Yeah, I actually tend to agree with that, however grudgingly at times— like, my (divorced and therefore long-single) parents were each desperate enough to buy me and my twin sister TVs for our individual bedrooms back in the early/mid ‘80s, so I was totally awash in TV for like 3-4 hours a day and still turned out…

Boy, we’ve come a long way from “Kinect is mandatory, used games can’t be bought or sold, and no backwards-compatibility for you!” From a hardware perspective, the One X really is the best console ever made. And not just performance-wise; the fact that it’s compatible with universal remotes and can play 4K blu-rays…

I’ve been home for about 36 hours in the last three weeks for work, which is why it’s been difficult to get here in any reasonable time, and gaming has been mostly within my trusty workhorse, the 3DS. I swtiched cartridges from <b>Mario Sports Superstars</b> to <b>Metroid: Samus Returns</b>, and finally made it…

Agreed on the video game industry’s exceptionally short memory being a detriment to game preservation, and a shoutout to the digital archivists of the world who are working against it.

On the docket for me this weekend is the just-released Yakuza 6: The Song of Life. I haven’t played any of the entries from 2 to 5, so this is probably going to be a confusing experience, but I did watch a story recap of 2 and 3, and I’m going to read summaries of 4 and 5 before diving in tonight.

I’d push for Ultima IV, Pool of Radiance, and Commander Keen (which was a huge step forward for PC gaming.) 

As for games in the cult canon, I have an answer for this one! Yesterday I was trying to do the #gamestruck4 challenge, and was worried I was forgetting a game that was influential on me. So, being the PB-n-Justice that I am, I decided to go to Wikipedia’s List of Games Released By Year and go through every game since…

That’s a great list; I’d have definitely pushed for killer7 and Deadly Premonition had you not included them. Some other ones I was thinking:

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I’m playing Seiken Densetsu 3 for the first time ever. I should have at least glanced at a FAQ before I started to at least pick a well-rounded team. I picked Kevin as my main character, with Lise and Duran backing me up. Of course I soon discovered that this particular makeup left me particularly lacking in the magic…

The main reason I’d get an XB1X is for backwards compatibility, my og Xbox has a messed up disk drive that’s kind of a pain. Breakdown sounds really interesting, I’ll add it to my list!

This weekend I’ll be finishing The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky. My guess at the cliffhanger proved incorrect, as the events I thought the game would leave hanging appear to be being wrapped up throughout the final chapter. I only have the final boss left to complete, and it’s one heck of a challenge. As with…

Well, after grinding my way to the Asp Explorer in Elite Dangerouslast week, I’ve flown it a grand total of zero times this week.

Instead, I have been playing Magic Duels, where I finished out the Story Mode quests for the Kaladesh block. This once again confirmed that I struggle playing as Green or Black decks. I’m…

There is definitely a cult canon for video games and as your list indicates, it’s mostly wacky Japanese games that came about during their heyday. What qualifies something as a cult classic and not just a mediocre game that didn’t get much attention though? There are lots of okay stuff (Eternal Sonata comes to mind)…

I haven’t posted in here very much lately as I’ve been super busy with a kitchen remodel and other stuff. I’ve barely played any games in that time besides random bouts of Trackmania Turbo. The game is refreshing in it’s unabashed game-ness. Here’s a score, here’s a track, beat it. That’s the game. It’s arcade…

It is frustrating that while Xbox continues to implement BC well and with care, PlayStation’s best offering is just a subscription service. PlayStation Now isn’t BAD (especially at the $100 annual price if you can get it), but it’s limited. There are many games stuck on PS3/Vita, not terribly ancient systems in their…

Also, I keep poking and prodding at Endless Space 2. I think my core problem with the Endless games compared to, say, Civ, is that they are very unfocused. In Civ, there are multiple victory conditions, but the game systems are designed such that you’re always being funneled down at least a few of their tracks. You…

I’m an archivist in my professional life, and contribute my editing talents to Unseen64's print editions in my spare time, so preservation is near and dear to my heart. Preserving books is tough, preserving film and audio is tougher, and preserving games is even more challenging. Mercifully, it’s a little easier than…

Excellent qualifiers and agreed on many of them. For me, as with a lot of things, comparing elements to the Star Trek franchise helps best to elucidate the situation.

Dangit, you already listed pretty much the first 8 I could think of.