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What has Joe been up to?

Joseph Shaffer · August 24, 2026 Comments (4)

Games, life, and black spots...

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ActRasier Renaissance down, review rough draft penned.

Joseph Shaffer · March 29, 2026 Comments (2)

TL;DR - It's bascially the original with modernized visuals and extra bloat. And by "bloat," I mean "tower defense elements no one asked for."

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Games I Played This Year That Kicked Ass: 2025 Edition

Joseph Shaffer · December 28, 2025 Comments (1)

2026 had better be better

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You did not think that another TI-99/4A review would appear on this website.

Joseph Shaffer · November 1, 2025 Comments (2)

You have been misled.

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It's official

Joseph Shaffer · August 21, 2025 Comments (5)

This year's OctJOEber will be the one I tried to create years ago...

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I'm still here

Joseph Shaffer · June 23, 2025 Comments (6)

And I'm working hard on some material

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Stuff Played Yet Again

Joseph Shaffer · April 13, 2025 Comments (2)

Yay me

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Joe Playing Stuff Part 8375

Joseph Shaffer · March 11, 2025 Comments (4)

Some good, some not so much...

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Obligatory What the Hell is Joe Playing or Planning to Play

Joseph Shaffer · January 6, 2025 Comments (5)

We'll see...

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Games I Played This Year That Kicked Ass: 2024 Edition

Joseph Shaffer · December 27, 2024 Comments (9)

Out with the old and in with the old

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Upcoming reviews, 11/1/24

Joseph Shaffer · November 1, 2024 Comments

At least one of these should be unsurprising

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POLL! Which "how the hell did this get in my library" title should I review?

Joseph Shaffer · September 21, 2024 Comments (5)

You pick my next project!

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Semi-regular still alive post

Joseph Shaffer · August 20, 2024 Comments (4)

Yes, I'm still here

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This Is It

Joseph Shaffer · March 31, 2024 Comments (6)

Please insert Life disc 2

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You win this time, but I'll be back!

Joseph Shaffer · January 29, 2024 Comments (2)

Taking a short break

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Games I've Been Playing in 2024

Joseph Shaffer · January 15, 2024 Comments

More Mega Man, another horror adventure, and a tour of some tropical islands (Not StarTropics, sadly...).

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Games I Played This Year That Kicked Ass: 2023 List

Joseph Shaffer · December 30, 2023 Comments

A look back at this years time sinks...

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How is AlphaMurderthon coming along?

Joseph Shaffer · November 1, 2023 Comments

Murderously!

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OctJOEber 2023 update 2

Joseph Shaffer · September 4, 2023 Comments (3)

Five more titles have joined the frenzy

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OctJOEber 2023

Joseph Shaffer · August 1, 2023 Comments (2)

The first five games revealed...

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