Todd Ciolek
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Todd Ciolek
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The Pac-Man gashapon figure is pretty neat when you put it together! Here he is showing off his donation arm bands to Yuki and some Shy Guys.
November 28, 2025 at 7:02 PM
The Red Cross is giving out Pac-Man socks and gashapon toys when you donate blood, and if you flip the gashapon over it changes from Pac-Man's smile to a disgusted grimace.
November 28, 2025 at 6:28 PM
You know, I've never really written about Emerald Dragon and why I like it so much. Let's fix that!

www.kidfenris.com/2025/11/emer...
November 28, 2025 at 5:27 PM
This interview goes into some detail. You can also see them in this early character collage sketch. Angela's the one holding a whip and Lara's with Relm and Strago.

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November 23, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Now's the time to get California Crisis on the big screen everywhere!

www.kidfenris.com/2016/03/cali...
November 22, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Yes, the Master System is indeed underrated, but praising Psycho Fox is going a little too far.
November 22, 2025 at 12:38 PM
I can't remember, which Mega Man weapon was Game Machine Man's weakness?

Also, guess which villain didn't have any production art the book could use!
November 21, 2025 at 9:30 PM
From the library fundraiser: a Sailor Moon book aimed at very young readers. There's something neat about merchandise from that brief span when companies gambled on Sailor Moon being a smash hit with kids in North America (instead of the slightly older, more cult following it eventually landed).
November 21, 2025 at 9:28 PM
I like a lot of things about Vice: Project Doom, including its laser whip! For a bonus, here's what might be the most unintentionally filthy line in an NES game.

www.kidfenris.com/2025/10/vice...
November 15, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Mole Mania is a game that speaks more and more to me the older I get.
November 9, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Technically Nintendo has Tetris Attack's original version on their online service (as Panel de Pon) but it doesn’t have the various Yoshi's Island characters, and that means it doesn't have this adorably disinterested yellow Yoshi.
November 9, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Wow, what a game that was.
November 2, 2025 at 3:51 AM
This rules. I tried it out just a little and I love how even the townspeople look a bit deranged.
November 1, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Tired: Super Mario Bros. 2 was called Doki Doki Panic in Japan.

Inspired: The Adventures of Bayou Billy was called Mad City in Japan but the katakana could be misread as "Mad Shitty."
October 16, 2025 at 1:16 PM
I like how the ending of Metal Slug 3 has the characters tossing their handguns into the water...and the sinking firearm in the credits changes depending on who throws it away.
October 14, 2025 at 6:01 PM
This quote reads like a desperate attempt to say something interesting about Xabungle.

I guess "It's the biggest 1980s mecha anime where the hero looks like a hobbit" was too long.
October 14, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Just as long as I don't botch the Boobeam fight and end up grinding for weapon meter refills.
October 14, 2025 at 3:27 PM
October 13, 2025 at 3:50 PM
October 13, 2025 at 3:44 PM
So this guy was pretty much wrong about everything.
October 9, 2025 at 1:01 PM
I am looking at noodle stopper toys on Suruga-ya despite the tariffs killing any desire to buy stuff there, and I can do without them casting aspersions like this.
October 7, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Final Fantasy Tactics: Okay, are you ready for the ultimate case of "I CAN FIX HER"?

Me: I never am, but there's no skipping the Milleuda battle. Let's get it over with.
October 5, 2025 at 4:12 AM
There are three essential steps in the Rygar Workout Plan.
September 30, 2025 at 9:47 PM
I'd get this Astro Boy for a lawn decoration, but it might get vandalized by rowdy Prince Planet fans.
September 26, 2025 at 1:11 PM
I need these to put outside my front door like libraries do with lion statues.
September 26, 2025 at 1:07 PM