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Don’t Forget to Use the Block Button: A Collection of Low-poly Memories, Dead Servers, and Other Lessons in Surviving Adulthood by HoldReset
Fandoms: Mortal Kombat - All Media Types, Mortal Kombat (Video Games 1992-2020), Super Mario & Related Fandoms, Super Mario Bros. (Video Games), 闘神伝 | Battle Arena Toshinden, Jumping Flash!, The Godfather (Video Game 2006), Deadly Towers, Mother 2: Gyiyg no Gyakushuu | EarthBound, Mother 1 | EarthBound Zero | EarthBound Beginnings, Street Fighter (Video Games), ESPN Extreme Games (Video Game), Silent Hill (Video Game Series), Tekken (Video Games), Rival Turf (Video Game), Final Fantasy VII (Video Game 1997), Shadow Madness (Video Game), Captain N: The Game Master, Rockman | Mega Man - All Media Types, Mega Man (Cartoon 1994), ヴァンパイア | Darkstalkers (Video Games), Nintendo Power (Magazine), Fallout 3, Sonic the Hedgehog (Video Games), PlayStation Home (Video Game), Metroid Series, Duke Nukem (Video Game), Far Cry 4, Super Hang-On (Video Game), Metal Gear (Video Games), Final Fantasy Series
20 Jun 2026
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A 19-inch CRT television screen can hold a lot of history.
It can hold the infinite promise of a 1995 childhood summer spent barricaded in a bedroom with EarthBound and chocolate milk, or the wonder of a new PlayStation at a sleepover. But if you leave the console running long enough, the screen starts to reflect something else: the stark, underemployed limbo of your 20s, the quiet isolation of a crummy first apartment, and the realization that the servers – for any game – are eventually going to be shut down.
Part retro-gaming chronicle, part comedic observation, and part deeply personal creative nonfiction, this collection maps out a life story through the pixelated relics that survived it. From writing unhinged corporate letters to Brøderbund Software about decades-old NES games to a late-night standoff with Mortal Kombat, these essays trace the messy evolution from a kid chasing sunsets to a dad realizing that the wonder was never really gone – it was just waiting to be passed down.
New chapters every Saturday!
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- English
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