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  • Collector’s Log #9: Mid-2000s Checking In!

    My collecting focus for at least the first month of 2026 continues to be on the PlayStation 2 and the original XBox. Sports games are still a big part of my PS2 grabs, while Xbox pickups are a bit more varied. Let’s see what came in from eStarland: First up, we don’t have a game…

  • Collector’s Log #8: Ridge Racer!

    It’s time once again to look at some recent additions to my collection. Not all sports games this time!

  • RePete: The Day Everything Changed

    In late January 2001, rumblings about a major shakeup in video games were getting louder. On January 31st, reality would strike. Here’s my story about and experience from when Dreamcast died.

  • Collector’s Log #7: PS2-sday

    2026 is about 2 weeks in, and the early collecting focus is on bolstering my PlayStation 2 library. After being kind of an afterthought over the last few years, I have felt compelled of late to take a look at what I have and do two things: fill in holes and upgrade owned games as…

  • Collector’s Log #6: New Year, New Grabs

    It didn’t even take a full week into 2026 for some new games to arrive for my library. To be fair, I ordered these toward the end of December 2025, so they missed the cutoff by a couple of days… so they count as the first arrivals of the new year. Let’s take a peek:…

  • Gameplay Tracking: From GADD to Game Switcher

    I started 2026 by playing video games for nearly 6 hours. I typically don’t have sessions of video gaming like that anymore, but it sure was nice to have everything line up for it to happen. I definitely had more of these sessions when I was in my 20s (during the 1990s), with fewer but…

  • 2025 in Review

    I’m doing it backwards, since I already posted about looking ahead to 2026, but I thought it was worth looking back at the year that was, specifically in video gaming terms. This is from my own viewpoint, so the superlatives and notes here are more personal than industry or hobby-wide. Favorite Compilation for Modern Consoles:…

  • Looking Ahead to 2026

    2025 was a really good year for me, in many respects. I got a new job, I bought my first house, and my collection of original PlayStation and Nintendo 64 games expanded nicely. In the grand scheme of things, this might wind up being one of the most successful years of my life. 2026 is…

  • Collector’s Log #5: The Year-End Extravaganza

    This is likely going to be the final Collector’s Log entry of 2025, and it’s got so many games that it’s going to be more of an overview than a game-by-game breakdown. Between the last of the Thanksgiving Weekend purchases and a fun trip to a local video game store, there’s a lot to cover.…

  • Top 10 Arcade Archives Games I’d Love To See

    Pete puts together a list of coin-ops that he’d love to see hit the Arcade Archives.