PixlBit

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. 

They really messed that up, huh?

Just remembered I left Anne at the gas station. 

I looked up Return of the Obra Dinn and I want it. I love notes! 

You've really captured beautiful countryside poverty. Look at that sad sack guard. His minimum wage is far too low. 

You'd think you could rate games you own on disc on the PS Store, but here we are. 

Julian, have you seen this, since you're playing Dead Space?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQ3iqq49Ew8

Ok, the log-in bullshit you guys are talking about with XBOX ONE is what I hate about using Steam at times. Don't sign me out, assholes, I own these! I want no part of always-online, no matter how good Internet gets. 

My PS4 downloads improved dramatically when I moved everything to an external 2TB hard drive. 

I ... was not referencing Dennis Dyack. Name sounds familiar though. Also, most of my comment was a joke (hence the flying cars), because fuck if I know what'll make me buy a next-gen console. I think I'll be satisfied with PS4 for a while. 

Bring back Tomagotchi, but for wrestling games on a Dreamcast-like VMU. 

Wait, PlayStation has an end-of-year stats email? Oh, shit, I see it from 2017! Where are my other years ...? (But also, I can already tell they do not take anything you played from a disc into account, because no way in hell did I play MKX more than Yakuza 0 that year).