Hot take is probably pushing it, there are plenty of people who dig those games and might agree, but it’s a little spicy for me. I dunno, I like those games (most of them, I hate the first Rush) but stacking them up against the games in this bundle feels almost unfair. Dimps were just okay at Sonic level design at…

I’ve never been wild about the art style either, I have to admit, but it’s the sort of thing where I can understand how others might like it. The length is the bigger turn-off, though. If I cared enough I might be able to get used to the designs and art style, I figure.

I’m not quite that hardline about how many seasons I’m willing to sit through, but I definitely have my limits. Shonen in particular, My Hero Academia aside, I just don’t even touch anymore. I’ve had people insist on One Piece to me several times over the years and I’ve had to tell them I don’t care how good they say…

That’s some top shelf boyfriending there, going that far for your SO.

You know, this is genuinely why I never purchased anything digital on Nintendos online stores after the Wii and Virtual Console.

Nah, it’s the sad truth of capitalism, but it really doesn’t have anything to do with us over here in the States. The sad truth is Nintendo has always been shady as hell, they’re just better at hiding it and are half a world away. The NES days in particular, when they all but ran the game industry, have some of the…

Episode 2 is really hampered by being part of the Sonic 4 mistake. It’s got unrealistic expectations to live up to, plus it’s stuck being associated with Episode 1. It’s far better than Ep 1, the levels are better and the experience feels better but it’s never going to get out from under the stigma. It’s not top tier…

Name recognition. That’s genuinely the answer. Things keep getting brought back even when they shouldn’t because the brand has power and that is, sadly, the only thing the people in charge of making these decisions care about. So the people tasked with doing the revival have to deal with whatever baggage comes with it.

That’s a good assessment of pro players. Essentially they want a game sanded down to the model they prefer and will get mad about anything that grinds against their preferred play. They basically stripped Smash Bros Melee of its identity and fun to make it a competitive fighter, going to far as to break controllers to…

Bad News: It’s on Epic only, hopefully just for now.

The weirdest part is all the nuts who are neck deep in eight years of sunk cost fallacy and refuse to admit that maybe this is all just one sad joke in the end. It’s okay to admit when you get played, it happens to the best of us. I want a new Wing Commander too but these guys can’t seem to put together a playable…

Sorry Ubisoft. Why would I play this when a Final Fantasy XIV expansion drops in under a month? Bozja isn’t going to finish itself.

Naruto cured me of ever investing in long shonen again. I’m sure One Piece is good and all but a thousand chapters is a lot of real estate for a series that never actually bothers to get to its goal. I’ve found I appreciate shorter manga these days, or at least ones that compartmentalize better, with distinct sagas…

Body horror’s usually saved as a classification for the movies that deal heavily, sometimes exclusively, with it to disturbing ends. David Cronenbergs entire filmography is almost nothing but body horror, which is why Cronenberg is sometimes used as shorthand for what a film is doing (Rick and Morty even used it a lot…

Was wondering when this was going to get picked up. The realization that it was apparently getting a western release was an entirely word of mouth thing for almost two days. Super happy about it. UC Gundam aside the roster’s a little eh but if this is only the first one to get a western release and not the last I can…

Votes already are effectively private. You can even get in trouble for revealing yours before an election is over. But it’s a moot point anyway. Most people aren’t shy about who they vote for, especially these days. But for sake of argument, sure, they should remain private if only because it shields those who don’t…

I shouldn’t, but screw it, I’ll be the moron who bites.

He wasn’t doxxed and I wish everyone would stop referring to it as such. Law states contributions past two hundred dollars become public record tracked by the FEC and yes, that includes your address. He donated across the board to Republicans at the max amount allowed for each. Once you pass a certain threshold of…

He did one for Superman too which is worth looking for. It’s interesting to see American characters in his unique style. Hopefully this isn’t a one off and he does some variants for other books around the line.

It’s unique. It took me a long while to “get it” - and I’m not going to judge you if you don’t, because I was there once - but it clicked once I realized there’s nothing like it out there. Eventually I came around on it. There’s something to be said for an artist whose style is distinctly theirs, who no one else…