Taking Game Boy Camera pictures has never been easier!

The Game Boy Camera was a super underpowered camera add-on to the Game Boy that released in the late 90s. Even when the peripheral was new, the camera tech in it was very outdated, with all your pictures coming out in very low quality black and white pixelated images. And yet it was still awesome to play around with. The limitations also gave the photos a unique look to them, and you'll still find people playing around with Game Boy Cameras today.

I'm always on the lookout for an interesting new rom hack of a Super Mario title. Some of them give you new levels with some graphical changes and it makes it feel like you found some DLC for a classic game, while others make big changes like new powerups and abilities that make it seem like this could almost pass for a sequel that just never got released. Celeste Mario's Zap & Dash! is another category, in which so much as been changed that it's not even a sequel to Mario 1, it's an entirely different game!

Well man, McDonald's marketing really seemed to work this time, didn't it? I wrote about that Grimace's Birthday Game Boy Color game, and so did a whole lot of others! Seems everyone was talking about Grimace in some form or another for weeks! So it didn't take long for me to get the craving for my own taste of just what Grimace's birthday meal was.

In a word? Underwhelming! I feel like if they are going to go all out in this way, they could have jazzed up the meal just a bit! First of all, I will say I didn't really know what to expect. I knew there was a meal, and that it came with a Grimace purple shake (like the ones I collected in that fun video game!), but that was really it. Initial impressions were pretty good. The meal came in a special bag and so did the Big Mac, with a Grimace's Birthday logo on it and some fun confetti imagery printed around it. How celebratory!

About a month ago I was introduced to the YouTube channel of Hungry Goriya, and I honestly don't know how I hadn't heard of them before (proof that the YouTube algorithm must be awful)! They had a video called 9 NES Favorites (So far), and the way she spoke of these games made me want to really try them for myself. Not try as in fire up the emulator and play for a few minutes and put them away kind of try, but really sit down and try to learn these games. Two of them on the list I had finished already, Kid Icarus and Darkwing Duck, and I'd only played a few of the others.

If you're reading this on my blog, then you're likely aware of my profound love for retro games. But I still love new games too. And new games that play off of my nostalgia for retro games, when done right, are some of my favorites. One stellar example that immediately comes to mind is the original Retro Game Challenge on the Nintendo DS. This gem transports players to the 80s, where they embark on a series of brand-new games meticulously designed to emulate the spirit of that era. These "new old games" not only evoke the essence of playing timeless classics but also offer tighter controls and a fairer gameplay experience than what we might recall from those early days. Retro Game Challenge goes beyond mere visual emulation, as it ingeniously captures the essence of gaming in the 80s, from the nostalgic scenes of characters sitting on the carpet in front of the TV to the need to scour the latest gaming magazine for invaluable tips and tricks. It successfully rekindles that cherished childhood gaming sensation.

Yesterday certain parts of the internet were going crazy when the news dropped that McDonald's had made a new game as a marketing tie-in for their Grimace birthday shake. While brands making games for the internet is not new and has been going on since the days of Flash, for whatever reason it was decided that their game should be in the form of a new Game Boy Color game. It's free and completely playable on their web page here, but people quickly ripped the ROM and loaded it up on original hardware to discover that it is indeed a true Game Boy Color game.