May 11, 2025
This is about reading XM (FastTracker 2) files in Java. I am not writing a writer or player, now or likely ever. This is because the goal is to eventually write an XM converter for Sega Genesis demos.
May 11, 2025
The Sega Saturn turns 30 today, in the US region at least. By coincidence I own 30 Sega Saturn games. I can't resist writing a 30th anniversary tribute to the Sega Saturn where I briefly review these 30 arbitrary games.
May 3, 2025
Tokyo Xanadu is a Falcom fan game, one that happens to be made by Falcom. Here is a likely incomplete list comparing the fan references between the PlayStation 4 and Switch versions.
April 12, 2025
Here's a surprise - I went to the Midwest Gaming Classic again this year. Totally shocking, I know. OK, OK, that was sarcasm to anyone visiting this site for the first time. I've gone to every show since 2004, even the ones in the middle of a blizzard. Here's a recap of what I found interesting this time.
March 23, 2025
Even after 20 years I'm impressed at what the PlayStation Portable is capable of. Here's a look back at my favorite things about the system.
March 8, 2025
I thought reverse engineering the password for Joe Montana Sports Talk Football '93 would be a fun challenge. Very quickly I figured out it's only a trivial pattern to decipher. Boring.
January 25, 2025
Inspired by a random listing, I'm firing up some (mostly) cheap Sega Genesis clones to see which games they include and how the emulation quality is.
January 18, 2025
With no particular end goal in mind, I decided to try making an onscreen keyboard for the Sega Genesis. It turned out alright. Maybe I'll use it for something else eventually.
December 21, 2024
Has it really been another year and other cliché phrases? Here's a little recap of what personal projects I finished this year, which games I played, another festive viewing of ornaments, and some other stuff.
November 23, 2024
This is a coding tutorial, but it's also about the trade-offs in writing code. When should code be generic vs highly focused on a single problem? The generic problem is finding duplicate lines in two files, which sounds super simple until you start asking questions.
November 16, 2024
The Game Boy Advance helped get me back into gaming after an extended break to finish college. Despite being very nostalgic for the system I haven't written about it much. It's time to change that. This article reviews some, but not quite all, compilations of retro games on the Game Boy Advance.
November 9, 2024
A brief magazine insert to help Dreamcast fans cope with the cancellation of their favorite system.
October 12, 2024
Have I really never posted a Halloween feature before? It's past time that I did. This is a tribute to the WCW Halloween Havoc series. It traces the rise and fall in match position for every wrestler to appear in one over the years. It ends with some commentary about who a hypothetical Halloween Havoc game needs to include.
September 7, 2024
This is a gallery of garbage. I'm not going to sugarcoat it, literal garbage. There's a public electronics recycling center in my general area. I drop off junk a couple times a year and am usually amused at what I see piled up there. I figure others may also be amused, although others may find it infuriating, and most won't care at all.