute read
Throwback Thursday: Slime Volleyball Was a Slacker’s Delight
Before smartphones, slacking off in school was a lot harder and a lot less fulfilling. What were you really going to do when you had an unsupervised period in the library? I’ll tell you what you would do — you’d play Slime Volleyball. A simple online game, Slime Volleyball is barebones in its…
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merritt k Apr 25, 2022. 3 minute read
7 Sonic the Hedgehog Characters They Should Add in the Next Movie
I finally caught Sonic the Hedgehog 2 over the weekend, and it seems like Sega may be following the pattern of the games in the blue hedgehog’s big screen series. The first movie was just Sonic himself, the second adds both Tails and Knuckles, and a third film — if it transpires…
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merritt k Apr 22, 2022. 2 minute read
The Xur Report for Destiny 2 — April 22, 2022
Xur is in the Winding Cove on EDZ this week, but what’s he got in his bag of tricks? It’s mostly trash! Garbage! He’s carrying around refuse. My guy is stinky. The general rule with Xur is to grab anything you don’t have for Collections purposes, but for those of…
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merritt k Apr 22, 2022. 2 minute read
The Web Game I’ve Been Playing Daily for Almost Two Decades
It was in my senior year of high school that NationStates swept my friend group. A simple browser game where you make decisions that contribute to the political and social contours of a fictional country, it was a fun diversion for a few weeks until something else online caught our attention…
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merritt k Apr 21, 2022. 3 minute read
Happy 33rd Birthday, Game Boy!
33 years ago today, Nintendo released the Game Boy handheld device in Japan. It was a simple, unassuming thing, a large gray brick with four buttons, a directional pad, and an LCD screen that could only display shades of green. Only a few years later, Nintendo’s competitors began to explore…
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merritt k Apr 21, 2022. 2 minute read
Throwback Thursday: Crosscountry Canada Was My Oregon Trail
When I first moved to the US in the late 2000s, I’d occasionally hear people talking about an old game they played in school called Oregon Trail. I had no idea what it was, because in Canada — or in Ontario, at least — nobody I knew had played it. The…
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merritt k Apr 20, 2022. 4 minute read
What Does the Cast of Destiny 2 Smell Like? (Part 2)
Kept you waiting, huh? Since the last one of these, we’ve seen the release of two major Destiny 2 expansions as well as the introduction of a number of new characters. So let’s just dive right in — we’re talking about what the movers and shakers of Destiny 2 smell like. 1. Crow…
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merritt k Apr 19, 2022. 2 minute read
Can You Play Nintendo Switch Sports on the Switch Lite?
I loved Wii Sports and its sequel, Wii Sports Resort. And despite the kind of weird look of the characters in the upcoming Nintendo Switch Sports, I’m looking forward to that game, too. There’s just one problem — I own a Switch Lite, the version of the console without detachable Joycons or the…
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merritt k Apr 15, 2022. 3 minute read
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Crucible in Destiny 2
I have a confession: I am a terrible PVP player in Destiny 2. I probably wouldn’t play the mode at all if it didn’t help you get gear you could use in the rest of the game. Within me lies a latent saltiness that emerges only when I play competitive games,…
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merritt k Apr 14, 2022. 2 minute read
Nobody Saves the World Out Today on Switch and PlayStation
Nobody Saves the World, the shapeshifting action title by Drinkbox Studios that was released earlier this year on Steam and Xbox, is out today on the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation platforms. Alongside the launch, all versions of the game have received an update allowing for local co-op play. Casting players as…
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merritt k Apr 13, 2022. 3 minute read
Who Are Fans Shipping the Most in Destiny 2?
Destiny is a franchise with a lot of characters who don’t always get as much on-screen development as we might like. Sure, you get lore drops about what people are up to when they’re not blasting aliens or blowing each other up in the Crucible, but that isn’t always enough. Sometimes,…
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merritt k Apr 13, 2022. 2 minute read
Nintendo, It’s Time to Bring Back ‘The Mysterious Murasame Castle’
According to a recent post on Resetera, Bandai Namco is apparently working on a remaster or remake of an upcoming 3D action game for Nintendo. There’s already plenty of speculation as to what it might be — a Star Fox title seems plausible, given that Namco themselves developed Star Fox Assault on the GameCube. But…
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merritt k Apr 12, 2022. 2 minute read
Capcom Fighting Collection Pre-Order Bonuses Include Pictures, Sounds
After years of psychically begging Capcom to make the Darkstalkers games playable on modern hardware, they finally went and announced they were doing it recently, in the form of the Capcom Fighting Collection. They’ve just released a new pre-order trailer for the project, which details the bonuses you’ll get for ordering the collection…
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merritt k Apr 11, 2022. 4 minute read
7 Hidden Gems on the NES Switch Online Service
The NES selections available on the Switch Online service are, for the most part, pretty solid. There aren’t as many low-quality, cheaply-secured titles as there are populating the SNES library. But maybe you’ve already played the classics to death, or maybe you’re a little younger, but you’ve already dipped into…
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merritt k Apr 11, 2022. 2 minute read
Someone’s Job at Bungie is to Invent Lore Reasons for Destiny 2 Nerfs
Keeping a game like Destiny 2 balanced is a lot of work. Developers have to navigate between the Scylla of allowing meta-dominating options to run wild and the Charybdis of nerfing everything into the ground. It’s a tough thing to do, and Bungie’s taken various stances on it over the years, from…
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merritt k Apr 6, 2022. 1 minute read
PSA: Go Get This Weapon From Banshee in Destiny 2 Now
One of the most fun mods in this season of Destiny 2 is Volatile Flow, which grants all Void weapons volatile rounds after picking up an Elemental Well. In other words, while the mod is active, your Void weapons make everything explode. The weapon of choice for most using this…
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merritt k Apr 6, 2022. 2 minute read
The Best Nintendo Switch eShop Deals for April 2022
Nintendo’s Switch eShop may be kind of a pain to navigate, but at least it regularly features sales on digital downloads of games. Of course, there are a ton titles on there, so it can be kind of tough to sift through them all. I poked around and found what I…
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merritt k Apr 6, 2022. 2 minute read
Destiny 2 is Shipping Lance Reddick and a Giant Space Rhino
Ever since she was introduced back in Season of the Chosen, Caiatl, voiced by Courtenay Taylor (Mass Effect, Resident Evil) has been one of my favorite Destiny 2 characters. She was one of the first of the enemy factions to reach out to the Vanguard and propose an alliance, and it was a long…
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merritt k Apr 6, 2022. 2 minute read
Destiny 2 Can’t Decide What the Glaive is Supposed to Be
With the release of Witch Queen, Bungie added a new weapon type to Destiny 2 — the Glaive, a multi-purpose melee/ranged weapon that’s crucial to the plot of the expansion. I had a lot of fun with the Glaive for the first few weeks after the Witch Queen‘s release. It adds a sense of immediacy…
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merritt k Apr 5, 2022. 4 minute read
7 Hidden Gems on the Super Nintendo Switch Online Service
Nintendo’s Switch Online Super Nintendo offerings are… uneven, to say the least. Alongside flagship titles like Super Metroid and (finally) Earthbound, you’ve got trash like Bombuzal and Doomsday Warrior. In between, though, are some games that you might not be aware of, but are certainly worth your time. Here are seven SNES hidden gems on the Switch Online…
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