Thrilling Tales of Old Video Games
Essays about the origin of elements from old video games. This is what you do with a BA in English, apparently.
- Created by Drew Mackie
- Located in United States
- April 2022
- Free
Recent posts
September 15, 2026
This past week, the Retronauts public feed got the first of two episodes about my Mario history project . And while good discussion was had about the weird inconsistencies in the lore of the Super Mario games, this post will focus on a subject I have not addressed previously: how to pronounce…
September 4, 2026
Yes, I’ve decided to give Mario 101 an extra life: fifteen more bits that you maybe didn’t know about the Super Mario series and which might make you think a little differently about these games. On the whole, the original project ended up being fairly successful. I wanted something that could…
August 23, 2026
As improbable as it might seem, Golden Axe is getting a TV series adaptation later this year. This is a surprising turn of events mostly because the video game series has been more or less moribund since 2008’s Golden Axe: Beast Rider. The fact that this new animated show is a comedy is even more…
