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Episode 07: Duke Nukem 3D - PC
Episode 06: Resident Evil 2 - PS1
Episode 05: Deus Ex - PC
Episode 04: Mega Man Legends - PS1
Episode 03: Jet Grind Radio - Dreamcast
Episode 02: Mega Man 4-6 - NES
Episode 01: The Neo Geo Pocket Color - NGPC

Nostaljourney is a retro gaming podcast that features an new cast every episode. Each episode is based on discussing a particular game or series, then finding people who are nostalgic for it and people who have never played it before. If need be we go so far as to donate all the necessary gaming hardware to the newcomers. We compare the experiences of the two groups to find out how well a game has really aged as well as discuss its history.

For younger community members it may be a chance to learn what gaming was like in the past. For older community members it may be a chance to discover what games are truly classic and what games are not. In general the show exists to evaluate and discuss the nature of nostalgia and for everyone in the community to get to know each other better. Because the show involves giving out free games, it only records once every couple of months.

Recent changes to the game plan will hopefully entail the show recording every 2 weeks.


Shadows of the Damned - Multiplatform
Alice: Madness Returns - Multiplatform
Dead Rising 2 - Multiplatform
Radiant Historia - Nintendo DS
Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks - Nintendo DS
Ace Attorney Investigations - Nintendo DS

Wryviews are my personal review series where I try to do things different from the norm by asking myself how well the game achieved its goal, instead of if I liked the game or not. Wryviews are a personal challenge to stay objective and identify who would enjoy a certain game, rather than complain about who wouldn't. I feel that being a good reviewer entails being able to identify each game's audience.


Mega Man and Bass - Gameboy Advance
Maken X - Dreamcast

Gemnalysis is a series where I hunt down lesser known or neglected games and make a case for playing them despite the fact that they're older. Instead of flat out reviewing these games I look at them from the perspective of a collector and go over the game's history, and special trivia it may have.


Boss Battle - Mark of the Wolves
Boss Battle + Final Match - King of Fighters 98

Fatal Impact is a series of community tournaments revolving around SNK fighters; rather, it was. I happen to host the tournaments, but only once in a blue moon when I have the free time. I accept any and all callers, though I am not an entrant. Instead I am a trainer who organizes my entrants and helps to improve their game while introducing them to new and lesser appreciated fighting games.

The Fatal Impact tournaments will likely not continue until SNK releases games with better netcode. With recent promises from Atlus, King of Fighters XIII is likely to become the next big Fatal Impact game.


King of Fighters 94
King of Fighters 95
King of Fighters 96
King of Fighters 97

The King of Fighters Love Letter is a series dedicated to the storyline and history of SNK fighting games. Many people don't know anything about SNK in general, and with King of Fighters XIII on its way I'm going to bring everyone up to speed on the story in the series thus far.

Now that King of Fighters XIII has an actual release date this series may continue beyond the first story arc (Orochi Saga), but it's difficult to find solid information on the series' backstory.





Podsumaki Episode 09: Mortal Kombat Special
Podsumaki is a fighting game podcast that I hosted on and organized. There was a lot of random smack talk but it was a fun show. Currently it's on hold and none of the hosts are sure if it will ever come back. Our last episode was our highlight, where we spoke with three of the best Mortal Kombat players in the US and discussed the Mortal Kombat community and the upcoming game. If you were to listen to any one episode of Podsumaki, I'd recommend it be this.

The Top Three Things "Gamers" Should Care About Less
Somebody on Call of Duty: Black Ops screamed at me for not being good enough at the game, even though I wasn't on his team. Thanks to that I decided to write an article on some of the biggest problems with the gaming community, mostly their inability to care about things that actually matter.

Tainted Beauty: The Death and Rebirth of a Genre
What we have here is an article revolving around the 2D fighting game genre, the path one must go through to become good at the games, and all the obstacles in the way of this that I feel eventually led to the temporary death of the genre prior to the release of games like Street Fighter IV and BlazBlue.

Wry Guides: Goozex Training Manual
Wry Guides are a series where I try to educate the people of the community by writing about something that I in particular know a lot about. More than anything else though, it's just me unleashing a bad pun upon the world.

Top 11 Dreamcast Games You Probably Didn't Play
In this article I recap my experience as a guy who loved the Dreamcast, because he grew up with it as one of his primary forms of entertainment. The games listed aren't the popular and trendy choices so much as the lesser played B-list and C-list games that only true Dreamcast veterans touched.

Hey, I liked it: Mega Man VII
Hey, I liked it was a series where I reflected on games that I'm fond of that weren't appreciated by many people. As opposed to Wryviews which are meant to be impartial, this was a much more personal series. This series might continue some day but I could really not think of a bigger black sheep game than Mega Man VII.

Wry's Dreamcast Homebrew Guide: Pre-Brewed
There was a time when I was extremely, extremely into my Dreamcast. I didn't just play tons of regular games that I found on sale, I also researched the wealth of bootleg Dreamcast programs. These days I'm a collector and I'm not concerned with unofficial software. I'm too busy playing games I actually own. Still I created a quick guide to some of the easiest and best programs available for the Dreamcast that can be used with no hassle.

Untapped potential: Stop breaking my balls
I suck at games: But not forever
My Expertise: The Grand Jackass of Obscurity
Nothing is sacred: Sequels
Groundhog Day: Can you feel the sunshine, Sonic?
I started writing about games roughly a year and a half ago, and since then my viewpoints and my writing style have changed. Destructoid's Monthly Musings were a good way for me to get started when I didn't have many article ideas. These are all the ones I wrote that were promoted to the front page. I'm not super proud of them anymore, but if you want to see my writings evolve a little bit you can compare these to my more recent articles.

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The Great Wry and Magnalon Race: Mega Man X Mike Moran | 11:04 PM on 08.12.2009 28 comments

For those of you uninformed, Magnalon and myself have planned to take part in several Mega Man races. The idea originally spawned in one of my Mega Man blogs. Magnalon asserted that in Mega Man and Bass, playing as Bass was the game's easy mode. I didn't necessarily disagree, but at the same time I asserted that Mega Man was still a very effective character. Thus came the idea for a race, myself as Mega Man and Magnalon as Bass. However before that we decided to start with a run of Mega Man X. The rules were as follows: No boss weaknesses. You had to take down the bosses with just a buster. The only exception was Sigma's Final Form. Though I'm hoping to get some video footage and commentary in for the originally proclaimed Mega Man and Bass run, we just did a bare bones stopwatch play in this case. The results are in as thus: Wry Guy: 2 Hours and 36 Minutes This time actually kind of sucks on my part. My time before hitting Sigma was actually pretty decent. Before him my time was around 1 hour and 30 minutes. After that however, I just sucked. To be perfectly honest I wasted about an hour on Sigma simply for the fact that I fought him like a retard and didn't keep in mind that once you get on his final form's hands, you can stay up there. I kept jumping off and getting murdered by the barrage of lighting and fire shots from above, and only brought one sub tank with me because I was trying to not waste time collecting everything. Ended up being counter-productive. The reason I went for the stage order I did was to obtain the dash boots as quickly as possible in Chill Penguin's stage, and then the helmet in Storm Eagle's stage so that I could get the hidden buster upgrade in Flame Mammoth's stage. After that I went after Sting Chameleon for the armor upgrade and his power, so that I could use the charged up chameleon ability to run straight through certain areas of the game. I only used it a few times, though. I could have gotten a much faster time had I used it as often as possible... that and didn't suck dick against Sigma. Stage Order: Chill Penguin, Storm Eagle, Flame Mammoth, Sting Chameleon, Boomer Kuwanger, Launch Octopus, Spark Mandrill, Armored Armadillo. Items Obtained: 1 sub tank, 3 heart tanks, all upgrades including preemptive Zero Buster. Magnalon: 1 hour and 30 minutes Unlike me, Magnalon didn't waste tons of time on Sigma and sped through with a total victory. Quoted from the man himself, "It was optional accessories, so you definitely had time to go back and get some heart-subtanks! We should have a redo!" Very good chance that we will later on too. Magnalon's biggest obstacles were the Wall boss from Sigma Stage 2, and Sigma's first form. If some of you don't recall, the wall boss is the giant face that shoots you with his eyeballs. I don't know Magnalon's exact reasoning behind his stage order, but he'll probably let us know in the comments. Stage Order: Chill Penguin, Storm Eagle, Flame Mammoth, Spark Mandrill, Armored Armadillo, Launch Octopus, Boomer Kuwanger, Sting Chameleon. Items Obtained: 4 Heart Tanks, 1 Sub Tank, Armor Upgrade, Boot Upgrade. Stay tuned for the next race. Advertisement: Find Lawyers I've no idea why it's always the same ad they give me, but I like having a bloggable viewcounter and that's all they ask.