Sadly I don't have those systems. Thanks for the type though.

I'm with you. I want new JRPGs to replicate my initial experience with the SNES and PS1 era games so badly that I never let them succeed on their own merits.

I'm playing The World Ends with You and am also frustrated with the streetpass system. I don't live in a really big city to begin with, and playing an older game lessens the odds of me finding someone via streetpass even more. I am really enjoying the game, but I can't help but feel like my experience is marred…

You're welcome. Besides a few persistent trolls I think the AV Club/gameological comment area is the best evidence on the net for the growing civility of gaming community.

oh good. I had a flash of parental concern when I read your other comment. For a moment I pictured a 3 year old you running into traffic.

If anyone knows where to get good dumplings in the Madison area please god tell me.

I know I am yelling at the moon here, but what blow's my mind is how much credence we give to popular perception and majority opinion when it doesn't exist in any objective sense. My understanding of popular perception is not the same as your understanding of popular perception. Everyone has a slightly different…

I wrote a post down thread about a social science area of study called Horizontal Hostility. It addresses what you are describing. This study is pretty interesting http://mba.tuck.dartmouth.e…

Girard don't go down there man. Nothing productive can result from engaging with that ass.

I was really affected by that episode too. Donald Faison gave a fantastic performance in that.

@Lemon of Troy tipped me off to an interesting field of social science called Horizontal Hostility. It examines hostile attitudes between individuals in similarly oppressed minority groups.

you know what, I was thinking of the screwball icon from the original Metroid.

Disqus is a fickle beast. My success rate for the @ notifications is like 50%.

Thanks! That is very nice of you to say. By the way what is your discuss image? It looks really familiar but I can't place it.

I admit I did not give the Corn Palace a fair assessment. But in my defense, if they wanted people to spend more time there why would they have that horrifying corn mascot lurking all over the place? Does that thing not scare the shit out of you?

Yeah you are right. Plenty of docs with very legitimate Fair Use claims have been locked out of distribution because of this. It is a big pile of bullcrap.

Thanks John. This is good example of how much @stakkalee:disqus improves the gameological experience. His system emphasizes that the Keyboard Genius column is a continuing celebration of the gameological community, not just a one-time acknowledgment of individual commentators. So instead of being bummed out that my…

I hate to bother you John, but the link is still broken.

One person's adorable is another's nightmare fuel.

WooHoo!!! High five @Girard!