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  • 20 Years Later I’m Still Thinking About The Bouncer

    20 Years Later I’m Still Thinking About The Bouncer

    Sometimes a piece of pop culture worms its way into your brain, builds a comfortable, cost-efficient home in your cerebral cortex, and lives there happily for decades on end. My own tenant is The Bouncer, an odd beat ‘em up by Square Soft, which came out in Japan 20 years ago today before fading into…


  • Seven Video Games Where You Beat Up Your Dad

    Seven Video Games Where You Beat Up Your Dad

    Our culture suggests that this time of year is all about family, and while family can be a lovely thing, it also tends toward being very complicated. Recent years have seen the emergence of Dad Games, in which you play as a complicated father figure protecting his child/ward. This Dad Game dynamic has never appealed…