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I played 1979 arcade game Lunar Rescue (I'm cheating on the date a little bit) on Taito Legends 2 (PS2) and Taito Legends Power Up (PSP). I was surprised at how much I liked it. There are elements of Space Invaders, Lunar Lander and even Asteroids in this game.

College years. I had an Apple Macintosh Plus computer, mostly used for writing assignments but also some games. I had a single arcade cabinet in my tiny college town, and I went to arcades when home. I didn’t know the Sega Master System, Sega Genesis, GameBoy, or Atari Lynx even existed. 

I strangely didn’t notice the release of the NES in ’85. Instead, I had access to an Apple computer and went to the arcades.

Borderlands 3. I'm level 19 and stuck on a boss. So I've been doing side missions and finding audio logs to listen to. Along the way, I've been constantly battling, improving my gear and leveling up.

I can't order my thoughts much right now, so I'm just going to drop a few ideas. 

1983, the year of the video game crash. At the time, I didn’t notice or think about it, but it’s clear from looking at what came out for home consoles, that I didn’t play anything new. Playing at the arcade was much different, though. Some of my favorite arcade games released this year. 

Thanks to my friend Mark, I now have three of the four arcade cabinet Christmas tree ornaments Hallmark has made. I'm only missing the Galaga one, which, is too expensive to get right now, but one day. Here's some pics of Pac-Man. I want to add it to a diorama I'm thinking about making.

1982 was the heart of the golden age of video games, in my opinion. Flynn’s Arcade in the movie Tron, that came out this year, gives a good view of what an 80s arcade was like.

EDF 2025 will go in the digital locker with the release of Borderlands 3. My friend got a physical copy, and I got a digital one. I'll finalize my thoughts on EDF below. 

I'm trying to finish up with EDF 2025 before I dive into Borderlands 3 next week. I also have Gears of War 5 from Game Pass ready to go. I'll probably get to that much later since Borderlands 3 will likely take up my game time for a while.