I reckon that has to do with it as well. I played Sonic 2 for a bit at a mall kiosk once in the 90s and got jealous of my neighbors cause the system looked so cool.
But I don't think I played any of those games for any extended period of time until at least the 2000s, when I rented some Gamecube collection. Definitely played my fair share of Adventure 2 though.
STAGE SELECT: What are 3 games you love, but have never played?
Punch Out! NES - Definitely a fan of the music and what the gameplay looks like, but the only thing I grew up with related to it were the NES itself (on which I do not remember playing Punch Out!) and the Simpsons episode where Homer steals cable to watch the fight. But I dig watching playthroughs on YouTube, as it looks like a fun challenge. It helps that one of the only gaming YouTubers I can tolerate/like (Dan Avidan) is a big fan.
Yakuza PS2 - I feel zero need to play it at this point, other than maybe to hear the English dub with Mark Hamill as Majima and Eliza Dushku as Yumi, but you know exactly why I put this here. I'm a bit tired of being the "Yakuza guy," as I do like and play lots of other games (Death Stranding and Sega Genesis Mini currently ... in addition to Yakuza 5) but there's a reason I'm such an evangelist for this series, and it all started with this supposedly jank ass game ... Julian should have known I meant Kiwami in that one Cage Match fiasco.
Sonic '06 360/PS3/Linux - I will never play it, but it is such a source of entertainment and at this point kind of charming in its badness. Sonic Boom just wasn't broken enough to be as hilarious as this horribly rushed game for a major franchise.
VIDEO GAME CAGE MATCH: Centipede vs Galaga
Played online versions of both and even without sound, Galaga was just smoother and more engaging. Also, the Galaga ship may not be able to move other than left/right in the version I played, while Centipede can move up a bit, but the Galaga ship doesn't get stopped by a bunch of mushrooms. Galaga wins the cage match by throwing mushrooms at Centipede.
I only have one or two sets of baseball cards and I should probably check and make sure I still have some at my parents' house.
Oh, now you're being generous, I didn't say the crazy was kept at 1% lol but yeah, most of us are more normal than most media depictions. Maybe the lion was from Doc Antle doing a tour? You never know. lol
The Taco Bell I had was good. I always just get the box meal. Hoping the workers wash their hands as much as I do.
I'm impressed you know Doom II so well, since I get stuck in FPS games a lot.
As for Knight, I think a lot of mechanics are from City, so maybe they are expecting you to know based on experience? It has been a long time since I played Arkham games.
I pretty much knew it was a joke when I saw the game title. lol
I do like Sonic Mania, but I definitely did not understand why it seemed to be the most-hyped game of its release year among my social media circles.
I'm about to be in a ZOOM meeting with one of my classes in 15 minutes, but I should have time to check the reviews out later.
And I have seen a lot of people on my Facebook who aren't usually gamers obsessed with Animal Crossing on Switch ... or maybe it's just the two or three people over and over again.
Also, you probably know this already, but a cool Easter Egg is you can play the Japanese/EU versions of all the games by changing the language settings. Differences are minor, but the box art in Japan is SO much cooler.
Hey now, not all of the south looks like the Wynewood Zoo, although Tiger King did apparently visit the Nacogdoches Mall (really a hallway with one or two businesses in it ... memes have been going around of its empty parking lot from before and after COVID-19) near where I live. Having said that, there are (usually rural) places in the south like Lufkin, TX that don't flouridize their water and it tastes nasty, so it's more about what is not in the water ...
I kinda want to get that free Taco bell Doritos Locos taco, but I also know by now they're probably out of them. Guess I'll find out.
