Category: Nintendo NES

When Samus fell into yet another pit of lava for the twentieth time, I seriously questioned if I had the patience for this game. Yet, thirteen hours later, I’d become a Metroid convert.

I’ve collected several games in the Metroid series, knowing they’re beloved classics, but I never felt compelled enough to play them. I’ve even started the original Metroid a few times in the past but always quit after 15-20 minutes.

I never allowed myself enough time with Metroid to understand its appeal. I figured it wasn’t a game for me. But last week, I decided that I wanted to give this game a chance and see it through to the end.

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I used to update this website multiple, sometimes dozens of times per day. I covered every bit of game news I could. And I loved it. But then I got a job that made it nearly impossible to continue without complete burnout. Eventually, it helped me land a side gig of doing game reviews for a well-known tech reviewer. So that’s where I spent any of my extra game journalism time. That lasted for maybe a year, and I could have kept going if I wanted, but I needed to focus on my career.

Fast forward to 12 years later and I want to come back. But I don’t want to publish news anymore. I just want to have fun.

So with all of that said, this is the first of what I hope will be more gameplay videos on this site. I realize that this first video isn’t up to par with the quality of most gameplay vids these days but it’ll get better. So I hope you stick around!

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