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I saw someone compare Jak and Daxter to Souls games recently and thought, "so is the only requirement now that it's at least decent and exists within a relatively large 3D world?"

I've never personally played a Souls game and can't get into Bloodborne, but I'm sure the games are fine for those interested. I just get tired of certain Dark Souls fans saying ANYTHING good is "like Dark Souls." Which is weird, cause you'd think fans would celebrate the things that make the series distinct. 

SM is cool, but I definitely don't share the reverence for Metroid as a whole many do.

I feel nostalgic for my childhood cause there seemed to be a lot more emotion there in general than I experience in adulthood.

I'm not qualified to handle the big red x.

Imo just about every Metroid game drags in a few places and has too much backtracking. But that's basically me agreeing with your last paragraph, so ... 

Forgot about those. That did make me "gah!" 

I was thinking earlier in the game.

But was the plumber going to fix anything, or are Swedish plumbers just strippers? 

Are there babysitters in that comic book you're editing? 

"I know more than I'm able to back up with actual action." I can't relate to that at all. That is a specific-to-you problem, Angelo. No one else has that problem. Particularly not I. 

I ... don't really know anything about the games being discussed. Well, Samus Returns is a Metroid, but ...

So, this is not meant as a "meathead" comment by any means; I seriously couldn't handle REVII's demo because my heart rate went through the roof during REPLAYS of it when I already knew what was coming, but ... where were there jump scares in Arkham Knight? I'm not doubting it at all, I just don't remember them. I could see the scene where Joker is torturing Robin being scary, but I dunno if it's a jump scare.  

As someone who enjoys 2D Metroids, I still think it's overrated/overhyped, but I'm sorry if I came off more biting than I meant to be. My comment wasn't meant to attack or get a rise out of anyone.

And yes, on a technical level, there's nothing wrong with Super Metroid, but I think like Citizen Kane, there are people who never actually played it going around saying it's the best game ever, and to me, that's just not true. It's not "I don't like this type of game," but more "I really don't get whatever emotion or sense of depth everyone else does here, even though I really like it."

I get what you're saying though. If someone were to study video games as we study film now, I would definitely tell someone to get a copy of SM without hesitation. I just think calling something the best ever just about automatically makes it overrated in my eyes. 

But great stage select concept. I'm still sad my comment didn't post, but the podcast guest slagging genres did generally what I would've said, only I would have said it about choose your own adventure games (Life is Strange in particular, one of my personal favorite games that I can easily see the flwas of) and 2D indie games ( which I LOVE, but don't think need to be praised as best game of the year every time they come out after 2012), and ... I forgot the other one. But as I said, great podcast. 

STAGE SELECT:

3. The Gibdos (correction: Re-Deads) from Ocarina of Time. I think their appearance in a kid-friendly game gave them an unexpected quality that helped them be more scary than they really had a right to be. 

2. The setpieces from Until Dawn. Meh to the monsters and "killers," but the areas themselves did a good enough job of keeping me in "creeped out" mode enough for the jump scares to work ... the first time. Now, it's just kind of silly, but still fun. 

1. The "Your Memory Card is being erased" screen from Eternal Darkness. Fuck that guy. 

CHRONO CROSS:

Mega Man. I think 2 is definitely a better game, and if this was about nostalgia then I'd pick Double Dragon. But I really like the original Mega Man ... except for that one stage with the moving platforms that also dump you. Not fond of that at all, really.