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Josh
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· Dec 9
Sega of America's "2nd generation" Dreamcast aesthetic was a tremendous downgrade. The white packaging was bold, unique, a perfect fit for the system's future-focused Y2K vibe.
The black just looks like they're trying to trick people into thinking these are PlayStation games so they might buy them.
The black just looks like they're trying to trick people into thinking these are PlayStation games so they might buy them.
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> my WCW Bash at the Beach arena
He says it so *casually*, like it's not the greatest thing I've ever seen.
He says it so *casually*, like it's not the greatest thing I've ever seen.
Not really interested in decorating hotel rooms. It’d be cool if there were new bugs/fish to catch. Just wish it was time for a new game.
I did get to see this menace though. And my WCW Bash at the Beach arena is still here.
I did get to see this menace though. And my WCW Bash at the Beach arena is still here.
January 14, 2026 at 9:45 PM
> my WCW Bash at the Beach arena
He says it so *casually*, like it's not the greatest thing I've ever seen.
He says it so *casually*, like it's not the greatest thing I've ever seen.
My favorite's still the GameCube! That pressure-SNAP, so good.
Handhelds feel like cheating (portability being a concern and all), but by far the worst triggers I've ever used on a major console are the PS3's. They should've just given us the boomerang if they couldn't do any better than that.
Handhelds feel like cheating (portability being a concern and all), but by far the worst triggers I've ever used on a major console are the PS3's. They should've just given us the boomerang if they couldn't do any better than that.
January 14, 2026 at 8:45 PM
My favorite's still the GameCube! That pressure-SNAP, so good.
Handhelds feel like cheating (portability being a concern and all), but by far the worst triggers I've ever used on a major console are the PS3's. They should've just given us the boomerang if they couldn't do any better than that.
Handhelds feel like cheating (portability being a concern and all), but by far the worst triggers I've ever used on a major console are the PS3's. They should've just given us the boomerang if they couldn't do any better than that.
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The ultimate tierlist (corrected)
November 10, 2024 at 9:12 PM
The ultimate tierlist (corrected)
Yeah, 2D on consoles was pretty dead that gen, which is probably partly why I was going through my cynical "video games have lost their SOUL" era.
(mostly it was just because of what happened to the Dreamcast, though - coincidentally yet another 6th gen console with a really pants d-pad!)
(mostly it was just because of what happened to the Dreamcast, though - coincidentally yet another 6th gen console with a really pants d-pad!)
Luckily I don't recall the Gamecube's D-pad being used for a whole lot.
January 14, 2026 at 5:59 PM
Yeah, 2D on consoles was pretty dead that gen, which is probably partly why I was going through my cynical "video games have lost their SOUL" era.
(mostly it was just because of what happened to the Dreamcast, though - coincidentally yet another 6th gen console with a really pants d-pad!)
(mostly it was just because of what happened to the Dreamcast, though - coincidentally yet another 6th gen console with a really pants d-pad!)
> Favorite and least-favorite d-pad?
Favorite is easy: Sega Saturn. Not even a contest.
Least is tougher. The worst I've ever used is the R-Zone, but that doesn't even really count as a video game. So counting only the major consoles of the "big four"...
Favorite is easy: Sega Saturn. Not even a contest.
Least is tougher. The worst I've ever used is the R-Zone, but that doesn't even really count as a video game. So counting only the major consoles of the "big four"...
January 14, 2026 at 5:44 PM
> Favorite and least-favorite d-pad?
Favorite is easy: Sega Saturn. Not even a contest.
Least is tougher. The worst I've ever used is the R-Zone, but that doesn't even really count as a video game. So counting only the major consoles of the "big four"...
Favorite is easy: Sega Saturn. Not even a contest.
Least is tougher. The worst I've ever used is the R-Zone, but that doesn't even really count as a video game. So counting only the major consoles of the "big four"...
TGC'S NES TOP FIVE (one game per series)!!!
5 - Balloon Fight
4- Kirby's Adventure
3 - Punch-Out!!
2 - Mega Man 2
1 - Super Mario Bros.
(honorable mentions to Zelda 1, Metroid, and of course, Felix the Cat)
5 - Balloon Fight
4- Kirby's Adventure
3 - Punch-Out!!
2 - Mega Man 2
1 - Super Mario Bros.
(honorable mentions to Zelda 1, Metroid, and of course, Felix the Cat)
January 14, 2026 at 5:41 PM
TGC'S NES TOP FIVE (one game per series)!!!
5 - Balloon Fight
4- Kirby's Adventure
3 - Punch-Out!!
2 - Mega Man 2
1 - Super Mario Bros.
(honorable mentions to Zelda 1, Metroid, and of course, Felix the Cat)
5 - Balloon Fight
4- Kirby's Adventure
3 - Punch-Out!!
2 - Mega Man 2
1 - Super Mario Bros.
(honorable mentions to Zelda 1, Metroid, and of course, Felix the Cat)
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We need to pick up this Overton Window and throw it as far as we can. Stop waiting for shit to “be popular” and start advocating for what is transparently right.
January 14, 2026 at 3:02 PM
We need to pick up this Overton Window and throw it as far as we can. Stop waiting for shit to “be popular” and start advocating for what is transparently right.
I'm stuck in a parking lot waiting for a scheduled phone call, if you want to help me pass the time by submitting anything.
Gonna try something a little different with this: Send me what you think is an unpopular opinion or a gaming hot take that you have! (questions are still fine too!)
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January 14, 2026 at 4:05 PM
I'm stuck in a parking lot waiting for a scheduled phone call, if you want to help me pass the time by submitting anything.
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This is really funny
Live on the free feed: @stuartgipp.bsky.social @demontomatodave.bsky.social & @shoogles.bsky.social spin themselves into a frenzy discussing Sonic CD
retronauts.com/article/2472...
retronauts.com/article/2472...
a drawing of a forest with trees and a path going through it
Alt: Sonic running and spinning quite fast from the animated introduction to Sonic CD
media.tenor.com
January 14, 2026 at 12:11 PM
This is really funny
Nine times out of 10, I'm the dude in these pictures. xD
January 14, 2026 at 11:43 AM
Nine times out of 10, I'm the dude in these pictures. xD
"What we are watching right now is a set of leaders behaving as if reality is optional. As if the goal is not to understand what happened, but to establish dominance over the narrative as quickly and as forcefully as possible."
youtu.be/FyStPztM7eo?...
youtu.be/FyStPztM7eo?...
Truth
YouTube video by Hank Green
youtu.be
January 14, 2026 at 10:58 AM
"What we are watching right now is a set of leaders behaving as if reality is optional. As if the goal is not to understand what happened, but to establish dominance over the narrative as quickly and as forcefully as possible."
youtu.be/FyStPztM7eo?...
youtu.be/FyStPztM7eo?...
Just finished Megaman 4 in one go...
*Without* ever looking at Mandi Paugh's Mega Man Homepage.
I'm a professional now.
*Without* ever looking at Mandi Paugh's Mega Man Homepage.
I'm a professional now.
January 14, 2026 at 12:40 AM
Just finished Megaman 4 in one go...
*Without* ever looking at Mandi Paugh's Mega Man Homepage.
I'm a professional now.
*Without* ever looking at Mandi Paugh's Mega Man Homepage.
I'm a professional now.
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Haha, yeah, I mean, that *was* reality for me!
I Game Over'd in Chemical Plant, Mystic Cave, Oil Ocean, Metropolis, Wing Fortress, then OVER AND OVER in Death Egg, and every time I had to play the ENTIRE GAME ALL OVER AGAIN from the start.
Superstars seems positively gregarious in comparison!
I Game Over'd in Chemical Plant, Mystic Cave, Oil Ocean, Metropolis, Wing Fortress, then OVER AND OVER in Death Egg, and every time I had to play the ENTIRE GAME ALL OVER AGAIN from the start.
Superstars seems positively gregarious in comparison!
January 13, 2026 at 12:08 PM
Haha, yeah, I mean, that *was* reality for me!
I Game Over'd in Chemical Plant, Mystic Cave, Oil Ocean, Metropolis, Wing Fortress, then OVER AND OVER in Death Egg, and every time I had to play the ENTIRE GAME ALL OVER AGAIN from the start.
Superstars seems positively gregarious in comparison!
I Game Over'd in Chemical Plant, Mystic Cave, Oil Ocean, Metropolis, Wing Fortress, then OVER AND OVER in Death Egg, and every time I had to play the ENTIRE GAME ALL OVER AGAIN from the start.
Superstars seems positively gregarious in comparison!
Big year, especially the second half.
January 13, 2026 at 8:26 PM
Big year, especially the second half.
It was *supposed* to be, and it was promoted that way, but then they misprinted the discs and they weren't actually different. So they fixed it, but made no effort to distinguish which one was which. You had to carefully examine the shrinkwrap.
But yes day one patches are killing games.
But yes day one patches are killing games.
January 13, 2026 at 12:50 PM
It was *supposed* to be, and it was promoted that way, but then they misprinted the discs and they weren't actually different. So they fixed it, but made no effort to distinguish which one was which. You had to carefully examine the shrinkwrap.
But yes day one patches are killing games.
But yes day one patches are killing games.
Haha, yeah, I mean, that *was* reality for me!
I Game Over'd in Chemical Plant, Mystic Cave, Oil Ocean, Metropolis, Wing Fortress, then OVER AND OVER in Death Egg, and every time I had to play the ENTIRE GAME ALL OVER AGAIN from the start.
Superstars seems positively gregarious in comparison!
I Game Over'd in Chemical Plant, Mystic Cave, Oil Ocean, Metropolis, Wing Fortress, then OVER AND OVER in Death Egg, and every time I had to play the ENTIRE GAME ALL OVER AGAIN from the start.
Superstars seems positively gregarious in comparison!
January 13, 2026 at 12:08 PM
Haha, yeah, I mean, that *was* reality for me!
I Game Over'd in Chemical Plant, Mystic Cave, Oil Ocean, Metropolis, Wing Fortress, then OVER AND OVER in Death Egg, and every time I had to play the ENTIRE GAME ALL OVER AGAIN from the start.
Superstars seems positively gregarious in comparison!
I Game Over'd in Chemical Plant, Mystic Cave, Oil Ocean, Metropolis, Wing Fortress, then OVER AND OVER in Death Egg, and every time I had to play the ENTIRE GAME ALL OVER AGAIN from the start.
Superstars seems positively gregarious in comparison!
I love this!
The thing that's really cute about the Japanese title is the second Rockman on the title screen actually changes to the name of the last character you played as. So you could have "Rockman Cutman", "Rockman Elecman", "Rockman Roll-chan", "Rockman Blues", etc.
January 13, 2026 at 11:52 AM
I love this!
The first revision of Sonic 2 crashed if you bounced from a rock onto a Rexon in Hilltop Zone.
Can you imagine how insufferable Twitter and ragebait SonicTubers would have been about that if they had existed in 1992?
Can you imagine how insufferable Twitter and ragebait SonicTubers would have been about that if they had existed in 1992?
January 13, 2026 at 9:47 AM
The first revision of Sonic 2 crashed if you bounced from a rock onto a Rexon in Hilltop Zone.
Can you imagine how insufferable Twitter and ragebait SonicTubers would have been about that if they had existed in 1992?
Can you imagine how insufferable Twitter and ragebait SonicTubers would have been about that if they had existed in 1992?
I'm thinking top of B-rank for Powered Up. Also the Japanese name is "Rockman Rockman" and that's beautiful.
January 12, 2026 at 11:34 PM
I'm thinking top of B-rank for Powered Up. Also the Japanese name is "Rockman Rockman" and that's beautiful.
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Here we go, I guess.
January 12, 2026 at 1:08 PM
Here we go, I guess.
I don't mind GOATed at all, but "mid" can die in a fire.
And now the Venn Diagram is complete.
And now the Venn Diagram is complete.
This is me, but I also include mid.
When I hear someone use the word "goated" I think less of them. I don't like this about myself
January 12, 2026 at 12:18 PM
I don't mind GOATed at all, but "mid" can die in a fire.
And now the Venn Diagram is complete.
And now the Venn Diagram is complete.
> What four classic video games to you find yourself replaying no matter how old they are?
"Short but infinitely replayable video games" is my favorite genre so I have way more than four.
"Short but infinitely replayable video games" is my favorite genre so I have way more than four.
January 12, 2026 at 10:04 AM
> What four classic video games to you find yourself replaying no matter how old they are?
"Short but infinitely replayable video games" is my favorite genre so I have way more than four.
"Short but infinitely replayable video games" is my favorite genre so I have way more than four.
I like playing on original hardware when I can, but emulation has gotten more than good enough over the decades. Especially with something like Megaman Legacy Collection, where it includes QoL and bonus features/challenges.
January 12, 2026 at 9:27 AM
I like playing on original hardware when I can, but emulation has gotten more than good enough over the decades. Especially with something like Megaman Legacy Collection, where it includes QoL and bonus features/challenges.