The Calendar of Mario – July

I wasn’t able to find a 2018 calendar that I liked. Last year I had a Legend of Zelda calendar. I was rather happy having a whole bunch of different Zelda games to look at each month. I figured “Why don’t I make my own calendar!” It was harder than I thought, but I prevailed in making the…

Calendar of Mario

Here is July.

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Check out January to July here!

You can download the calendar and get it printed yourself here!

The Calendar of Mario – June

I wasn’t able to find a 2018 calendar that I liked. Last year I had a Legend of Zelda calendar. I was rather happy having a whole bunch of different Zelda games to look at each month. I figured “Why don’t I make my own calendar!” It was harder than I thought, but I prevailed in making the…

Calendar of Mario

Here is June.

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Check out January to May here!

You can download the calendar and get it printed yourself here!

The Calendar of Mario – May

I wasn’t able to find a 2018 calendar that I liked. Last year I had a Legend of Zelda calendar. I was rather happy having a whole bunch of different Zelda games to look at each month. I figured “Why don’t I make my own calendar!” It was harder than I thought, but I prevailed in making the…

Calendar of Mario

Here is May.

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Check out January to April here!

You can download the calendar and get it printed yourself here!

The Calendar of Mario – April

I wasn’t able to find a 2018 calendar that I liked. Last year I had a Legend of Zelda calendar. I was rather happy having a whole bunch of different Zelda games to look at each month. I figured “Why don’t I make my own calendar!” It was harder than I thought, but I prevailed in making the…

Calendar of Mario

Here is April.

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Happy birthday Phatty!

There’s nothing quite like the anniversary of the release of a machine that you vividly remember buying, to remind you of your own futile mortality and constant visions and nagging in your head that you have accomplished nothing and really should have done more with your life.

This is the Nintendo DS at ten.

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The time I wanted to play Super Smash Bros. on N64

Seeming that today marks the release of Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS I thought I’d share the story of the first time I played Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 64.

The following is an excerpt from The Adventure is Over: How Working in a Video Game Store Ended It – Part 1

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Games on a Plane

As I sit here currently writing this, it is Feburary 24th. I am on a plane headed from Perth to Sydney. Whenever I have to catch a plane I always bring a heavily stocked carry-on bag of games to keep myself occupied. Today I brought along my DSi XL, 3DS and Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 10.1.

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The Adventure is Over: How Working in a Video Game Store Ended It – Part 2

The new era of adventures kicked in, but I can’t remember what came first, Game Boy Advance or Gamecube. I got My Gamecube at launch but not the GBA. I would check the receipt for the date that I purchased it, but it’s in the GBA box in the roof right now. I’ll lead with GBA though, as it was a split second decision to buy it, yet a mini adventure of it’s own.

It was 2001, I was 16 and I had a job at the local pizza place, so I had a bit of coin. We were in the city for some reason, and were in Toys R Us. They had a huge display of GBAs

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The Adventure is Over: How Working in a Video Game Store Ended It – Part 3

2005 comes along and I’ve been out of school for a few years. I was working, so I wasn’t short a buck and Nintendo were about to release the handheld innovation, the Nintendo DS. After hearing rumours from an announcement that the new system would have two screens, reading about it in magazines, searching everyday on the internet and finally seeing the thing unveiled at E3, you could say I was a little bit excited.

Ryan and I both had pre-orders at EB Games in the city. I’m 99% certain I was meant to be at TAFE the day the machine came out, but I decided that this was far more important than doing what I was meant to be doing… Working on a website and video promotional package for Camp Quality… A charity foundation for kids with cancer…

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The Adventure is Over: How Working in a Video Game Store Ended It – Part 4

Just under two years later, it’s time for the Wii to launch in Australia. The Wii was my last real adventure. It was also a solo adventure. I had moved out from living with Ryan and was now living with my girlfriend in a place of our own. As always, I was very excited by the new console from Nintendo. This would mark the third home console by the big N that I would be buying with my own money on launch day.

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