Author | Lightnews

Veib @veib.bsky.social · 2d

I really like Parasite Eve II but I also played it first because the original has never been released in Europe

In the 90s we didn't get shit when it comes to jrpgs, then in the early 2000s it got better but we'd randomly only get sequels (this, Saga Frontier 2 but not 1, Xenosaga 2 but not 1 or 3)

2

Veib @veib.bsky.social · 4d

Finally got around to learning a non-Fury TOD in 2XKO

Kills everyone from a 5M starter, kills everyone up to Vi with otg 3H in place of the last Ahri super

Also this is -12 on hit which makes it punishable with air buttons, which is extremely funny

#2XKO

Veib @veib.bsky.social · 14d

Miner: Dig Deep, an Xbox Live Indie Game from 2009 that I just now found out was rereleased on Steam in 2020

1

Veib @veib.bsky.social · 18d

The only NES Megaman games I played as a kid were 3 and 4 and I have always been a Skull Man theme enjoyer

1

Veib @veib.bsky.social · 19d

There are Lowtaxes everywhere for those with the eyes to see

1 14 210

Veib @veib.bsky.social · 22d

Those aren't Super Famicom, they're PAL Super Nintendo controller and games. The FFMQ cart says "Mystic Quest Legend" because that's what it was called here, because we didn't get a real FF until 7 so they couldn't attach the name. But yeah still wrong if the book is US only

4

Veib @veib.bsky.social · 29d

Yes

The SuperCombo Wiki image used for one of Kyo Kusanagi's special moves in Capcom vs SNK 2. Text below the in-game screenshot says "Bodega!!"

1

Veib @veib.bsky.social · Sep 13

Bros Pointe Blank, got it

1

Veib @veib.bsky.social · Sep 9

In Tales of Xillia cities have background noises to make them feel bigger and livelier, including vendors hawking their wares. For some reason the voiceline of a meat vendor going "MUTTON, FRESH MUTTON!" is much louder than anything else, so it's always the first thing you hear anywhere you go

2

Veib @veib.bsky.social · Sep 9

In fact I just brought my childhood NES home with me from my mom's, still works but the problem is we sold almost all of my games when I got a SNES. I thought the only game left was SMB but no, turns out I also still have Addams Family, presumably because nobody wanted to buy that garbage

1

Veib @veib.bsky.social · Sep 9

The NES was very popular in the Nordics thanks to the Swedish company Bergsala, who was and still is the official distributor of all things Nintendo. Like yeah it didn’t completely dominate the market like the C64 had, but when I started school in 91 in Finland practically everyone had an NES

1 1

Veib @veib.bsky.social · Sep 4

I hope they don't cover his deranged neck tattoo and just let Guile have it

3

Veib @veib.bsky.social · Aug 27

CM round 1, 35-5: Hell yeah
CM round 2, 21-19: Oh no
CM finals: Hell yeah

Screenshot of the Umamusume: Pretty Derby mobile game showing a post-race win screen. Text on the screen says "Champions Meeting. Taurus Cup. Graded League. Group A. 1st / 12,018"

1 2

Veib @veib.bsky.social · Aug 21

FunctionWinQuote

1 14

Veib @veib.bsky.social · Aug 14

Yeah this was my first thought too, I was like "C'mon man you can't call it THAT"

2

Veib @veib.bsky.social · Jul 20

Where's Stanley the Bugman when you need him

1

Veib @veib.bsky.social · Jul 17

Thomas Kinkawe

Veib @veib.bsky.social · Jun 24

I saw people posting their personal top 10 lists for NYT's big "The 100 Best Movies of the 21st Century" thing but I don't use that, so I just dug up my old practically abandoned Letterboxd account. This a pretty vibes-based list but then again aren't they all

A list titled "My top 10 films of the 21st century". The list includes

Spirited Away
Millennium Actress
Babel
No Country for Old Men
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Synecdoche, New York
The Wrestler
Drive
Mad Max: Fury Road
Arrival

2

Veib @veib.bsky.social · Jun 16

Hey now, the guy who won SF6 at CEO this weekend was only 25, a literal child

(the 2nd place finisher was 39)

2

Veib @veib.bsky.social · Jun 2

I was 13 and reading stuff like Forgotten Realms and Discworld at the time, and HP seemed much more like a childrens book to me so I ignored it. Was I a dumb teenager overestimating the maturity level of myself and what I liked? Yes. Did that turn out to be the optimal thing for me to do? Also yes.

4

Veib @veib.bsky.social · May 18

The @retronauts.bsky.social Samurai Shodown episode where you talk about working with SNK to get this done was really interesting (I'm terribly behind on all my podcasts and only just listened to it last fall even though the episode is from 2020)

2

Veib @veib.bsky.social · May 10

Who is the Dersu Uzala of Star Wars

Veib @veib.bsky.social · May 4

A Clair Obscur screenshot of Lune saying "Feet? Really?"

12

Veib @veib.bsky.social · Apr 18

Yeah we've had these in Finland since like the 70s except they're connected to the sink, they're great. There's also a famous ad from 1978 featuring a naked man with a very era-appropriate moustache/sideburns combo sitting on the toilet washing his crotch

1

Veib @veib.bsky.social · Apr 14

This is the only Wikipedia article I've ever edited (I fixed a small error in the title of some book in the 'Further reading' section in like 2012)