Last weekend, I had the opportunity to go hiking in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park on a gorgeous fall afternoon. The sky was clear blue, the air was comfortably cool, and the mountains had fully embraced fall, with most of th...

Hindsight is a fascinating thing. I enjoy looking back at media from the past, such as articles, news, and video speculating on topics from both the near and distant future. Whether it is the outcome of an athletic event, national even...

If you must blink, do it now. These striking words open perhaps the most engaging, heartfelt, well-animated film of the year, Kubo and the Two Strings. The fourth feature film from animation studio Laika is a stop-motion marvel. Kubo ...

Inspired by Jed's recent blog about games improved by the inclusion of Aerosmith, I wanted to take a crack at the concept. With the weather warming up and summertime nearly here, it’s the season for one of my favorite bands...

Dreams are curious things. They can be moments of strong photorealism that feel more than real, or no more than fuzzy half-remembrances. They can be completely silly and nonsensical, or moments which we will never forget. They can be insp...

I didn’t know what to expect when I first booted up Alien: Isolation this past summer. I hadn’t heard much about the game when it was released last year, only that you escaped from the titular alien with a small arsenal, spending most o...

Howdy folks and welcome back to another round of print video games ads for the Game Boy Advance. The last entry focused on third-party games as well as contests and system ads. For this entry, we are delving into first-party games for the G...

How time flies! It’s hard to believe a year has passed since I caved in and made a profile here at Destructoid. Like many folks around here, I lurked for quite a while before finally joining, and I’m glad I did. For a number of years, I...

Hey everybody, it’s been a long time since I’ve done one of these. Sorry about that. I said that after the last big gap between these, but time kind of got away from me the past two months. Anyway, I only have a few of these lef...

If you’re in the market for retro video games these days, there is no shortage of options. In addition to online outlets such as eBay, Amazon, and Craigslist, there are thrift stores, pawn shops, flea markets, and swap meets where po...

Hello and welcome back to part two of this look into print ads for GameCube games. If you missed part one, check it out for ads relating to first party releases for the system. This segment showcases third party games, both exclusive a...

Hello and welcome back to a long overdue round of retro game ads. After putting these out on a pretty regular basis since the inception of this series back in January, I realized that I hadn’t made a new one since April. Whoops. To be...

When Marnie Was There is a striking, emotional tale of isolation, depression, friendship, and love. The film centers around a girl named Anna, who lives with her aunt and uncle in the city, but moves out to the countryside to ease her ...

Hello and welcome back to another installment of retro game ads. I was excited to put this segment together, as Pokémon was such a big part of my childhood. While I’ve separated other entries based on consoles, this segme...

As I’ve mentioned several times before, I am a student worker at my university’s library. In just four years, I have seen plenty of changes come about. The computer system my department uses has changed, our methodologies f...

Hello and welcome back to another series entry showcasing retro print advertisements for video games. If you missed my most recent entries, check them out for neat ads. While the first part of this entry focused on miscellaneous ads ...

When I was a kid and just getting into comics, my dad let me have all of his comics from when he was a kid. His collection was comprised of a few dozen comics from the early 60s to the late 70s, chiefly made up of DC titles. Superman a...

Hello and welcome back to another round of retro game ads. After a series of ads for the last time, we’re taking a look at its competitor, the Nintendo 64. All of these ads were taken from magazines, the majority of which were ...

As I mentioned back in my introductory blog, I work at my university’s library as a student worker. I am a senior and will graduate in just two months, heading out into the real world. This will be my fourth full year of working ...

Hello and welcome back to another round of retro game ads. We’ve reached the second half of this series, transitioning into 3D-era games and beyond. Our first stop is the Sony PlayStation, with a range of ads across the mid to la...

For every game that is completed and makes it onto store shelves or digital markets, there are countless others that don’t, for whatever reason. Some are cancelled during development, while others simply don’t make it out o...

Hello and welcome back, folks. We’ve reached the midpoint in this series and are about to transition into ads for the beginning of the 3D era and beyond, looking at systems like the Playstation and Nintendo 64. But, before moving...

Welcome back to the latest entry in this series, where we take a look into printed ads for retro video games. I have previously compiled installments for games, so check them out to see how some classic games were advertised in the pa...

There’s not much to say about Skyrim that hasn’t already been said a million times before. The game offered hours upon hours of adventuring in a huge open world unlike any other and it’s hard to believe it came out mo...

Hello and welcome back to another round of classic gaming ads from the past. If you missed my entries on ads, check them out for a look at how retro video games were advertised in comic books of the 80s and 90s. As always, all of the ...

As I mentioned in my '10 Things About’ blog, I am currently working on a novel. I finished the first draft about a month ago and have been letting it sit since then, to look at it with new eyes for revision. In between then and n...

Hello and welcome back to the latest installment in this series, where we take a look into retro printed advertisements of video games. If you missed my entries on ads, check them out for a blast from the past. While most installments...

We’ve made it to the third and final collection of NES ads in this series, which features games from the extent of the NES’s lifespan and a variety of genres. If you’ve missed parts , check them out for a look into pr...

Hello and welcome back to the second round of paper advertisement analysis for the NES, where we continue our retro venture into games for the classic system. If you missed , check it out for ads on contests, toys, accessories, and gam...

Hello and welcome back to the second entry in this series, where we take a look at print advertisements of the past. If you missed the , check it out for some neat Atari ads and the general outline for this series. As I mentioned in th...