Examining “Fez”’s spectacular nostalgia

I’m a wicked sucker for documentaries, especially (obviously) ones on gaming, so when I saw “Indie Game: The Movie” finally up on Netflix, I decided that I had two hours to waste on the trials and tribulations of three different indie developers: Jonathan Blow (of “Braid” fame), Team Meat (the sadistic creators of “Super Meat Boy”), and one Phil Fish of Polytron Corporation.

While I was familiar with the first two developers, the only thing I’d ever heard about Phil Fish was various rumblings on the internet, generally involving words that are terrible to say and even worse to put into public print. Over the course of the movie, I watched him sway from hopelessness to hopefulness back to despondency as he poured himself into his game. His passion turned into a full on range of emotions, his frustrations dumping into every word he spat about his finances, his new, unstable code and his unsympathetic former business partner.

That being said, his trial through fire turned into gold. “Fez” is easily one of the best throwbacks to the NES/SNES era ever created since those bygone days.

Challenger Learning Center disposes of electronic waste for donations

BANGOR – You can get rid of your hard to dispose of electronic waste by bringing it to the Challenger Learning Center on May 4 between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. 

The staff at Challenger will responsibly dispose of your electronic waste in exchange for donations. The suggested donations are $10 for the first piece and $5 for each subsequent piece, but no donation is too large or too small.