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Tag: Nostalgia

  • Battlefield 6: Fighting for Nostalgic Survival in an Era of Competitive Youth

    Battlefield 6: Fighting for Nostalgic Survival in an Era of Competitive Youth

    I’m old, man. I feel the decrepitude of an aging body in my joints and in the tardiness of my reactions. There’s a perpetual fog that rests over my mind. And yet, I’m a child of an ascendant video game era. Mario captured my imagination. Link made me feel heroic. Master Chief ruled the LAN.…

  • Saturday Morning Cinema – Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves

    Saturday Morning Cinema – Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves

    1991’s Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves is a movie steeped in nostalgia, but it is also a weird movie with eccentirc characters. This article explores what makes Prince of Thieves enjoyable and what brings it down.

  • A Collecting Comeback

    I want them all. I want to catch them all. I want to collect them all. Sometimes, it just feels good to be a kid again. My collecting itch went into hibernation but re-emerged with a vengeance.

  • Where Have All The Lego Gone?

    Remember when Lego let you enter plausible worlds of imagination? You could venture into medieval kingdoms, take on pirates, or leap into the unknown of space. Each world, or time, had protagonists and antagonists with exquisite set pieces to create, well, worlds. It could be a completely immersive experience. There were no movie or TV…