PixlBit

Yeah, you're probably right about when it started showing up. 

I guess I'm able to accept it more than others might be, but I'm sure there have been moments where I've had to laugh because the difference between gameplay and cutscenes is so jarring. 

I think I'm able to accept it in games like Uncharted and Yakuza because they take that dissonance to such an extreme I honestly wonder if it's not done for humorous effect (especially in Yakuza) on purpose, I accept it in most other games cause I just accept it as a limitation of the video games genre, and I accept it in The Last of Us Part II because its world is such a shit show that it's really not hard to believe any particular character racking up the body count in order to survive. 

But again, I TOTALLY see why it does bother you and others. Just like I totally see a lot of other points people have about TLOU 2, those things just don't bother (or actually really work for me) personally. 

I've never played one of these, but the concept sounds interesting. 

Ludonarrative dissonance, you mean? I wonder. I feel like that predates Uncharted, but maybe Uncharted popularized it? 

Ok, so Commodore 64 was an 80s thing ... man, it is hard for me to keep track of the timeline of consoles that aren't one of the current major three or Sega. 

Indeed. But most of this is aimed at the Twitter vitriol aimed at the developers. I LOVED the game, but most complaints about it I've seen are actually pretty fair and I can see where people are coming from even if the weird stuff they tried really worked for me, personally. 

Without spoiling anything, I don't NEED every piece of media I consume to have a totally clean, straight timeline in a three-act structure in order to enjoy it. But it helps for a lot of people, and I can't be mad at that.

Super Mario Odyssey does look good, but I heard the other day Switches are ridiculously expensive right now due to high demand and low supply. In fact, I just looked it up and Wal Mart has them for $499.99 without tax. Hell no!

STAGE SELECT: 

Most memorable gaming gifts: 

- N64 with Star Fox 64 for Christmas 1997. Saw the amazing-at-the-time graphics at some cousins' house on their then-giant TV and was so happy to see it come home to me. Literally thought SF 64 was a launch game and came out before Mario 64 because of the timeline in which *I* received things. 

- Gamecube was the first console I bought with mostly my own money, so that was special and kinda sad at the same time, because

- I had to buy it with my own money for family debt reasons, and this came up again when I wanted the Game Boy Player for one of my birthdays. I had never before seen my mom so hesitant to spend money on something and I don't think that peripheral retailed for more than $50 or so  at the time. Loved playing GBA games on that thing though. Made it feel like I was playing Zero Mission on a Super Nintendo, kinda-sorta. 

- More recently, one of my favorite birthday gifts was my best friend buying me Yakuza 6 well after my obsession with that series became a consistent punchline for me. Only regret: kinda wish he would have asked me which version, cause I still want those cocktail glasses in the deluxe edition. 

VIDEO GAME CAGE MATCH: 

Donkey Kong Country 2, hand down. Nothing against the newer titles, but it's one of those franchises where I feel the remakes focused a little too much on people's memory of these games being hard. And they do get there, but WAY later on in the game than I think the remakes seem to from what little I've played (at kiosks). 

Total nostalgia move, but I gotta go DKC 2. 

Didn't notice the hair so much as the glasses, but I am REALLY trying to place who you look like there and it ain't Hank Hill. I'm honestly thinking it might be a high school acquaintance my brain just can't place right now. 

I agree about the silliness of the in-game vs. movie character strengths, but as a Yakuza fan I obviously don't have an issue with it. lol I definitely see what you mean though and that is one of the many legitimate complaints about TLOU 2 I have heard (I still love it). I think it's a much bigger issue there because of how grounded they try and make things but I'm able to accept that they need gameplay to happen and can sort of alter the narrative a bit in my head so things make sense while I still get to enjoy the gameplay. 

I think it didn't bother me in Uncharted cause I've always applied the Indiana Jones level of disbelief to those, which is a very high level of disbelief and I fully expect super convenient things to happen for those characters to survive whether it's movies or games. Those are much lighter/sillier adventures, so it doesn't bother me as much. 

Ha!