The N64 is one (or two) issues away – and I give a tribute to a person who has contributed much to this show.
Read moreNintendo Power Retrospectives: Part 115
Nintendo Power Retrospectives: Part 113
We’re starting year 9, and Nintendo Power is stalling for time as we wait for the release of the N64.
Read moreNextGen #17: May 1996
We’re continuing with NextGen Magazine and are finally getting caught up with where we are in Nintendo Power Magazine.
Read moreNextGen #16: April 1996
We continue ever close to the launch of the N64.
Read moreNintendo Power Retrospectives: Part 111
We’ve reached the end of Nintendo Power’s 8th year, and with it the 8th Nintendo Power Award winners!
Read moreNextGen #15: March 1996
We’re continuing to get closer to catching up with the Nintendo Power Retrospectives.
Read moreNextGen #14: February 1996
We’re slowly catching up with Nintendo Power (helped by the fact that Next Month’s episode of Nintendo Power Retrospectives is going to be a Also-Ran Episode).
Read moreNextGen #13: January 1996
Once again, I’ve fallen back behind where we are in Nintendo Power Retrospectives, with my recaps in NextGen, so it’s time to play some very slow catchup.
Read moreNintendo Power Retrospectives: Part 108
Very light issue this time, as this issue is covering a lot of other games that we’ve already covered.
Read moreNextGen #11: November 1995
Almost caught up with where we are in Nintendo Power Magazine.
Read moreNextGen #10: October 1995
We’re a couple issues behind in NextGen where we are in the Nintendo Power Retrospectives, so it’s time to do a little catch-up.
Read moreNextGen Magazine #8 – August 1995
The Sega Saturn is out, and this issue is the first full issue in response to that.
Read moreNextGen #5 (May 1995): Where I Read
It’s been a month, so it’s a good time for another recap of NextGen Magazine. This time, as mentioned in my last recap, I’m going to be skipping over the review section, as the reviews in NextGen over the past 4 issues have been very brief and not very informative – and have not had any names attached to them so I can’t get a vibe for individual critics taste in games.
Read moreNextGen #4 (April 1995): Where I Read
It’s been a while since my last recap of NextGen, mainly because these take a long time to transcribe. Also because they’re kind of long. Still, it’s time to return to this chunk of video game history, and with it take a look at some of the platforms that fell by the wayside.
Read moreNintendo Power Retrospectives: Part 95
This issue has the results of the 7th annual Nintendo Power Awards.
Read moreNintendo Power Retrospectives: Part 94
This week we have a bunch of movie licensed games and the launch of a major puzzle franchise that continues to this day.
Read moreNintendo Power Retrospectives: Part 93
We return to our regular episodes with two streetball basketball games – one with NBA stars, one with Looney Tunes characters. If there was only some way to get them to meet…
Read more[Where I Read] NextGen Magazine #3 – March 1995
Moving right along with NextGen Magazine #3 for March of 1995.
Read moreNintendo Power Retrospectives: Part 91
The Play It Loud era continues with a pair of Kirby titles.
Read moreNintendo Power Retrospectives: Part 90
We return to our regular issues of Nintendo Power with the first issue of the Play It Loud era.
Read more[Where I Read] NextGen Magazine #2 (Feb, 1995)
I’m continuing with NextGen Magazine with the NextGen #2. With the second issue hitting in February of 1995, it makes keeping track of what year I’m on a lot easier.
Read more[Where I Read] NextGen Magazine #1
It has been a long time since I did Where I Read for a video game magazine, as much of the work I had been putting into my read through of Nintendo Power has been going into the Nintendo Power Retrospectives, and the second magazine I’d been covering – Electronic Gaming Monthly – has made something of a return. However, with my coverage of Nintendo Power for the show having reached 1995, I feel like I’ve lost some perspective on where the game industry was at this point, so I’ve decided to launch a read-through of another magazine, that is contemporaneous for where we are in gaming in the N.P.R.
Read moreNintendo Power Retrospectives – Part 81
We wrap up the Best of the Rest with some movie licensed games and fighting games. Read more
Nintendo Power Retrospectives: Part 69
This time we’re covering issue #52 of Nintendo Power for September of 1993! Read more