PixlBit

So it was ...

Gotta get them orbs.

The armor he has on makes it look almost Zelda-like to me. My favorite is the sunset beneath the clouds with a lot of trees in it. Looks like a composite, which I'm guessing a few are.

Ok, but you were still logging games you played. I was close!

SOMA is set in Canada?

This is the most "space-y" of the ones from this soundtrack, at least to my ear. 

I love ska! I might look up more from this band. Also, that video looks like several clubs I've been to in Dallas and the way the band looks is pretty familiar as well. 

 "one that some people may remember fondly, but they are insane." Hahahaha

I mean I haven't played it, but I'm the type of person who scans everything in Metroid Prime. We'll see if I end up playing it. 

So Video Game Cage Match is the YouTube show Madness, but without a bracket or video? Cool! That ... actually sounds better in a way. 

VIDEO GAME CAGE MATCH (COPIED FROM TWITTER): Kingdom Hearts over Earthbound for me, because while Earthbound probably has a better story, Kingdom Hearts is just way more accessible and not a turn-based RPG, automatically making it better. Plus, "Simple and Clean" reminds me of childhood. Also, Ness is useless in Smash.

Extended for Pixlbit: What I've played of Earthbound is actually super-charming and I would love to finish it with a strategy guide at some point. It's an excellent game. But even people who like the genre say there's a reason that game came with a full-on strategy guide, beyond just an instruction booklet. I still remember it being the only game I ever cried about renting as a kid, because I was so confused and that was a weekend where the last thing I needed was a wasted rental. 

I only ever rented the first couple Kingdom Hearts games, but I really dug all the Disney worlds and references from my childhood. For me this is an unfair fight, because there's so much that just makes me automatically prefer Kingdom Hearts, and I'm far from a superfan of those games. Hell, I think I got like two gummy ship levels in before returning II to Blockbuster. 

As for this podcast's Video Game Cage Match, I would actually vote for Sonic 2 for no other reason than I find it more fun to play than Mega Man 2. The music in Mega Man 2? Better. The controls in Mega Man 2? More consistent. The platforming challenges in Mega Man 2? More legitimate. 

But Sonic 2, much unlike its predecessor, actually does give you that sense of speed and is short and sweet and just plain old fun. There are times in Mega Man 2 where I have to be patient. Fuck that. My vote is for Sonic 2. 

STAGE SELECT: I still want a game for The Flash (I want to say one had been in development on N64?), with time travel being a big part of the game. It would be an open-world game in which you have Sonic's speed and eventually become fast enough to unlock what is essentially warping, but the combat would be a mix of Tekken 7 and the Arkham games, where you're quickly going from person to person, but some of them you actually have to catch or race in order to defeat, and you're traveling pretty far on the map when this happens. 

It will serve as an excuse to explore different time periods in different regions, from modern day Italy, to the ice age, to the ending to Twisted Metal 2 with the dinosaurs.