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I'm John Harris. Things I have done:

* Write the retro, niche and indie gaming blog Set Side B (setsideb.com)

* Write posts for venerable community weblog Metafilter (I'm JHarris)

* Wrote the book Exploring Roguelike Games for CRC Press

* Wrote the book We Love Mystery Dungeon (revised) for Limited Run Games (forthcoming)

* Wrote the roguelike column @Play for the vanished indie gaming blog GameSetWatch

* Wrote Commodore 64 games for Loadstar long ago

* Helped out long ago at ancient virtual world WorldsAway Dreamscape

* Other things I've forgotten about, definitely

LOADSTAR COMPLEAT

$15

The entire run of the classic Commodore 64 magazine-on-disk

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C64 Dungeon

An RPG game system from 1990 for the Commodore 64

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Role Playing

We Love Mystery Dungeon

A review and examination of the Mystery Dungeon games from Chunsoft (and others)

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The Black Book of Animal Crossing New Horizons

An unofficial guide

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Figure Fight

Sending your amiibo out into the world to beat people up

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8-Bit Obituaries

Bad or just misunderstood games it's okay to love!

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21 Unexpected Games to Love for the Atari VCS

Searching the VCS/2600 library for games that hold up today

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Somebody Set Up Us The Rom, Part 2

Part two of John Harris' reviews of excellent romhacks and fan translations

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Somebody Set Up Us The Rom, Part 1

A review and celebration of romhacks in general, and 50 in particular

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Octropolis

Fast-paced arcade maze game - clear out a huge maze of eggs while escaping pursuit

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Action

Books by rodneylives (John Harris)

Somebody Set Up Us The Rom, Part 2

Part two of John Harris' reviews of excellent romhacks and fan translations

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Somebody Set Up Us The Rom, Part 1

A review and celebration of romhacks in general, and 50 in particular

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