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    Review – Parasol Stars: The Story of Bubble Bobble III

    The Bubble Bobble lore is hard to follow. Bub and Bob keep going from bubble-spewing dinosaurs to rotund children and back again, but maybe it’s also their kids, or maybe it’s their girlfriends. Sometimes they’re dragons, and sometimes they aren’t. To make it more confusing, there are two “The Story of Bubble Bobble IIIs.” There’s 1991’s Parasol Stars: The Story…

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    Console Command – Turbografx-16

    In North America, the 16-bit console wars had two clear competitors: The Super Nintendo Entertainment System and the Sega Genesis. On the playground, we bickered about which system had better games or were more powerful. Or, I guess some did, I don’t recall doing that. I was playing Super Mario World on my SNES and Sonic the Hedgehog on my…