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MONETIZING OUR MEMORIES

Beware The Corporate Video Game Canon

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Video game nostalgia, at least as represented by these pint-sized console re-releases, has become very big business, reliant on both our memories of playing these games, as well as our affection for the corporations who facilitated such experiences.

MUSHROOM HEAD? MUSHROOM HAT? WHICH?

Let Us Consider Toad, Whatever The Hell He Is

5 diggs games.avclub.com Gaming 19 Jul

It's worth noting Toad is both a named character and also the name of a species of Toad-like people. This surreal synecdochic quality is shared by Yoshi, who is also *a* Yoshi.

WE'RE WAY PAST 'TEARS IN THE RAIN'

'Detroit', 'Westworld' And Moving Androids Beyond Human

6 diggs games.avclub.com Culture Gaming TV Movies 26 Jun

We live in an era where it's completely mundane to ask talking boxes for trivia answers and maintain digital extensions of our personae on websites accessed through portable phones. We are not as suspicious of technology as we once were. It's a part of us now — something we live with.