During the NES and SNES days, I rented tons of games at the local video place. I stopped renting games around the PlayStation era because everytime I'd rent a game, it would be scratched.
I would love to see more behind the scenes footage in games. That's one of the neat things about the old Twisted Pixel games on Xbox LIVE is that they always had unlockables like that.
You did a good job with those papercrafts. I'm afraid to put mine together because I might break them as I am a klutz with that kind of stuff. The papercraft battles in the game are pretty neat so far (I've done two). At least they're different.
I'm glad I live in Texas because I hate snow.
I actually didn't like Mario Pinball Land that much either. The playfields were too small to be able to do anything. If you want to play a fun video pinball game, here are some I would recommend instead:
Kirby's Pinball Land (Game Boy)
Pro PInball Series (especially Big Race USA)
Metroid Prime Pinball (DS)
Pinball FX 2 and Zen Pinball 2 tables
Crystal Caliburn (if you can find a way to play it)
Revenge of the Gator (Game Boy)
I just got Paper Jam and the papercrafts yesterday, too! Along with another batch of new amiibo figures!
I will be posting a Mario RPG blog at the end of this week, so be on the lookout for it!
Nintendo made games usually don't go down in price very much, unfortunately. They did just release a new batch of Animal Crossing Amiibo figures today, though, and I got 'em! They are Blathers (my favorite AC character), Celeste, Resetti, and Kicks.
I've worked in customer service before. It was a different kind of company, and it rarely ever happened, but if someone cussed me out, I wouldn't talk to them. They would go straight to management. Nobody should have to deal with that. Sorry. But then, it also sounds like your customer service was less than desirable.
Viewmasters should not have to require cell phones. These are kids toys and not every kid is going to have a cell phone. But then, I never understood the thrill of a Viewmaster because I've been blind in my left eye since birth so I don't think I got the full enjoyment out of them.
I hope I can get the Ghostbusters level pack soon, too. I've never watched Dr. Who either so I thought that purple thing he flies around in was a port-a-potty.
The PlayStation was the first non-NIntendo console I owned since the Atari 5200. When it came out, I was reviewing games for The Dallas Morning News and actually getting paid for it, and the N64 library just wasn't cutting it. Even though I really couldn't afford it, I bought a PlayStation and that was one of the best gaming purchases I ever had. After that I was reviewing PSOne games left and right! Some of my favorite PlayStation games include:
Namco Museums vol. 1 to 5 (also on my top five favorite games of all time list)
Klonoa: Door to Phantomile
Tail Concerto
The Misadventures of Tron Bonne
Point Blank 1-3
Final Fantasy 9
Ridge Racer Type 4
And many more!
You know, I haven't really paid any attention to any drama behind the making of Mighty No. 9, but then, I usually don't pay attention to that kind of stuff. I just play the games when they come out and try to enjoy them, usually.
Well the only one on your list I'm looking forward to is the Zelda game, but if you'd like to, you can look at the blog I wrote about what games I'm looking forward to in 2016.
http://www.pixlbit.com/blog/11982/cary_is_looking_forward_in_2016
Well you know how in Mario Party games, you play a mini-game after every turn? Well in this game, you don't even do that. It's just a board game and nothing else. The mini-games you read about here are separate.
