It's the same reason I spend far longer adding things to my Netflix list than actually watching them >_< Oh yes. In my house it's 'sit down to watch a movie together, spend literally an hour skimming through the Netflix menu and arguing about what to watch, eventually settle on watching an old epis...

I remember years ago, I soft-modded my PSP and installed all these emulators, and I found after a while that despite having a ton of games on it I never ended up really playing anything. It's the paradox of choice. It's the same reason why, when your phone is loaded up with thousands of songs, you ...

My dream would be a handheld that played everything up to the PS2/Dreamcast/Xbox era, all legit with trophies/achievement support. Maybe one day! Me too. I currently have a Nvidia Shield Portable that I bought specifically for emulation. It runs everything 16bit and earlier pretty well. PSX runs pr...

I had a quick blast on Mother Russia Bleeds yesterday, which I picked up in a recent Steam sale. If you haven't heard about it, it is to Streets of Rage/Final Fight type scrolling brawlers that Hotline Miami (with which it shares a publisher) is to top-down shooters. You know the drill - insanely vi...

It's no less an admission of the format not working than difficulty settings showing your game is too hard. On the one hand being able to slow and accelerate time can be seen as a way to manage difficulty, much like the original intention of fairies and bottles. They're also secrets you discover so...

The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D . You touched upon it, but it's not the time limit in itself that causes the anxiety but the lack of knowledge. You are tasked with managing your time well to complete a task in the time limit and, even though the time limit is generous, you're never quite sure...

The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D . I haven't played this since its original release on N64, and could barely remember anything about it, other than that I didn't get on with the time mechanic and gave up in frustration somewhere around the zora temple, and promptly traded it in. So I tried to ...

I followed up Mario 3D Land with Star Fox 64 3D - like 3D Land, a game I bought with my 3DS a few years ago but never really invested much time in. The N64 original is pretty much my favourite videogame of all time. I was absolutely obsessed with it back in the day, got every single medal and used t...

Huh, good point about Superman basically being a god, which makes him a bit of a headache to craft a game around and give the player some actual challenge. Maybe to get around that, have the game initially be set in Metropolis but travel to more distant worlds where you will be facing more intimida...

I distinctly remember my dad (a complete softy when it came to violent movies and the like) refusing to let me buy the original Resident Evil because he read the review in Official Playstation magazine that described shotgunning zombies heads off in graphic detail (and which also incorrectly stated ...

Heard a lot of good things about that one - I should check it out. In terms of apps, I mainly play Lost Cities and Carcassonne which are great, and I also cannot speak highly enough of Star Realms, both the card game and digital version. I never played Magic: The Gathering as a kid, but I gather tha...

In some ways Splendor feels like a boiled-down version of 7 Wonders - it has similar mechanics but it's always close and tense, and you're always keenly aware of who's in the lead. With 7 Wonders, when a game ends it feels a bit anticlimactic. Plus, with Splendor, you get to play with proper weighty...

Some of my favorites are 7 Wonders, Cranium, Citadels, and Pictionary. Of course can't leave out the classics, like Monopoly and Clue. I also really enjoy Arkham Horror. It's an incredibly difficult co-op game. I'm quite excited for the Bloodborne card game. I heard about it forever ago, and seeing...

I nailed the rest of the 3D Land levels last night, with all 301 stars collected. Feel inordinately proud of myself! Glad I stuck with it.

Ha, yeah. Ironically (after initially complaining about the lack of challenge) I think I'm about ready to give up on 3D Land. I breezed through it until I reached Special World 7. The levels where you're being chased by the shadow purple guy AND it repeatedly throws obstacles (especially whomps and...

How does one even spend large amounts of money on board games? My brain can't comprehend that concept. Is there a massive and luxurious underground board games industry I don't know about? Ha! You'd be amazed. The board game scene is going through a bit of a renaissance/golden age these last few ye...

I don't really care about specs or pixel-peeping either. It never bothered me that the Wii wasn't HD, for example. To me, all the fascination with specs and graphical power was only really of interest in previous console generations such as the 16 and 32bit eras, when the exponential increases in pr...

I'm onto the extra levels now, and yeah - this is much more to my taste! I didn't realise that there was so much game after beating the final boss. I'm not sure why I didn't persevere with it before - I think I'd just got a bit bored with the lack of challenge at that point. But yeah - should have ...

I probably spend more time and money these days on board games vs videogames, so I was wondering if there are any board game players in the C&R team/community?

If so, thought it might be cool to have a thread discussing all things board game related - news, apps, recommendations etc

I'm onto the extra levels now, and yeah - this is much more to my taste! I didn't realise that there was so much game after beating the final boss. I'm not sure why I didn't persevere with it before - I think I'd just got a bit bored with the lack of challenge at that point. But yeah - should have s...