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Samuel Rivera

An avid video game player and book reader, Samuel has been playing video games for the last 31 years. He has played nearly every PS1 JRPG known to man, and loves Ocarina of Time more than any other game.
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Games That Will Cost You a Kidney: Mystical Ninja (N64)

Posted on July 17, 2022July 17, 2022 by Samuel Rivera

When we think expensive retro games, for some strange reason, Nintendo 64 games do not come to mind. This is true, despite the fact that just last year a sealed copy of Mario 64 was sold for a whooping 1.5 million dollars at an auction. Yeah, that’s way more expensive than ‘kidney’ money. This week,…

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Throwback Bit Thursday: Sonic Generations

Posted on July 14, 2022 by Samuel Rivera

Sonic 3-D games, for the most part, have sucked. Don’t get me wrong, I highly enjoyed Sonic Adventure back in 1999-2000, but that might be the only 3-D game in the franchise that I thought was any good. My son (who is 5 years old) loves Sonic, he loves Mario too (and has played dozens…

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The Worst Main Numbered Final Fantasy Games of All Time

Posted on July 12, 2022July 12, 2022 by Samuel Rivera

Final Fantasy is a long-time running series populated by good to great games. But there are a few exceptions to that rule. I have made an effort to list the five worst main Final Fantasy games of all time on this list.  This is not a list based on Metacritic or GameRankings. It is a list…

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Games That Will Cost You a Kidney: Tales of Destiny 2 (Eternia)

Posted on July 7, 2022 by Samuel Rivera

Namco’s Tales series is popular these days thanks to the recent (successful) release of Tales of Arise. However, JRPG fans have been around this series for a quarter century. Despite the long running nature of the series, the PlayStation pair of “Destiny” titles both remain the most legendary and hard to find, making them “kidney”…

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The Best Games of 2010 According to GameRankings

Posted on July 6, 2022July 6, 2022 by Samuel Rivera

Traditionally, when talking about great years for gaming, 1998 is often referred to as the greatest year for gaming ever. A close look at 2010 showcases a gaming list (at the top level) that is as good, or nearly as good, as the legendary 1998 top ten best games’ list.  2010 brought us games in…

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Final Fantasy XVI to be More Mature Than its Predecessors?

Posted on July 3, 2022July 3, 2022 by Samuel Rivera

News and recent trailer of the upcoming Final Fantasy XVI have been exciting for many FF fans for a variety of different reasons. First, the game is seen as some sort of rebirth for the series after nearly two decades of unpopular mainline Final Fantasy games. Second, the game’s producer, Naoki Yoshida, has a good…

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Bernie Stolar: The Legend, The No RPG Policy, And His Dreamcast Love

Posted on June 30, 2022 by Samuel Rivera

Bernie Stolar passed away this week (at age 75). He is best remembered within the world of video games for his exploits as Sony Computer Entertainment of America’s Vice President during the PlayStation’s early days and as Sega’s President of the American branch during the late Saturn early Dreamcast era. He successfully laid the groundwork…

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Games That Will Cost You a Kidney: Dragon Force

Posted on June 29, 2022June 29, 2022 by Samuel Rivera

When we think about old classic turn-based Japanese Role-Playing games, Final Fantasy Tactics and the Shining Force series come to mind. A game that is not often mentioned, and it should be (mentioned) among those great titles, is Dragon Force.  Dragon Force is a tactical Sega RPG. It was published by Sega in Japan, but…

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The Best Games of 2009 According to GameRankings

Posted on June 28, 2022June 28, 2022 by Samuel Rivera

As we approach the end of the 2000s decade, we begin to see some of the most refined games from the PlayStation 3/Xbox 360 era. As always, we took off the list games with less than 20 reviews to their name, and games that had multiple versions on the list.   We have removed versions…

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Final Fantasy XVI: Distances Itself From Turn Based Battles to Focus on Action

Posted on June 25, 2022 by Samuel Rivera

Some Final Fantasy old school fans have been clamoring for a return to the series turn-based combat roots. Despite this, modern gaming has, for the most part, moved away from what was the preferred method of role-playing game combat in the early decades of the genre. Action-combat role-playing games have sold better than turn based…

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