Sticking to the indoors a lot can bring up memories good and bad. It’s important to realize a lot of the “great” stuff you see today in media and entertainment had it roots probably somewhere else; somewhere still reachable if you look hard enough. Although I do welcome the new wave of creativity the internet has fostered in the last decade; I can’t help but be an old sentimental fool when it comes to serialized TV series of yesteryear with the talent to match it up. So if you don’t mind the slightly cornball acting and ridiculous plot, I welcome you to watch a series of my childhood on IMDb TV (it’s free if you have an account - also free to create) called The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. If anything the younger folks out there might wonder why a lot of boomers like Bruce Campbell and hold him in such high “geek” regard and how hot Kelly Rutherford really was during her time on the series!

I’m trying something different starting this month with an audio blog about a topic I’m posting. This one in particular has to do with a developer I have a history with (a good one) and I hope you find it interesting enough to listen all the way through. For background information, the developer recently got in some hot water with Google and had his account disabled - presumably preventing him from further updating and maintaining his game on the Google Play platform. More details in the audio clip below!

Speaking of space games, if you got some time to kill and want to play a kick-ass shmup you probably never heard of if you’re under the age of 21; then I have a treat for you. It’s called “Tyrian” and sparked my love of shmup games ever since I was a little child. Better yet it’s completely and legally free to play and is available on various ports. Click on the image below to visit the open Tyrian website.

I always feel like I need to include some obligatory waifu content in all my posts, but this month’s theme of “retro” stuff is really making me strain my brain connecting the two. So I’ll end this month’s update with my first “official” waifu that started it all - Katt/Rinpoo Chaun from Breath of Fire II! If you haven’t played the game yet, it’s a decent jRPG that unfortunately hasn’t aged particularly too well (tons of random battles and relatively slow combat system), but it’s still solid enough for an extremely lazy day if you are so inclined. The game is officially playable on the New Nintendo 3DS eshop, but you can also scour the internet for the Snes / GBA variants. Until next month, stay safe!