Wow. This guy has very strong, moralistic opinions about how people should experience entertainment products.

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We can quibble on the world “Old” as used here, since the NES and SNES got to the point pretty quickly, but when I read this sentence I immediately thought of Twilight Princess with its excruciating three-hour tutorial of chicken-hunting and boring NPC chatter.

Why hello, that is a nice and very practical-looking alarm clock you’ve got there.

The comment thread seems to have devolved into an informal poll, so I’ll cast my vote for Advance Wars. The idea of a Mother 3 also interests me, though first I’d have to get around to playing Earthbound.

Except when you were a kid and your mom took you to the mall and you bought a game and then for the next hour you would excitedly read the manual as she walked around and shopped for stuff.

I was initially all over in this skin, in part because I like the idea of playing a jazz musician more than that of playing a DJ—but your points are all well taken. Overwatch has a muddled history of going against stereotypes (Mei, Pharah, others) and falling right into them (Lucio, Hanzo, others). I’ve always found…

Up to four players can share one joycon, actually. You lay it flat on the table and each player takes one button. Everyone places their left hand on the thumb stick, which is controlled much like a Ouija board.

Since I never thought to murder any of the children in Skyrim I never realized they were immortal and hence never had this issue affect my level of immersion.

There is certainly a bit of scope lost, and if I’m fighting a boss or watching a cutscene in BOTW I’d rather be on TV, just as I wouldn’t play Overwatch on a handheld, or anything that requires full concentration. But sometimes I like to play games with less than full concentration and intensity, so that I can relax a…

I play it a lot on the couch—with the tv fully in view, but preferring still to be comfortably wrapped around my screen. Also allows me to share space with my girlfriend without the noise and nuisance. I like the controls and ergonomics, and the battery is totally fine for me—it’ll get me through a short flight, and…

I would settle for two square inches. Even three!

When (if ever) are we going to see a portable 1-sq-inch peripheral that allows a Switch to connect to a tv and power without all that unnecessary and cumbersome plastic? Maybe from a third party? The Switch is meant to travel, let it be free!

This was probably never a money-maker to begin with, given production costs coupled with sales cannibalized from e-Shop NES games. It was probably mostly an advertising/brand-promotion gimmick that has since worn out its use.