There are countless gaming sites on the web, and I’m sure loads of them are spineless and “stick to gaming” without acknowledging broader social concerns that affect the industry. They have their options. I’ve been reading this site almost daily for a decade, the writing about social issues are a big part of why I…

I agree, but to be fair, none of the Mistwalker games were big sellers so it may not be a priority for their studio (or Microsoft, who might have the rights for LO and BD). Last Story in particular came so late in the Wii's life that it seems to be mostly forgotten, and porting it might be a mess due to its odd…

This game has always intrigued me. I owned it when it first came out and my brother and I used our GBAs to play it, but the game never felt balanced for only one or two players. Still, I loved the art style and music, and the combat was compelling, although I seem to remember a fairly grindy feeling to the…

Yes, just like every other site on the internet there is a chance for being scammed. As you would on Amazon or eBay, don't send money to sellers that haven't been verified, don't have reviews, only have one product for sale, want you to contact them outside the app, etc. Basic internet shit.

I’ve recently been getting back into older PS1/PS2 games and in the past few weeks have bought a few things off OfferUp with no issues. Everytime I’m on the app I see lots of Switches and Switch Lites for sale, quite a few for reasonable or standard price. Maybe try that?

Eight months in isolation? Might be just long enough to chip away at my JRPG backlog...

You can also buy a pair of special edition plain blue dad jeans that hold the necessary battery pack. Just note, showering regularly or following your recommended medical advice will void your warranty.

Oh, way ahead of you - I’ve watched those three videos like a dozen times, to the point where they’re officially my headcanon. Thanks for sharing, more people need to see these!

So I know that Hollywood often works in illogically high numbers, but that $70 million price tag seems unusually high, right? That’s putting a lot of pressure on one film to draw in subscribers and recoup costs, and I’m sure Apple will be doing more acquisitions like this.

This reminds me of a great bit in Bravely Second, where the characters aren’t sure if one of their potions has expired. Edea, being brash and stubborn, immediately drinks it and after a pause, curls over in pain exclaiming that she needs a remedy.

Between that and the fact that secrets were only useless cosmetics, I just followed a guide to make sure I was going straight to the goal.

When this thing finally releases, stitched together like the Frankenstein’s monster it is, I’m assuming it will be just as much of a shallow, vapid, shiny waste of time as his other films (nobody’s crying out for a rerelease of BvS, and that piece of shit was 100% his. And, you know, Sucker Punch, Watchmen, Suicide…

I thought it was pretty mediocre until the last 25% or so, at which point everything gets cranked up to 11 and finally gels together into something great. The combat finally has the variety and versatility to make fights interesting, the plot finally becomes more than just a Macguffin chase, the characters have…

I’ve been thinking about the original Final Fantasy VII all morning, as there’s something in our current shared experience that feels similar to how I’ve always interpreted the game’s themes. A mixture of melancholy and hopefulness in the plot and the music, a feeling of immense global odds and deep anger at the…

Agree on both counts. I genuinely don’t understand what Square’s doing - releasing all the later FFs but not 1-6, which would be easier to release, and meanwhile they put DQ 1-3 on there. Maybe they're holding out for collections or something, but at least put Mario RPG on there.

Weirdly preachy take, and I never said I want them all at once. I understand it’s best to space them out and keep releases special, but on the other hand, we’ve already been through this dripfeed two or three times. How many times do we need to wait for the same collection to be rebuilt? The Wii spent years building…

I’m hoping they add another new console like they did at the one year anniversary. I’d prefer GBA, but they’d probably go with GBC first. N64 would be a big emulation challenge for a very small library of worthwhile games that aren’t a licensing mess.

I had heard at one point that the Wii VC was slow to add new games to the service in part because Nintendo was incredibly thorough in testing the games for 100% compatibility and performance, whereas most other publishers would be happy with 95%. I’m sure another part of it is just that classic Nintendo paradox of…

Right, so easy! And definitely, even used they’re still way too expensive...

I had this same issue up until Animal Crossing came out. I had been just living with it for a few months as it steadily got worse (crazy in retrospect, considering the main games I played were Smash and indie platformers). However, once my wife started using the Switch in handheld mode, she immediately noticed it and…