Essay

Hardee’s Fried Chicken of the 90s

Like most other American households in the 1980s, when my family wanted fried chicken, we got it from Kentucky Fried …

Toys I Never Had Throughout my memories of the mid-’80s, two action figure lines dominated my playtime. Masters of the Universe and G.I. …

In 1988, I was all about Nintendo. It had probably taken over as my favorite toy by that point if …

The WWF Thumb Wrestlers were my consolation for not having the LJN figures.  Now I really didn’t mind not having …

I have a deep nostalgic connection to the McDonald’s Taste of the Month promotion from 1995. Maybe it’s because I …

Somewhere in 1990, I really started getting into trading cards. Baseball cards mostly, and some non-sports cards that I thought …

Nabisco unleashed Suddenly S’Mores on the world in 1990, and I was in on them early on. I had seen …

When Konami unleashed the first Castlevania cartridge on the Nintendo world in 1987, I was still too wrapped up in …

What red-blooded American boy didn’t want to put on the gloves and go to battle with one another inside the …

The early days of my Nintendo play were dominated by action and sports games. I’ve detailed how Pro Wrestling was …