PixlBit

"The guide wasn't always correct, and I spent a good hour and a half searching for an item that wasn't in the spot that the guide said it would be."

Sounds about right. I hate when there's that one little thing in a guide that's not exactly what you're needing or throws you off. Like when I need help with a certain version of an Adobe program and all the forums are talking about CS6 when CC 2017 is different enough that it doesn't give me what I need ... 

I like how trophies add something to do in seemingly directionless games.

Replying cause I had the exact same comment and question. 

I'd have to hear you riff something before I knew whether I think you'd be good on the show. Delivery has a lot to do with it, and I've only ever read your stuff, not heard your voice ... Aliiive in our heearts*ahem* Catholic school, sorry.

At first, I thought they did a riff on McDonald's Super Mario toys and got excited lol.

I mean I've played it and i have it (really just bought it for computer teacher mom who never used it) but ... Eh. Maybe I'll try again some day.

Cool. That's one I think I'd like, so thanks for the suggestion!

Oooohhhh thanks for reminding me of that. 

I actually have been meaning to watch both that movie and that show. I'll still check out the book if I like Blade Runner. 

I couldn't get into MineCraft. Too shallow a graphics whore for it to appeal to me. Plus, I'm more into a challenge being made for me than I am crafting my own experience in a game, to be honest. 

Is Sun and Moon the game where it was on GBA and sunlight affected it? Konami game, I think? Always wanted to try it.

Super Meat Boy is fun, but really more of an arcade-y experience. It's a platformer, but otherwise I wouldn't really compare it to Shovel Knight. 

Haven't played Super House of Dead Ninjas

I think Rayman Legends on PS4 is really good, have completed all the main paintings, and still go back to complete the Origins paintings I unlock. I still think Shovel Knight has enough charm to hold its own though. 

Never played Ori or N++ (which looks to me like a lower-res Super Meat Boy kind of game), or most other games you mentioned.

I would consider Guacamelee in basically the same league as Shovel Knight, and I honestly think I prefer Shovel Knight more as a more pure platformer, where Guacamelee is more of a Metroidvania. 

I think Shovel Knight is at least as good as, if not better in some ways, all of the ones you mentioned that I've played. I don't have much NES nostalgia and even with the SNES, nostalgia won't get me to care about a game. I still say Shovel Knight is notable on its own merits as a game. Agree to disagree.

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