Wow, the Holocron story is devastating. It's amazing that people felt like they had to become Jedis once the word was out there. I get that all the time in game with apparent completion goals: I feel like I need to get all the materia or that I have to reach the max level. As soon as there's a high-level status…
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Don't worry, it'll be much easier because there's a new live-action Jungle Book out next year!
Totally forgot about Rude, but he's also one of those characters who mostly just says "…" But he's at least memorable, so I think that one baaarely counts!
We have a winner! Bonk is pretty good.
You watch the Wonder Pets on Nick Jr.? I represent the turtle that Tuck is based on.
Dammit I was just making a snarky joke about about PlayOnline, beat me to it!
As a follow-up, have there ever been any great bald game characters? Every single example coming to mind is a gruff space marine or a character otherwise without any personality (like Agent 47). There's not a 1:1 correlation between hair and charisma (Pete Hornberger might suggest otherwise), but it seems that the…
"Haha that worker being paid minimum wage is not as invested in their job as I demand despite my own fallibility for trivial tasks! BURRRRNNN"
This is one of those games I feel like I should pick up, but I'm sitting on the Avernum pentalogy still and realize that I could never justify it the purchase or finish it. But may all who play it enjoy it!
Conan's WGA strike shows are among my favorite television episodes ever. I rarely watched Late Night but tuned in every week to see how he would waste time.
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater is sort of a genre unto itself, but I just haven't liked any other extreme sports games since then. None of the contemporary ripoffs, not Skate, etc. It's a combination of familiarity with the mechaincs and how excellent the first five or so of those games were.
It bugs me that "childhood" is still one of the only frameworks people use for anything that's. ~20 years old. Ocarina of Time has a lot more to offer beyond being something remembered from elementary school.
Probably Super Metroid for familiarity, but I also love Riven's. (I actually have a framed map of Jungle Island hanging up. Game maps make classy decorations!)
FFVIII Cid makes sense for the character, but good god, what's happening with FFVI Cid?! Is he… padding his hood?
I've noticed that in the past, the guests were really just witnesses to the weirdness that was happening. But now he's making them active participants in the discomfort. Watch his bit with Aubrey Peeples: she clearly knows what's up but is still really uncomfortable with a sweaty man covered in urine trying to kiss…
I work a Sunday to Thursday schedule, and Eric Andre on Thursday nights has become my favorite week-ending ritual when it's on. So glad it's coming back. God bless this weird man who brutalizes himself just for the hell of it. He'll be dead within a decade probably.
Snail Down!
On the topic of rhythm games, let's take a moment to cherish the greatest dance game of all time, 2-in-1 Street Dance + Hit Mouse, a bootleg NES game in which Jar Jar Binks jams out to a butchered, lo-fi version of Barbie Girl with dance moves that are physically impossible on an NES controller.
You know what? Major points for significantly rethinking Guitar Hero. Even beyond the new three-button controls and a library that seems to include more beyond classic rock and metal, it looks like they abandoned the terrible over-the-top aesthetics of the original series for something cleaner and sensible. The live…