Johnny Malloy has written for 25YL since 2019. A lifelong gamer who considers The Binding of Isaac to be a subversive masterpiece. He has written an extensive series of articles about Castlevania, Super Mario Bros, Final Fantasy, and Resident Evil. He enjoys writing fiction when he's not watching RedLetterMedia videos on YouTube. He has one of those faces. Sorry about my face. It can't be helped. He's @mistercecil on the Twitter. Follow him if you like wild tangents and non sequiturs.
My 3DS, despite being relatively new, is a relic. It’s a discontinued model. Matter of fact, the only 3DS model that isn’t discontinued on the market is the “New”, XL, 2DS. So basically, the 3DS was the DS2, and the 2DS is like the DS3. My bigger point is that back when the 3DS made […] More
Nintendo dropped a new, and apparently final, major update for the popular DIY Super Mario Maker 2. While the content in this update is robust—and features the one thing I’ve been dying for since the original game was on the WiiU—it comes with the knowledge that this is indeed where Nintendo’s support of the title will […] More
Our run of the Super Mario Bros. franchise shakes and waggles on as we revisit the 2010 Nintendo Wii classic Super Mario Galaxy 2, a game that revolutionized nothing. It’s just the first game but with Yoshi. In A Galaxy Very, Very Familiar… I only consider Super Mario Galaxy 2 to be one of the […] More
In the midst of our own Mario Madness, we’re hearing rumors, whispers, and speculation that the 35th anniversary of Mario is going to be rife with remakes featuring the (canonically speaking) former plumber. One could be skeptical of such news, as it doesn’t take much effort to set the rumor mills a blaze with promises […] More
I have to believe that the vacation isn’t over. It can’t be. Sure, I didn’t just finish The Touryst, I completed it, but it wasn’t a Herculean task. I don’t often complete games, usually because most games tack on tedious, time-filling bits of busy work to make you earn that completion rating, but The Touryst […] More
Nintendo seems committed to releasing new games each month for the NES and SNES Online service, as well they should, since the justification for having the service at all hinges mostly on how important cloud saves are to you. Nintendo Switch Online dropped four new titles last week to add to their growing collection of […] More
Yoshi’s Island was my favorite Super Mario game of all time until the Galaxy games waggled into existence. Some people may find this odd considering my well-documented indifference to Super Mario Bros. 2: The Repurposing, but the heart wants what the heart wants. Super Mario World 2 is a sort of backdoor pilot for the […] More
We’re jumping, stomping, and diving into the most iconic and popular video game franchise ever, the Super Mario Bros. series. Each week, we’ll take a unique look at each game in the series, and discuss aspects you may not have considered. This week we explore Super Mario World, the SNES launch title that drew inspiration from […] More
I was never cool in school. That’s not just the first lyric of Ben Folds Five’s “Underground,” it’s a fact. I didn’t fit in with any particular group, and when I did hang out with other kids, I always felt like I sort of accidentally slipped in undetected, and that I didn’t really belong there. […] More
The Touryst seems destined to be an under-loved game. Despite a fantastic trailer that hinted at the game’s possibilities, it’s identity was still largely ambiguous. So what is the game about? Well, it’s about a tourist. And no, I don’t know why they spell it with a “Y” yet, although my early theory is that […] More
Here at 25YL we’re jumping, stomping, and diving into the most iconic and popular video game franchise ever, the Super Mario Bros. series. Each week, we’ll take a unique look at each game in the series, and discuss aspects you may not have considered. This week we look at the version of Super Mario Bros. […] More
Hot on the heels of our popular dive into The Legend of Zelda franchise, we now jump, stomp, and dive into the most iconic and popular video game franchise ever, the Super Mario Bros. series. Each week, we’ll take a unique look at each game in the series, and discuss aspects you may not have […] More
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