I like some of that Mario merc - could be great decor for my gaming table.
I wanted to (and still want to) like New Zealand Story, but it was so hard. I can't believe your brother beat it.
Egg-cellent Easter Reviews!
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 On 03/26/2026 at 08:46 PM by Cary Woodham See More From This User » |
Happy Easter! I’ve got some video game Easter egg reviews for you all to hunt. When you find one, please click on the links and read as many as you can, and maybe even post a ‘like’ or comment or two. I’d appreciate it. OK, let’s begin!
Have an Egg-cellent Mario Easter!
I found some pretty cool Mario related Easter stuff at the store, so I thought I’d share them with you all here. So let’s go!
To promote the new Mario Galaxy movie, Pilsbury has cooked up some ready to bake cookies shaped like Yoshi eggs! I got some recently and baked them, so let’s see how they turned out!
LEGO Animal Crossing Mini Packs
Last year I wrote about a couple of LEGO Animal Crossing sets I got. They have a bunch of them, but I only got the two cheapest sets. LEGOs are expensive! Well, luckily I found some cheaper ones recently because they’re just those bag packs. And since they have fewer pieces and are simpler, I was able to put them together myself. Because of my vision disability, it’s a little hard for me to put together those tiny little pieces! So I thought I’d show them off here!
Reader Review: The NewZealand Story: Untold Adventure (PC)
When my brothers were very young, I would usually start them off playing video games with classic arcade titles. One time I showed my brother Jeff the Taito Legends collection, and he gravitated toward The NewZealand Story, an arcade platformer where you play as a cute kiwi and fire arrows at baddies. The game is notorious for being very challenging, but my brother Jeff was determined to beat it. He got pretty far, way farther than I had patience for, so I admired his determination. He got to a stage in the clouds and when he beat it, an angel said that he made it to heaven and can rest now. And then the game ended! Jeff was so mad that he got a ‘bad’ ending, but we also laughed about how the game essentially ‘trolled’ him. We still joke about it to this day! So I thought it was only appropriate for him to review The NewZealand Story: Untold Adventure, an update to the arcade classic for the PC.
The Disney Afternoon Collection (Switch)
Back in the late 80’s and early to mid 90’s, Disney had a block of weekday after school cartoons on TV called The Disney Afternoon. They featured such memorable and high-quality shows like DuckTales, Chip N Dale Rescue Rangers, TaleSpin, Darkwing Duck, and many more. Tons of people, including myself, have very fond memories watching these cartoons as kids. Game maker Capcom even made some bonafide classic games based on those Disney Afternoon cartoons. About a decade ago, they released a collection of those games. I loved that collection, but two things always baffled me. Why wasn’t it released on Switch, and why was it missing two other SNES Disney Afternoon games? Well now those questions are answered with The Disney Afternoon Collection on Switch 1 and 2!
I’ve been hearing a lot about K-Pop lately. I guess it’s become popular thanks in part to that K-Pop Demon Hunters movie and whatnot. And now you can play a free-to-play match three puzzle game on mobile devices (reviewed on iPad here) featuring favorite K-Pop stars in cartoony, “chibi” forms that make me think of those Tiny Tan Happy Meal toys McDonald’s had last year.
Avenue Escape is a puzzle game about directing traffic. Yeah they’ll make a game out of anything these days. Clear out all the white vans by noting which directions they’ll turn and try to keep them from crashing into each other, running over pedestrians, or running red lights.
Help a little pug navigate themed dream worlds in this 2D platform game.
You wake up in a strange new world with monsters and crazy characters with no idea how you go there. Only thing you know is you can’t leave. So you must explore the ‘Afterplace” and find out how you got there. This is a retro 8-bit styled top down action adventure.
And that’s all for now. Thanks for reading my reviews and posting ‘likes’ and comments. I do appreciate it. Happy Easter!
Also, sorry to end this blog on a downer, but my dad had a stroke recently so please pray for him, me, and my family. –Cary
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