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Wait, what happened with The Last of Us and which episode was that? 

I'm not too far into this episode (Julian is talking about games he sold from his GameFellas days) but I'll go ahead and do 

STAGE SELECT:

Ken's stage music makes me happy in an inspired way, like I'm ready to go to the gym and actually enjoy it. 

I only ever rented Cool Spot for SNES and have very little memory of it, but this Genesis version of a Tommy Tallarico song came up in a Console Wars (YouTube channel) video and it just makes me laugh that something quality like this was put in a game about a 7up mascot who didn't make it out of the 90s. And that the game was actually pretty decent too. 

CAGE MATCH:

It has been a long time since I played either and both of these franchises have enough arcade cabinets I can't be totally sure we're on the same page here, but I remember more friends wanting to play TMNT and that made it more fun. 

Plus, what are The Simpsons going to do? Have Marge scold the turtles for using real weapons in a kids' movie? I bet that whole controversy was based on a letter campaign from Marge Simpson. Go turtles. 

Oh, Thunder Force III has you dying touching the borders of objects on-screen, which I guess is theoretically better, but means even less manuever space. 

Shooters are brutal. I've only gotten through half of the third level (you can choose what level to start with, but I just go with the one the game automatically starts with) in Thunder Force III.

There's a Red Goblin? Huh

The K-Mart you went to was clearly more boppin' than mine. lol 

Well by that time you'll be prepared. lol

I dig Bloodlines, but man is it tough, at least with John Morris. Apparently, Eric Lacarde is the game's "easy mode."

Good vibes. 

Yeah, I've never loved stealth in video games that aren't made specifically for it and don't get why so many people apparently do, or do game companies just see the success of MGS and assume they should shoehorn it in?

For me, they seem more frequent in Bloodlines though, thanks to the vertically moving stages. I did not have as much of an issue with Rondo of Blood, for example. Could be personal preference.