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Full Disclosure: <em>Super Smash Bros.</em>
Posted on Apr 2, 2015Sep 14, 2016

Full Disclosure: Super Smash Bros.

[Originally posted on Haywire Magazine] Come 1996 I had to choose between the Sony Playstation and the Nintendo 64. I was happy with my SNES and Nintendo’s branding department had captured my nine-year old heart. Nintendo was all bright colors, magic spells and mobility. There were cloud islands in Super Mario World that would take decades … Continue reading Full Disclosure: Super Smash Bros.

These Boots are Made for…
Posted on Apr 17, 2014Apr 13, 2019

These Boots are Made for…

Samus Aran, the protagonist of the Metroid series, wears high heels in the new Smash Bros. game and artist Natasha Allegri reacted by creating fan art of the rest of the Smash Bros. cast in the same footwear.1 The reaction comes not, I would venture (perhaps presumptuously), because she has anything in particular against heels, the … Continue reading These Boots are Made for…

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