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Games: Nintendo’s Super Mario 3D Land Video!

Posted in Games, News, Trailer with tags , , , , , on October 7, 2011 by Bjorn Grainger

I love Mario games. Always have. There’s always something unique, something special hidden away within the many various titles he’s starred in over the years. Super Mario 3D Land, clunky title aside, looks set to join the illustrious pantheon. Let’s check it out -

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Games: NHL ’94

Posted in Games, Thoughts with tags , , , , , , , , , on August 18, 2011 by Bjorn Grainger

It’s hard to explain how much the vid means to me, but I’m gonna try.

Back in the early nineties, when I was twelve/thirteen, I had a SNES. Yeah, I was a Nintendo fanboy, and Sega were the dreaded enemy. I’d lord Mario Kart, Zelda, and Mario World over my Mega Drive-owning friends (or Genesis owners, for all you Yankee-doodle-dandies). Yet, when it came to one game in particular, FIFA Soccer, I was at a distinct disadvantage. FIFA Soccer wasn’t out on the SNES yet and my friends would laugh openly at me and my gay kiddie console. I couldn’t have this. I had to get a sports game that wouldn’t just equal FIFA Soccer, it had to destroy it. That game was NHL ’94.

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