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No one spoil Rime for me, as I never actually finished it. I think it is still installed though. 

I love playing Streets of Rage 2 on my Genesis Mini and I ... like Streets of Rage 4 ok I guess, but I really want to play these things with a buddy, so I might pick up some retro collections where I can do that, like with the Final Fight games. SoR4 players seemed to drop off pretty hard after the initial release. I kinda wish the Mini just connected to the Internet somehow, but I see how that defeats the purpose of a nostalgia console. Well, unless they provided a mini Sega Channel adapter thingy. 

I remember getting past the bat without really knowing to use items, but knowing which item to spam and where to sit definitely lets you cheese a lot of Castlevania bosses. I think I finally figured out the winged creature at the top of the Leaning Tower of Pisa in Bloodlines. I did have to look up how to beat one of the pre-Dracula mini bosses (lizard guy?) in Castlevania IV though.

Good on you for working through Simon's Quest. Other than the fact it introduced one of my favorite video game songs ever ("Bloody Tears") I really don't feel the need to play it after so many Internet videos saying I wouldn't like it.

I miss having mid-range budget games. I didn't even know they were a thing until I realized we mostly just have expansive AAA games or indies years later. 

This all sounds so good, but I just started Noom. I'll have to work out more. lol 

Dishonored 2 was not my thing. I sent it back to GameFly pretty quickly. One of these days I'll just accept I won't like something just cause everyone else does.

Looked both up and not really impressed with either graphically. I'll ake your word on gameplay. The Celtics vs. Lakers video is just Tom Chambers stealing from and dunking on everyone. lol

I wonder how I'd feel about Double Dribble on NES if I played it today. That's the basketball game I grew up with; I think I played it more than my older brother, which is suspect ...

Have yet to play Starstruck, but excited.

Sky Kid:

Uuuugh. Girls always do that in my dreams too. 

Akira Toriyama did design the characters, says Internet website.

I should get back to Read Dead Redemption 2 at some point. I kinda love the slow nature of it others seem to hate. 

Streets of Rage 4 is ok, as Julian initially said on Twitter. I definitely thing the enemy types are cheaper than they are in 2 though, and this is based on ONLY recent experience with 2 (zero nostalgia for the series). I would also say 2 was indeed a special soundtrack while 4 tries to allude to it but doesn't have the same drive in its soundtrack. The influence of 2 is definitely seen throughout the game in both level design and soundtrack though (unless all the games were really similar and I only think that cause I've only played 2). 

The bosses never had that many helpers and did not move as fast either. I feel really underpowered in SoR 4, struggling with the Commissioner on level 2, whereas in SoR 2 I can get to level 6 and only be upset that Zamza is cheap cause it's hard to guage which plane he is on. Speaking of, are all the hidden bosses from 2? Seems like it. 

I like Candlebox, or at least the two big singles they had. I want to say they were on the original The Crow soundtrack too? 

I think The Expanse is the show my friend Bill told me to check out. He was saying they actually paid attention to the science of how things would work. Maybe it was a different show, but it sounds like it. Still have never seen Firefly. Still think Mandalorian is neat but not great. 

That Sims 4 tutorial took a bit long for me ... I bounced off. 

Thanks for letting me know Starstruck exists. Downloaded it while listening last night. 

When will everything be open in Cali, though? I'd say you have a few CoronaBaD blogs left. 

Also, I just realized I missed that re-run of the 98 Bulls final. Dammit.