But seriously though, as someone who owned this as a kid the Lion King game can eat a bag of dicks. That “Can’t Wait to be King” level is still probably in my top three hardest game experiences, and I’d put beating this game next to beating Bloodborne as an achievement.

Yeah, but that also means that the 3ds only sold half compared to the DS over a comparable (or maybe longer? I don’t remember) lifespan. Plus with the Switch doing so well (and I’m sure 3ds sales way down at the end of its life), why put development costs towards the old system? Even the great ports of the Mario &…

*pours one out for my beloved Gamecube*

I really hope that the next generation brings about the ability to selectively download portions of games based on how you’ll play - Sony has specifically mentioned multiplayer vs single player, but I’m more hopeful for making 4k textures and video optional, which could reduce downloads substantially. Even as someone…

No way this guy’s almost six feet of pure muscle bulk and only weighs 150 lb...

It’s exactly for that reason - if you have to bring all of the mechanics into all of the aesthetic styles, you end up with only one middling and bloated gameplay style. Plus even the physics for each style is different - Mario World is a more nimble game than 3d World, for instance, while 3dW includes more movement…

Good news everyone, the Switch has a super useful built-in zoom feature! It’s great for reading small text!

I have a very similar setup with my TV stand but with one of Ikea’s basic shelving units that’s four cubbies wide instead of two. At the peak of my collection I had a different console in each cubby along with a neat stack of their games, but I’ve trimmed things down to the point where I use the top four cubbies for…

Ironically, during a presentation at work this morning I learned about this helpful tool for seeing possible contaminants in your local water and potential ways to filter them out: https://www.ewg.org/tapwater/

Hot damn. That is one sexy piece of hardware. 

I keep hoping that game downloads will add variables / options to reduce that initial size. If I'm only playing in 1080p or 2k, let me skip the highest quality textures, videos, etc. Same with language packs.

I’ve had a couple of very different versions of these interactions with my wife over the last week (whose only real interest in games is Animal Crossing and a tiny bit of Pokemon). One evening after she’d had a very long and stressful day, after listening to her and determining how she was feeling, I booted up the…

I don’t remember an overall difficulty setting, and really that’s not the issue. It’s more the design of the systems and the controls all creating so much friction that it often feels like they’re fighting against you. Movement is slow and clumsy in pursuit of realism, but this translates to 5-10 rides to and from…

I mean, I’m not expecting every game to be capital-F fun, but this one seemed designed to actively discourage me from enjoying its gameplay. Doesn’t help that it would have been better if it was half the length. I hit about 30-40 hours in, reached a new chapter and looked up a walkthrough to see how many chapters were…

As a K-12 school designer, I absolutely worry what effect these designs have on children and teachers. It's disgusting that our country's response to violence is not to implement common sense restrictions on the tools of that violence, but instead to place this psychological burden on children. Fuck the NRA, may they…

Jesus. I was hoping to pick up a Lite once Animal Crossing comes out so that my wife (the AC fiend) can play as much as she wants to on one of the consoles while I use the other for other games (and AC, in the moments when she’s not playing it). However, between this mess and the fact that AC for whatever reason won’t…

*honks menacingly*

Yeah, but I also think that matches up to many 'Mons having a 4x weakness from their dual typing and adding some high risk or ways to counter. Plus rock and ground are pretty common 4x weaknesses for fire types.

Me to the internet the last couple weeks: STOP TRYING TO MAKE FETCH HAPPEN.

I enjoy leeks in stir fries.