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Guild Wars Memories and Screenshots, Part 13: April 2007 – November 2008

Posted on August 18, 2019 by Brian

In early 2007, I got a new computer.  While my old one was a 1.5Ghz Pentium 4 with 384MB of RAM, a 32MB GeForce2 GTS graphics card, and Windows Millenium (which I still love! But anyway.), the new one was … Continue reading →

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My Thoughts on E3 2019 – Well, Nintendo Had a Good Show!

Posted on July 30, 2019 by Brian

So, E3 was six weeks ago, and I’m finally getting around to posting something about what I thought. This will be a bit article than the ones I wrote for the last few years, but I do have some things … Continue reading →

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First Impressions: Super Mario Maker 2 (Switch) – The 2019 Game of the Year is here!

Posted on July 11, 2019 by Brian

First, one little site update — I just noticed that my Ever Oasis First Impressions article was missing from the Table of Contents page, so that error is now fixed!  For anyone who missed out on that great 3DS title … Continue reading →

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Mattel Intellivision – Game Opinion Summaries / First Impressions, Part 2

Posted on June 25, 2019 by Brian

Finally, part two of this two-part series is complete!  There are 24 summaries this time, which added to the 19 (really 17) from the first list, completes my Intellivision Game Opinion Summaries list so far. Before I begin though, I … Continue reading →

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Mattel Intellivision – Game Opinion Summaries / First Impressions, Part 1

Posted on May 21, 2019 by Brian

I got this console a couple of months ago… and quickly decided I wanted to make a Game Opinion Summaries list for it, because why not?  I have not done a list like this yet for the Colecovision, which I … Continue reading →

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I discovered two “new” Genesis EEPROM games!

Posted on April 30, 2019 by Brian

I know I said that I wouldn’t post updates to the Console Save Types list as threads this soon, but this one is far too interesting, and important, to leave as just an update in that thread.  I have also … Continue reading →

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Major Console Save Types List Update

Posted on April 20, 2019 by Brian

I spent quite a while today working on some updates to one of my more important works on this site and elsewhere, my Console Save Types list article that you can find here: http://www.blackfalcongames.net/?p=147 Here is a copy of the … Continue reading →

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Screenshots and Memories Sidestory: My Few World of Warcraft and Phantasy Star Online Screenshots

Posted on March 31, 2019 by Brian

I am working on a game opinion summaries / first impressions article for my newest (old) console, the Intellivision.  It shouldn’t take too long, but in the interim, though, how about this thing?  Working on my Guild Wars screenshot series … Continue reading →

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More corrections to part 11 of GW Memories

Posted on March 24, 2019 by Brian

While working on the forum version of part 11 (http://www.blackfalcongames.net/?p=1043) of Guild Wars Memories and Screenshots, I realized that the corrections I made yesterday were inaccurate — I misidentified a few screenshots of the second Guild Wars Nightfall beta as … Continue reading →

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Guild Wars Memories and Screenshots, Part 12: Late October 2006 – February 2007

Posted on March 23, 2019 by Brian

In late October 2006, Arena.net started up the second annual Halloween event.  This builds on 2005’s event, but with some new stuff added to give players more to do.  At the same time, Guild Wars Nightfall released.  Yes, Nightfall released … Continue reading →

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