This article originally ran on April 3, 2018 on Mike Podgor’s Monsters of Multimedia. The second installment of the Super Mario Brothers series is an odd duck since it started life as an unrelated game called Doki Doki Panic. It was reskinned when Japan’s Super Mario Brothers sequel was deemed too difficult for American audiences andContinue reading “The Most Terrifying Monster in Super Mario Brothers 2”
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Remembering the King of Pop: A look back at Michael Jackson’s Moonwalker for the Sega Genesis
So, this article started out as a review of the game and quickly turned into an opportunity to celebrate the life of an artist I greatly respected (as an unbelievably talented transcendent musician, if nothing else). Because this was meant to be a genuine work of praise, I let my voice come through much moreContinue reading “Remembering the King of Pop: A look back at Michael Jackson’s Moonwalker for the Sega Genesis”
This Week in Wii: Sega’s Fantasy Zone 2 comes to the Virtual Console
This article was the first piece I’d written for Examiner.com, and was thus my “audition” piece. As a writer, I find I have two speeds: “Me” and “not me.” That is to say, I either insert a great deal of my voice into my work, or I write as a talking head who might asContinue reading “This Week in Wii: Sega’s Fantasy Zone 2 comes to the Virtual Console”
The Examiner Articles: Introduction
Here’s a rant I wrote for my Malus ‘N’ Mayhem blog about four years ago, when I found out that a former “employer” of mine decided to delete some of my articles because…well, actually, it’s explained in the rant below. Originally published 09/19/2015 WARNING: INCOMING RANT So, back in 2009, I became the local RetroContinue reading “The Examiner Articles: Introduction”
The Time the Ninja Turtles Basically Fought Jason Voorhees
This article originally ran on March 16, 2018 on Mike Podgor’s Monsters of Multimedia. Our next batch of monsters really need no introduction, but they’ll be given one anyway. Since 1984, they’ve been applying various tenets of ninjutsu in a very teen-aged reptilian way with a sharp detour into pizza antics in 1987. They are,Continue reading “The Time the Ninja Turtles Basically Fought Jason Voorhees”
Holiday Traditions and Unrelated Cinema: A Personal Survey
God damn, but do I love holidays. I’m lucky enough to have a day job that provides days off for each and every major one (except Halloween), and since I’m a recluse who hates going anywhere that isn’t home, my version of a vacation is binge watching movies! Don’t you fucking judge me. As theContinue reading “Holiday Traditions and Unrelated Cinema: A Personal Survey”
Quantum Leap: Putting Right What Once Went Wrong
Yes, I am huge Quantum Leap fan. And yes, the title of this piece is referring to Sam Beckett’s good and godly mission to, with the help of friend and colleague Al Calavicci, correct wrongs within his own lifetime (and some without). But this isn’t exactly or entirely a love letter to Quantum Leap. The title is hopefullyContinue reading “Quantum Leap: Putting Right What Once Went Wrong”
Ranking the Enemies of “Super Mario Brothers”
This article originally ran on January 29, 2018 on Mike Podgor’s Monsters of Multimedia. Today’s subject: Super Mario Brothers, originally developed and available for the Famicom and Nintendo Entertainment System in 1985. Autobiographically, this is also the year I was released, albeit almost a full five months earlier than Super Mario Brothers. It is alsoContinue reading “Ranking the Enemies of “Super Mario Brothers””
The Phantasm Comes to the Main Batman Comics
My god it is fitting that I kick off my tenure on The Fictosphere writing about my beloved Batman. News broke recently that Batman writer Tom King will bring The Phantasm, the Batman villain from 1993’s theatrical motion picture Batman: Mask of the Phantasm, into main DC comics canon for the first time in 2020 in the pagesContinue reading “The Phantasm Comes to the Main Batman Comics”
Banjo-Kazooie: Traitors to Nintendo
Banjo-Kazooie may be announced for Super Smash Brothers Ultimate. By the time you read this, that nightmare scenario may have already occurred. There’s also the chance that we have avoided such a terrible fate but people seemed awfully sure that the traitorous bear and bird would make their return to the Nintendo fold, and soContinue reading “Banjo-Kazooie: Traitors to Nintendo”
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