That’s another thing that baffles me - why are they overthinking it so much? They used to bang these things out in 8 months, but now it takes years (and a team of writers) to come up with a script? Just have a group of colorful and diverse 20-year olds playing teenagers go into the woods, smoke some weed, have sex and…

AKA “this wasn’t received well and WW was so we decided to make it more like that.”

On GBA VC games on Wii U, they had an option to smooth out the graphics, but without the CRT filter. I wish that option would be available. What I loved about the 3DS Zelda remakes is that they made the games how we remembered them, not how they actually looked.  I mean, it’s a nitpick, these are some of the best…

That’s true. And, admittedly, the folks who design Dolphin have worked out a way to make Skyward Sword compatible in a PC environment too (as long as you have Wiimotes and a way to connect them to your computer). I guess what I’m driving at is that, at the time of release, it was designed very specifically for the…

People gave Nintendo a lot of shit for producing so few NES Classics, but you hit on one of the reasons they didn’t expect it to be successful: those plug and play machines have been around for years, and aren’t that popular. Combined with the avalanche of people that fill every comment section with, “Why not just…

I’ve found myself using the CRT filter to make the games look like they’re being played on the crappier TVs they were designed for. It’s nitpicky for most of the games, but Donkey Kong Country looks really bad in 1080p. It was a game designed to trick us into thinking it was using 3D models, and it really seems like…

Oh my goodness you guys, I just played Star Fox for the first time. This game is shockingly good!! I feel like I’ve barely ever heard anything positive about it, but it plays like some bizarre impressionistic Star Wars/Tron/Redwall hybrid or something. I’m surprisingly impressed by the visuals, and the laughable…

I’m honestly not sure what to expect of Microsoft and Sony. Lots of Microsoft’s decisions have been somewhat mind-boggling recently, and Sony seems to have their IPs either on long-term projects or dead. Maybe there’s a new Crash Bandicoot or similar mascot game, given the N. Sane Trilogy’s success, but that’d be a…

I’d like to think there’s an Okami sequel in the works, on account of the game’s recent reappearance. I dare not dream that it might get published on my Switch, if at all. On the other hand, Capcom’s kind of in the dumps these days, so who knows?

Hey Gameologerinos! Just a reminder that voting is now ongoing for the next game that the Gameological Steam group is going to discuss in its book club for video games, the Revue Club. Cast your votes here. We’re also still discussing Binary Domain, if you’re interested.

Or, if you have a PS4 controller (or Joy Con, I think), 8bitdo sells a receiver for $16 that allows you to play it with other system controllers.

This Mario & Luigi/Paper Mario slander will not stand! Mario & Luigi:Superstar Saga, Bowser’s Inside Story, and Paper Jam are heads and shoulders above Super Mario RPG (which I enjoyed but they’ve definitely improved upon). The first Paper Mario is kind of dull IMO (others disagree), The Thousand Year Door is a…

Convincing Hollywood that a female-led action/superhero movie can be one of the highest-grossing films actually is a pretty big step. A step that shouldn’t have been needed, but was.

It’s either the best thing ever or a dumpster fire. Nothing can ever be just ok.

“but in no way is it a great feminist gauntlet thrown down at the film industry.”

We live in a media environment where everyone has to take everything to the Nth degree. WW can be a solid incarnation of the strong woman capable of taking care of herself, a positive feminist message, without requiring that the movie be the greatest step in the history of cinematic feminism. Some people just need to…

Not only that, it was a forced striptease. The character was blackmailed into doing it. By her own husband!

“Dear James Cameron,

It’s never too soon to tell Mr. Cameron to go fuck himself.

It should be remembered that James Cameron is an asshole.