Issue of December 2021

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This is issue #2, containing every article written in December 2021.
We covered Mega Man in its entirety and Medabots!
 

Let's Talk - Plot holes and the "Rule of Cool"

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Unknown variable: X. Mega Man is a video game series that started as an arguably shameless rip-off of the then more popular, now just as popular, Astro-Boy franchise. The Blue Bomber was a staple of the NES library with a  plethora of 6 classic games, ranging from the console's release in 1985 to the end of its life in the mid-90s.
 

Let's Rank - Mega Man Games & Robot Masters (Double Feature)

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Super Fighting Robot: Mega Man!  Mega Man was my earliest video game memory, not on the NES, but rather my dad's old Compudyne PC. As a child of 5 years old, no less, I recall the powerful blue bloom of the cathode ray tube, displaying what was soon to become my hero for the rest of my life
 

Let's Rank - Robot Masters & Mega Man Games (Double Feature)

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Capcom's legendary gaming icon "Mega Man" has well over a hundred villainous Robot Masters ready to rival him in his fight against the tyrannical Dr. Wily, and while none stand a fighting chance against our heroic Blue Bombers, always saving the day; some of them definitely stole the show more than once - let's rank them!
 

Review - Medabots RPG - Metabee & Rokusho (GBA)

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There's a game from my early teen that I always wanted to cover: Medabots RPG. Medabots was a short-lived series created amid the "Pokemon craze" of the late-90s, with many of its games on Nintendo's Gameboy exclusive to Japan under the name "Medarot".  Medabots put to death the "creature" aspect of the series, toward collecting "medaparts" and "Tinpet" to build robotic fighters and become a "medafighter": [...]