PixlBit

Stage Select:  toss up.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j05hzwQf8pA  or
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TRdx2tbUFI

Wait a second.  Chicago Heights???  I used to live so close to Patrick?

What I go on vacation and somehow nearly miss an episode of NWP.  Shame on me.

Anywho, still plugging away at Sekiro, the day before I went on vacation I had finally beaten the bastard named Genichiro.  I cannot believe I am still working on my first playthrough 3 months after launch.

I have the best memories of Simon's Quest.  It was just so much fun imputing codes and exploring the world

CAGE MATCH:  I am going with Goldeneye.  It was later THPS games that thing finally clicked...  plus I need manuals.  The other thing is when I played multiplayer with my buddy, I never stood a chance when we played THPS so my memories are definitely fonder with Goldeneye.

Sounds almost exactly like my May.  Super busy, coming back once a week to slowly work through a couple of bosses in Sekiro.  I think I have been stuck at the same point since the week before Memorial Day.

I keep trying to think up bizarre matchups for Video Game Cage Match.  I think there is an untapped potential.  Sure, fighter vs fighter, sprawling action RPG vs Sprawling action RPG, beatem up vs beatem up so far, but what about something outta left field?  JRPG vs Puzzle Game.  FPS vs sidescroller.  Visual Novel vs third person Action.

Obvious match-ups could be
Second Sight vs Psi-ops:  The Mindgate Conspiracy.
Banjo-Kazooie vs Super Mario 64

But think about the possibilities...
Ocarina of Time vs Resident Evil 2
Marathon 2 vs Halo 2 vs Destiny 2
Goldeneye vs Tony Hawk Pro Skater

I think the middleground on NieR:Automata comes with time.  While I enjoyed my time with it, but I no longer look back on it with as much fondness now that we are a couple years out.

Stage Select:  I am going to say the current era of gaming.  I have been having such a blast with games these days, Wolfenstein, Dishonored, Prey, Evil Within 2, Bloodborne, Sekiro, RE2...

I played the 360 remaster a couple years back.  I had fun.

Like I think I said.  If I didn't have a toddler who demanded much of my time, I would have  beaten it already.  It is a fantastic game, and while I am frustrated  my lack of time to give to Sekiro, I am glad I am taking the time to play it.