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Waifu Wednesday: Marin
Since its third installment A Link to the Past, Nintendo’s Legend of Zelda series has had a fine variety of memorable female characters. My personal favourite from among this varied cast hails from the...
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Mega Drive Essentials: Shadow Dancer
What happened to ninjas? I feel like they were unironically cool in the ’90s, and that they were everywhere. Perhaps they simply learned that being highly visible is not an especially desirable...
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Shantae: You Stay
The Shantae series as a whole is a wonderful symbol of endurance, and of holding on to the things you believe in. I’m not talking about the narratives of the games themselves — though for sure this...
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Pete Plays Sorcery Saga: Curse of the Great Curry God
Hi folks, just a quickie to announce that from this point onwards, you can expect (hopefully) regular Let’s Play videos on Saturdays and Sundays. This is in addition to MoeGamer’s midweek content,...
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Puzzler Essentials: Columns
A lot of games that really stand the test of time are based on a very simple idea. This is particularly apparent in the puzzle game genre, which typically involves little more than matching shapes and...
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Mega Drive Essentials: ToeJam and Earl
Ah, the ’90s. The era of attitude. Or, more specifically, the era of everyone spontaneously and inexplicably wishing they were Californian. Video games certainly weren’t exempt from this trend at all,...
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Waifu Wednesday: Risky Boots
The Shantae series is effortlessly and consistently sexy. We’ve already talked about how the titular protagonist of the series exemplifies this perfectly, but the same is also true of a number of other...
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Shantae: Risky’s Revenge – Jumping Generations
An interesting aspect of the Shantae series is how its presentation and execution has evolved over time. While the first game, being released in the twilight years of the 8-bit Game Boy Color,...
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Did you know MoeGamer has a YouTube channel? You can find it (and subscribe) here! Over on the channel, you’ll find video versions of many MoeGamer articles, Let’s Plays of games — including some I...
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Game Boy Essentials: Game Boy Gallery
Nintendo has always been good at handheld games — even long before its Game Boy and subsequent platforms were a thing. Those of you as old as me will doubtless remember the Game & Watch series, a...
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Game Boy Essentials: Mario Tennis
With the latest installment in the Mario Tennis series coming soon to Nintendo Switch at the time of writing, I thought it would be a good opportunity to revisit one of my favourite versions. It’s not...
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Waifu Wednesday: Rottytops
I’m not sure what it is about characters that… aren’t quite human, but there’s something incredibly appealing about them. I’m not the only person to feel this way, either, as evidenced by the...
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Lily’s Day Off: The Visual Novel, Condensed
If you’re reading this, chances are you’ve indulged in a visual novel or two in your time. Perhaps they’re even a primary form of entertainment for you. Those of you who have explored the medium to...
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Shantae and the Pirate’s Curse: What a Lovely Day to Have a Curse
There’s something really satisfying about the title “Shantae and the Pirate’s Curse”. It sounds like the sort of thing I’d have had on my bookshelf as a kid — part of a series I’d have almost certainly...
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The MoeGamer Podcast: Episode 4 – Servant to the Gacha
A week later than originally intended, here’s the fourth episode of The MoeGamer Podcast! We’re a week late because last weekend I’d been struck down by some sort of hideous plague that made me want to...
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Shmup Essentials: Riddled Corpses EX
You know sometimes you just see a game and think “I’m going to enjoy this?” That was very much me and Riddled Corpses EX. There was something about the game’s excellent use of convincing 16-bit style...
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Waifu Wednesday: Anniversary Special
So, I wanted to do something a little bit different today, and I hope you’ll indulge me in a somewhat more personal post than usual. Today is the third anniversary of my marriage to my wife Andie, you...
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Mario Tennis Aces: Some First Impressions
I’m not a big sports game guy, but I’ve always had a lot of time for Nintendo’s takes on tennis and golf. The Game Boy Color version of Mario Tennis in particular stole many hours of my life back in...
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#followfriday: Some Content Creators I Love
There are lots of wonderfully talented people on the Internet! These days I tend to find that it’s passionate individuals, not commercial, corporate sites, that provide the most interesting and...
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Shantae: 1/2 Genie Hero – Beyond the Pixel
When I was growing up with computers and consoles in the early days of gaming, my dream of “what graphics will be like in the future” was not one of photorealism. Okay, I’ll admit, attempts at...
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