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My grandfather in the nursing home with COPD got coronavirus days before the vaccine. This may be the end. A priest was there earlier today. I trust God knows what he’s doing, whether he lives or dies it is His plan.

Dad tested positive for Covid, so we're all quarantined for the next two weeks.

Upside? More video game time.

My grandfather in the nursing home with COPD got coronavirus days before the vaccine. This may be the end. A priest was there earlier today. I trust God knows what he’s doing, whether he lives or dies it is His plan.

Mail call!

Mail call!

Today I ordered a whole THIRTEEN Atari VCS cartridges from @Scott Stilphen of Atari Compendium fame. What a great deal— all these games for less than $25.00! I’m looking forward to sharing these games with you all when they arrive. Some of these games I ought to have gotten a long time ago.

Happy New Year! We are now only 63 years away from the great robot takeover...

Here is a shirt that I got for Christmas. Brownie points to anyone who gets the reference. This shirt says my dad all over it.

Happy New Year 2021.

I can only hope for a better 2021 for everyone! 😎😛

2 new crew members.  Both engineers.  LaForge and O'Brien. 

Happy 10th birthday, Metroid! I’m so happy to have you in my life. You have certainly helped shape me as a person.

What books have you all been reading recently? I'm reading this one called "Blood, Sweat, and Pixels". I haven't played any of the games it covers (not really my thing), but it really is interesting and I may have to check a few of them out someday.

And yes, I edited this post and completely redid it. I don't want to wallow in negativity. Best to keep some things to myself.

Happy 10th birthday, Metroid! I’m so happy to have you in my life. You have certainly helped shape me as a person.

Happy 10th birthday, Metroid! I’m so happy to have you in my life. You have certainly helped shape me as a person.

Happy 10th birthday, Metroid! I’m so happy to have you in my life. You have certainly helped shape me as a person.

I had to tear down my entire game room because of my mother. She also made me take down the CRT in my room. I am going to wait a while until this massive, days-long family fight has calmed down before I rebuild. It wouldn’t be Christmas without some massive, destructive, drawn-out family brawls.

I had to tear down my entire game room because of my mother. She also made me take down the CRT in my room. I am going to wait a while until this massive, days-long family fight has calmed down before I rebuild. It wouldn’t be Christmas without some massive, destructive, drawn-out family brawls.

THANK YOU, GRANDMA AND PAPA! For Christmas, they got me the brand new McCartney album! Haven’t listened to it yet, but I hope to soon!

I now own both McCartney 1 and 3. I just need 2 now!

Ho ho ho 🎅🎄  We got our first snow ❄️ of the season! It looks like a few inches piled up in just a few short hours. And on that appropriate note, a local gamer with the permission of the creator put together a Genesis cartridge of the homebrew Mega Xmas '89. My cartridge arrived today.

I think I have more homebrews and repros for my Genesis than official cartridges 😜 k-u-r-a-z-y

The rom is available for free download from the creator's site. It works in all regions.

https://nekojitagames.itch.io/megaxmas89 

Two of Nintendo’s most-hated systems finally meet. Wii U and Virtual Boy unite! 

This game, Mario Clash, is great. It’s like a sequel to arcade Mario Brothera. The jump and throw buttons are reversed from what you’d expect, but you get used to it pretty fast. I still swapped the buttons on my controller, however, and turned the harsh red colors to a nice white. The graphics really pop on my CRT. Shame the VB wasn’t handled and designed a little better. 

Two of Nintendo’s most-hated systems finally meet. Wii U and Virtual Boy unite! 

This game, Mario Clash, is great. It’s like a sequel to arcade Mario Brothera. The jump and throw buttons are reversed from what you’d expect, but you get used to it pretty fast. I still swapped the buttons on my controller, however, and turned the harsh red colors to a nice white. The graphics really pop on my CRT. Shame the VB wasn’t handled and designed a little better. 

Thanks to a trade with @chas10e, my crew has increased by one.  Counselor Troi in da house.

😛😎 Holy crap Cyberpunk 2077 is 🔥🔥🔥

Pretty pumped that Pac-Man publisher Bandai-Namco reposted my Pac-Tree on their IG and Twitter!  Totally made my day! 

https://www.instagram.com/p/CIyQOPEgupA/?igshid=fjk5o5ixwdi6