Hey all, here’s another update from my work sphere, as I’ve produced a few thing for Southern Weekend over the past few weeks. Leading off is this fun video about a cool New Orleans haunted house we take the kids to visit every year now.
A few more things after the jump!
(Last updated July 15, 2026. Originally published Sept. 18, 2018.)
The ranking of my top NES games has traditionally been one of the more popular posts on this blog, so I thought I’d invest some time and expand it from 40 games to a full 100.
I do this out of love for the game(s). The original Nintendo Entertainment System deserves that level of love, to be honest. I’ve played a ton of games on this system, and these are games that merit a look from modern gamers. Bonus: many of the games are short enough to allow for almost any gamer to engage with them without much issue.
These, by and large, are not 200-hour commitments.
But also, this is a list of 100 good games.
Are they really the 100 best NES games of all time?
I mean, to me, sure.
I wanted to bold that part – this is one person’s ranking of 100 Nintendo games. Don’t take any of this too personally. If your favorite game didn’t make the ranking, I may still have some affection for it. This library, after all, is deeper than many people might think. And that’s even if you remove all Famicon games from consideration, as I did.
(Sorry, that means no “Earthbound Beginnings,” “Super Mario Lost Levels,” and so forth – just North American releases.)
This all was meant to be fun and to help expose younger gamers to some true bangers, originally inspired by my acquisition of an NES Classic (and yes, I still love that little guy, nearly ten years later).
Retro gaming is good, in all its forms.
You’ll see for each game a big number with a previous ranking listed – pretty self-explanatory that. The games are color-coded, with the pink/purple denoting new additions, the green being games that have been a part of the ranking for a bit, and the blue being games on the rise.
If any of that seems familiar, it’s purely by accident.
Anyhow, if you enjoy my best NES games ranking, feel free to check out some of my other rankings, including my “Retro Gaming Essentials,” where I wax poetic on some of my all-time favorites.
And here are some more video game rankings for specific systems:
Super NES | Genesis Mini | Turbografx-16 Mini
So without further delay, here are the Top 100 NES games of all time.
Continue reading The best NES games of all timeFootball season is here!
Because I’m such an all-around great guy, I’ve endeavored to preview your favorite team’s season right here.
Rest assured, this is how things are going to play out.
Curious to see what happens? Read on!
I recently put together an account of the family’s trip over to Lafayette and Breaux Bridge for work, which you can check out right here.
As part of the blog post, I put together a couple of videos. I’m happy with how they turned out, so I’ve embedded them here.
Up there at the top of the post you’ll see 5 good reasons to make the trip yourself.
Clicking through to the rest of this post will give you my magnum opus on Popeye’s chicken.
Hey, we all have our own higher calling in life.
It recently occurred to me that there are an awful lot of similarities between the recent Marvel Cinematic Universe extravaganza Avengers: Infinity War and the animated classic, Transformers: The Movie.
(No, not the Michael Bay dreck.)
While this might seem an insult to compare a gazillion dollar enterprise to a kids cartoon with an 80s sensibility, I don’t mean any particular offense. Moreover, I’ve come to believe that Transformers might well have done it better when you really start to look it.
Which, okay, you can read as an insult if you want to — but I still hold the deepest respect for the folks who spent countless hours building the Marvel monstrosity that is Thanos’ quest. I think it’s important to state that upfront.
This is really more about speaking up about the quality of the original animated Transformers, which if we’re being completely honest, wasn’t all that great of a television series … it was the movie that elevated the proceedings considerably. And all due credit on this realization to the fine folks (MovieBob!) who produced this video of awesome-sauce.
I mean, this is a really deep dive on why the movie has merit, and I get it if you don’t want to go there. To sum up the video, there are tons of reasons to come to the conclusion that yes, the movie is really that good.
That all having been stated, why do I make the Avengers comparison?
Well, it’s a cultural touchstone and is present on people’s minds right now. That’s definitely a part of it. But more relevantly, they really do have a lot of the same characteristics.
Don’t believe me? Let’s take a look.
Continue reading Why Transformers: The Movie is better than Avengers: Infinity War
I don’t want to labor under too much stress trying to link my latest two work videos together with one another. The point is that they’re both out there, not so much that they have anything in common with one another.
I’m leading with Drag Queen Story Time because I’m particularly proud of it. It’s an interesting story, told in the form of an engaging interview, and I’m happy with how it turned out.
I have a tremendous amount of respect for the people involved in making “Solo.”
It was a thankless task. I mean, not literally, but let’s quickly break this down:
Some work-related stuff here for the foodies out there: First off, check out this video on one of the best sandwiches in existence, the Cochon de Lait po-boy, popularized at Jazz Fest.
More after the jump…
I grew up a Cincinnati Bengals fan, ergo, Draft Day is like a holiday. Longtime Saints fans can relate to this, I’m sure.
For the longest time, I would sit there, writing down the players’ names & info as they came off the board, so that I would have a hard copy of each NFL first round and learn the basics on who these players were (though who am I kidding, I was already a big enough fan to know these guys already).
I’m not sure what the point of this was, or is, other than to say that yes, I’ve followed this almost compulsively for a very long time.
With all that said, I thought I’d continue my draft tradition of writing down some thoughts prior to the big event. Obviously, please take this with a grain of salt as I have massive blind spots. For a great example of this, see my opinion, or lack thereof, on Lattimore last year (I didn’t like him because I thought he was a massive injury risk).
So, yeah.
But here we go anyway. Here’s one guy’s clearly flawed opinion.
I got pulled into one of those fun Facebook things recently, wherein you’re supposed to share something about yourself and encourage others to do the same.
So a chain letter, basically.
The upshot is this one was actually fun, as it was all about sharing “10 all time favorite albums that made an impact on you and are still in your rotation.”
Me being me, I chose to channel Rob Gorden from “High Fidelity” and do it autobiographical style, selecting and then listing musical albums that essentially told the story of my life.
Below, I’ve recreated that list for posterity … for anyone that wants to go on a musical journey with me through my life.
These are 10 albums that have a great deal of meaning to me. I hope you enjoy.
