I have never played an actual NES, so my nostalgia for the system is non-existent. Most games on it that I've played via Virtual Console I find outdated, finnicky, broken, and very frequently not fun. The Legend of Zelda is one of the ones that remains a masterpiece. I probably rank it as my 4th favorite, just because…

Back from my midnight Switch launch! It wasn't even necessary, since I'd managed to pre-order, but I did snag a nice Zelda poster for free. And now that I'm back…it's sitting in its dock, not doing anything. My copy of Breath of the Wild will be arriving in the mail, and I hopefully get a few hours in before work…

I dunno, I'm cool with people not always doing everything in the car, even in shotgun. I've been on long drives that have no exits or changes for hours, and often times everyone in the car settles into their own thing. At the same time, I'm pretty introverted and can be very comfortable with being quiet, as long as…

I could see it working best with some simple, maybe optional gimmicks. Answering the phone seems like it could be cumbersome, but if the text messages in Tokyo Mirage Sessions popped up on your phone (like they did on the Gamepad screen), it would be neat. I think the biggest problem, though, is that none of these…

It'll be playable on tablet only, but the risk is still if I start a 5-minute ranked match and then my child starts crying. They'll still be a priority, so I'd rather not screw my team because of them. So ranked will probably only happen when they're napping or if my wife is with me. I just feel more comfortable if I…

The article really hits home for me. Life has already been hard enough to fit in gaming for a while, and it'll be even more difficult in the summer when we have our kid. I've resigned myself to the fact that a lot of gaming is going to not happen, or it'll be more drawn out. But it's also such an important part of my…

My hope is that some things give more phone apps to coincide with games. I know there were Xbox games that did that, or whatever. At the same time, that won't be as convenient as the Wii U or 3DS, since those had the screen on the actual controller. It might just be something that's impractical for the future: the Wii…

I did, I'm getting in-store pickup. It hasn't done anything with me, but it said when I ordered that I would just have to go to the store…so maybe it'll actually charge at pick-up time? And maybe it's not saying it's shipped since it's going to the store and not to my house? I don't know.

I'm not sold on the console because of it (everything else sells me on it), but the console might actually sell me on replaying Skyrim. I wasn't a big Skyrim fan, but I really did like the sense of exploration from it. The idea of taking that on the go is a lot more appealing than slowly getting more and more…

It's okay. I don't understand people who don't get Majora's Mask.

My favorite is that the announcers of the Blitzball Tournament really exemplify it. They literally make comments like "It's the Kilika Beasts! Their hometown was just attacked by Sin, right Jimbo?"
"That's right, Chet!"

Snowpeak Ruins is at least brilliant in aesthetic; turning a decrepit mansion into a dungeon was a really smart choice. Twilight Princess was very much a step away from magic, though, not only removing the magic bar but also making every item a bit more mechanical and technological. I think it really helps the world,…

I imagine Zelda thoughts will be appropriate next week.

Lucky you, getting to do Town Hall things. My representative has fortunately been on the right side of things, but I really want to have a talk with one of our Senators. In fact, everyone does…but nope. He's not having it.

Turns out you're in luck on Snipperclips; it'll be a launch title. I'm personally stoked for that, since it means that my wife and I can have something to play co-op.

Glad that you noticed that there is nothing!

Yeah, honestly not entirely sure how I got all those five stars. Only one of them has been a Focus, at that. Effie was my first, then I got Tiki and Cain in the same roll. And I rolled the newest set the other night and got Fae. Guess I've just gotten really lucky.

The snowboarding section is especially weird given its transition. Watch the most iconic death scene in gaming, switch the disc…boom, snowboarding.

Pickle brine is the way to go. 3:2 ratio of water to dill pickle juice. Let it soak in there for a day. About an hour before you're going to cook it, cover it in flour and let it come up to room temp. Rice flour works really well, but it's understandable if you don't exactly keep that around the house (though if…

There's part of me that longs for the world where Desperado was the big hit action movie that people tried to draw influence from, but part of me worries that that alternate universe is just as bad as ours. I could very much see directors taking the wrong ideas out of it, though at least they might have been able to…