20 years later

It’s only been about 20 years since I stopped actively posting here. Maybe I shouldn’t have walked away from it back then, but... it’s finally time to share what I’ve been working on lately. I recently launched a site called Retro Games Lib. It’s a massive catalog of 80s and 90s games where you can play everything right in your browser and soak up all that retro nostalgia. To keep things on brand for this blog, let’s talk about a game called World Heroes—or more specifically, its version of Rasputin. Honestly, it feels like the Japanese devs based their entire research on the Boney M. song. Then again, back in the 90s, almost every foreign take on Russia inevitably turned into a total "cliché fest." You can check out the game yourself using this link. Go see the "mystic monk's" magical moves first-hand, including his infamous "Secret Garden" super—which, by today’s standards, looks a little sketchy on the consent side, to say the least. Let me know what you think of the game in the comments! And let's just hope Grigoriy Rasputin isn't rolling over in his grave too hard because of his pop-culture legacy.