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FIFA: Road to World Cup 98
E. A. Sports. It’s In The Game!—who doesn’t remember that jaw-dropping introduction? Just in case you do need a reminder on how awesome it was to boot up FIFA Road To World Cup 98 in 1997, here’s a video highlighting all the exciting moments from the beginning to the menu system to the end of a match:
The Evercade: A Cartridge-based Modern Retro Handheld
In 2020, in the midst of a global pandemic, Brittany-based company Blaze came with the solution: it is not vaccine jabs, but cartridge jabs we require!
Super Metroid: the Granddaddy of Metroidvania's
After finishing Hollow Knight, I rather fancied playing another metroidvania—one I actually, to my big shame, never really touched: the granddaddy of ‘vanias, Super Metroid.
E3 2021: a Retro PC Gamer's Perspective
The summer of 2021 is here: not only the sun, but also hope is in the air. Most conferences are still mostly virtually presented, but at least this time E3 isn’t completely canceled.
Hollow Knight: Metroidvania marries Demon Souls
I hope they get divorced. That’s my review, condensed into a single sentence. As much as I loved my deep dive into the world of Hallownest, as the end came near, I tried stopping playing three times.

I finally cracked it. I finally know what makes a grand game. It turns out to be astonishingly simple: if it makes me smile.