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I wonder if you got to the point where they had to re-play it like 27 times on AVGN to finally beat it. I remember bats being involved. 

It's up there for sure. I was definitely one who hated those first screenshots, cause I expected more realistic visuals and thought the art style just looked goofy. I changed my mind when the actual game came out and blew me away by looking like a well-done, playable Disney film.

Ironically, I remember becoming obsessed with cel-shaded graphics and looking into or renting anything I could find with a similar art style, cause I thought it looked so cool in games like XII, Okami, Viewtiful Joe, etc. Those games were distinctly different stylistically from each other, but that was part of why I liked cel-shading so much at the time: it would really bring out the personality of a game. 

This opening sounds familiar ... as does the close ... hope Patrick's ok!

I didn't realize what a hassle rafflin' could be. 

So you don't keep Game Pass games for as long as you have Game Pass, a la PS+? I didn't realize there was that much of a difference between these services. 

You going back to Borderlands 2 reminds me I should go back to my Yakuza games I haven't fully beaten (meaning haven't finished all stories; not sure I care to get the Platinums) before Judgment releases. 

It's good to have a game or franchise that's just super reliable. Sounds like both series are humorous as well, which goes a long way. I still need to start playing my Handsom Collection again. 

I seriously thought that link went to the main page of their gaming section that was just the latest joke headlines, cause that's where I ended up somehow. lol Shows how much I pay attention. 

I'll have to listen to the podcast later, but I have thoughts on viewing/reading/listening to things more than once ... in that I get where Kubrick is coming from and mostly agree, but rarely re-visit art I've finished in favor of having more new experiences. 

I wish I could have played Red Dead Redemption 2, but the GameFly discs I got stopped downloading in the middle of the "Play" disc. I deleted a bunch of stuff, turned my system off and back on a good couple times, and nothing. 

Arkham City is still my least favorite of the Arkham games. Yup. I know. I'm an outlier. lol

We had Tetris on Game Boy, but I always lost and got confused when I was real little, cause I thought the point was to stack the blocks! lol 

As an adult, I play Free Tetris online all the time, and it actually comes in handy to get my brain working, to calm me down, etc. Miracle game as far as I am concerned! Not surprised you consider it such a great gift.

The startup GameBoy screen in the video takes me back, as does the music and just everything about the presentation. 

I've seen one Crusin' cabinet at a Red Robin in Cedar Hill, TX and otherwise haven't often been into pizza places like Cici's where they'd have stuff like this. 

In my current area (Nacogdoches, TX) there are not any arcades in grocery stores that I'm aware of. 

Never got to the end, but I've made some pretty sweet scores in this and OutRun thanks to Shenmue and Yakuza. 

In OutRun especially, you can tell the original "controller" was a motorcycle set up based on the movement in the game. 

When I was growing up, Cruisin' USA would be in place of these games, but either way I miss those machines being everywhere.