Author Archives: hungrygoriya
Christmas! …in September?
I cringed a little when I walked into our local Value Village last week and it was full of Halloween decor and costumes. I’m barely able to accept the idea that summer is leaving us soon and The World is … Continue reading
Entertainer Blogger Award
I am so grateful to LilSamuelJones of Next Level Reviews, I Played the Game and Shelby Steiner of Falcon Reviews for nominating me for the Entertainer Blogger Award. All three of these blogs are an absolute pleasure to read, so … Continue reading
Acknowledging Regrets: Pokemon Snap
Last I left you all, I had been going on about how there was a copy of Pokemon Snap in the glass case at Value Village for $20. I had lamented about its cost and swore that I’d never buy … Continue reading
Answering Ads: Pokemon Gold and Crystal
I scour classifieds ads daily since good things tend to come out of the woodwork on a regular basis, especially when approaching the weekend. Last night, a person had put up about 15 ads for boxed Game Boy Colour games, … Continue reading
The Game Collection: The Legend of Zelda
Look at this stuff, isn’t it neat? Wouldn’t you think my collection’s complete? Wouldn’t you think I’m a girl, a girl who has… all the Zeldas? You’d be right. Although this blog is dedicated to hunting for retro games and … Continue reading
The Bountiful Retro Game Harvest: Game Swap Day
Game exchanges/swaps are hands-down my favourite thing to do on a weekend. Where I live they roll out every few months in cities that are at least a few hours away, so it takes a little bit of planning to … Continue reading
Award Nominations: Liebster Award and Blogger Recognition Award
There is nothing quite like reading your blog’s name as a nominee in a great author’s award post. I am flattered to have been nominated twice recently for the Liebster award by benez256 of I Heart Old Games and Mr. … Continue reading
The Retro Gods Giveth – Kirby, Yoshi and The Simpsons
The N64 console is not something I grew up playing, so I don’t have a lot of nostalgic attachment to it or its games, but I know that the system did have some successful installments in big-name franchises that I’m … Continue reading
Dabbling in Emulation: Xbox Softmod
At Value Village the other day, my boyfriend and I were disappointed to find a whole bunch of extremely overpriced consoles in the glass case. $99 for an NES? $99 for a Wii with some virtual console games on it? … Continue reading
Full of Funk and Punny as Heck: Sega Acquisitions
There are a few games that I used to rent constantly as a kid, and one of them was Toejam and Earl in Panic on Funkotron for the Sega Genesis. At the last few swaps, I’ve felt a bit like … Continue reading
