"I was meditating by a lake at my maintenance job at a woodsy club in upstate New York."
That sounds amazing. I think I fell asleep watching episode 2 (not cause it was bad but because I was already sleeping).
I hope the Flamingos take it all the way .. unlike my Mavs in this Game 5. It's just sad now, especially after the Luka show in Game 4.
Anyway, I don't think there is a more clear depiction of my issues with PC gaming than the fact a major title runs better on Switch. lol
I could never get into Bionic Commando cause I was always too tempted to jump.
But while I probably would prefer the remake (or the 3D game that came out the same year, if I'm not mistaken) I don't think NES graphics are crappy. I think that was probably the first era of home consoles where there was a distinct style that looked pretty good. Why else would games like Celeste and Shovel Knight try emulating that style to some extent (albeit with much better hardware and fewer limitations on graphics).
Now, Atari or Commodore 64? Those games look outdated to me, but maybe this is all just an age question. Maybe those look fine if you grew up with them, like NES games look fine to me.
Pretty sure I rented Dark Cloud at some point back in the day. I remember liking it.
And yeah, The High Score is great so far!
STAGE SELECT:
I've joined a community called Reading Gamebow full of Pixlbit people like me and 1up/Plus10Damage expats. I've been digging the monthly game "readings" (book club but for games) and entering the hangout chats while others stream some games.
I also jumped in a few multiplayer Gang Beasts matches that were super fun. I'm also enjoying finishing Celeste for the "reading" ... ok that's a lie, to hell with both chapter 3 and chapter 4. Still, it has a lot of fun mechanics.
Recently received Crash Team Racing in the mail and it's a good fun brain shutting off colorful time. Now I need to learn how to do this power slide boost thing, cause the game seems to really want me to only about 3 tracks or so in.
In closing, I've also been stuck on this Grave Hoard part of Horizon: Zero Dawn, as I have been for the last three years.
CAGE MATCH:
Oooooohhh, this is a tough one cause I hate the newer Battlefront 1 SOOOOOO much, but I've mildly enjoyed 2. But the 2005 games sound way more fun. But I've only played the new ones.
I'll go Battlefront 2 (2017) but feel free to make some WEIRD ref decisions in the ring.
Woo yeah cars! Yeah. Woo.
Your Madden scenario is pretty wild.
Also, congrats on coming to the point of Arkham Knight where it's just fuflfilling random side quests. Hope you enjoy it as much as you can. I still like the game a lot.
I mean, I wanted a darker comic movie too and I wound up liking Daredevil. But Spider-Man to me has always been corny. I find it to be a charming aspect of his personality. He's not the right comic book character to make dark.
Not saying he can't be in a dark storyline or be in a situation with heavy themes (the fact he's a poor New Yorker with three jobs is pretty relatable to much of the country) but I don't think you can lose the sense of humor with Spidey like you can get away with to some extent with batman.
I have ... never actually seen Michael Ansel.
Mmmmm ... WingStop.
Some days you just can't get rid of a bomb.
