Send us a text The glow of a CRT. The weight of a six-button pad. The moment you realize your parents somehow nailed the one thing you wanted most. This Christmas special is a joyride through gaming’s warmest memories—ours and yours—and the consoles, cartridges, and discs that turned holidays into legend. We start with the SNES Mario All-Stars bundle and the instant upgrade from tape-deck patience to plug-in play. That spills into the classic “SNES vs Mega Drive” current—Street Fighter 2 at ...
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Send us a text The glow of a CRT. The weight of a six-button pad. The moment you realize your parents somehow nailed the one thing you wanted most. This Christmas special is a joyride through gaming’s warmest memories—ours and yours—and the consoles, cartridges, and discs that turned holidays into legend. We start with the SNES Mario All-Stars bundle and the instant upgrade from tape-deck patience to plug-in play. That spills into the classic “SNES vs Mega Drive” current—Street Fighter 2 at ...
Send us a text A gold rush of hype, a console arms race, and a toy aisle that felt like a movie premiere—April 1999 had it all. We dive into the month where Phantom Menace merch swallowed the shelves, Dreamcast teased an online future with VMUs, guns, and fishing rods, and PS2 whispers hinted at a built-in DVD player that would transform living rooms. Along the way, we revisit the games that defined the moment and the myths that didn’t age the way fans hoped. We start with the joy and folly ...
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Send us a text The glow of a CRT. The weight of a six-button pad. The moment you realize your parents somehow nailed the one thing you wanted most. This Christmas special is a joyride through gaming’s warmest memories—ours and yours—and the consoles, cartridges, and discs that turned holidays into legend. We start with the SNES Mario All-Stars bundle and the instant upgrade from tape-deck patience to plug-in play. That spills into the classic “SNES vs Mega Drive” current—Street Fighter 2 at ...
