Thoughts on games, fiction, and other fun stuff.

Recently, I took a trip to Centralia, Pennsylvania, a nearly abandoned ghost town that became famous because of an active coal fire that has raged under the former borough since 1962. There are only a few residents left and the graveyards outnumber the buildings. It’s a spooky place, with pavement encircling empty lots. The only remaining building is the beautiful Eastern Orthodox Church that overlooks everything.

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We pulled a podcast treasure from the vaults. Listen to one of our “lost episodes” where we talk about: 

  • 🦸Captain Spirit
  • 🤖Papa & Yo
  • 👴🏻God of War (2018)

and much more!

http://www.greetingsfrom.zone/episode-4

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Breaking down my first video game secret

Do you remember the first time that somebody showed you a mystery or easter egg in a video game? Can you recall the thrill of someone finding out that a game could be more than you thought it could? Did your mind start racing to figure out what else could be out there?

I have thought a lot been about game secrets since I watched the NoClip documentary about rediscovering mystery. Nowadays, I have limited time and cannot spend hours poking and prodding at the limits of video game worlds. I miss this sense of mystery and often find myself falling down a YouTube hole of videos about game secrets. So, I wanted to revisit the first time someone showed me a secret in a video game.

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