Marc Normandin

Maine

Writer at Freelance

Trending Editor FOX Sports. Regular at @baseballpro and @PasteMagazine. Retro games, sports labor. he/him. https://t.co/JHRUWycWfV

Articles

12 Sega Saturn Games That Need to Be Re-Released

2 weeks ago | pastemagazine.com | Marc Normandin

The Sega Saturn is 30 years old in North America this month, which means we’re 30 years into the Saturn being underappreciated.
Inside Galaxian3, Namco's Almost Extinct Room-Sized Arcade Game

3 weeks ago | pastemagazine.com | Marc Normandin

Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. Namco’s history—especially in their era of arcade dominance—is full of zigs and zags. Invent or refine a genre and create a popular, pivotal, and influential game in the process?
A isn't for "Attendance"

1 month ago | baseballprospectus.com | Marc Normandin

They don't get one for effort, either.
25 Years Ago the Most Melancholy Zelda Foreshadowed the Rise of Roguelikes

1 month ago | pastemagazine.com | Marc Normandin

Majora’s Mask, which was originally released 25 years ago this weekend, is something of an outlier in the long-running Legend of Zelda series. It fits the early conventions of the series in that it’s a direct sequel that gets a little weird with it—a time-honored tradition that, in the case of games like Link’s Awakening and Majora’s Mask itself, produced a better game than its Triforce-centered predecessor—but otherwise… well, there’s nothing quite like it.
Manfred Just Doesn't Understand

1 month ago | baseballprospectus.com | Marc Normandin
Gradius Origins Is a Good Start to Giving Gradius the Respect It Deserves-But It's Not Enough

2 months ago | pastemagazine.com | Marc Normandin

Let’s start here: Gradius Origins is a great, and overdue, idea. A package consisting of not just some early, classic Gradius titles, but multiple versions of them—no small thing for a series like Gradius, which released multiple games after the original Gradius before officially reaching the game we know of and consider as Gradius II. A series where Salamander (Japan) and Life Force (North America) are the same, except not, and also Life Force (Japan again) is different still.
Are The Pittsburgh Pirates Really In Dire Straits?

2 months ago | defector.com | Marc Normandin

Defector has partnered with Baseball Prospectus to bring you a taste of their work. They write good shit that we think you’ll like. If you do like it, we encourage you to check out their site and subscribe. This story was originally published at Baseball Prospectus on March 26.
Happy 25th, Resident Evil—CODE: Veronica. Now Where's That Remake?

2 months ago | pastemagazine.com | Marc Normandin

Poor Resident Evil—CODE: Veronica. At no point in its now 25-year history has it ever seemed like Capcom was giving it the attention it merited.
Transaction Analysis: Mariners Raleigh Around Their Backstop

2 months ago | baseballprospectus.com | Rob Mains |Carlos Marcano |Marc Normandin |Ginny Searle

The Mariners now have a second franchise player in the lineup for much of his career.
speX ’25: Week Zero

2 months ago | baseballprospectus.com | Rob Mains |Ginny Searle |Marc Normandin |Carlos Marcano

Which pitchers posted second-half speX scores, and why should you sign on right away?

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