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February 6, 2013

The Legend of Zelda Cold Run: Final Session

Wherein I defeat Ganon and restore peace to Hyrule Level-9 is the culmination of all prior level designs—the meta-dungeon, if you will. (The game cues you ...

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February 6, 2013

The Legend of Zelda Cold Run: Session 9

Wherein I succumb to temptation and consult the NES Atlas I admit that I cheated. The whole purpose of the Cold Run Experiment (TM) is to play ...

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February 4, 2013

The Legend of Zelda Cold Run: Session 8

Wherein I master using it Last time, I picked up the blue ring, but I still don't feel ready to face the Wizzrobes again. With bait ...

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January 25, 2013

The Legend of Zelda Cold Run: Session 7

Wherein I continue to hate the Wizzrobes of Level-6 I have reached an impasse. Level-6 continues to be a bastard. Even with full health, a magic ...

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December 13, 2012

10 PRINT NES

Porting randomness The 10 PRINT book is now available for purchase and download. Its full title is a single line of BASIC code, written for ...

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November 18, 2012

VHS as Palimpsest

Ghosts of an obsolete medium As the 90s make their inevitable loop back through the pop culture recycle bin, we find artists embracing the quirks and ...

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November 8, 2012

The Legend of Zelda Cold Run: Session 6

Wherein I toot my own whistle After stumbling across dungeon 6 in my previous session, I renew my efforts to locate dungeon 5. The only region ...

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October 24, 2012

The Legend of Zelda Cold Run: Session 5

Wherein I ponder the 8-bit sublime and disturb the dead I am nearing the completion of my hand-drawn map, so I decide to venture out and ...

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October 19, 2012

The Legend of Zelda Cold Run: Session 4

Wherein I spring traps in darkness and pursue the Hydra Last session, I was lauding The Legend ...

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October 19, 2012

The Long Walk

Silent Hill 2, horror, and duration Our gaming priorities change as we get older. In my late teens, when I purchased my first console with my ...

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