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Paul Werkema
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Avid Reader, Gamer, and hiker. I write about retro and indie video games, and books about video games.
Blog: paulwerkema.com
YouTube: https://youtube.com/@paulwerkema?si=1yNPp3bS90VU73ie
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I wrote about Ice Hockey on the NES.

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Ice Hockey on NES: A Great Game with Limited Modes - Talking Pixels
Well, it is November, and the Ice Hockey season is well underway. Around this time last year, I looked at the Blades of Steel series, and this time I’m going to revisit Ice Hockey on the NES. This is ...
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November 11, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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I wrote about Captain America and the Avengers on the NES.

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Captain America and the Avengers is not a Good Game - Talking Pixels
Captain America and the Avengers on the NES is a very different game from the arcade, SNES, and Genesis versions of this game. Instead of a beat’em up, it was turned into a side-scrolling action platf...
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November 10, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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I wrote about Phantasy Star III.

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Phantasy Star III: The Wonderful Black Sheep of the Series - Talking Pixels
Phantasy Star III always felt a little off to me. It was the second game in the series that I remember playing, and I remember not liking it as much as the fourth game. When I went back to play the ga...
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November 9, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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I compared Sweet Home with Dragon Quest II.

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Which is Better? Dragon Quest II vs Sweet Home - Talking Pixels
Much like when I compared Sweet Home with Dragon Quest, these two games are very different. Dragon Quest II is a vast improvement over the first game in its series, even if it still has issues. Sweet ...
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November 1, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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I compared Phantasy Star with Sweet Home.

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Which is Better? Phantasy Star vs Sweet Home - Talking Pixels
These comparisons keep getting tougher. Phantasy Star is an excellent RPG, and I really like that it is different from the more generic high fantasy story. Sweet Home is a good RPG, but it is a hybrid...
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October 29, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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I wrote a comparison of Final Fantasy and Sweet Home.

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Which is Better? Final Fantasy vs Sweet Home - Talking Pixels
Final Fantasy and Sweet Home are both turn-based RPGs, but they are very different games once you get passed that. There are some similarities between them when it comes to combat and the core gamepla...
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October 28, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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I compared Sweet Home with Dragon Quest.

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Which is Better: Dragon Quest vs Sweet Home - Talking Pixels
Sweet Home and Dragon Quest are both turn-based RPGs, but that is where things end. Dragon Quest was one of the first attempts to make a console RPG, and many of its gameplay mechanics feel archaic. S...
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October 27, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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I wrote about the 1997 Parasite Eve movie. This is an adaptation of the book, and acts as a prequel to the games.

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The Parasite Eve Movie, A Great Prequel to the Games - Talking Pixels
The 1997 Parasite Eve movie is an adaptation of a 1995 novel of the same name. Both act as a prequel to the video games. As far as I can tell, there are no sequels to the book or movie, and most of th...
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October 24, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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October 22, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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I compared Sweet Home with Destiny of an Emperor.

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Which is Better? Destiny of an Emperor vs Sweet Home - Talking Pixels
Destiny of an Emperor and Sweet Home are radically different takes on the RPG genre. Both are unique games, and they don’t play like anything else. That is one of the reasons I like both of them. I’ve...
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October 22, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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October 20, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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I wrote about Sweet Home on the Famicom. This is a pretty good horror RPG, but the controls are a little awkward at first.

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Sweet Home: Capcom’s Great Horror RPG on the Famicom - Talking Pixels
Sweet Home was released in 1989 and didn't leave Japan. It is a horror RPG, and was one of the games that inspired Resident Evil. It was mostly unplayable for people outside of Japan for most of the 1...
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October 19, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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I watched Sweet Home. The 1989 Japanese horror movie that inspired Resident Evil. I got more Silent Hill vibes from it.

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Sweet Home: The Awesome Movie that Inspired Resident Evil - Talking Pixels
Sweet Home, also known as The Mamiya House, is a Japanese horror film. It was released in 1989, and the home video release was the subject of a lawsuit. Parts of the film were re-shot and re-edited fo...
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October 18, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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I wrote about Nightmare on Elm Street for the NES.

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Nightmare on Elm Street: One of the Better LJN Games - Talking Pixels
I have very few memories of Nightmare on Elm Street for the NES. This is one of the many games that LJN published, and it is one of their better games. Like several other games from LJN, it is an ambi...
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October 17, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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I wrote about Castlevania on the NES.

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A Look Back at Castlevania on the NES - Talking Pixels
Castlevania was one of the first horror themed games that I played. It was very different than any other game on the NES that I had played up to that point. Seeing ghouls, skeletons, and gorgon heads ...
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October 16, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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Big day! Here's the thing I've been working on for the past few months.
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We are live! Welcome to Design Room, a new independent games media site.

• We specialize in oral histories like the Final Fantasy 7 and Street Fighter 2 ones I (@mattleone.bsky.social) did at Polygon
• Our first big story is on Shadow of the Colossus: bit.ly/4hjwz8n
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October 14, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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I wrote about Infernax.

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Infernax is an Amazing Action RPG - Talking Pixels
Infernax is an action-RPG that is everything I would have wanted from a modern remake of Castlevania II. It has many similarities with the Castlevania games, and I really like the cutscenes and graphi...
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October 13, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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I made a list of my favorite horror games so far.

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The Best 15 Horror Games I’ve Played So Far - Talking Pixels
I didn’t have time to make a list of indie horror games for this year, so I decided to make a list of my favorite horror games that I’ve played so far. This will include indie and retro horror games. ...
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October 11, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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I wrote about Haunting on the Sega Genesis.

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Haunting on the Sega Genesis: A Wonderful Horror Game - Talking Pixels
Haunting: Staring Polterguy is one of the unique games that Electronic Arts used to publish back in the 1990s. It was released on the Sega Genesis and isn’t like anything else you would see on the hom...
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October 9, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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I wrote about Silent Hill on the PS1.

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Silent Hill: One of the Best Survival Horror Games on the PS1 - Talking Pixels
I didn’t get into the Silent Hill series until the second game's release. My friend Drew talked about the first game, but I don’t remember playing until I started collecting retro games. I also don’t ...
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October 8, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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The image contains eight separate panels of Scotland scenery. The upper left image shows the facade of the Saint Giles' Cathedral in Edinburgh. The upper-middle left image shows a field with three highland cattle. The upper-middle right image shows a road leading into a mountainous area with a small building to the left of the road. The upper right image shows a path that runs between two rows of shaped hedges to a manor home in the background. The lower left image shows a horse stable in front of a mountain with some orange trees to the left side of the building. The lower-middle left image is a peacock standing in some foliage near outdoor chairs. The lower-middle right image shows mountains reflecting in a still body of water. The lower right image is an aerial view looking downward from a tall building into a courtyard.
October 7, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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I wrote about Resident Evil on the PS1.

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Resident Evil: Director’s Cut, Creepy Survival Horror Game - Talking Pixels
The Resident Evil series has been taken in some odd directions in recent years. I remember being a little confused by the inclusion of other monsters, because I remember it as being a game about avoid...
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October 7, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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I wrote about Werewolf: The Last Warrior on the NES. The comic book was the best part of looking into this game. Sadly, it was a one shot.

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Werewolf on the NES, Terrible Gameplay but Great Graphics - Talking Pixels
Werewolf: The Last Warrior is an action platformer from Data East. The name was changed to Super Werewolf Chronicle Warwolf when it was released in Japan. I couldn’t find any information on what it wa...
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October 5, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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May 20, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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I wrote about Resident Evil: The Umbrella Conspiracy by S.D. Perry.

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Resident Evil: The Umbrella Conspiracy, a Great Book by S.D. Perry - Talking Pixels
Resident Evil: The Umbrella Conspiracy is a novelization of the first video game. The book was written in 1998 by S.D. Perry. She wrote all of the books in this series, and I like the way she tells th...
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October 3, 2025 at 5:33 PM