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This column is “Re-release this,” which will focus on games that aren’t easily available, or even available at all, but should be once again. Previous entries in this series can be found through this link. You might not know Princess Crown, but it’s likely you know who was behind its development. George Kamitani was the director of the Sega Saturn action RPG, which was at one point in its creation so obscure that we don’t actually know the name of the company he was developing it at before they closed down.

This column is “Re-release this,” which will focus on games that aren’t easily available, or even available at all, but should be once again. Previous entries in this series can be found through this link. The Sonic the Hedgehog games from the Sega Genesis era have been released and re-released and ported so many times now that you can discuss which of those versions is superior and which are disappointments. No such attention nor care has been given to Sonic’s underappreciated handheld adventures, however: sure, the Game Gear titles received a second life on the Nintendo 3DS digital storefront, but what of Pocket Adventure?

This column is “Re-release this,” which will focus on games that aren’t easily available, or even available at all, but should be once again. Previous entries in this series can be found through this link. Will I ever be over there finally being a new Star Wars arcade flight game that controls and plays well, but I have no interest in playing because the game also has you play and try to relate to Space Nazis?

This column is “Re-release this,” which will focus on games that aren’t easily available, or even available at all, but should be once again. Previous entries in this series can be found through this link. In 1994, Wario was still establishing himself as a character. We were introduced to him in 1992 as the antagonist of Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins, and the main takeaway from that was Wario’s love of treasure and castles: Mario was seemingly a magnanimous type — how else do you explain Bowser not being murdered after multiple kidnappings?

I am so pissed about Nature Valley Bars — and not for the usual reasons, which are along the lines of: there is granola stuck in my bra, there is granola jammed inside my keyboard, etc. Nature Valley, owned by General Mills, recently launched a “recyclable” wrapper for its crumbly ass bars. The wrapper is made of a polyethylene film, a type of plastic, which, according to General Mills spokesperson, “can be sold with other flexible plastics to be used to create synthetic lumber/decking equipment (e.

Just been reminded that I needed to complete the telling of how Tank, Jet, and Sub Girls all met in the first place. The preceding two instalments are already here on Substack, way back in August and September. Or… why not treat yourself, and get a copy of the mother volume from whence the episodes sprung - the ‘King Tank Girl collected graphic novel. Art and lettering by Brett, scripting by me…

This year Jewish Voice for Peace put out a new haggadah. I’ve seen a lot of hatred directly towards it, some of it just generalized hatred of JVP and some specific to the haggadah. I won't be using JVP’s haggadah to guide my seder, but I’m going to read it and think about it, and I want to ask the people delegitimizing it to consider three things: The people who made it are Jewish (check their bios if you don’t believe me).

This is the Weight and Healthcare newsletter! If you like what you are reading, please consider subscribing and/or sharing! Reader Barabara asked: ”I’ve tried to look into the “science” Awaken 180 claims to rely on, but there’s not much to go on from their website. Similarly, I’ve tried to find out more about the founder, Paige Lopez, but only the basics seem to be available. Awaken 180 has quite a bit of traction in New England, and they have linked up with professional athletes, as well, which has broadened the appeal.

Is The Running Grave the end of the Cormoran Strike series? Obviously not; the author and publisher have said there will be as many as three more books and there are a bundle of story-lines that need to be tied up. Having said that, though, there are significant reasons for thinking that the series as originally laid out was designed as a seven book ring cycle with the first and last books as a ‘latch,’ the fourth novel as the series ‘turn,’ and the books between the latch and the turn, before and after, are in parallel.