Tsurezure
A Machine Built to Come Back to Life
A Neo Geo lands on my bench heavier than a home console has any right to be. What surprises people is how readily these come back. There is a reason.
We All Knew How to Strip a Wire
In 1986 the Famicom reached the television through an RF switch, and the RF switch failed. So we opened it. Strip the cable back with a knife, get the copper...
Nobody Thought We Would Still Be Playing
A PC Engine Duo came across the bench this week. Black, flat, not one unnecessary line on it anywhere. It is also, almost always, leaking. A surface-mount capacitor does not...
I Still Die on the First Stage
Every console I sell gets tested with a shooter, and almost every time the same thing happens: I die on the first stage. For a while I took that as...
The Story a Film Cannot Give You
Pac-Man is almost nothing — a yellow circle, a maze, four ghosts. Yet each ghost was given a color and a hidden personality. A film hands you its story finished;...
When the Box Art Was All We Had
I test every console before it ships, and the old games still kill me in seconds. It sends me back to a boy in a shop, choosing everything from the...
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Max's adventure
This is Max's adventure by all of you. When we receive messages from you, Max will change into a leveled-up version of himself. Max cannot grow without your help. When he levels up, something might happen... Please look forward to it!