Random Stranger
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I like obscure old video games and make a lot of videos about them. I've documented all of the Nintendo Famicom library and I'm currently working on the PC Engine.
For Random Game Daturday, I have Chakan the Forever Man, perenial punching bag of Genesis fans. It's based on a comic from the 1980s B&W boom and was one of those comics that looks like it came straight out of a 16-year-old's in class doodles. It was so *extreme*!
January 10, 2026 at 5:13 PM
For Random Game Daturday, I have Chakan the Forever Man, perenial punching bag of Genesis fans. It's based on a comic from the 1980s B&W boom and was one of those comics that looks like it came straight out of a 16-year-old's in class doodles. It was so *extreme*!
Even the camera operators were on wires in Zipang! This fight up the stairs with people coming from both sides is 90 second oner, there's no room for a crane, and it looks manually run. Maybe they used a scissor lift but that's four stories they were moving through.
January 7, 2026 at 3:47 AM
Even the camera operators were on wires in Zipang! This fight up the stairs with people coming from both sides is 90 second oner, there's no room for a crane, and it looks manually run. Maybe they used a scissor lift but that's four stories they were moving through.
Hattori tore out one of his own ribs. And then that rib had two tiny knives concealed inside it.
January 7, 2026 at 3:22 AM
Hattori tore out one of his own ribs. And then that rib had two tiny knives concealed inside it.
Huh. A gilded evil king feels weirdly like current events.
January 7, 2026 at 3:09 AM
Huh. A gilded evil king feels weirdly like current events.
Hanzo Hattori's binoculars have a little shuriken in the view so he can remember to throw them at the people he's looking at.
January 7, 2026 at 2:40 AM
Hanzo Hattori's binoculars have a little shuriken in the view so he can remember to throw them at the people he's looking at.
There's some really impressive camera work in Zipang. Not simply cinematography; being an operator on this movie must have been tough.
(Yeah, I'm sharing a lot as I watch the movie.)
(Yeah, I'm sharing a lot as I watch the movie.)
January 7, 2026 at 2:26 AM
There's some really impressive camera work in Zipang. Not simply cinematography; being an operator on this movie must have been tough.
(Yeah, I'm sharing a lot as I watch the movie.)
(Yeah, I'm sharing a lot as I watch the movie.)
This guy fights with nine different gimmick swords and he has a sword caddie for them.
January 7, 2026 at 2:14 AM
This guy fights with nine different gimmick swords and he has a sword caddie for them.
That man is wearing a bat on his head. That's more than Batman does.
January 7, 2026 at 2:08 AM
That man is wearing a bat on his head. That's more than Batman does.
Finally getting around to watching Zipang and it's off to one hell of a start.
January 7, 2026 at 2:05 AM
Finally getting around to watching Zipang and it's off to one hell of a start.
I'm just going to start adding fake countries to the edges of maps like I'm an early modern cartographer.
For example, I have placed the mythical country of "New Sea Land" off the coast of Australia in this map.
For example, I have placed the mythical country of "New Sea Land" off the coast of Australia in this map.
January 6, 2026 at 5:58 PM
I'm just going to start adding fake countries to the edges of maps like I'm an early modern cartographer.
For example, I have placed the mythical country of "New Sea Land" off the coast of Australia in this map.
For example, I have placed the mythical country of "New Sea Land" off the coast of Australia in this map.
The sole video on youtube for them (with 562 views at this moment) just raises more questions.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKvP...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKvP...
January 5, 2026 at 11:06 PM
The sole video on youtube for them (with 562 views at this moment) just raises more questions.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKvP...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKvP...
I don't know what this is supposed to be, but I had to share it.
January 5, 2026 at 11:00 PM
I don't know what this is supposed to be, but I had to share it.
For Yes That's Totally Random Game Saturday, here's global politics simulator Shadow President. Any political media pre-2016 now feels hopelessly niave regarding people being held accountable and being rational actors.
January 3, 2026 at 4:26 PM
For Yes That's Totally Random Game Saturday, here's global politics simulator Shadow President. Any political media pre-2016 now feels hopelessly niave regarding people being held accountable and being rational actors.
Eggman might be a wannabe dictator, but he takes fire safety and building codes seriously.
January 1, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Eggman might be a wannabe dictator, but he takes fire safety and building codes seriously.
Yeah! It's the character voted most likely to be drawn in a middle schooler's notebook in 2002!
January 1, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Yeah! It's the character voted most likely to be drawn in a middle schooler's notebook in 2002!
Okay, I'm now playing through Silver's story since I don't know how long I can keep this up and I might as well "enjoy" the full thing.
Silver, they are answering you directly. You're just an idiot.
Silver, they are answering you directly. You're just an idiot.
January 1, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Okay, I'm now playing through Silver's story since I don't know how long I can keep this up and I might as well "enjoy" the full thing.
Silver, they are answering you directly. You're just an idiot.
Silver, they are answering you directly. You're just an idiot.
Sonic and his girlfriend have wound up in Windows XP for their big romantic scene.
January 1, 2026 at 2:07 PM
Sonic and his girlfriend have wound up in Windows XP for their big romantic scene.
The camera in Sonic 2006 might be the worst enemy that Sonic has ever faced.
January 1, 2026 at 1:49 PM
The camera in Sonic 2006 might be the worst enemy that Sonic has ever faced.
Well, after failing the first stage, I'm beginning to get an idea of why Sonic 2006 is so hated.
January 1, 2026 at 1:18 PM
Well, after failing the first stage, I'm beginning to get an idea of why Sonic 2006 is so hated.
Ummm... WHAT?!
January 1, 2026 at 12:55 PM
Ummm... WHAT?!
Time to start 2026 off right.
I've never played it before, too.
I've never played it before, too.
January 1, 2026 at 12:21 PM
Time to start 2026 off right.
I've never played it before, too.
I've never played it before, too.