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Games similar to dead frontier2/12/2023 He was working within a Late Modern framework. Roger Ebert, may he rest in peace, was rightly pilloried when he decreed that video games can never be art. One thing that hits you over the head when you go back and play the old 2D sprite-based games is the real craftsmanship behind the bright colors and pixels. doesn’t call its old web site search feature the Wayback Machine for nil. The Internet Archive even has every back issue of Nintendo Power, so the re-creations of those long-lost after school decompression sessions with a new kart slotted in my SNES, a crisp copy of NP flopped open on the couch, and a bowl of popcorn in my lap are almost perfect. I’ve been focusing on Friday night rentals of yesteryear I’d failed to beat before I had to return them–as well as gems I somehow missed the first time around. To say it’s been a trip down memory lane would be an understatement. Mainly I’ve been revisiting celebrated titles from console gaming’s 8 and 16-bit golden age. Besides writing best selling books, I’ve been keeping myself occupied during the Corona-chan lock down by going back and playing some classic retro games.
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