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I bought Braid back in the day.  Didn't really like it much because it got too hard.

I didn't get the Bionic Commando remake because I wasn't a big fan of the original, which was also too hard.  I have a friend who REALLY liked it, though.  I think it's interesting that the character in the Bionic Commando remake made it into Marvel vs. Capcom 3.  When we were kids, my friend and I rented the original Bionic Commando on NES and took turns playing stages and we beat it.  But I don't know HOW we did that.  I certainly can't do it now!  We were really surprised at the ending as kids, though.

I like the High Score documentary, but it started better than it ended.  However, I have one more episode left to watch, so we'll see.

I'm curious about that Battletoads game, too.  But it looks awfully cartoony.  Normally that wouldn't bother me, but the old Battletoad games had a more gritty feel to them, and is what made them stand out.

Yeah in the mid to late 90s, they made a lot of Cho Aniki games.  There was even a one on one fighting game featuring some of the characters on the SNES in Japan!

I have de Blob on the Wii.  I stopped playing it because it froze up on me too much.  I give a game the 'three strikes and you're out' rule when it comes to freeze ups.  If a game freezes up on me three times, I stop playing it.  Just don't have time to restart over and over again at the last save point.  Way too buggy of a game.  Hopefully they fixed it in the rereleases.

By the way, I can't remember if you said you have Netflix right now or not, but if so, have you watched the High Score video game documentary series yet?  I'm debating about writing a blog about it later.

Yeah the TG-16 was really known for its shooters.

Yeah it's pretty much impossible to play that train board game since it's all in Japanese.

In that video, he plays the PSOne version of Cho Aniki, which is a little different than the one I played on the TG-16.  The TG-16 version was the first one, so it wasn't as weird as the one in the video.

So as you know, 2001 and 2002 were rough years for me.  I lost my gig at The Dallas Morning News and had some disagreements with family members for a short while.  Right after college, it seemed like I was headed in the right direction, and companies were asking me to write for them.  But then the dot.com bubble burst and 9/11 happened and it became super hard to find a job.  Especially since I can't drive a car because of my disability.  For a whle I even questioned why I even went to college at all.  Was it worth it?  (Looking back now I'd say no).  I was so sad about the situation I even had almost a small nervous breakdown.  So it was nice that 2003 had two things that FINALLY went right for a change.

The first good thing about 2003 was I finally got a true full time job.  I worked at a local church, printing bulletins and answering phones and other things.  I didn't like a lot of the people I worked with (which seems strange since it was a church) but I loved my job duties.  I was able to use my skills I learned in college, so that made me happy.  I worked there for three and a half years.

The other great thing that happened in 2003 was I started writing at GamerDad.com!  And I'm still there today!  Granted, the site is a LOT different now than it was back then, but I was finally able to get my foot back in the gaming journalism door, and the very next year I was able to go to E3 again.  So I was quite happy about the whole thing.

I know I must've played a lot of games that year, but the one that really stuck out for me in 2003 was the first WarioWare game on the GBA.  I liked it so much I named it my Game of the Year in 2003, and I was able to write a GOTY blog at GamerDad.com, too!

Hudson also really supported the Wii with Virtual Console, WiiWare, and original titles.

Yeah those Streets of Rage characters must have superhuman strength if they're able to utterly destroy oil drums, mailboxes, and even cars with just a few punches!  What did they eat for breakfast that morning?!?

Well that's certainly creative!

You know, in real life I'm horrible at dancing.  I'm just not very coordinated or graceful.  But then, part of it has to do with my disability.  Being blind in my left eye affects my balance.  It's why I can't ride a bike iether.

Really the only things I'm good at are writing game reviews, helping out customers at work (I've won awards for it anyway), and I guess I'm good at weightlifting since I"ve upped my game this past year and a half and put on about 15 pounds of muscle.  I'm not super buff or anything but I guess I'm stronger than I look.  A lady at work said I looked REALLY strong the other day, though. :)

But if Ulala was in trouble, I'd eat my spinach, turn into Super Cary, and go save her right away!