Okay, now that I’m on my summer break, it’s time to spend more time actually posting stuff in here that’s of some worth… Also, I couldn’t help myself, I just had to use a Macross reference for the title of this entry.

Do you remember what video games were like back when you were 16? It wasn’t that long ago for me and I’m sure it wasn’t that long ago for many of you, but I think that that age is an interesting time to look back on. We were all still back in school and we probably didn’t have as much money to spend on video games as we do nowadays… that said, we had a lot more free time to spend playing them.

I turned 16 back in late 2000 and it was quite an interesting time for gaming…

By now, you’ve all read my scathing Game Spotlight of Metroid: Other M… the first game I’ve ever actually HATED in my entire life. The game that has damaged my high regard of the Metroid series forever and there’s really no going back. Metroid used to be one of my favourite series of all time but now…

…now all I have are the memories of better days. In fact, some of them can be found on the Internet itself! I did a little digging around the forum of my old website, The Anime Crisis Center, and discovered some very interesting posts about how I felt about Metroid all those years ago. So, come back with me in time and let’s take a look at those ye olden posts…