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Playing with the Player: A Celebration of Ever17 at 20
On August 28, 2022, KID’s seminal visual novel Ever17: The Out of Infinity turns 20. To celebrate this milestone, I decided to analyze and/or ramble about why, two decades later, its plot still manages to surprise.WARNING: This article contains massive spoilers for Ever17. One of the most powerful tools in fiction is tricking your audience.…
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[From the Archives] Nintendo Cartridge Codes Decoded: What that number at the bottom of your Game Boy cartridge means
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This post originally appeared on Reddit in May 2019. Since then, some of the sites used for information have gone down, and some of the “facts” have proven to be false, but here it is, as it was originally published. Every portable Nintendo console, from the original Game Boy to the Switch, has a code…
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[Garzey Day 2022] Making Sense of Our Convoluted Situation
In October 2021, I joked to a friend that I would “write a research paper or something” about Garzey’s Wing for April Fools Day. Through the miracle of taking a joke too far, I actually did it. As a disclaimer, I am not a professionally trained writer of any sort. Consider the following essay the…
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[Garzey Day 2022]An Interview with Justin Sevakis about Garzey’s Wing
In March 2022, in preparation for my retrospective on Garzey’s Wing, I had the opportunity to interview the industry legend who reminded the world of Tomino’s “masterpiece” back in 2007, Justin Sevakis. vi: Do you know anything surrounding how Garzey’s Wing was licensed? Was it chosen directly, or was it part of a package of…