I’m really holding out for those SNES games...

I always wonder if some of the Pokemon gens have a significant difference in sales between the versions. For example, Charizard is generally accepted as cooler than Blastoise, so I’d guess that Red sold higher. Anecdotally, I also see Let’s Go Eevee on sale much more often. Maybe Amazon is seeing higher interest in…

I always wonder if some of the Pokemon gens have a significant difference in sales between the versions. For…

Great tips! Another that I’ve recently figured out - the short jump attacks (such as neutral and forward air, etc) were attacks that for whatever reason I never learned how to use. But I’ve found that a) they’re awesome and versatile, and b) they’re very easy to use now - you can press the jump and attack buttons at…

At work I recently had my PC swapped with another (both roughly 4-5 years old, taken care of, always updated) and have had a very similar issue every time it boots. I looked into the task manager and it shows Sophos (our company’s malware scanner of choice) running a full scan and using nearly 100% of the disk for a…

Yeah, but whether you’re looking at the X&Y anime (I think), which I think is the pinnacle of the original series’ art style and looks very expressive and energetic, or the Sun & Moon anime’s free flowing creativity, they’ve both managed to fill the show with charm and energy. And plenty of 3d anime have figured this…

It just looks like an animation student’s project to recreate the movie in Unreal - they've modeled the trainers, but that's about it. There’s no sense of distinctive art style and expressive character, which even the games have figured out.

Having played through the excellent fan translation a couple years ago, I’m of the opinion that the best course of action for Nintendo is to reach out to that fan community and pay them for their work in order to use that translation. It’s fantastically well written, with tone and humor that feels so strong and…

This damn trilogy needs an abridged version.

Seriously - I always imagined Furret in the 3'-4' length, which kept it at ‘cute and slightly surreal’, but 6' Furret starts getting into the ‘is this giant weasel going to eat me’ territory. I’d be really surprised if Game Freak didn’t have a massive database so they could compare sizes while designing, but maybe…

It's a shame, but frankly I'm surprised it lasted this long considering Sony's bare minimum level of support for the past few years. It's a great little console that was kneecapped by its own creator.

I loved this series as a kid, but in retrospect it was an insane mess. I had a shitty job a couple years ago and killed many hours by reading this comedic exasperated review series of each book (which was the only reason I didn’t burn that job to the ground), I'd highly recommend it: http://cinnamonbunzuh.blogspot.com/…

I’m equally bad but still enamored with Mega Man and Street Fighter, so I’ve come to peace with the fact that I’ll never beat them (or that I could, but that the process would be a tremendous drag). Instead, I like having them around so that every now and then I can play through three or four MMX levels, or get my ass…

The final portion of Celeste - you’ve overcome your demons and the top of the mountain is in sight. The platforming is some of the toughest in the game, with microscopic tolerances, but the emotional highs of the story and the amazing soundtrack create an incredible sense of flow through to the end.

I can understand that - I still have my old SNES under the TV, but since it’s a nightmare to get the TV and old console to cooperate well, it’s been mostly neglected in favor of the SNES Classic.

I know that it can be beat in 30min, but I’d guess that my play time was closer to 2 hrs. There’s a lot of wandering around to try to figure out where you should be headed next, which I’m sure pushed a lot of people away, and I had to check a guide a couple times. It’s a great and clever game, but it’s very much an…

Fun fact: Skate Jam was also the name of a once-planned Space Jam sequel starring Tony Hawk, so I can’t imagine the name is a coincidence.

Completely agree. The entire plot comes to a standstill, and there’s such a blatant formula to each of the worlds:
-Arrive and meet the movie characters, see the bad guys messing up the movie plot
-Wander around for macguffins and fetch quests
-See the movie villain
-Fight a boss
-Get that sweet, tiny hit of actual plot…

True fact - Isabelle is gaming’s Leslie Knope.

I recently started playing through KH1&2 HD Remix, which was the first time I touched the series since BBS, and I’m genuinely surprised at how much I’m still onboard this series’ particular brand of melodrama as a 30 year old man. Roxas’ plot at the beginning of KH2 didn’t feel like weird filler this time - his…

...so why couldn’t it just be ‘hey, if you’re playing this game before Jan 31, you clearly bought it already, so here’s your new character!’??? You could even make it a little limited time button in the corner of the menu, like the Spirit Board events.