Screenshot of Castlevania at a section of the game where the player found some hidden wall chicken.

Wall Chicken or Wall Meat refers to a trope in the Castlevania series of video games where a piece of chicken can be found hidden in breakable walls throughout the castle to heal the player. The idea of eating chicken found in a wall became the subject of memes throughout the 2000s, often in jokes about how you should not eat wall chicken as you might get sick. Wall chicken has been referenced in numerous video games and media properties since the original game’s release in 1986.

I’ve been hooked on Metroidvanias for a while now. I’ve always been big on retro games, but ‘vanias are the holy grail for me. Castlevania and Metroid are the two that defined the genre, but there’s adjacent stuff like Ninja Gaiden, Shinobi, action arcade games like Golden Axe and Actraiser… Modern games like Blasphemous and Hollow Knight, and plenty more.

Castlevania alone has 20-something different installments spanning nearly half a century. There’s plenty to talk about, so I’m starting a new gaming blog: WallChicken.net!

I think I’m mostly going to focus on 90’s games and modern retro stuff, but I have no idea where this thing will end up taking me. I haven’t decided on a platform yet, and I have a lot of design stuff to figure out, so it’ll probably be a couple months before I’m ready to launch it. But I’m super excited! I love running my personal blog but I think getting back into a niche side project will be a lot of fun.