The capacitors of my Duo died, so I changed them a couple years back. It fixed sounds issues, but sadly I was unable to make the CD-Rom work properly. Ordering the analogue Duo was a no-brainer to once again be able to enjoy the dozens of CD games I own for the system. Hurry up UPS!

If you have to play a Ninja game on PC-Engine, the correct choice is Ninja Spirit. Also, the final boss of the PC-Engine Ninja Gaiden is... bad. Very very bad. Nigh unplayable bad. 

Maybe I am being naïve, but it feels like it should be possible for them to create the base game and set a roadmap and then outsource the post-launch / live updates work to another studio.

Is it still true today or did this impact a short list of games at a specific time? Around here in Switzerland, as VHS became a thing, “think of the children” legislators made a list of a dozen movies that were forbidden to sell. The list never got updated, but the law also never changed, so 30 years later the owner…

I find your essay about how you don’t care a little short.

The first time I learned that people make videogames in japan I was very suprised. Almost all my games where from UK, Germany, Spain and USA.

I don’t understand what legal leg Nintendo is standing on. They can chose to not sponsor events or not sanction them, but if event organizers make it clear Nintendo is not involved and that the game is not in its original form, why would Nintendo be able to do anything about it?

As someone who preordered an Analogue Duo months ago, it would be great if they could release a product before announcing the next one...

Whitten also said that, in regards to things like Xbox Game Pass, “developers like Aggro Crab would not be on the hook, as the fees are charged to distributors, which in the Game Pass example would be Microsoft.”

This seems like a great day for competing engines. Easy PR layup: just say “This install fee Unity will be doing? We will never do that.”

The head-to-head of Power of Love and Music versus Giant Meteorite currently stands at 0-0, so maybe there is hope?

You know things are bad when people start to clamor for a movie franchise video game.

It will never happen but: Front Mission Alternative

According to my PolyBridge civil engineering degree, when something breaks and the bridge still works, it means the part was not needed in the first place. Remove this pillar I say!

You must be fun at parties.

The 2023 showcase (instead of 2022):

I feel it highlights a problem that is not Keighley’s to fix. He is showcasing AAA games and asks the companies to send people to represent these games. If there are without a doubt many women working in different aspects of game developments, I would be shocked if more than 1% of the people who spearhead AAA games…

In the specific case of xQc, he streams an average of 6.5 days a week and 9 hours a day. So... yeah... there is that.

This makes me think of Omega Boost.

It should be mentioned that there are Top 100 streamers that have a very low reliance on sponsoring and other non-Twitch curated ads. That’s possible if the streams have very low overhead, so no crazy events, competitions, traveling around, etc.