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Iconic Characters in Video Games

An opinion article by John B about what makes video game characters iconic.

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Letter from the Editor (June 2019)

Hello again internetarinos! It's that time of the month again! Wait, that could have been worded better... Welcome to another issue of SuperNerdLand Magazine! So what is going on around our parts, what's new, and what are we up to? [...]

Console/Handheld

Life Will Change: How Persona 5 Helped Me

Persona is a game series that means a lot to many different people. Originally splitting from the Shin Megami Tensei series, Persona 1, known as Revelations: Persona was released in 1996 and has continued to be a staple JRPG series [...]

Editorial and Opinion

The Gaming Seed of Heroes: Why Video Games Are Loved, Hated, Addicting, and Fought Over

Gaming. A word said with pleasure by some and with disdain by others for decades. There's a lot of imagery attached with the word. Boxy retro consoles and tangled cords in 80s family photographs. Dice, character sheets, and figurines. An [...]

Manga

Gwen Recommends: “It Would Be Great If You Did Not Exist”

(MODERATE SPOILERS AHEAD!) It Would Be Great If You Did Not Exist (in its native language, titled “네가 없었으면 좋겠어”) is a manhwa (Korean comic) by Carbonara. It hasn’t updated in about a year, but the main relationship arc has [...]

MMORPG

From World of Warcraft to Final Fantasy XIV: Making the Transition

(Editor's Note: This is a repost from the wonderful Christian Kaleb, originally posted on https://www.ckaleb.com/. You can find more of his writing there, or help support his upcoming book Sword of The Nation by visiting his Patreon here!) It finally [...]

Movies

Detective Pikachu Review

Is it any surprise, given my handle on this site, that I, along with my partner, made it mandatory for us to see Detective Pikachu in theaters? Detective Pikachu, brought to us by Warner Brothers and Legendary Pictures, was received with optimism [...]

Movies

Aladdin (2019) Review

I bet you all have at least one movie that affected you in one way or another in your lifetime. For me, this was the 1992 release of Disney's Aladdin that I first watched when I was about 11 years [...]

Nerd News

Coming Down the Pike – June 2019 Game Releases

So June isn't chock full of amazing releases, but that doesn't mean it isn't without a few highlights. First, that comes to mind is the hype that Switch owners will be having over the upcoming Super Mario Maker 2. I [...]

Odds and Ends

Free Pack-in Game of the Month: Heidelberg 1693

Looking around itch.io is a fun endeavor for me. Previous months I have highlighted a little colorful and fun free game, and a point and click adventure birthed from a game jam that punches well above its weight. But those [...]