How the hell did they get SEGA to approve Sonic R, then?!

Agreed, but if you really want to nitpick the arm motion leading up to it, I’d say it looks more like he’s doing Andy Bogard’s finish to his Hisho Ryusei Ken from some of the KoF games.

Nah. Note the circular motion of the hands before holding back to charge.
It’s clearly Chun-Li’s Kikosho!

Regular. Easy modes are shortcuts I don’t really think you should take while reviewing. Playing the default always helps get in idea of the developers’ baseline experience.

That’s a trickier and I was actually just talking about it with Stephen since he’s been playing through Nioh and did a ton more sidequests and stuff than I could for my review. He’s much higher level than I was at the end of the game because he’s done a ton of stuff. Has about 80 hours on the clock while my…

This is something I think about a lot so I’m going to write a bit more than the usual reply. The reality is that there’s never been a review I haven’t enjoyed even if time can sometimes be tight. That includes games I’m more negative on like Yooka-Laylee. The process is always interesting even if the pace can be a bit…

CUTAWAY isometric video game maps.

heavily distorted and less detailed version of itself. It’s recognizeable, but it sort of falls into the Uncanny Valley.

This rules. Love the panoramas they made out of the prerendered interiors.

As a map lover this is satisfying as hell. We need a big fat book full of VG maps.

Both when I played it and now, I feel like the level where you sneak inside Hyrule Castle is a bit of a letdown.

Crap, that would have been nice to see last week when I played through it for the first time since the original launch. I remembered most of it though and the water temple isn’t as hard as most people say. My wife and I had a fun time replaying it.

Correct. The rest are blank so you can write down passwords.

So the book is just one page that says “Yes,” yes?

Blood, Eat, Love - How I Found My Outer Warrior and My Inner Lover, by Jasmyn Scoobydoo.

No clue, just found it on my desk.

I am contractually obliged to put Papa Roach last though.

Powerman 5000 is absolute garbage.

Thanks! That’s really sweet.

Totally! Great comment.