10 Years of Chronology: April 2014 - April 2024
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- čas přidán 20. 04. 2024
- Game Boy Works debuted 10 years ago, on the Game Boy's 25th anniversary, which means this channel is "retro" now. I haven't really made videos about my videos before, but I suppose this occasion warrants a rare exception.
For those interested only in following late ’80s console game history by way of release chronologies, you can safely skip this episode. The rest of you are welcome to join me for a few minutes of reflection. I'll be back to my usual routine on Wednesday. - Hry
when I watch your videos I feel like I am attending an enjoyable lecture at a university from a renowned physicist
Nope, my brother-in-law is the renowned physicist (he's a literal rocket scientist, at NASA). But we do share a common affection for the Vectrex.
@@JeremyParishyeah but does he know about Heiankyo Alien?
You’re content is amazing Jeremy and look forward to many more years
My friend, he did the AUTOPSY on the Heiankyo Alien.
@@goldenphonautogram6141Laughed so hard
The NES works were really what drew me in. Nobody else does these things as professionally as you do, and you treat these games seriously. I hope it continues.
👍👍👍
Heiankyo Alien mention, Xevious footage... All that was missing was something about the Tower of Duraga for my Jeremy Parish bingo card!
three years ago i was diagnosed with lymphoma. for the next six months, your videos, alongside a handful of other channels, gave me comfort during chemo and the nights where it ran through my body like a freight train. thank you for the work! it means the world to me.
I’ve been here since the BEGINNING~. I’ll follow this channel till I’m DEAD~.
The one thing that will never "parish" is my appreciation for this series
I would never describe your videos as low views. You actually directly inspired me to start my own retro gaming CZcams channel and I've been doing it for over a year and I got monetized and I'm well on my way to getting my first meager paycheck from CZcams. You have over 37 times the subscribers that I do and I'm literally looking at the books that you've published on my shelf but I personally consider you one of the most influential CZcams creators of the past decade, and I say that without hyperbole or exaggeration.
So here's to many more
He's the "your favorite band's favorite band" of retro game CZcamsrs.
@@ValkyrieTiara I was honestly surprised to see the subscriber numbers compared to SNES Drunk. Not that they don't both put out excellent content but I would have expected a similar subscriber count. And Gaming Historian, likely due to that masterful Tetris video, has now cracked a million. Still pulling ahead of Basement Brothers where Mr. Jakes in particular is covering the relative obscurity of PC-88/PC-98 gaming for an English-speaking audience.
All of those still being in the classier side of things compared to the clickbait, comedic, or Let's Play groups.
But yeah, Jeremy is kind of the Big Star of retro gaming.
Honestly I've been considering doing the same. My channel has stagnated for years and I've been on and off thinking that I should turn it into an arcade game retrospective in the same style as this. It's a segment of retro gaming that's pretty near and dear to my heart and isn't as well served as most other facets on CZcams. Props to you for actually doing the work.
it's a shame the original game boy works series will not continue. like you said, there are many games that most of us had not heard of since they are usually japan exclusive. but it is kind of understandable since the price is indeed on the high side. while most of us would not mind emulation footage, i also understand that it is not really a professional method. nonetheless, looking forward to seeing more game boy videos since i grew up with the game boy, color, and advance so i pay attention to those more compared to the home consoles.
I'm still going to take a look at interesting import titles via the Gaiden side series, so you'll hear about worthwhile JP-only titles. Just not so much the horse racing ones.
I'm really going to miss the Japanese release coverage, I found those really enlightening (especially since you were covering material nobody else was). However I still watch every video you publish religiously and look forward to everything you're cooking up!
It's one area where I feel like the focus on original hardware and complete in box photography is holding it back. I think the historical coverage is a lot more important. If a release needs to be handled via emulation, I'd rather have it than let speculators and rarity doom it to obscurity.
The only video game channel on this platform I'd qualify as prestige. Immaculate thumbnail game, great footage, strong writing. You're my last fetter to the entertainment landscape. I've grown tired of media in general, but not the history or these videos. I also can't emphasize the strengths of your writing enough.
I really hate to be the 70th comment but I think it’s worth it to say that you should never for a second think that what you’re doing isn’t worth it. I recognize it’s a become-or always was?-a Sisyphean task, but it’s greatly appreciated and hugely important. An independent documentation of these systems, especially the more obscure, is and will continue to be a great resource. I personally have learned so much about an art form (that’s right!) that has enriched my life in countless ways. Thank you, and keep on keeping on.
Truly one of the most consistent, reliable pleasures on my Subscriptions page. Thanks for the decade and keep up the good work.
As much as I enjoy your content, I hope it never gets to "Hospice Works: Volume 1"
Don't you want to learn the history and relevant cultural context behind my colostomy bag?!
@@JeremyParishI'd love to see you somehow tie the origin of the Cardiogram to Heiankyo Alien.
It all goes back to Tennis for Two and the oscilloscope....
Wonder if that cultural assessment of the colostomy bag will run concurrently with that of the morphine drip? It could make for some interesting commentary, at least…
I was born in ‘78. Frequented Aladdin’s Castles, asked parents for quarters to play the 2-3 arcade games at Prange Way while my parents finished shopping, first home “console” was the ColecoVision Adam, etc…
Jeremy - your work is not only valuable from a posterity perspective, but it’s also entertaining and intelligent - all with high production value.
Thank you for all you’ve done and will continue to do. Heading to your Patreon now to support. 👍🏻
Thank you for doing passionately detailed coverage of my favorite games of all time, Alleyway, Space Slalom, NES Pinball, and SG 1000 Pachinko, and for teaching me that Revenge of the Gator and Heiankyo Alien existed. People always think I'm kidding when I say I like any of those. I've actually commissioned Space Slolom fanart. :P
I would love to see that fanart, assuming it's not somehow lewd. I mean, I wouldn't think that it would be, but you never know.
@@JeremyParish Nah its just a very "marketably cartoony" anthropomorphic teal space shuttle warning people to stay away to avoid inhaling hydrazene, which was a landing hazard of the IRL shuttles. If Space Slalom had a manual with artwork akin to the little "doodle" versions of the Link and Samus in the Zelda 1 and Metroid 1 manuals, it would be something like that. Since I'm at least a decade too late to send private messages on CZcams, I just posted a video link to the art. I guess it reflects the level of EXTREME imagination required to be entertained by sensory deprivation games of this magnitude. Thanks for documenting this history. czcams.com/video/aN28gGjduHY/video.html
I will admit, I was initially a bit wistful that you were starting Game Boy Works from the beginning again, but I actually adore the idea of all the chronolgies running in sync on one big timeline, showing as where gaming is throughout each year. Besides, it means we get a third Super Mario Land video! And the movie-length extended cut of Heiankyo Alien where we go over every game it's influenced!
Both the channel and the books have been consistently excellent sources of learning about the medium. Especially the Segaiden stuff and the series for obscure consoles. Here's to another 10 years and to learning more about the games we all love & remember.
Short of winning the lottery and giving you a sizable donation to show how much I appreciate you, I can't tell you how much I actually depend on you for mental health reasons. I wish I could Patreon more. Being 46 years old and literally having the youth as you just described, this channel is one of the very few things that makes me genuinely happy these days. Complete and total support until the bitter end.
When you said this was going to be a business thing my stomach dropped, as there was a “business announcement” made on a rather popular channel yesterday that absolutely went down in flames. I’m super relieved though, and once some things get settled in the coming weeks, I intend to join the Patreon.
Now, as it’s Sunday, I’m off to do some catching up on the existing Game Boy Works videos. Forty-eight to go, excelsior!
10 Years later Gameboy works is still great today. 😀👍🎮
Thanks, James.
@@JeremyParish your welcome. 😀👍🎮
I stumbled upon your video series on the later half of your 10 years here on CZcams, and I am glad I did.
Likewise!
2:15 if it only takes you 7 years to figure things out I'd say you're doing pretty good on the grand scheme of things. I don't recall when I subscribed here but the various Works projects have been appointment viewing each week ever since, so congrats on 10 years and here's to 10 more.
I’ve been watching for the past few years, but i came on board for those old game boy videos, watching through them all in order. I enjoy your presentation style and thoroughness, and that brought me along for all the other systems I had less interest in, turns out you sparked interest in them for me. I do love the idea of maintaining all the chronologies more or less even in coverage.
10 years... how time flies. In any case, I'll still be here and buying the books as they come out.
Hey Jeremy. Firstly, thank you for the decade of solid content.
I'd like to share my experience with your channel and the circumstance of how I first encountered it.
In 2015, I dropped out of graduate school. I had moved to Orlando to get my MS in Interactive Entertainment at FIEA (basically, video games). Long story short, I was in the production track and felt more or less like a cheerleader for the people actually making the games. The cost of admission was steep, and I withdrew. I never expected I'd do that. And so, I was stuck in city with a lease, no money, and no prospects. My roommate continued on going to the school I had just dropped out of. Additionally, my bedroom was basically a closet. Like, it literally had folding opening doors with big slits you could see through.
That sets the stage, I think. I had previously had fun making CZcams videos in the Yu-Gi-Oh! niche back in 2011 and 2012. I missed CZcams, and so I thought for fun it would be nice to try and find some other project to work on with the platform. Well, the NES classic edition was announced around this time. Being interested in games, but extremely inexperienced with anything that came before the 5th generation of consoles, I thought it would be a good opportunity to experience retro games as a newcomer. But... I couldn't get my hands on one. They were too difficult to come by. I couldn't afford the re-sale markup.
It planted a seed though. And I started to think about how it would be a neat idea to try and go through the games in-order and document my experience. Looking into it, there you were. Already doing it, and much better and more thoroughly than I could have ever hoped to. And with actual genuine authority on the subject matter. Growing up with the games and marinating with them for decades. I loved it. And still do. I've seen people across the internet describe you and your series as "doing god's work" and I couldn't agree more. It feels like a genuine service to history and to these games. With a consistent methodology and approach.
My circumstances have improved since then. I went back to school for CS (a meme, I know, but it was an act of penance to myself). I got it while working, and I ended up finally getting started with CZcams after I graduated and could afford to start purchasing some gear. Not the same concept, not covering every game, and from the perspective of a first timer rather than a person of authority, but, still with chronology in mind. It has been a blast. Eventually, I plan to take what I've been learning about game design through playing classic games and try to make a few games of my own. So, I might finally circle back around to what I thought would be really cool a decade ago.
Apologies for the blog, but a lot has happened in the last ten years and given the occasion I wanted to share.
Thanks for the videos and for your dedication to the game! 乾杯!
The Game Boy World video on The Final Fantasy Legend was actually what drew me into your channel. I might be one of the few in your audience who is here primarily for Game Boy and sees NES Works as your side project 😂
your videos have been the highlight of every one of my wednesdays since about 2018. all of the research, writing and effort you put into these have become more and more of a precious rarity as the internet falls deeper into cheap and quick content for consumption's sake, so genuinely, thank you for every moment of it. the exploration of a given game's context will always be one of my favorite things about your work.
Without a doubt the most exhaustive document of gaming history for me it's rare to have a channel when it uploads that you have to stop and just watch immediately this is one of those channels and I look forward to every episode thanks for all the hard work all these years 🎉
Jeremy, I've only been watching a few years, but I appreciate your service to games history. There's been so much coverage of the Big Games of any given console over the time I've been on CZcams and such near total neglect of everything else that it feels hard to get a grasp on what these consoles and their game libraries are actually like, so I really appreciate your work on lesser known titles, even if it means you have constantly slog through pachinko, baseball, and mahjong. I routinely think about the Othello Multivison now lol. Thanks for 10 years and however many more years will come.
Every single time I watch your channel, I come away with some amazing knowledge that had absolutely nothing to do with the game you mentioned. Never change, pal. We love you.
Been watching for 6 or 7 years. I look forward to every entry! Thanks, Old Man.
Your videos are "drop everything the new video just hit" levels of quality. I've stuck with you from the first one!
This is a body of work to be proud of, the sum total of a meticulous devotion to the craft and an attention to detail borne of passion for the hobby. I tip my cap to you, sir.
Congratulations. The videos are better than ever.
As a LONG-time fan of this channel, your work does not go unnoticed. I get your books as soon as they release. Your love of history comes through.
Happy 10 year anniversary, and may we have at least 10 more years of Video Works.
Been here since the beginning, staying for the continuation! Congrats
Congrats on 10 years! Started watching this series four or five years ago and it’s been massively entertaining to see all this games I never knew about from way before my time, and your persona of consummate professionalism crossed with cutting wit has had a massive influence as I’ve embarked on my own journey of doing deep dives on much of the chronology of the Sonic the Hedgehog series (albeit in blog format rather than video). Here’s to another decade!
You continue to be the best “content creator” on CZcams. Smart, funny, and detailed. I genuinely don’t understand how you can put out such high quality videos every week as just a side project. Hope to watch for many more years, looking forward to Xbox 360 Works in 2050!
Don't be so down on yourself! You're work is good.
I've been a bit of a newcomer to this channel, but on a platform absolutely swamped with retro gaming content, yours stands uniquely tall in its presentation, quality, and most importantly, genuine passion. I've enjoyed it immensely, and here's hoping for some sort of CZcams renaissance where prestige content like this becomes more widely appreciated.
Congrats on 10 years. You bring such quality and insight to each game you cover that I always enjoy hearing what you have to say. You also helped inspire my own NES project. Here’s to another 10 🍻
I've been holding a candle for the return of Game Boy Works for years. So glad to see you revisiting this amazing platform!
I've been an old timer watching your videos right from the start, but this channel was the kind of journalistic content on game history that was missing for a long time. Your work has succeeded in moving the needle on game preservation and capturing high-quality video of our past. Even if I was non-existent in the Nes and Super Nes days, these videos give me the context I need to understand the games and the people playing them. Here's to more years of game preservation!
P.S. How do you have the drive to post videos every week no matter what? If I had a drop of that passion, my life would be incredibly different!
It’s always nice seeing a content creator seeking to re-visit their older work with higher production standards or to do the topic or subject matter more justice.
I really appreciate the historical angle you take to this channel. It means a lot to have someone chronicling video game history who actually lived through all of it and has genuinely fully formed opinions about most of the games being covered
I genuinely look forward to your videos every week. It boggles my mind that you don't have 100x the view count on them, but I'm glad you're still doing them and will keep watching.
I suggest a Patron tier that should it be met (some exorbitant amount of course) you have to live stream completing every Nintendo Mahjong/Pachinko game in one sitting while listening to the BGM from The Chessmaster. Some sadistic whale out there would surely bankroll that I humbly believe.
Kidding aside keep up the great work, you're the NPR gaming correspondent that should have had an afternoon show in the same vein as Ira Flatow's Science Friday.
I’ve known of you since the 1up days, but I didn’t know this channel until maybe 5 years ago, sadly. But I’ve been enjoying ALL the videos, including the old ones you disparage.
Segaiden feels like getting picked up from school, only to have to spend the next few hours at my mom's office, then going home, doing homework, and going to bed. No friends, no fun.
NES Works, on the other hand, that's going to the video store on a Friday afternoon, renting a rad game, getting a pack of Bubble Tape, then getting a pizza on the way home! Cowabunga!! 💥
As someone of the same generation as you, I love all your videos. There is so much nostalgia, fun and interesting facts in your videos. It's got me wanting to get some old systems and hook up my old CRT and go to town on the classics.
I'm not sure how long ago I subscribed to your channel but I've watched several dozen videos and bought two of your books. Easily one of the best things on the Internet and I hope we all live long enough to see you complete this series. Congrats on 10 years and looking forward to many more.
Huge moment! Excited to see what's to come
You are a paragon in the field, Mr. Parish.
It is true, that your video quality has improved substantially since launch, but your coverage has always been stellar.
A reasoned, level, and responsible view of games as works of their time.
Brilliant.
Thank you for all the great work over the years.
Keep going on Jeremy, this is the most professional and mature retrogaming show on CZcams. Your style makes a great difference among the rest.
Jeremy, I really appreciate the work that you put into your videos, and look forward to seeing more from you in the future. After finding your channel 6 years ago, you inspired me to look at gaming history as a way to enhance my enjoyment with the medium. Also, your books look really nice sitting on a shelf. Thank you for all your hard work and dedication!
Absolutely one of my favorite channels.Thank you for all the fab edutainment, Jeremy!
Your videos balance the right amount of retro nostalgia and research. I rarely find quality, concise overviews of games and I’ve assigned them to my students for quick introductions to platforms and games that were created decades before they were born at this point. Thanks for all you do!
Congrats on 10 years Jeremy! Someone in a recent video mentioned that your videos are like fine PBS programming for video games and I can't think of a better way to describe your work. Well researched, written, and published material from a skilled journalist with the right level of winks and nods to those who've experienced the subject matter. Here's to 10 more and beyond!
I'll be shouting like a madman throughout the nursing home: "Wario's Woods just dropped!!"
Been here since the game boy world days, before you started covering NES games even, watching your videos on my lunch break back when I worked for low wages and fewer tips at pizza hut lol It's been a great ride, and I often cite you as the most underrated channel on CZcams. How you've been putting out such quality and important work for so long and STILL have yet to hit even 100k subscribers I don't think I'll ever understand, but I am well pleased to hear you plan to keep trucking along regardless. We'll get you that silver plaque eventually! Cheers to another 10 years and beyond!
I’ve been reading and watching your stuff since the days of the 1up show, thanks for so many years of amazing content. This series has given the trifles of my youth and analytical rigor and historical context that we all always knew they deserved.
You are the GOAT, Jeremy. Congrats on 10 years! I’m looking forward to enjoying another decade of Heiankyo Alien references.
you are criminally underviewed my guy
Been here since almost the beginning. Was initially confused by the change from "world" to "works". Remember watching videos as I attempted to peel off reflective backings for backlight and bivert mods back when Gameboys could be had for about $10. Never quite drank along with gintendo, but I've loved all the different series you've put out. Please keep it up!
I stumbled across this page on accident and I've loved it ever since. Keep it up
Jeremy Parish thank you for uploading I can say with confidence that you are my favorite channel on the internet and I recommend you to everyone I know
In the beginning it was exciting to have someone cover the forgotten old gameboy! Happy to lend you GB stuff that I have when you eventually return to it, as I've done in the past.
Really appreciate your work, Jeremy.
I have absolutely adored (and will continue to adore) the Video Works series. I love that you don’t just review a game, you go into the history of the game, the culture surrounding it, and the impact it had on the audience at the time. That’s something that you don’t get from most online review content. It’s basically you, RndStranger (who actually completed and covered the whole Famicom library and reviewed every game), and Dinosaur Dracula.
This is one of the best channels in the world and every video brings me joy. Thanks for ten years!
Still watching after all these years! Love and appreciate all the work you've done. Your style is so unique. Thank you!
I have always loved your content. thanks for taking your time to do this work.
While I wasn't there for the initial Game Boy video 10 years ago. I did sub to the channel shortly after NES Works started. I've been eagerly awaiting a new video each week ever since! They're always informative, entertaining and in many cases quite nostalgic for me to revisit these games and systems from decades past. Plus, it's been a treat to learn more about Japan only systems like the SG-1000 and Cassette Vision!
I have been here ever since the very beginning, when it was called "Gameboy World". Love your work man, here is to 10 years more!
Love the channel Jeremy. It checks all the boxes for both language/grammar nerds out there as well as those of us who seek in depth coverage of our childhood memories without any schtick or bullshit.
I've been following your writings and videos since I was just another lurker on the Talking Time forums after finding Gamespite around the release of Persona 3. Your work has been a big part of cultivating a decades long interest in gaming history and all sorts of various series like Etrian Odyssey, Dragon Quest, and Matsuno's games. It's been really fun watching this chronology series play out and I'm looking forward to however long it keeps going!
If the day ever comes that you upload a video saying "this is too expensive, and I can't do it anymore," it's gonna be like a gut punch. Too many other channels have done this, and far as I'm concerned, this is the best game history channel, period. I've been looking forward to Wednesday video drops for the last 4 years. Maybe I should hit up that patreon?
Or you can connect me with collectors who don't mind me photographing their stuff
Jeremy keep up the good work thank you and all that you do I always look forward to Wednesday vid
Thank your for all your hard work Jeremy, this is quite possibly the best retro gaming channel on the platform and certainly the model that I wish more channels would follow. The level of thoroughness in each and every review cumulatively results in the richest history of this era that anyone could aspire to. Keep it up!
On one hand, I'm surprised that this channel's been going for ten years. On the other, I've been reading the writings of ToastyFrog since... geez, what was it, 1999 or 2000, probably, when a friend I knew through EverQuest messaged me on AIM to tell me to check it out. A lot's happened since then, but Jeremy Parish keeps talking about video games SOMEWHERE on the internet, and I keep showing up to listen.
I discovered your channel a few months ago and just caught up this weekend! Here's to another 10 years.
Can't add to what's already been said. You set the bar in delivering your combined personal knowledge and research but also display a level of professionalism in the layout and delivery that is unmatched. Maybe that was slightly hyperbole, but eff man, your content is a dream. Thanks for everything.
I've been a subscriber for a long time and I never miss a new "Works" video. At the time I also went back and watched all your previous videos. I very much enjoy what you do on this channel, and hope you can continue for many more years to come. Happy 10th anniversary!
"hitting post on my warios woods video with a skeletal hand from my hospice bed"
goes so hard
i’m saddened to see you stop reviewing internationally. i loved hearing about those hidden gems
nevertheless here is to another ten!
I'll never forget stumbling onto your channel working overtime one day many years ago at this point, listening to you talk about Final Fantasy Legend and going "This guy knows what's up, I should subscribe" - one of the best youtube related decisions I've ever made.
I got really into retro gaming abd retro gaming CZcams also around 10 years ago. You're the only I still subscribe to and love. Informative, clever, well written and produced and avoid the cringy comedy so many others can't seem to grow out of!
I've been watching, listening to, and reading your content since 1up's original Retronauts run, and just wanted to say thanks for keeping it going. It really is some of the best out there.
I think gaming may have helped my eyesight. I'm well past both my parents' ages when they needed glasses with above standard vision.
Note that I did not dispute the rest of that sentence.
NES works is how I came across your content (specifically Zelda 2). I was so amazed/impressed at all the content in that first video, I immediately went back and started watching all your NES works in chronological order (thanks to your playlist). After I caught up on all that (usually playing on the side while I do my dayjob on weekends), I went back and watched all the rest of your videos. And now I just watch every video you put out every week.
I've said this before in prior comments, but I'll say it again: I believe the work you are doing is incredibly important. I dont think the subject matter will ever be a widely popular subject beyond niche audiences, but the historical information found in all these videos is just so good it could honestly all qualify as reference material for a video game history class (if one existed).
I follow a lot of different youtube creators of different types of content, but honestly I rank yours as top 3. The writing, the information, the content. All of it is just so good. I do plan on buying your books soon too (i probably will after this comment to keep my word lol). Keep being awesome!
I've been following this channel since day one, as a fellow Game Boy enthousiast. It inspired me to create my own short lived CZcams show dedicated to fighting games on 90's handheld (Pocket Fighter, all in French, talk about a niche of a niche of a niche). It also was around 2013 that I started looking into expanding my childhood collection via eBay and the French version of Craig's List, and experienced first hand the insane inflation I probably participated in (last CIB GB game purchased in 2017). Any way, here's to new beginnings and doing again what was already done, it's a burden only perfectionists understand!
Thanks for all the wonderful videos, Jeremy! I've enjoyed watching your efforts evolve overtime. No matter the production values, you've been consistently entertaining.
Sounds like a great plan to me. Thanks for all the hard work over the years. Cheers! 🥂
Here’s to ten more years! 🎉
Been here prolly 6 or 7 years. I always appreciate what you have to say and felt the works or world series brought a lot to the table. I kinda wish you wouldnt do the im so old jokes only cause it makes me feel old tho and i think youve done marvelous things revel in your time.
I don't recall exactly when first I caught wind of you, as I'd know about The Retronauts for a long time, but I do recall being quite excited for Virtual Boy Works.
In any case, your videos have become a red swingline stapler of mine, in that I'd go absolutely bonkers if anyone messed with you.
Hopefully I'll be here for 10 years to see your chronology continue!
I don’t know how I found your channel but it feels like I’ve been watching for a long ass time. Keep up the good work
I have been following your work since your IGN days. Since that time there has been a plethora of retro presenters and channels. Many of them quite good. However, they are all meant to speak to the choir, your approach reminds of art history. Professor Parish rolls in with his equipment and instead of a slide projector, you have a NES and instead of slides of paintings, each episode is a cartridge.
Not only do you have the thoughtful academic approach, but you approach the subject matter for an audience that is outside of the wood-paneled nostaglia den. You aren't deep diving for ultra nerds, you are building the framework for an understanding of the medium.
At risk of sounding like a kiss-ass, I can honestly say that your videos will be cited by students studying this subject long after we are gone. I mean that in an absolute subjective way. Not out of fondness.
Congratulations on 10 years. I'm sure this is a time of reflection, as many in this community are dealing with those middle-aged questions. I know you tend to be self-deprecating, but take a moment to be proud. This probaby isn't what you thought you would be when you started in games journalism, but how much more interesting it is now that you are here.
Since you are feeling old...I want some fan art of you as the old Knight from Indiana Jones with a bunch of catridges behind you. Looking at us with with dusty bemusement saying "Choose Wisely."
Anyway, congrats again. Hope to see you for as long as you enjoy it.
Thanks for all your hard work, your videos have been cheering me up since the start. I first started listening to you on the original 1UP run of Retronauts!