And, either way, it all got upscaled to 480 anyway, though with an interesting trick so instead of interlacing every other line each frame, it used the SAME lines every frame, effectively giving it a pseudo 240p resolution (with a bunch of blanked scanlines, so maybe the mode should be called 240b).

Genesis at it’s best has some absolutely amazing arcade style soundtracks. However, when it comes to the most moving cinematic music, I prefer the SNES every time. The music of the Phantasy Star games, for me, just doesn’t sound as good as music SNES Final Fantasy games.

So, speed running wasn’t brought up at all in the section of the interview you quoted.

The thing is, touch screens aren’t that new, they’re just a lot more prolific. I remember using them often as a kid, just not at home. It was always some touch display on a kiosk at a store selling, say, talking mother’s day cards or something (that’s one of my earlier touch screen memories). Well, now that I think…

I stumbled across a NES Classic when they were “available”. I didn’t realize the sheer luck in that, since I wasn’t actively looking for one and just sorta found it when I was shopping. I gave it to my niece. My sister had to leave taking my niece with her before I could see her actually use it, but apparently it was…

I still have my Light Boy. It worked fine, but added additional bulk to an already bulky handheld. Back then, I carried around my Gameboy in a large satchel along with all it’s accessories and the games I owned. It was the best way, the only feasible way really. Same with my Game Gear which had something modern cell…

I never learned that particular skill, but considering it reached it’s xenith and then set forever so quickly, that’s probably fine. I love “swype” though. That’s a pretty nice way to type on touch screens.

Agreed. In theory, Final Fantasy Tactics with a touch screen should control like a dream and be superior to a standard controller. In practice, Square-Enix did the bare minimum work and all the menus still act like controller style menus with poorly implemented touch support. A game like Angry Birds is designed for…

It never happened for me. My brain’s muscle memory requires tactile feedback or I will inevitably “drift” out of sync. Touch screens just aren’t “there” until they find a way to give us tactile feedback from them. And no, I’m not talking about rumble, I’m saying I want the screen to physically change shape. At that…

Well, except that for those old Gameboy games, buttons ARE the superior interface. Who wants to play a platformer with a touch screen? NOBODY ANYWHERE, that’s who!

Ahahahahha!

I love Skies of Arcadia, but how did the localizers fail to realize their mistake with the opening text? I think it would sound SOO much better (and make a lot more sense) to say “Where there is treasure there will be pirates” without specifying “air pirates”. That’s a much more universal truth. I’m pretty sure our…

This guy seems kind of annoying. He’s just sort of “forcing” the duel on people who clearly weren’t exactly up for that. Maybe he could have “emoted” at them and see if they took him up on it that way? As it stands, sometimes funny, but mostly cringy.

I grew up on tiny mouse heroes, from The Rescuers to The Rescue Rangers to The Secret of NIMH to An American Tale to The Great Mouse Detective, tiny mice civilizations were “in”.

Well, yeah, pretty much all of these “secret holidays” are completely made up. There is no “May the 4th” in any real publicly recognized capacity, except as literally a date on the calendar.

World first exclusive... discount?

World first exclusive... discount?

In the 80's you could have seen that. Not today.

This is a very bad idea. Skirts and roofing aren’t a safe combination. I just mean the article of clothing specifically. Weird clogs and bizarre accouterments like giant foam swords don’t pair well either.

Agreed, and I would add that just as with getting drunk, getting mad doesn’t suddenly make a person think racist thoughts. It just brings them to the surface. I get angry all the time, but have never even wanted to scream some ethnic slur at someone online. It’s just not something that even comes to mind, because…