I’m still pretty early in the game but I’ve been really impressed so far especially with Pokemon behaviors. The first time I explored at night I was trying to catch a Geodude and my trainer kept being put to sleep, but I couldn’t figure out why. I finally saw a Drifloon up on a ledge above me that was using Hypnosis -…

I feel that. About a decade ago I got rid of most of my old consoles for a few reasons - I found a place to trade them in and got really good value for most of them, especially at a time when I was pretty consistently living paycheck to paycheck; Sony and Nintendo were doing really well at managing backwards…

“Ah, but you see, here’s where we’re coming from, you ignorant simpleton. Our next Far Cry game is set during apartheid and genocide in a fictional African country called Uwanda. We’re crafting an intense story based on real events, but it’s strictly apolitical. A player can have the divine opportunity to buy…

The Game Boy / Pocket / Color line was insanely successful, if I remember correctly selling somewhere in the ballpark of nearly 100 million units total. Being handheld consoles marketed primarily at children as well as just being 20-30 years old, tons of those no longer function (I refurbish consoles as a hobby and…

Never expected to read patch notes for Ocarina of Time, but here we are.

I had a cobbled together PC that froze at the FMVs half the time, so it used the most basic MIDI option (which from memory sounds like the ones in the video). It was a big day when we got a hand-me-down sound card upgrade and got access to the better MIDI options, which may be the ones you're remembering. None of…

So the modding community apparently gave this game visual updates, a day/night cycle, voice acting, and more alleged bells and whistles, but absolutely shit out a menu UI like they're actually Square Enix? Come on. 

I played the original PC version years before the PS1 version, so that was a blast of nostalgia for those shitty off brand MIDI tracks!

Absolutely agree, but added emphasis on hacking / modding the console. The process is incredibly simple and adds so many possibilities. My favorite is being able to play Gamecube and non-motion Wii games using only the gamepad (like a Switch!) with 100% perfect compatibility. Bummed that the Switch will never have the…

Typhlosion really mellowed out in his goth stoner phase after his angry high school years.

Hey, maybe now Konami will finally give Metal Gear and Silent Hill some attention!...as more NFTs!

What a weird take. Sure, the One was a mess in the first half of the generation, but by the end the One S and X were great pieces of hardware, Game Pass is incredible, the UI’s way better than PS4, and I’ve never had any issues with mine. I’ve played tons of Forza Horizon 4, Control, DMC 5, and other AAA games without…

Obviously Kirby is traveling to the Forgotten Lands to colonize the place and exploit their resources for wealth and power. Same as most other open world games, they just labeled it with a pith hat.

I just started replacing this recently, and I'm still blown away at how great it looks on a base PS4, so I'm sure it's phenomenal on PC.

It's too bad this extended manufacturing period won't result in an exciting hardware revision like in previous generations, such as the PSone or PS2 Slim. I'd love to see how small a PS4 can get 7 years after release, maybe an all-digital model so you don't need the disc drive. I'd guess about the same size as a…

That game was great! Like most Kirby games, I think the difficulty really depends on how much you want to focus on getting secrets, which in that game usually required a very specific power combo. (Bring back power combos!) I remember putting a lot of time into it as a kid, but I’d guess you could fly through the main…

I mean, even 80 hours is insanely long for an open world action game. How is this not just going to feel like the same content stretched out through sheer scale and repetition into mundanity, just like the AC games? Plus, from a labor / effort standpoint, what tiny fraction of players will even see a quarter of all…

Besides the actual Cloud costume (which I forgot about), the joke referred to the fact that Lightning was literally envisioned as a female Cloud - weather-themed name, ex-soldier, cold and detached, would rather prioritize the mission than stop and deal with her comrades' emotions, eventually grows into a…

...let me tell you about a game called Final Fantasy XIII.

Interestingly, this video finally helped me understand the core systems - this is effectively the classic Safari Zone expanded into a whole game. Back then, Pokemon felt just as temperamental, unpredictable, and wild as they do in this trailer, but at least now it’s not just a bunch of obscure statistics running the…