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This is my first weeknote post, and I'm already cheating a little bit by including some things from the week before.

I don't have much context for NES games.

I keep trying to play modern games and failing.

I really used to think the Game Boy peaked at Pokemon.

I'm currently (off and on) going through all the "Expanded Universe" Star Wars media, starting with the release of Timothy Zahn's 1991 masterpiece Heir to the Empire.

Star Wars: Outlaws was a good game that could have been great.

I wasn't even shopping for a Game Boy Pocket.

I've been trying not to buy new games (the size of my Steam library makes me blush), so despite Titanfall 2 having been on sale for $2 for the better part of the last decade, I haven't played it yet.

I often struggle with graphic novels.

I just read Cats Have No Lords's post Tyranny of the Crawl (as well as the accompanying topic on The Cauldron), and it got me thinking about the relationship between hexcrawls and pointcrawls.

My only experience with Super Mario World was accidentally (on purpose) overwriting my older cousin's save during a visit after playing for a few hours and not wanting to lose my progress.

I'm in the process of collecting cartridges of all the original launch titles for the Game Boy (both Japanese and North American).

I've heard some folks only allow characters in dnd to wear two magic rings—one on each hand.

I've always meant to keep up with, read, and vote on the Bloggies.

This seems incredibly useful (especially in light of my recent abandoning of read later apps).

I blame this post for my recent return to Pokémon via the Nuzlocke Challenge.

I just started playing Pokémon LeafGreen for the Game Boy Advance.

Goodboy Galaxy is a metroidvania released for the Game Boy Advanced on the console's twentieth anniversary (and also available on Steam).

I was introduced to TTRPGs by the bassist of the band I was in right out of college.

This topic over on The Cauldron talking about hexes (originally, in reference to this blog post has me thinking about the purpose and, by extension, size of a hex in dnd1.

Hey, this website is todays Blog of the .Day!

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I blasted through Enshittification by Cory Doctorow in just three days.

Search on the web is so broken right now.

Kero Kero Cowboy is a great little platformer for the Game Boy Color (which I played on my Anbee, aka my Anbernic RG 35XX Plus).

I didn't get a chance to participate in the The Rankin Bass Hexmas Crawl, but it sure looks like an exciting project.

Back when I was messing around with an emulated C64 and reading through the user manual, I made this little dice roller.

If you're into old-school dnd and not already reading "You see this."

Another great recurring collection of TTRPG news, links, and discussion to add to the growing list (already containing Indie RPG Newsletter, Shiny TTRPG Links, OSR News Roundup, CATMAIL [new!]

Looking back on twenty twenty-five as I was making this list, I kept thinking of things I wanted to put on it, only to realize they're from two thousand twenty-four.

Eko has done some good work here.

I'm in the process of turning my old website (if you know, you know) into my more professional home on the 'net.

The 3D on the 3DS was really cool.

You know I had to load this puppy up on my Miyoo Mini Plus for some festive holiday fun!

Robert shares two great tools here (in addition to his beautiful vision of the internet): Blog Quest (for finding RSS feeds as you browse the web) and StreetPass (the same but for finding Mastodon profiles).

With a winter weather advisory in effect here in the foodhills of Appalachia, I'm feeling pretty festive.

It could be argued that Return of the Jedi is the weakest of the original Star Wars trilogy.

I've heard if monks making beer, wine, and even fruitcake, but never have I heard of an order of monks making websites.

I guess this is a retro game review blog now.

The sequel is better than the original in this case (as with the movies, arguably).

I was gifted this and the rest of the Super Star Wars trilogy along with my Super Nintendo for my eighth birthday (or somewhere around there).

At what point does a blog need to be paginated?

I kind of really don't like reviewing media.

My first game console was the Super Nintendo.

I've got a long history with this game.

This is one of my favorite books by one of my favorite authors, and one of only a handful of books I've read more than once.

Only one of the foul creatures remains—abominations forged by the meddling hands of wizards.

Enjoyable movie/walking simulator/quick time event game.

I love reading about what it was like to work in tech in the 90s (and 80s and 00s), though it's also depressing to see the direction things have gone.