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Talkin' about old games, mostly Sega. They let me talk on the HG101 Podcast sometimes by mistake. He/him/they/them, these are all fine.
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I was gonna use my days off to maybe start playing Splatoon 3 finally (I played a good amount of Splatoon 2 years ago but hadn't jumped on 3 yet) with the new patch and all, and instead I've been playing through Captain Toad after years of just stopping after the first few levels of episode two.

submitted 7 hours ago • 2 comments

I'm working myself into a shoot real bad with this

submitted 8 hours ago • 3 comments

I don’t want to imagine the hypothetical person who might exist that would willingly subject themselves to this.

submitted 11 hours ago • 0 comments

This does sound like I'm being an asshole about maybe a younger person not knowing older things exist, but it's more about how to ask a question. There aren't that many "firsts" in media anymore, so what should be asked is "what else has done this particular thing?"

submitted 11 hours ago • 2 comments

This is probably my most positive spin, but I think its relevant; the weird rage act for retro games is (mostly) irrelevant. You can't make your YouTube buxx getting mad over Battletoads anymore. A lot of gaming's past is free from relevancy and thusly free from rote monetization content.

submitted 11 hours ago • 5 comments

Should note that I don’t have much memory about the two sequels since I rented them once ages ago and that was enough for me. That first one? Played it on the Saturn ages ago. No longer have that port. At some point in the ‘00s, I cursed myself with a particularly cheap (at the time) collection…

submitted 11 hours ago • 5 comments

Folks who have heard Gex memes for decades but weren't around to play the games when they were relevant will finally be able to on modern platforms and I am curious how disappointed they will be.

submitted 12 hours ago • 10 comments

Computer, write up my confirmation biases so I can win an online argument, I'm too busy jerking off to think.

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submitted 12 hours ago • 4 comments

On the one hand, Nintendo not doing a general Nintendo Direct during SGF is kind of weird from the perspective of every other publisher wanting or needing to hitch their marketing to the Doritos Pope's advertising extravaganza. On the other hand, you know what, fuck SGF.

submitted 12 hours ago • 2 comments

I think about how Valkyria Chronicles 1 and 4 are the only two games in the series readily available on PC and modern-ish platforms. VC2 and VC3 were both PSP games, and only VC2 got an English localization. Not sure why they never got ported up; allegedly they were popular in Japan at least.

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

Is Boss Baby the only movie that incorporates video, audio, and narrative in a prerecorded package to tell a story?

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

Apparently it sold well, which is odd because out of all the first-party Nintendo games I've seen over the years, this is one where I see it on sale way more often than any other.

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

I'm always seeing that Super Mario RPG remake on sale. Did that game sell poorly? Did the Smash fans that kept yelling for Geno not buy the game once they saw "RPG" on the title? This investigation is my pitch for a "Hard Copy" reboot.

submitted 1 day ago • 3 comments

Okay, the third episode is real shit. This is what I wanted.

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

white people talking about western authoritarianism: WHAT ARE WE??? A BUNCH OF ASIANS??

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

I got to the end of the second episode for the first time ever and you know what? That was a good stage.

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

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submitted 2 days ago • 4 comments

Started playing through Captain Toad on the Switch. Hadn't played it since the Wii U. And I realized I never got that far into the second episode. I think the last time I burned out on the game faster than I thought I would. I'm worried I'm hitting the same wall again.

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