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Author: Matt Marrone

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A screenshot from Donkey Kong Bonanza has Donkey Kong holding his cheeks while making a goofy face, miniature bananas dancing in his eyes.

Therapy Bananza!

By Matt Marrone • April 8th, 2026

Pounding your chest to activate a Bananza, then annihilating everything around you at breakneck speed – that is the true joy of the game.

Rookie of the Year
A screenshot from Cyberpunk 2077 shows NPC Panam Palmer in a neon-lit bar setting. Her dark hair is piled on her head and she has a look of concerned annoyance.

Meeting Hanako at Embers: Why Video Game Endings Are a Bummer — And Multiple Ones Are Even Worse

By Matt Marrone • March 5th, 2026

Unfortunately, Cyberpunk 2077 allows gamers to make choices.

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A wide shot of a desert landscape with a multi-lane highway leading to a large border crossing checkpoint.

Escape from Night City

By Matt Marrone • February 6th, 2026

Did I succeed? Of course not. But the journey, as they say, is the destination.

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A screenshot from Shining in the Darkness shows a blobby snail-like monster in a small dungeon room.

How Did We Ever Beat Videogames Before the Internet?

By Matt Marrone • January 12th, 2026

When I was a kid, we didn’t have online resources to beat bewildering RPGs – but beat them we did.

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A promo image of an arm holding a 1L beer stein for the 2025 Sam Adams Stein Holding Contest.

Stein Hoister of the Year

By Matt Marrone • December 10th, 2025

Just like that, a legend was born.

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A photograph of two pairs of small hands drawing on either side of a large pad of paper, a Monopoly game board set off to the side.

Marronopoly

By Matt Marrone • November 6th, 2025

The activity that has best defined the outsized influence Monopoly now has over our lives happened on a recent Saturday.

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A still from The Woman in the Yard shows a woman draped in black mourning clothes sitting on a chair in a barren yard.

The Ballad of Matt’s Island

By Matt Marrone • October 9th, 2025

I’m weaving elements of comedy and horror together as I pass along. 

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