Same with the releases on the Virtual Console. Not just the Mega Man games, either. A lot of the classic Nintendo games intentionally kept glitches, bugs and exploits to make it feel as much like the original as possible.

Actually the whole emulator scene logic of “legal since I own a physical copy” isn’t entirely accurate. The legality of emulation and roms, both for out of print and in print games, isn’t as cut and dry as most of us believe. Even using legally obtained software on hardware it wasn’t intend for is kind of illegal.…

The dungeon design, sword-play and boss design in this Zelda were some of the best. A lot of the bosses were bigger and a lot more intimidating. That water temple boss still creeps me out.

People have a hard time understanding that when you say something personally doesn’t appeal to you, you don’t mean it is outright bad. I had a lot of arguments back in the early days of Halo and Assassin’s Creed where I couldn’t get people to understand that I just wasn’t in to those games. I thought they were good…

I can relate. I didn’t get over my fear of deep water monsters until I played Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate. If I wanted all those shiny armors and weapons...I’d have to fight that sea serpent a couple hundred times. And that scary angler fish in the swamp...and the shark/dragon/fish...and the even bigger sea dragon...and…

You make a good point, but just because a lot of people are paying for the licensing rights to use Star Wars on a product doesn’t mean they aren’t tightly controlling the brand. Try and use the Star Wars name on any product without approval and Disney will shut it down insanely fast. Disney has always had some of the…

Yeah a big part of of copyright and licensing is about making sure the original product is what people get when they look for it and protecting the value of the brand. This fan project could be absolutely perfect, but because Disney and EA have no control over it, it can be viewed to damage the brand of “Knights of…

Man I loved Castle of the Winds. I was only about 4 or 5 when I remember my dad started playing it. I would sit next to him and spend hours drawing maps of the dungeons. It was such a massive game, with the randomized dungeons, character leveling options, and brutal early D&D based gameplay. Those damn Barrow Wights…

Funny thing is...the movie actually was fairly romantic. Hell I bought in to the relationship between Wade and his almost-as-crazy girlfriend a lot easier than any rom/com relationship. There were definitely moments in that movie that can cause people to tear up. Luckily they knew just how long to drag it on before…

If you haven’t seen the official Pokémon valentine’s cards, you’re missing out. They’re obviously much more kid-friendly, but they’re still really good. The official espurr one is my favorite, with slowpoke a close second.

Yeah the heavy exploration style games, especially Bethesda’s, are genuinely a lot better on PC. Even if you don’t like to go crazy with mods, there’s always little tweaks that make the game a much better experience. And since these games always have bugs, you don’t have to worry much about it ruining your game…

No her powers really aren’t very spidery, actually. It’s also kind of a running gag that people think she’s related to spiderman. She was genetically modified to have thematically spider-ish powers, but the versions I’m familiar with don’t have her actually getting DNA or anything from a spider. Basically she is…

Those New Vegas challenges were great. Kill House with a golf club? “A Slave Obeys.” Assassinate Caesar with a knife? “Historical Propriety.” Assasinate President Kimball with a pistol? “Sic Sempar Tyrannus.” There were also ones for killing robots with the Blade Runner gun, killing gangsters with tommyguns, and even…

That’s not a mace...that’s a morning star. Morning stars are essentially spiked maces. Maces vary a lot across the world, as they are essentially fancier clubs, but they aren’t spiked. Flanged or pronged maces, however, were fairly common across Europe, the middle east, and in to India.

I always felt a good Asian setting for AC would be China during the Boxer Rebellion (1899-1901). It would be a good way to see how the whole history-spanning conspiracy affected Asia. Also the Boxer Rebellion seems like a perfect set-up for AC. You’ve got secret societies, pro and anti-imperialist factions, and all…

A lot of the themes and characters in Yokai are just too much a part of Japanese culture for it to catch on well over here. If you’re in to anime you’ll recognize a lot of the archetypes and ideas, but most kids will find the characters and monsters in it just odd. The Japanese culture and mythology aspects are part…

In large cities after the bombs fell, people tended to stick together in small groups. Usually the common bond that linked them together was some sort of shared ethnicity or culture. So you had the surviving Irish immigrants (like the members of Boston’s Irish mob, dock, and factory workers) grouping together and…

Of course...there is that face down there. If you didn’t notice, there was some odd stonework at the bottom of the pit that resembled an eye and part of a face.

If you have a good charisma you can persuade the synth to admit that he is. He’ll think you’re from the Institute and wants you to help him out and keep it off the record so no one knows he screwed up. You’d think that the Institute would be more precise and surgical when they wanted to replace a person, but this…