I thought there were a couple of really well-implemented mechanics in Just Cause 2- but every other aspect was totally lacking in my opinion. Being able to tether bad guys to moving vehicles and the flying/parachute mechanic were halfway brilliant- but it's clear that the developers had no idea what to do with these…

Having trouble finding a single good image, but I'm reminded of your small desert village in the beginning of Panzer Dragoon II Zwei.

Yeah, pretty much. I think it was "unusual", actually. As in they were weird (not "unusually" small). Appropriate name, too. My house was filled with those things when I was a kid. I would lose them and find them randomly YEARS AND DECADES LATER. Every time we rearranged the furniture or remodeled a bathroom or…

Yes, yes, yes :)

Well the game is at least one year away (probably closer to 2). There's a very real chance that

I'm surprised I even remember those guys. They were fucking weird :)

The only positive review I've seen for this game is on EGM. Of course the review is surrounded by paid Aliens banners on all sides of the article, so I'm guessing they just bought a favorable review with money that should have been spent polishing the game.

My friend brought me back a bunch of honeydew flavored KitKat when he moved back to America after spending a year living in Japan. It was totally awesome.

That 4th one (the pink guy). Is he a M.U.S.C.L.E. man?

I mostly agree with this appraisal. I might switch Gamecube and SNES around though- just because the SNES controller worked perfectly for EVERY SNES GAME (the gamecube controller absolutely sucked for fighting games, for example and the Z trigger on the shoulder was slightly less than perfect for me, as well).

I'm sick of hearing about new consoles- but that's mostly because the rumors of anti-consumer hardware blocks worry me. Better graphics are nice, but I feel like most game development has completely stagnated on a gameplay level. I don't believe that more powerful hardware is going to lead to better games anymore. I…

It's a shame he didn't mention his own Epic Mickey instead while he had the stage.

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There's a ton of Japanese-exclusive games on the Japanese PSN. Especially PS1 classic titles.

I don't know this Gergo Vas guy, but why the fuck would anyone pick the worst version of Shinobi over the arcade/Genesis ports and sequels???

I trust my memory ;)

I remember hating this game when I rented it as a kid. I should note that I actually rented this BEFORE Street Fighter 2 came out- so it's not like I had overly inflated expectations going into it. I had no fun at all with this game.

I already know how badly this turns out...

You should probably add "Kill Hitler" to your list of things-to-do-with-a-time-machine.

Whoa dude- that Mega Drive synth Metroid cover sounds amazing! My mind is blown. Thanks for the link :)