Category: Ordinary Retro Gamer

• December 21, 2023

  Metal Gearing Up for Christmas (Ordinary Retro Gamer)

  

  Christmas has always gone hand in hand with gaming in my experience, and this year will be no different. Metal Gear Acid Trip I have played a lot of Metal Gear in my life. Hideo Kojima’s masterfully created series has been with me at every step of my gaming journey. We played Metal Gear Solid…
• January 26, 2018

  The Mystery of the Reversing Capslock

  

  Gather round children and I shall tell you a tale. One of valiant struggles and unexpected twists and turns. And one underscoring the importance of observation. Get ready for the mystery of… The Reversing Capslock It all started innocently enough with a malfunctioning computer. This is not an uncommon occurrence with dad’s computer, and I…
• January 12, 2017

  A Year of Ordinary Decent (YouTube) Gamer

  It’s hard to believe it has been over a year since I started making YouTube videos for Ordinary Decent Gamer. The blog has been alive in some form or other since Gamescom in 2011, but making game-related videos was a recent foray. I have had an interest in filmmaking for a long time, dating back…
• March 24, 2016

  Fallout and the Lost Game

  

  I started the Ordinary Decent Gamer YouTube channel shortly after Christmas. I wanted to get into making game-related videos for some time, but I managed to pick one of the worst times possible. Sure I had some spare time, and the material to work with, but it was in the lead up to my finals…
• January 4, 2016

  YouTube Debut with Rambo III

  

  Christmas has come and gone for another year. It always goes by in a flash of food, drink, and family. It’s my favourite time of the year, though not a time without stress. I love all of the preparation in the days leading up to the main event. The menu planning, shopping, sauce production, brine…
• December 19, 2015

  The Second Day of Ramen-mas

  

  Friday night was ramen and retro gaming night, as you might be able to tell from the place setting and the SNES controllers. The tenugui I brought back from Tokyo, a Traditional Japanese dyed piece of cotton, became the focus of the place setting. The ceramic spoons were Chinese, but then again, so were the noodles!…
• November 22, 2015

  Ordinary Retro Gamer: Tom and Jerry, Timon and Pumbaa, Toy Story, and Rambo III

  Most of my gaming has been of the retro variety recently, revisiting some of the classics from the 80’s and 90’s, and some not so classics. Some of these games I had encountered before, and others I stumbled across by chance. Here are a few short reviews of games I’ve been playing. Tom and Jerry…