NON-TOXIC GAMING

It haunts us... Mocks us... Taunts us... Makes us question why we spent the money in the first place. It's our gaming backlog. Naturally, the first thing to come to mind is, geez, FF, that's a massive first world problem. I agree wholeheartedly. We are, generally speaking, our own worst enemies though, and it bugs me that I've 'wasted money' on games that I have yet to play. (Steam and humble bundles , I'm looking right at you.) My wife reassures me that I'll eventually  play them. Even if that eventually is when I retire in forty(?) years. Yes, this is the reason I've never sold a console system; I feel the shame strongly and don't want to lose the ability to play them someday . It's also why my launch PS3 is still connected to my TV since it can play PSone games. Time to fess up then. What is my oldest lame claim to shame? Final Fantasy VIII. I'll admit right now that I haven't played Final Fanta...

Come my friend, it’s time to put on the nostalgia glasses and come back with me to an era when after school cartoons were a thing and the Internet was a movie dream shown by a young Matthew Broderick or Tron. If I didn’t manage to make it home in time for X-Men then Goof Troop, Duck Tales, and TailSpin kept me in good company as I did my homework (if I had any). When I first got wind of the Disney Afternoon Collection it went to the top of my wish list. I remember renting both DuckTales and Rescue Rangers growing up and beating them triumphantly. Due to how often I rented them my mom even got DuckTales for a birthday for me back in the day. Having beat it, my young mind went for an unopened exchange of Base Wars at Walmart instead. The collector me of today still cringes at that decision. (Though I’d love a Base Wars remake at this point actually, staying true to the original. Hey, they did it for NBA Jam.) Have I beaten them all again yet? No. I hung my Playstation Network tro...