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[Let's Read] - Nintendo Power #11

Posted by Areala, in Game Boy, Lets Read, Magazines, NES 12 January 2013 -

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I didn't make the connection until just now, but the cover to NP#11 is obviously an homage to the original clay modeled cover of the premier issue. We're now nearly two years into Nintendo Power's run but their momentum is only building from here on out. If you need to ask why, just take a look at that cover again: they're talking about the biggest, most...

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[Let's Read] - Nintendo Power #10

Posted by Areala, in Video Games, NES, Magazines, Lets Read, Game Boy 08 August 2012 -

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It's been a while since my last one of these, and I find myself desiring to get back on the horse, so let's get this party started up again, shall we? Hold on to your seats boys and girls, and LET'S READ!!

Hot damn, this issue brings back memories. Aside from the first issue, this is the earliest issue of the magazine that I still own...

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[Let's Read] - Nintendo Power #9

Posted by Areala, in NES, Magazines, Lets Read, Game Boy 12 October 2011 -

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Let's Read - Nintendo Power #9 1989 comes to a close with the Nov./Dec. issue of Nintendo Power, but the big N isn't leaving the 80s behind with a whimper. They're going out with a BRICK. Or rather, a bunch of bricks in the form of a puzzle game from a Russian mathematician that would turn adults and children alike into absolute zombies in the coming mont...

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[Let's Read] - Zod Wallop by William Browning Spencer

Posted by Areala, in Lets Read, Books 09 March 2011 -

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The first time I read "Zod Wallop," I had just graduated from high school and was working away the summer before my transition to freshman status at Ball State at the local public library. I saw it on the shelf, mentally asked, "What the hell is this?", took it home, and read through it in two days. After I returned it, I never saw a...

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[Let's Read] - Nintendo Power #8

Posted by Areala, in Magazines, Lets Read 10 February 2011 -

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Let's Read - Nintendo Power #8
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Here we are, eight issues in to Nintendo Power's run, and the big news of the Sept./Oct. issue is Duck Tales. In fact, it's such big news that the big N is devoting a dozen pages to it in this...

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[Let's Read] - Nintendo Power #7

Posted by Areala, in Video Games, Magazines, Lets Read 02 January 2011 -

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Let's Read - Nintendo Power #7
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When I started doing this series, it was actually this particular issue that I was looking the most forward to digging back through because the cover features Mega Man II, which...

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[Let's Read] - Nintendo Power #6

Posted by Areala, in Video Games, NES, Magazines, Lets Read 01 January 2011 -

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Let's Read - Nintendo Power #6
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Welcome back folks to another exciting episode of Let's Read magazines with Areala! Today, we're tackling the sixth issue of Nintendo Power. Why are we tackling the sixth issue of Nintendo Power,...

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[Let's Read] - Nintendo Power #5

Posted by Areala, in Video Games, NES, Lets Read 10 June 2010 -

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Let's Read: Nintendo Power #5
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Ninjas didn't just suddenly become popular with the arrival of Robert Hamburger's "Real Ultimate Power" website, that was more just the icing on the cake. For the real birth of the ninja power...

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[Let's Read] - Nintendo Power 04

Posted by Areala, in Magazines, Lets Read 30 March 2010 -

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Let's Read: Nintendo Power #4

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I've had a change of heart and decided to continue my "Let's Read" series for a little bit longer. I'm having fun doing it, and that's what counts, because this is my blog and I am allowed to change my mind for no reason whatsoever, so nyah. h...

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[Let's Read] - Nintendo Power #3

Posted by Areala, in Magazines, Lets Read 09 March 2010 -

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Let's Read: Nintendo Power #3

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I've always thought that every so often Nintendo chose some odd titles to give cover treatment to with their magazine, and this issue's focus on Track &...

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