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  • What’s In The Box?: Video Games Monthly (May 2026)

    New series! What’s In The Box shares what contents are included in my monthly shipments from Video Games Monthly. Here’s the first installment…

  • RePete: The Wizard

    In December of 1989, I was a very casual NES fan. I played it solely at friends’ houses as I didn’t yet have a console of my own. As a senior in high school at that time, while video games were still very much a part of my identity, I was more an arcade game…

  • It’s Happening: RetroWorld Expo 2026

    Way back in 2015, some of the team behind (what was then) RetrowareTV and the driving force behind Retro Games Plus had a plan to bring a video game convention to Southern New England. While PAX East and Anime Boston were also around, RetroWorld Expo— or RWX, for short– was going to be focused on…

  • Collector’s Log #12: Enter Genesis… and more GoodNESs

    April 2026 has been a big month for me, in terms of video game collecting. I added a top-loading NES console to my collection in the first half of the month, and now I have… this: The SEGA Genesis, the 16-bit console with “high definition graphics”, is a console I first bought back in 1992.…

  • 54

    So… this is 54. What a life it’s been. I’ve gone through a lot of change in 54 years. As a child, I changed residences and schools frequently after my father split in late 1978. I rarely gained friends, as I was the classic “nerdy kid” long before nerds were accepted parts of society… and…

  • Collector’s Log #11: A Return to NEStalgia

    Well… here we go again. After weeks of being on the fence about it, I finally pulled the trigger on an NES console. I was, honestly, still on the fence about it when I stopped by Retro World Games… but then I saw this top-loading NES. I’ve wanted one of these for a very long…

  • From Player to Collector

    Building a video game collection has been quite an adventure. I’ve been at it for 14 years now, starting with NES, SNES, and Genesis… before course-correcting to other consoles later on, like the original PlayStation, the Nintendo 64, and the original Xbox. 14 years ago at this time, I was turning 40 and preparing to…

  • RePete: Remembering WOW

    Sometimes, it’s not the biggest or the best arcades that leave lifetime memories. This is a recollection of one such place…

  • Collector’s Log #10: Catching Up

    It’s been a few weeks since my last Collector’s Log entry, so there’s a lot to catch up on.

  • RePete: Top 5 Favorite NES Game Show Games

    I have a very soft spot for game shows in my life. I watched them on TV a lot while growing up– especially if I was home sick from school. I was a regular viewer of Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy! at night for many years. A few board games I had as a kid…