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Hello? Is this thing still on? OK, for a while there, I guess I forgot I had a blog in favor of Twittering and Instagramming. Not sure anyone else misses blogs really, but I’ve been caught up in...
View ArticleHyperkin Cadet NES Controller Video Review and Teardown
I’ve branched out a little from my weekly NES live streams and posted my first product review for the Hyperkin Cadet controller for the Nintendo Entertainment System and NES Classic Edition. (They also...
View ArticleRetroUSB Wireless Gamepad for NES and AVS Consoles
I’ve committed another video review — this time for a new wireless controller just released by RetroUSB. Designed by Brian “Bunnyboy” Parker, who also designed the RetroUSB AVS, a console that clones...
View ArticleRevisiting the Hyperkin Cadet Controller (NES)
Back in July, I reviewed Hyperkin’s Cadet Controller, a controller in the style of the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) controllers; depending on which model you purchase, the controller is designed...
View ArticleGamerz Tek 8-Bit Boy Review: Now You’re Playing With Portable Power!
Game Boy and all its incarnations and successors, from the Nintendo DS to even the Switch, are wonderful, but I’ve always wanted a portable NES. Yes, there are ways to emulate NES games on phones and...
View ArticleReading in New York!
Next Tuesday, Nov. 13, I’m participating in a Serial Box All-Star reading with fabulous authors and friends Andrea Phillips, Michael R. Underwood, SL Huang, Stephen Kozeniewski, and Brian Slattery. Not...
View Articlestuff what I wrote last year
For whatever it’s worth, awards season is upon us, and if you are planning to nominate fiction for the Nebula or Hugo or World Fantasy Awards, then here’s a rundown of what I published last year. It’s...
View ArticleOrphan Black is Back!
It’s been a long time since I had “Orphan Black season premiere” on my calendar, but it’s there now–because Orphan Black: The Next Chapter, the official sequel series to the awesome science fiction...
View ArticleA MAR10 Day “Appreciation” of Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3
One of my favorite Star Trek quotes is this, spoken by Spock to the man who has just stolen his lifelong fiancée: “After a time, you may find that ‘having’ is not so pleasing a thing, after all, as...
View ArticleI wrote a Warcraft!
World of Warcraft: Folk & Fairy Tales of Azeroth is out today! This is the biggest, most beautiful tome I’ve ever contributed to. Many thanks to my editor Allison Irons and the Blizzard...
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