Hero of Memory

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In the late 90’s, amongst a wave of all-new “Games for Girls”, Barbie appeared on CD-ROM for the first time. I was…

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I had no idea what I was getting into when I first put Rygar into my NES. I had borrowed the game, released in 1987…

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A remake is, by nature, an egotistical exercise. Choosing to revise and re-release an old work of art is looking…

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