Oh man, the title of this one just about caused my heart to stop. If Luke were to leave, who else would share my Total War and Crusader Kings love around here?

I’m on Kotaku every day, but somehow I missed this post. I am very excited to purchase this game, and cannot wait until the day when I can finally move back to Taiwan!

Yikes, that is pricey. I realize that’s just how currency conversion works, but I feel like there’d be a big psychological barrier for me spending that much on a game (even more than there already is for me spending $60 on a game, something I do maybe once or twice a year at most).

About ten years ago my buddy got his hands on a copy of Pokemon Snap, and we played it together in less than an evening. Neither of us had played it since its release, and we were amazed by how short it was.

Eh, I don’t think that’s so. $60 is plenty, publishers are just greedy. If a game is sold full price and is yet loaded with microtransactions, that’s generally a pretty good sign that it’s not worth playing.

This is precisely why, even though I’m vaccinated, I intend to wear a mask even in low risk public situations. At this point it’s as much about sending a message as anything. Which is, just... fucking ridiculous, but that’s where we are.

I’m really glad you posted this! Lindsay Ellis does great work.

Yeah, the last year has definitely made Deus Ex a difficult game to replay.

To be fair, when listening to Bach, I do usually find myself wishing it was Schubert instead.

Dammit, I’m not too far from BCC... I shoulda gotten my vaccine from there instead of all the way in Worcester, where nothing good has ever happened.

I hope they aren’t normally judging. But I don’t want to assume.

A dong with a single eye, staring, unblinking, judging...

Some of these are pretty cute, in a creepy-cute way. Some are just unsettling. My favorite Pokemon, Kadabra, is terribly boring when peeled though. I’m disappointed in my dude!

I’ll continue plugging away at Hades, probably. I figure if I play a little bit every week I’ll hopefully be able to make it all the way through the story sometime before the end of the decade.

That’s a fair point, I forgot you can do that in the 3DS version. Then I again wish there was a perfect combination of the two versions; that’s what I’d like to see.

I agree that the QoL changes make OoT a better game on the 3DS technically, but I think some of the atmosphere is different in the remaster that weakens the experience, so if I had a genie I’d definitely wish for some perfect combination of the two versions available on Switch. The 3DS Majora’s Mask is a lot more…

My only problem with Minish Cap was that it was very easy, and then suddenly had a very tough final boss. I don’t mind easy, and I don’t mind hard, but I would prefer a difficulty curve to that sudden spike at the end!

Ooh I have to disagree actually. I have recently embarked on an endeavor to play and beat all the Zelda games, most of them for the first time, and for me Minish Cap would definitely be in the top half, at least.

Oh heck yes! I recently bought a Wii U just to play Minish Cap for the first time, and it was honestly worth it. I was expecting very little, but I found it to be quite a charming game. A hell of a lot more fun than either of the DS Zelda games... bloody touch controls.

I could not agree more. No matter what this guy says, he knew what he was doing.