I need to confess something upfront – I nearly quit the New Player Ready crew over Earthbound’s placement on our SNES rankings. I wanted it number one. I wrote approximately 47 Slack messages explaining why everyone else was wrong. I threatened to exclusively write about Genesis sports games…

Right, full disclosure – I spent most of the 90s playing Sensible World of Soccer and Speedball 2 on my Amiga, so I missed Super Mario RPG entirely when it launched. Console RPGs seemed like a waste of time compared to proper PC gaming. Then the New Player…

I need to be upfront about something – I’m a Sega devotee. Always have been. Master System, Genesis, Saturn, Dreamcast. I defended blast processing when everyone mocked it. I insisted Phantasy Star was better than Final Fantasy. I maintained Sega loyalty even when it was obviously a losing…

Right, I need to get something out of the way immediately – I’m an Amiga guy. Always have been. Grew up with Sensible World of Soccer, Speedball 2, and the Bitmap Brothers. So when the New Player Ready crew started arguing about the best SNES games, I initially…