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Nintendo’s NES Era Golden Book Creators Tell The Story Behind The Stories [Legend of Zelda & Super Mario Bros.]

Sep 9, 20214 min read
The creators behind the NES era Golden Books tell the stories behind the stories to reveal how the books were made possible.

Thanks to the technological limitations of the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), story telling within NES games themselves was often limited. To that end, during the…

Arnold Schwarzenegger Newsletters 2019 to Present

Sep 6, 20218 min read
Arnold Schwarzenegger

Below is a collection of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s News Letters. I will post more when they are released. If you appreciate this archive, you may also…

Reexamining Nintendo’s Worlds of Power Novels with Author Peter Lerangis, Seth Godin

Sep 6, 20217 min read
Reexamining Nintendo's Worlds of Power Novels with Lerangis & Godin

What Were The Worlds of Power Novels? In the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) era (1985 to the early 90’s), there wasn’t a whole lot of…

Disney Imagineer Raymond Kinman on Indiana Jones Adventure, Country Bear Playhouse

Sep 6, 20219 min read
Disney Imagineer Raymond Kinman on Indiana Jones Adventure, Country Bear Playhouse

Table of contents Raymond Kinman’s Early Career Raymond Kinman Begins Working For Disney Raymond Kinman Gets Indiana Jones Disneyland’s Country Bear Playhouse Raymond Kinman Begins…

Felice Herrig Offers to Sign Her New Book For Any Fan Who Sends it

Sep 4, 20212 min read
Felice Herrig Offers to Sign Her New Book For Any Fan Who Sends it

On August 30th American kickboxer, Muay Thai fighter, and mixed martial artist Felice Herrig sent out to her millions of followers an open invitation to…

Megan Farquhar on Modeling as Lara Croft For Tomb Raider (2013)

Sep 3, 20212 min read
Megan Farquhar on Modeling as Lara Croft For Tomb Raider (2013)

Tomb Raider (2013) is a collaboration between developer Crystal Dynamics and publisher Square Enix. The action-adventure video game was a new start for the decades…

Photo of Dragon Spirit Prop Used in Nintendo NES Commercial Surfaces From Creator Lynette Eklund

Sep 1, 20212 min read
Photo of Dragon Spirit Prop From Creator Lynette Eklund

Dragon Spirit got its US release on June 20, 1987. However, the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) port, titled Dragon Spirit: The New Legend, didn’t come…

Nicole Eggert on Her Super Mario Bros. Super Show! Guest Appearance

Sep 1, 20212 min read
Nicole Eggert on Her Super Mario Bros. Super Show! Guest Appearance

Nicole Elizabeth Eggert (born January 13, 1972) is an American actress. She played Summer Quinn on the television series Baywatch and guest-starred in the premiere…

How Much is a Sealed Video Game Worth? [The Real Value of 3 Retro Games Breaking Sales Records]

Sep 1, 20214 min read
How Much is a Sealed Video Game Worth? [The Real Value of 3 Retro Games Breaking Sales Records]

Sales at auction of sealed video games have been making headlines for years now, thanks to the unbelievable sales prices that they are achieving. However,…

From Game & Watch to Game Watches [How Nintendo Put Zelda, Mario Bros. & Tetris on Your Wrist]

Sep 1, 20213 min read
From Game & Watch to Game Watches [How Nintendo Put Zelda, Mario Bros. & Tetris on Your Wrist]

Game & Watch Designer Gunpei Yokoi Envisions Video Game Wrist Watches Back in the 70’s and 80’s computers were getting smaller—and quick. Technology was shrinking…

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