GameBoy Advance 20th Anniversary

Today marks the 20th anniversary of the GameBoy Advance here in the US. I have some fond memories of that console and it’s a little hard to believe that it’s been 20 years already since it came out. I was already a big fan of Nintendo consoles at that point and had been anticipating the release of the GBA for a few years. My GameBoy and GameBoy Color where heavily used throughout my teenage and early adult years. I also picked up a SNES and later a Nintendo 64. I was ready for Nintendo’s new “handheld SNES” and was not disappointed. I still remember being shocked at how well Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2 ran on this little battery powered device. I wasn’t as fond of the dimly lit screen, but this was a small price to pay for having this much power that could fit in pocket (back when we didn’t have iPods or smartphones taking up the space).

Jun 11, 2021 Read More »

Site Update

Finally after six long years, I’ve gotten around to updating things here. You should now see that TLS has been enabled. I have more plans for content here as I can get to it. Stay tuned.

May 09, 2021 Read More »

nstimer for fun and profit

Let’s talk about NSTimer. It’s a core class that every Apple developer needs to use. And yet, despite that, it’s still misused regularly. We’ll start with the basics.

Nov 20, 2015 Read More »

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Nov 16, 2015 Read More »