I only just learned of this franchise perhaps two months ago, if not less, and now I’m nearing the end of Shantae: Risky’s Revenge on the PS4 and anticipating getting all the subsequent games. All of a sudden it feels like this character and franchise is everywhere I turn, when I had zero idea who or what Shantae was…

I was going to say no, but back in the 1990s I actually did buy the Star Wars Trilogy: The Definitive Collection laserdisc boxed set, which retailed for $250, though I might have paid less. No yacht though, alas.

Because of downloads and streaming? I can see that, but lots of us still want to own physical copies for a number of reasons. We can’t always depend on affordable streaming services to carry everything we like forever, and collectors like to have their own libraries.

Nice to see I’m not the only one digging up vintage titles for entertainment lately. I think the game I’ve actually played most over the last week is Dig Dug, and I plan to play it and some of its contemporaries some more this weekend.

I may jump back into that one myself, along with other LEGO games I’ve started since getting my PS4 seven months ago but not finished (LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens, LEGO Jurassic World, and LEGO Dimensions, having acquired the latter and all the add-on packs long before I had a system that could actually play the…

Same here; this is the first time I’m reading about this game, as far as I’m aware. As with you, it’s conceivable I’ve encountered some reference to it before, but hadn’t realized it was its own thing.

For this LEGO fan, it’s awesome to hear all that. Thanks for the reply!

Never say never. The first Minecraft sets didn’t use minifigures, either, but they eventually started doing minifigure-scale sets for that.

Wait, what’s this about meaning in glyphs on a LEGO series you worked on? What series, if I may ask?

Your mention of a backlog of games speaks to me, as does your one of cheap older games. I still have tons of games from the ‘90s (mostly Mac and/or PC, plus some NES and SNES) that I’ve had for two or even three decades and never finished, and in some cases barely started. And on my PS4, I’ve mostly been playing not…

Continuing with Shantae: Risky’s Revenge, and also the new port of Star Wars - Episode I: Racer.

That original Star Wars novelization (credited to Lucas, but actually ghostwritten by Alan Dean Foster, who practically made a whole career out of novelizations) is notable for having come out in November 1976, a good six months before the film’s release.

It happens! Though I knew about this - it was announced a few months ago - I didn’t know about a bunch of other available older Star Wars titles (or just older titles in general) that are available as downloads.

Well, how about that - the delays for the Star Wars - Episode I: Racer reissue have it coming out on my birthday. I frequently wait a little while on releases until there’s a sale, since the PS store has sales all the time and my funds are limited, but I may have to make this a Day 1 purchase to celebrate.

Congrats on finally getting a Switch! Am I correct in assuming you didn’t have to pay above MSRP, since you got it from an ordinary retailer?

As I am always late to the party, I have somehow only recently discovered the Shantae franchise despite it having been around since 2002, and am playing Shantae: Risky’s Revenge. Also, Gunman Clive / Gunman Clive 2, and Star Wars - Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast. I seem to be using my PS4 largely not for current-gen…

Is CG animation cheaper than traditionally hand-drawn? I see this alleged often, and from a certain POV it makes sense (time is money, after all, especially in TV / movie production, and CG can be done more quickly than hand-drawn), but I don’t think it tells the whole story. CG works can have a lot of expensive…

That’s fair, though it’s also fair to note there’s a huge difference between being “person x” where “x” is some component of identity along the lines of race, sex, sexual orientation, gender, or even religion, and being “person x” where “x” is a career choice (particularly a career choice in which one is armed and…

... but I’m going with sarcasm (and have a star).

So Captain America, Thor, Hulk, Iron Man, and possibly Hawkeye were to be playable? Hm, I feel like something’s missing that I can’t quite put my finger on... :p