I’ve seen a video of the lyricized Moon Theme, but not the pogo stick reference. Nice.

Right, but it’s also that we’re talking about an era in which games didn’t encompass a wide range of genres, and really, what would a video game based on Ducktales even be about? It was rarely about fighting and violence, especially not on the part of Uncle Scrooge.

Yeah, I’ve noticed this, and it’s honestly pretty surprising, especially since tie-in games were pretty much inevitable up until Marvel Studios began (and, I guess, the Nolan Batman films). Hell, it’s pretty incredible that the Rocksteady Batman games were based more on the comics than on any of the films.

“Blame the fans” isn’t usually my go-to approach for poor practices in the industry, but in the case, yeah, blame the fans. If games based on these licenses weren’t so profitable, companies wouldn’t make so many of them.

Tip for game developers: if you are trying to make a philosophical point about repetition in life, making the gameplay more repetitive does not help your point become more compelling.

Reroll is still priced at $30. I bought it new for $20 on release day in 2004.

Uh, from the headline, I thought it was about these games coming to Windows.

“I’m currently playing through Hitman 1 and 2"

No, you have to play all the beat-em-ups in chronological order first.

In contrast, imagine Joe Biden gets banned from all social media tomorrow.

“Wait...your argument is fine”

The humanoid Sephiroth dude coming out of the dripping egg thing completely naked?

Yes, but it still means you have to play a portion of the game before you can achieve the ending.

Game designers really need to find an alternative approach to making the point about futile repetition without padding out the game with more futile repetition.

“an ending that actually pays off everything on both sides of the Fourth Wall.”

Well, shit. I can finally go back and beat that game now.

There are lots of games with leaderboards. Which high scores matter the most?

The scores in what?

Destiny pioneered the use of Twitch as a place for political coverage, but arguably Hasan “turned it into a destination for political coverage.” Hasan always credits Destiny for his own success, so there’s really no reason to split hairs here.

I have no idea what that means.