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by BlueWeaselBreath
January 12th, 2024, 5:28 am
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: Stacking
Replies: 2
Views: 8129

Re: Our next podcast recording (13.1.24) - 602: Stacking

I’ve been wanting to play this game for years, and it’s been in my Steam library for quite some time, and this episode of the podcast finally gave me the impetus to try it out. What a super charming and fun little sandbox! Tim Schafer games often throw a couple of seemingly unrelated ideas together ...
by BlueWeaselBreath
January 1st, 2024, 4:02 pm
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: Hi-Fi Rush
Replies: 5
Views: 4160

Re: 603: Hi-Fi Rush

Hi-Fi Rush charmed me silly from the opening moments. As a huge fan of animation, I loved the game’s visuals and overall style. It comes as close as any game ever has—except possibly the two South Park RPGs—to making it seem like you’re playing an actual cartoon. I especially loved the lush and brig...
by BlueWeaselBreath
June 22nd, 2021, 4:40 am
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: Another World (Out of This World / Outer World)
Replies: 4
Views: 4866

Re: 499 - Another World

I got this game for Christmas a few years after it came out, a seemingly arbitrary pick by my parents. I had never heard of it, but it looked neat, even if the main character was off-puttingly ugly to me at the time. I remember popping it into my SNES and playing the first few levels while my uncle ...
by BlueWeaselBreath
June 22nd, 2021, 4:30 am
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: Metroid
Replies: 12
Views: 10781

Re: 480 - Metroid

I have great memories of renting Metroid as a kid and enjoying the first several screens before not being able to find the bombs and getting stuck. On my second rental, I finally made it deep into the game, only to get stuck further in, unsure of where to go. I think it was only after beating Super ...
by BlueWeaselBreath
March 23rd, 2021, 2:34 pm
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: Quake
Replies: 18
Views: 11208

Re: 475 - Quake

My first memory of Quake was hearing all the hype for the shareware demo and downloading it on a 56K modem. It was the largest file I’d ever downloaded, weighing in at over a gigabyte—unheard of! It said the download would take two days. After a few false starts, I must have managed to successfully ...
by BlueWeaselBreath
March 23rd, 2021, 2:20 pm
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (2019)
Replies: 13
Views: 7773

Re: Our next podcast recording (27.3.21): 462 - The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening

I love the updated look and feel on this one. To give you an idea of how much more accessible the update makes this game to modern audiences: one of the kids I work with, an eight-year-old, told me he had this game on the Switch, so I showed him a screenshot of the old Gameboy color version, which I...
by BlueWeaselBreath
March 23rd, 2021, 12:22 pm
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: Videogame News
Replies: 2211
Views: 1241217

Re: Videogame News

Has anyone seen this Kickstarter for a new Little Nemo game? I used to love the NES game. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/littlenemogame/little-nemo-and-the-nightmare-fiends I love the way they’ve drawn from the original comic strip. I’ve been following this game from when it was first announce...
by BlueWeaselBreath
February 24th, 2021, 4:49 am
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1989 arcade) and The Simpsons (1991 arcade)
Replies: 10
Views: 6829

Re: 459 - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1989 arcade) and The Simpsons (1991 arcade)

As a kid who was born a decade too late to experience the so-called “golden age of the arcade,” the Simpsons and TMNT arcade games are, for me, the pinnacle of arcade gaming. In my nostalgia-tinted memories, arcade games never got more fun than this. Every Friday in elementary school, our after-scho...
by BlueWeaselBreath
August 20th, 2020, 9:07 am
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: Assassin's Creed Odyssey
Replies: 8
Views: 14386

Re: 438: Assassin's Creed Odyssey

Assassin’s Creed Odyssey helped me through the early days of the lockdown. The game was given away free a week or two right near the start of the shutdown. I knew about the Discovery Mode and figured there were worse ways to keep my young daughter entertained then letting her run around a nonviolent...
by BlueWeaselBreath
August 1st, 2020, 7:15 pm
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: Paper Mario
Replies: 7
Views: 10066

Re: Our next podcast recording (2.8.20) - 430: Paper Mario

I remember when this one came out, I had already finished and loved Super Mario RPG. I was hoping in vain for a sequel to that game, not quite understanding that Paper Mario was a kind of follow-up, and the closest we could hope for at the time, given that the Square—Nintendo partnership was done by...
by BlueWeaselBreath
May 31st, 2020, 10:56 am
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: Missile Command
Replies: 7
Views: 9297

Re: 425: Missile Command

If my memories are correct, I first played Missile Command on my friend’s Macintosh in the early 90s. It was black and white, and you moved the mouse cursor to where you wanted to launch, then clicked, making a black circle in the area. Looking back now, I realize this control scheme results in an e...
by BlueWeaselBreath
May 31st, 2020, 10:35 am
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: The World Ends With You
Replies: 7
Views: 10285

Re: 428: The World Ends With You

I’m sad to say this one didn’t click with me. I had heard it described as a unique, must-play JRPG. As a fan of the genre, I borrowed it from GameFly to play on Switch and was unfortunately a bit cold on it. I think my first barrier was that I personally didn’t find the setting to be that compelling...
by BlueWeaselBreath
May 31st, 2020, 10:01 am
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: The Curse of Monkey Island
Replies: 12
Views: 14767

Re: 427: The Curse of Monkey Island

I have such fond memories of Curse of Monkey Island. I loved the first game and played it into the ground but could never find the second game in stores or on warez sites. Of course, I’d never look on warez sites. When Curse came out, I finally was able to get Monkey 2 as part of a promotional colle...
by BlueWeaselBreath
May 31st, 2020, 9:27 am
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: Batman: Arkham Knight
Replies: 13
Views: 15048

Re: 423: Batman: Arkham Knight

It’s only in retrospect that I realize many people didn’t like Arkham Knight. At the time I played it, I thought that the reaction was quite positive (based on my read of critical response), and that doubtless colored my experience with the game. I had a great time with it and enjoyed it for what it...
by BlueWeaselBreath
May 2nd, 2020, 10:43 pm
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: Prince of Persia (Classic)
Replies: 7
Views: 14863

Re: 437: Prince of Persia (Classic)

I messed around with the Game Gear version of this game at camp one summer, after years of hearing about it as a classic. It belonged to some other kid, and I only spent a few minutes with it, but I enjoyed it and recognized its status as a spiritual progenitor to Another World, which I’d been recen...
by BlueWeaselBreath
April 27th, 2020, 4:34 pm
Forum: Sound of Play
Topic: Sound of Play: 246
Replies: 3
Views: 5278

Re: Sound of Play: 246

Aah, I didn’t play many games in the year 2000 and never went back to most of them from that time, so I recognize a bunch but can’t place anything!
by BlueWeaselBreath
April 24th, 2020, 2:44 pm
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: Super Mario Odyssey
Replies: 24
Views: 41712

Re: 449: Super Mario Odyssey

Super Mario Odyssey represents a bunch of my favorite adult gaming memories. I have never in my entire life been an early adopter of any console, preferring to wait until they go on sale. But for my birthday a few years back, my wife decided I had earned the right to buy myself a Switch and the newl...
by BlueWeaselBreath
April 19th, 2020, 10:47 pm
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
Replies: 6
Views: 13227

Re: Our next podcast recording (25.4.20) - 416: Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze

I was a fan of the first two DKC games back in the day, but then hadn’t played any of them since then, having not owned another Nintendo home console until the Switch. Having heard great things about Tropical Freeze, I checked the Switch version out from GameFly and decided to give it a whirl. I onl...
by BlueWeaselBreath
March 30th, 2020, 4:10 pm
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: Nintendo Super Famicom (SNES)
Replies: 12
Views: 23363

Re: Our next Console Special No.8 - recording late March 2020 - Nintendo Super Famicom (SNES)

I first heard of the SNES on the playground in first grade. I remember my first reaction being one of minor annoyance, because my parents were just about to get me the NES at long last, and now this Super version was being launched, so I felt like I could never catch up! I must have seen screenshots...
by BlueWeaselBreath
January 3rd, 2020, 3:01 pm
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: Super Mario RPG (: Legend of the Seven Stars)
Replies: 21
Views: 13531

Re: 407: Super Mario RPG (: Legend of the Seven Stars)

I first picked up Super Mario RPG in a video rental shop shortly after it had been released. I took it home and was hooked from the cold open. The visuals were, at the time, cutting-edge for the SNES and the Yoko Shimomura soundtrack was (and remains) brilliant from top to bottom. I think what capti...