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I have a confession, and since you asked politely, I will confess it in the only way that feels honest to me: I am absurdly sentimental about Disney games on the Sega Genesis. Call it nostalgia, call it the aftertaste of too many apples (yes, apples, and we will come back to that), or call […]

Look, I know what you are thinking: boxing on a 16-bit console, in a living room lit by the bluish glow of a CRT and the existential dread of rent due, is either a classic microgenre or a strange regional cult ritual. I vote both. In my book, Genesis boxing is an odd little treasure

I am old enough to remember when cartridges smelled like burnt plastic and victory, and young enough to still get misty-eyed over a looping FM tune that sounds like someone composing a symphony in a blender. So yes, I will rank the best action-adventure games on the Sega Genesis (Mega Drive), and yes, I will

I have to confess something up front, because honesty looks good on the internet and on me, a tired 1979-born game critic who still hears the Genesis power-up chime in his sleep: this category is a deliciously weird intersection, equal parts brilliant and a little bit criminally overlooked. Strategy on the Genesis, you say? Yes,

I write about games for a living, and I grew up in the warm, buzzing glow of a CRT that thought it was a window to another world. I am a shooter addict, guilty as charged, and I will confess right now, in the only way this genre allows, with a flourish and a loss