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 Boot up the CRT and jump back to 1992 with us as we relive a summer when California Games felt like a whole arcade in one cart, Super Smash TV turned co‑op into bedlam, and Streets of Rage made the living room sound like a neon city. We trade notes on surfing technique, hacky sack timing, and why some micro‑events had ridiculous staying power with friends. Then we draw a bright line between thrills and theory: arcade sprites that hit fast versus early 3D sims that promised a fu...
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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 ...