I’m not sure whether it’s an age thing or more a comment on a shortage of absolutely essential new games in 2022 so far (before you talk to me about Elden Ring, I’ve played some of it, I see its qualities, but it’s not really my thing), but I’ve been playing a lot more old games of late. Retro games, you might say, not that it’s especially clear where the line between modern and retro rests right now (more on that on these pages, soon). I’ve spent what games budget I allow myself on new-to-me carts for the SEGA Mega Drive and Nintendo Game Boy, and at the end of April I reacquired an 8-bit SEGA Master System, reconnecting with the one games console I ever sold as a kid.
