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Well, I did it. It’s been more than three months since my article for 1981, but at long last, I have now played all 459 games for 1982 (285 console games, plus 166 arcade games, plus 8 Game and Watches). And now, it’s time for another article! 😃
It’s taken me a lot longer than it did for 1980, but I’ve finally completed 1981. While there were only 58 new cartridges to get through, it took me so long because I had 120 arcade games to play too before I could consider this year finished! I’ve always intended console games to be the focus of this project, so I’m looking forward to the year they finally overtake arcade games in popularity, but that year is not 1981. 😕
Today I’m ready to follow up on my 1979 article with 1980! This year brings us 45 new titles across 4 different consoles to try!
It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No, it’s Luna somehow zipping through this project wayy faster than she expected to, continuing on from 1978 to 1979! Several new consoles came out this year, but even with that, we have slightly fewer new games to play with than last year – 43 new cartridges with 52 new games to try out.
Hi again! It’s time for one more article in my “Console Gaming History Adventure” series before I’m officially caught up on writing about my experiences, and can get back to actually playing games! This time, we’re following up on 1977 by covering 1978. This year brings us 75 new games to play with across 51 new cartridges for 5 different gaming consoles! Things are heating up now!
This is a continuation of my Console Gaming History Adventure series that started with 1976, where I try out nearly every English-friendly console game released for each year of gaming history and share my experiences. Today, that’s 1977, the same year the “Star Wars” movie came out! While there still isn’t a lot of activity in the console gaming arena compared to later years, the situation is a lot better than it was for 1976, with 25 new games across 20 new cartridges to take a look at!
So I’ve still been figuring out what kinds of things I want to write on here. 🤔 My good friend Voggy suggested I write about what I’m discovering with my little gaming adventure project, and so I think I’ll do just that! This is, after all, something most people don’t have time for and you might like to hear of my experiences!
So since I’m a demon and everyone’s going hate me anyway, I thought I’d write an opinion piece on the trans movement! 😃 No, this has nothing to do with March 31st a few weeks back being Trans Visibility Day (which I admit is a lot shorter and more practical than a more appropriate name, like “Let’s-All-Point-at-the-Transpeople-for-Being-Different-and-Make-Them-Fear-Even-More-for-Their-Lives Day”). It also has nothing to do with the unbelievable stink around it happening to fall on Holy Easter Sunday this one year, though maybe if I hadn’t been so shy it would have been better to write this piece back then. 😬 It’s just something that’s been on my mind a lot and I want to talk about it! Specifically, I want to offer a middle-ground perspective on it, because with all the vitriolic polarization going on in Western politics these days, I think trying to find some kind of empathetic compromise is really badly needed!
I was scared when I started this blog that after a few posts I would lose my nerve and stop. Well it looks like that’s exactly what’s happened. 😖 The Internet is such an incredibly mean and toxic place. Putting yourself out there and sharing what you want to share doesn’t just risk exposure to insults and bullying, it guarantees it – at least if you do it long enough. And I’m very conscious of just how bad I am at handling that when it happens to me. And so I quickly get too scared and bow out.
Today is Columbus Day – at least in most of the countries that celebrate it. I hate Columbus Day! I’ve always hated Columbus Day. Long before it was cool to hate Columbus Day, I hated Columbus Day. October has always been my favorite month of the year because of how it is the buildup to Halloween, and Columbus Day has always been this big ugly stain that ruins that! This year though, I feel different. I feel optimistic… I actually feel… happy. And Columbus day just isn’t bothering me anymore.