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Absolutely. I used to look forward to them with every big new game that came out. It felt like a very chill hangout with friends.

It has a lot of longevity because it's the perfect system for the kind of games Nintendo tends to make. Not once when when playing, say, Mario Odyssey, do I think about how it would look better on PS...

Nice essay. I will just quote this, from Tolkien's "On Fairy Stories", on the concept of using art for the purposes of escapism, much derided by the critics of his day and ours.I have claimed that Esc...

It's really interesting how sales don't seem proportionate to attention games receive in the circles of the Internet I travel through. I remember hearing so much raving about this game on multiple po...

Eh, tbh I don't even see that much difference between PS4 and PS5. I don't want to get a PS6 just to get Last of Us 2 Remastered Remastered or whatever. Why don't we collectively wait until there is ...

I haven't listened to this one yet. I'm not a metal guy, so probably like many, I found out about Polyphia through G.O.A.T. which I feel is a masterpiece. I listened to it dozens of times and soon gra...

Nothing to say other than that these games are great and pretty addictive. I really enjoy the loop of tunneling further and further down -> collecting loot until your pack is filled -> surfacin...

I watched Fallout. It was excellent and very true to the spirit, and the details, of the games, with the same mix of cynicism, violence and dark humor. Although actually, it was a bit *too* cynical a...

Whatever you think about Blow, he makes great games. Braid and The Witness were both excellent. But I don't have any real desire for the remaster - the original game looks and sounds great as it is.

I don't know, I tend to watch videos / listen to podcast about any games or movies before I consume it. I guess I came around to BG3 pretty quick as well (after said videos/podcasts) but then I was a...

I'm pretty excited for Echoes of Wisdom. It looks like a breath of fresh air for the (2D) series, with Zelda as the protagonist (finally) and the new Echo mechanic which looks like it could be a lot o...

This is weird on many levels. Does this mean you could have two copies of a game, one Xbox version and one Steam version? Can you boot up ancient 90s games via dosbox like some Steam games require? Wh...

God, this sucks. I'm a pretty big fan of some of the ign podcasts. I'm going to have to work really hard to separate them from their leadership. I wonder what Peer would have to say about all this (...

@bigsocrates said:I have owned Matroid gamesAhh yes, Matroid. Featuring beloved protagonist Seamus Aram Funnily enough, a matroid is actually a thing in math.Anyway, my memory of the first two Metroi...

I'm just curious what the big launch game(s) will be, if any. Nintendo consoles seem to live or die by their launch window games. Switch came out of the gate extremely strong with Zelda and Mario soo...

Eh, it's another example of story and gameplay clashing. I can't say it bothers me - I just kinda accept it. Not the same trope, but it was pretty funny to me when [mild ffvii rebirth spoilers] SPOI...

This is adorable. Instantly takes me back to that time, when I was around the same age (but definitely wasn't lucky enough to get an N64 at launch!) Thanks for sharing.

I first played this on an emulator in the late 90's. It already seemed "retro" then even though it was only a few years old. (That tells you something about the pace of technology changing during that...

I also have zero interest in those types of games but... I mean... that's fine? I really can't complain about the dearth of single-player games to occupy my time. My feeling is that it's been an embar...

Nice review. It's interesting to hear the perspective on it from someone who never played the 1997 version. I picked up a PS5 recently specifically to play this, but I need to get through Remake firs...