Retro Ramblings
The Goonies II Nintendo Game Was Good In It’s Own Way
There are certain games that stick with you, not because they were perfect, but because they were peculiar. The Goonies II for the NES was one of those games. It …
Childhood
Retro Ramblings
LJN WWF Wrestling Superstars Action Figures
There was a time when wrestling wasn’t just something you watched. It was something you lived. And for me, that life came in the form of stiff rubber figures with …
Retro Ramblings
I Miss Fat Pro Wrestlers
The other day, I was flipping through my well-worn copy of Wrestling at the Chase: The Inside Story of Sam Muchnick and the Legends of Professional Wrestling, and somewhere between …
Retro Ramblings
Alpha Mission and the Night My Dad Tried To Become a Gamer
It was the kind of night that sticks with you. The kind where the air feels electric and the world seems to shift just a little. I was finally getting …
Retro Ramblings
Matchbox Memories
Growing up in the 1980s and early ’90s, my world was built on four tiny wheels. Hot Wheels and Matchbox cars weren’t just toys. They were the backbone of childhood …
Retro Ramblings
My Favorite Saturday Morning Cartoons of the ’80s
This edition of Friday Five highlights five of my favorite Saturday morning cartoons of the ’80s. Check them out and then tell me yours! …
Retro Ramblings
M.U.S.C.L.E. Toys
I dabbled in more toy lines than I could count as a kid. Transformers, G.I. Joe, He-Man…you name it, I probably had at least one figure rolling around in a …
Retro Ramblings
KFC’s Chicken Littles Sandwiches of the ’80s
There was a time, long before artisanal buns and aioli sauces took over the fast-food landscape, when a humble little sandwich ruled my world. It was called the Chicken Little, …
Retro Ramblings
The Excitement of Excitebike
There are certain sounds that live forever in the attic of memory. The whine of a two-stroke engine, the digital chirp of a pixelated crowd, and the unmistakable crash of …
Retro Ramblings
Those Cups that Used to Come in Oatmeal
In this edition of Retro Rambling, I want to take you back to a small slice of nostalgia for me, and that’s back when I used to drink out of …