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Ben Bertoli
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Ben is an exceptionally tall freelance writer and author hailing from Indianapolis. He is the current co-host of the gaming history podcast Memory Card and is likely replaying Banjo-Kazooie right now.

I hope this happens again :).

Pearl in Arcade Mania was hilarious. Read more

Something that should probably be clarified in the article, as the writer seems to be under the same misconception that I was the first time I watched the series. Mr. Bertoli refers to stories as taking place in “other dimenions” and “fantastical worlds”, and to the setting of one episode as an “alien island”. It’s a Read more

This whole episode is basically a long joke about the horrible gaming movie The Wizard Read more

+1 for “all-Rush mixtape”

And then Rare bosses said: “Put big googly eyes on all of them!”
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Wait a minute...

One of my favorites - though perhaps more about the subject of worship as a whole and not gaming by itself.

Only because I just saw it on tv but teen titans go has a pretty good one that made me chortle. Frogger, Zelda, pacman, and Mario are all referenced. Read more

My feelings when I think of Rare from the 90’s

This was the episode that convinced my wife that Bob’s Burgers was, in fact, worth watching—and was not Tim and Eric: Awesome Show, Great Job level art-hipster pablum.
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Dexter’s dad shows up with a new game called Master Computer that he “bought for a nickel from a gypsy

“I’m not a nerd; I’m a video game enthusiast.”

The same can be said about regular soccer actually (except being about to stop themselves). In Rocket League, if you know how to play well, you can easily stop yourself and make great plays. Read more

I’m actually quite surprised how popular it is. I go to a very nerdy university where the main games are League of Legends, DOTA, Smash, etc. Read more

That’s a truly amazing, dare I say it, beautiful thing. Having the game you’ve always wanted come to life is just the best thing.