I wasn’t comparing speed-running in general to it and fully appreciate the insane amount of patience and dedication it takes to be good at it. I was responding to the point in the original comment about where the line is drawn between accomplishing something as originally planned (ie. fastest lap around a track) and…

Super Mario 3D World with the wife. While I love the ability to pick up another character like in the ‘New’ Mario game, I do wish it wasn’t mapped to the same button as item use and running. I can see it adding to the chaotic fun in a party-type mode but when we’re playing in a way where we’re working together, it’s…

Here’s the list. Otherwise, if you click Star Slideshow and then the “List Slides” button, you can see the list without having to view every page.

Reminds me of when I’d use a Game Genie on my Genesis to skip levels in Sonic. I thought it was awesome at the time but later on looked back and realized I was simply avoiding playing the game I was sitting down to play. I still use trainers today on some titles to tweak gameplay more to my liking but not to skip…

Gotta admit that’s where my mind went upon reading the title. “As opposed to staying asleep to pee??”

The first sentence was supposed to end with “the false first step.” It’s appearing cut off to me for some reason.

I think it’s important to avoid taking what Break the Twitch calls the false first step. Buying something towards a goal can be exciting and even make you feel productive before you even begin taking action towards that goal. While some of the activities will definitely require a purchase up front to get started, make…

I don’t understand this sentence:

I worked at GameStop for 5 years and it was hard enough to “go beyond the no” as I like to put it when it came to subscriptions/pre-orders. I was fine with offering it but as soon as they declined, I almost never pushed the matter further which was obviously reflected in my numbers. I didn’t care because we had…

Regardless of tire size, I’m interested in seeing someone trying to use a wheelbarrow on the highway.

No kidding. Then he said it’ll take a while for them to process everything. We decided to go get lunch nearby while we waited. The salesman started recommending places (though needlessly since I grew up in the area) but the warranty guy stepped in and did everything he could to avoid us walking out the door as if we…

When we bought our last car, the salesman we dealt with was fantastic which was to be expected because he came referred from a family member. However, as soon as we were settled on the car & price, in came the upseller to push us into the warranty. That was by far the worst part of the entire process. I tried…

I’m glad I wasn’t the only one underwhelmed. Obviously, videos don’t do rides justice and I know this after watching ones of rides I’ve actually been on, but even strongly considering that in the process, I just felt meh. I’ll definitely go the next time I’m at the US park once it’s here but I won’t be planning a trip…

• Brazilian jiu-jitsu

I know it’s more complicated than this but this makes me think of that study where people were in pairs. One person decided how to split $10 and the other could either accept the terms and take their share or decline it and neither got anything. If I remember correctly, way more often than not people would decline the…

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I just started the series with Zero not having played a single title yet and with just how much everyone talks up Zero, it has me worried it’s all downhill from here.

Super Mario 64. I’ve played through it on every platform I own or have owned that had it released. Replayed it again recently on PC in HD widescreen and on Switch with the All-Stars release.

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