I can relate with Zack on this: I have nothing against tattoos, and some people can really rock them. I, however, don’t have any, and I don’t know if I’ll have something that’s important enough to me that I would want to be forever marked with it. Video games, as much as I love them, will probably never be on that…

I’m gonna file this one away under “Maybe”. When placed side-by-side, it does have some pretty clear similarities, which makes for a decent enough argument. On the other hand, the original piece is based on a pretty standard interpretation of a cactus, and I don’t think it’s a stretch to say that the prop in Super…

Man, haven’t used this one in a while...

Oh, yeah, that makes sense now. I wasn’t considering that you might have been comparing the final version to one of the many early designs instead of to a standard controller.

It’s replacing the d-pad with a touch pad, not with an analog stick. But as someone who owns one, I can tell you that you’re not missing out on too much. The controller isn’t very comfortable to hold, the shoulder buttons feel cheap and rigid, the touch pads are a poor replacement for a d-pad, and it all feels mostly…

My mom has always been neutral about them, but my dad grew more cynical about my interest as I got older, calling them “baby games” in an effort to shame me out of playing them by the time I was in my mid-teens (maybe fifteen or so). When I was a kid, he wasn’t so bad, and he even played them regularly when I was a…

I really like it! It reminds me of Castlevania: Harmony of Despair. One of the things I never cared for was that the levels were so maze-like. Being able to see more of the stage would really help to alleviate that issue for me. Being able to make my way through the stage by following the paths instead of just picking…

Only 372? Child’s play.

I sure hope you’re right. If it still ends up feeling weak to play, I know that the third game is coming out soon. With two successful Doom games that have come out since and managed to set the bar for fast-paced modern shooters, it seems like they have no excuses for not making something that feels more visceral by…

The ads for Shadow Warrior 3 that I kept seeing during AGDQ made me remember that I had barely touched the 2013 reboot, so I’ve gone back to see why I hadn’t really gotten into it. I’m about 2/3 the way through, but it’s easy for me to understand why I played so little of it. The guns are the least satisfying weapons…

So is this the future of U.S. politics? Are all election results going to just be jammed up by lawsuits and refusals?

You know what? That’s great. Nintendo, for all its flaws, makes excellent, creative games and continues to innovate gaming hardware. I think that if they were owned by Microsoft, they would lose all the freedom they have to do weird and wonderful ideas, and the games they put out would probably be less charming as a…

I don’t fully understand why you shared a tweet from August.

I stopped paying attention to the game once it was revealed to be what it is. Procedurally generated auto-runner? Even in the best of circumstances, that doesn’t sound anywhere near as good as the original Super Meat Boy. Tight platforming and clever level design are integral, and that’s awfully hard to make work with…

I like League, so I’m naturally curious about what they have planned. On the other hand, I hate MMOs. Ultimately, I’ll probably play it for a week, then uninstall it and never look back. Basically the same thing I did with Valorant.

Man, everyone I know was crazy-hyped for this game, but I just kind of didn’t pay any attention to it. Then it came out, everyone I know disappeared for a day or two, and then I see everyone on Discord playing something else. And then the Steam page for it is surprisingly only at a “Mostly Positive” instead of a “Very…

Put a damn slider in the options menu. That way the dildomancers among us can remain satisfied.

As hyped as I am for next year (mostly because I demand a Sealab marathon), no. Unfortunately, I’m a guitarist, so I know him as that wild motherfucker who plays better with two fingers than I can with my whole hand.

This is peak polygons.

I’ve somehow managed to avoid the hype train, and I can safely say that I only kinda sorta care. I’m pretty sure I’ll play it at some point, but I don’t really feel I need to right now. This is good, though! I’ll be able to wait and see if it lives up to the hype, and possibly get it on sale later on.