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I guess the screen changes made me think exploration was the point, like in Metroid. Guess that's why I had such a time with it. 

I do not understand how this game became a classic. Point blank. I have no clue how to navigate it. Metroid was rough, but able to be navigated. Kid Icarus? I guess going up makes sense?

Judgment is basically a new Yakuza game, but heavily influenced by Ace Attorney/Miles Edgeworth games. 

Phoenix Wright is definitely getting referenced a lot in Judgment, and it makes me want to at least play the DS game I own. 

Rhythm Heaven sounds fun. 

Do you count audiobooks toward your read goal? I'm just curious cause I remember this being a big to-do with Patrick on Nerds Without Pants for some reason. 

There's a lot I don't know about SNK's history. Every time SNK is mentioned developing a non-fighting game, I think, "oh yeah."

There are some existential readings of Atari games I'd rather not think about. 

There was one puzzle in particular in Judgment that bugged me cause you can't multiply by 0 and get a number other than 0. The solution ended up being dirt simple, but my brain could not get past that multiplying by 0 thing, when really it was a clue. 

STAGE SELECT: 

1. What DO Cool Spot's sunglasses do?

2. Are the Yakuza games ... partially funded by actual yakuza?

3. Were some EGM April Fool's pranks just things they saw in review copies that never made it into the final games (not an April Fool, but I still remember  renting an NCAA game specifically to see some goal posts get torn down, only to have them say in the next month's issue this was something they took out of the final game).

CAGE MATCH: 

My memory of Half-Life 2 is watching my friend play it on XBOX years after it came out and asking if I could try some magnet puzzle he was frustrated with.

My memory of Halo 2 is actually being competent at an FPS for once and hanging out with some new friends in high school playing it in glorious couch multiplayer. 

I'll let you figure out which one I'd vote for. 

I still want to play Inside, but after having no effing clue what Limbo was all about until I looked up a few fan theories (I mean, I get that it's probably, y'know ... Limbo, I just mean I wasn't fully sold on the context) I'm wondering how deeply it'll really affect me. 

Looking up the meaning of a drama after the fact is kind of like having a joke explained to you. Seems obvious after the explanation, but the effect has worn off.