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I\u2019m not sure whether it\u2019s 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<\/em><\/a>, I\u2019ve played some of it, I see its qualities, but it\u2019s not really my thing), but I\u2019ve been playing a lot more old games of late. Retro<\/em> games, you might say, not that it\u2019s especially clear where the line between modern and retro rests right now (more on that on these pages, soon). I\u2019ve spent what games budget I allow myself on new-to-me carts for the SEGA<\/a> Mega Drive and Nintendo<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n