About burnin

Brandon is a graduate of Ohio State and an avid sports fan. He enjoys collecting everything from sports cards to video games.

burnin has written 10 articles so far, you can find them below.


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Baseball Week 1: A Retrospective

Baseball is back!!!! That’s right folks, break out those peanuts and jacks that are in cracker form because baseball is here to consume you for the rest of the summer. What better way to really get the season rolling then to take a look back… [ read more ]

April 13, 2013 0
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Ecstasy of Order: The Tetris Masters review

“It is estimated that two out of every three Americans has played Tetris.”  The opening line of Ecstasy of Order: The Tetris Masters conveys just how significant a game Tetris is in not only video gaming culture but pop culture. … [ read more ]

July 31, 2012 0
The standard black Tengen cartridge.

NES: Collecting Tengen

For this article I thought I would go over collecting a popular subset of unlicensed NES games, those being the games made by the Tengen company. But being the type of collector & historian I am, I’ve decided to first provide a little… [ read more ]

April 22, 2012 1
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Fans catching Baseballs: The Good, Bad and Ugly from YouTube

So last week we were treated to a hilarious celebration by a fan who busted out the “sprinkler” dance as a celebration to his home run catch.

This got me thinking about some of the cool fan catches at stadiums I’ve seen in… [ read more ]

April 17, 2012 2
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Trying to Kinect with 2012

A very amateur and unscientific video game weight loss experiment.
2012 sucks. No, not the movie. By definition any movie that both shows Los Angeles being destroyed AND features Danny Glover as the President of the United States can’t… [ read more ]

January 29, 2012 0
Remember that this game can't just be found at a flea market or store. This game is a reproduction. And as such there are a few ways you can play it. You can find a playable version online or you can buy a cartridge reproduction. If your like me, you'll want a cartridge to be able to play on your system at any time and to put into your collection. There are about half a dozen or so sites on the net that offer really good reproductions and most have Earthbound Zero as it is one of the best reproduction games out there. The cartridge version I have that is in the picture is from TimeWalk Games which makes very unique and high quality reproductions. They have become my go to source for reproductions lately as they produce the best cosmetically looking reproductions available and also provide extras with their complete in box games that really make you feel like your a kid again opening a brand new Nintendo game.

Earthbound Zero (Mother) Review

Earthbound Zero is the NES reproduction of the game “Mother” from Japan. The game was originally set to get a North American release under the name Earth Bound, having been translated and prepared for the North American market.… [ read more ]

November 5, 2011 2
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High Score

Bill Carlton is stuck. Both in the 80s and at a stale mate with the classic arcade and Atari game Missile Command. But this is nothing new for Bill, he has been bested by a machine before. Bill first landed on the retro arcade gaming scene with his… [ read more ]

September 17, 2011 2
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NES Variation: Back Labels

Back again with another exciting article exploring more variations in collecting NES games. This article will focus on the back labels of licensed NTSC NES games. I’ll try to identify the different labels and the components of those… [ read more ]

September 17, 2011 1
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600 > 3000?

This year we have witnessed two incredible milestones in the game of baseball. We have seen a 28th member join the 3,000 hit club and an 8th player enter the 600th homerun club. Both incredible individual accomplishments only achieved by the… [ read more ]

August 26, 2011 0
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