Consequently, you could play Eldritch Horror with your friends and do your best to send Rudy...er...Yig back to the Great Abyss.

Atari 7800, the failed attempt at competing with the NES, was backward compatible with the Atari 2600. I had a pretty even split between of games between the two as a kid.

Agreed with this sentiment. I think when a game (tabletop or video) switches platforms, if designers try to make it “like for like” then it just seems like the better choice to play it as it was originally created.

I read that last part of your comment with Hamilton and Lafayette giving each other a high five.

“Fastly.” Great Zeus on a Unicorn. They have started to communicate like the Orange Bloviator.

I’m a glutton for Shmup/Run N Gun games. While one could argue that all games are, in essence, puzzles—games by Cave and Treasure are puzzles that demand perfection. I’m always happy to see when they release new stuff.

Took a neat little trip down memory lane with the 1990 Amiga Amazing Spider-Man. I remember having Spider-Man flip switches...basically the whole game. Also, totally agreed that the life-bar was bizarre.

It puts my mind at ease reading what you are writing—and while I feel good that these cases immediately fall apart in court—in the back of my head is the thought, “These ‘reporters’ don’t care about facts and because of that, folks are going to get hurt.”

These lame-duck days can’t end fast enough.

Well said. While I don’t have a dog in the fight for a game like Torchlight, I do want to recognize the value of your comment. As I am officially an Old (40) who grew up gaming on Tabletop and Video Games, I find side quests and “fluff” that pads a games play-time incredibly annoying.

I knew Mad Max was a documentary! It just came from the future that we’re about to enter.

“We just love being mean” is hilarious.

So...is it fun?

hehe, oops! wrong person to replay—meant one click up to the Original Poster. Hello, Fellow Old! I would have loved to been part of the ground floor of MTG back in the day...I know I wasn’t ready to admit my nerdiness at that time though. Though I was secretly envious of the guys happily playing in the high school…

I shouldn’t read between the lines...but I kinda think you want to be here and you are excited about what awaits you.

that’s the very first thing I thought when I read it.

A million years ago, I argued so much that the 7800 was better than the NES. And then when the Atari Lynx came out, I once again argued that it was better than the Game Gear and the Game Boy.

A highlight of living in Atlanta from the “Before Times:” Dragon Con, plus college football, plus what I believe was a Gay Black Pride event occurred all on the same weekend.

Mario Kart and Table Tennis are the two activities that, once someone believes they are skilled, causes them to accelerate their thinking to the “I’m probably the best person around” stage.

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It’s Mario Games, all the way down (I kid?)