There were a LOT of ads though. I don't think I ever saw any mention of it in a magazine, but god if KB Toys and Nickelodeon weren't blanketed for about a month. (It could also be that the ads were just really jarring and stuck in my memory more easily.)
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♫ Tim Stack, Tim Stack
Set him on fire
Set him on fire, watch him burn to death ♫
Yeah, it's in that dark age of non-compatibility that prevents it from getting a re-release. It would hugely benefit from that though. :(
There was an article many years ago that I can't find and that I'm sure is horrifically out-of-date that mentioned the idea of a "low-level" story in games. The idea was that people become more attached to the mini-narratives they write in their head based on the game mechanics than on the overarching story of the…
Virtual zoos? Surely they stole the idea from E-ZOOS.BIZ. https://www.youtube.com/wat…
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Don't bring late-night public access TV down to that level.
So is everyone in agreement that Expert Witness is the best column right now?
Also, A. A. Dowd is an honorary Keyboard Genius for bringing up The Humans in this week's AVQ&A. That game never worked right on my old computer. :(
Holy shit, @TheKappa:disqus, you played Majestic?! I was just researching that game, and it's fascinating what could have been. I'd love to hear more about what the experience was like (specifically the program you had to use to find and input solutions to puzzles.)
It's time for our new segment, "Industrial Society and Stupid Pet Tricks"!
Whoever owns the rights to The Ink Spots' library must love the regular royalty checks they get from Bethesda.
But without Sony, will Bond continue to use VAIO™ laptops and his Xperia™ smartphone?!
That made me really happy and calm for some reason.
I haven't used over-the-air TV in ages and have no idea how subchannels work. So I'll just look on the Verizon guide for anything close to Fox and MeTV and pray that it's there!
Aww, oh well. It's definitely even more legit and massive this year. I'm a lil sad that it's becoming borderline industrialized in the big panels and big guests, but there's still lots of good side content this year.
This weekend I'm going to Awesome Con in DC, an emerging comic con-type event that's only in its third year but is always crazy fun. Attendance this time is expected to be around 50,000 (!), and as part of it, they're greatly expanding their gaming section. I'm unclear about what all will be there; there are two big…
Aw jeez, Mario 64's controls… I remember them being fantastic, but I'm in the middle of a 120 star playthrough right now, and ohhhh wow the size of Mario's turning circle is dispiriting. :(
I'm actually a big fan of the idea. I know there's general negativity about artificially restricting access to content, but the multiplayer games I tend to enjoy the most are ones with ongoing events and constant changes that encourage you to keep playing over time. If Nintendo wants to build a community that will…