AlmostClassic

Daibouken means “big adventure” I have a serious soft-spot for Jajamaru-Kun. It was Jaleco’s almost-classic series of games. None were all that great, but they tried their little hearts out. 1986’s Jajamaru no Daibouken was the second game in the series (third if you count Ninja-Kun). Super Mario Bros. dominated the previous year, so for the sequel, Jaleco decided to change the formula to be more of a side-scrolling platformer. 1986 was the year that Metroid and Castlevania hit the scene. Next to them, Jajamaru no…

Money has always spoken louder than anything else in Hollywood, so regardless of whatever creative reasons director Paul Greengrass and star Matt Damon may have outlined, everyone knows the real reason the pair opted to reunite for Jason Bourne, the fourth installment they’d been adamant would never happen. As a result, the end product only transformed an all-time great trilogy into a very good franchise, but it even wound up scoring the worse reviews than Jeremy Renner’s instantly forgettable The Bourne Legacy. As far…