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Nostalgia Monday: Spyro the Dragon (PS1, 1998) - The Purple Dragon Who Owned 1998
Spyro the Dragon and Crash Bandicoot launched in the same year on the same hardware and were immediately, lazily …
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Nostalgia Monday
Every Monday we revisit a classic game from the PS1, PS2, N64, SNES, or Xbox 360 era. The games that shaped us, looked at honestly through modern eyes.
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Nostalgia Monday: GoldenEye 007 (N64, 1997) - The Multiplayer That Defined a Living Room
Before GoldenEye 007, nobody thought console first-person shooters worked. Doom and Quake were PC games. The idea that …
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Nostalgia Monday: Mass Effect (Xbox 360, 2007) - BioWare's Finest Hour
Mass Effect made a promise. Your choices will carry forward, Commander. The galaxy you build across this game will …
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Nostalgia Monday: Ico (PS2, 2001) - The Quietest Game Ever Made
Ico sold fewer than 150,000 copies in its initial Japanese release. Sony of America briefly considered not releasing it …
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Nostalgia Monday: Donkey Kong Country (SNES, 1994) - The Game That Made 1994 Look Like the Future
In 1994, the console wars were being fought with hardware specifications, and Sega’s 32X was attempting to make …
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Nostalgia Monday: Burnout 3: Takedown (PS2, 2004) - The Best Racing Game Ever Made
Racing games generally want you to win cleanly. Fast lap times, smooth cornering, optimal racing lines. Burnout 3: …
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Nostalgia Monday: Ratchet & Clank (PS2, 2002) - Insomniac's Second Act
Insomniac Games had Spyro the Dragon as their identity. Three games in, the series had established them as the …
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Nostalgia Monday: Gears of War (Xbox 360, 2006) - The Third-Person Cover Shooter Template
Gears of War made everything heavy. The characters are enormous men in armour who move like tanks and communicate …
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Nostalgia Monday: Super Mario World (SNES, 1990) - The Launch Game That Defined a Console
Super Mario World launched alongside the Super Nintendo in 1990 in Japan and 1992 in Europe, and if you were nine years …
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Nostalgia Monday: The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Xbox 360, 2006) - The Open World That Consumed Years
The most honest thing you can say about Oblivion is that most people who played it never finished the main quest. This …