So hear me out, guys:

the app allows you to walk around the park smacking blocks, and in doing so earning coins (and sometimes stars). A park leaderboard will track those collecting the most

Man, Crocky and Gritty would be best buds.

I wasn’t aware of the connection between Magic and Legendary. Andrew hasn’t pointed it out, even though Low’s name is on the box. I’ll have to bring it up when he wakes up today.

I did a great job of putting a huge dent in my backlog last year, to the point that it feels less urgent and more like just playing video games again. Yes, I have nearly 50 games in my Steam backlog, a handful more on Switch, and a smaller handful of recent purchases for old systems, and a much smaller handful of games…

Oooooh. As someone who’s flying from California to Florida for a vacation this coming Sunday, I’ll have to take a peek and see if that’s an option with United.

I don’t know, why don’t you ask a bird?

I would think it would be a better idea from a PR standpoint to offer a free upgrade to passengers who are a part of the airline’s loyalty/rewards program whenever they cut off booking. It makes the first class seats look more sought after to other passengers if the seats are full, it makes the upgraded passenger(s)…

I was excited to get Legend of Mana during what Square billed as the Summer of Square, which also included a couple other games. What was it, Chrono Cross and Threads of Fate? And when I got Legend of Mana, I played it for a day or two, was put off by how unlike Secret of Mana and Seiken Densetsu 3 it was, and shelved…

One of the retro streamers I follow on Twitch routinely tells the story of how his mom, knowing very little about video games, just poked through the shelves at the game store and decided Thunder Force V was what he would want for Christmas, and it was such an impossibly perfect game choice that he’s mystified by the…

I’d like to believe the original design for Baby Sonic was just Verne Troyer with fur digitally added a la Cats.

I’m always several years behind on video games, but I got a Switch this year, so I was at least able to play Blaster Master Zero 2, Baba Is You, Cadence of Hyrule, Untitled Goose Game, the Link’s Awakening remake, and Luigi’s Mansion 3. Of those, I’m definitely on-board with sodas-and-fries:

Maybe it’s just the “only 90s kids will remember” circles that I tend to run in, or the fact that I force the uninitiated to watch my copy of it, but 10 Things I Hate About You has never felt underrated to me.

If I had invested in stock in 2002 instead of buying video games, I would now be a millionaire.

For how disturbing this whole production has been from announcement to trailer to unfinished release to patched release, at least it’s helped me decide on a name for my new kitten.

There are two possibilities here:

Well, America isn’t a fan of Bill Cosby’s decades of drugging and raping women, so... call it even?

Although it’s a more appropriate choice for AV Club than The Takeout, I stand by Chidi’s Peep chili as the one true avatar of the past decade.

I’ll keep this take in mind the next time I want to know what a serial rapist thinks about an SNL performance.