twiztor

huge shout out to my Secret Santa, @Murray! this wasn't just a gift, it was a party in a box! with party hats and other favors,favorsw i was in for a whole celebration. and the gifts over delivered! included were Mega Man 11 (Switch), Castlevania: Circle of the Moon (GBA) [and complete in box!!], and an issue of Nintendo Power. all things i can check off my list, moving me one step closer to completing my collection (haha, as if that's possible!). also included were some various goodies- Murray stickers (which will find a home on my vinyl record shelf, filled with 70s/band/brewery stickers), an awesome Murray pin (that reminds me a lot of Skeletor), and some robot and njnja mini figures (which have already infiltrated my MUSCLE minis!) it really was a bright spot of my Christmas Day after spending the rest of it doing family obligations. Thank you so much!! you're a good dude Murray! also, unrelated to Secret Santa, for anyone that doesn't follow the Cute Girl or Feminine Boy thread (early cheap plug for next year's contest), i was the yearly recipient of this amazing picture. thank you again to @Foochie776and @Ferris Bueller

i hate this time of year too.

It's a Festivus miracle! the Cute Girl / Feminine Boy picture has found its new home! here it is under my tree (spoiler for the Secret Santa reveal thread included!) i tried to put it near my modern games.... but instead the amiibos gathered round to vote on which sex they thought the person was. it ended up being an even vote, so we turned to a tiebreaker: R.O.B. ! ROB couldn't make up his mind, but felt a lot of love for this person, so asked that the picture be hung near him. i was happy to oblige. a massive thank you to @Foochie776who took care of this for the past year, @Ferris Buellerwho started the ball rolling, and everyone else who has (or will!) participated!

the easiest 10/10 in the history of games. one of the few games i had as a kid, and therefore i spent a TON of time playing it. This gave me all the time in the world to explore and discover everything this game had to offer. If i had come across it as an adult? probably would be much lower due to how cryptic and hidden everything is.

i was just about to post almost the exact same thing, only with Goosebumps instead of Animorphs. I have the full original run of 62. Don't really feel the need to dive into the subsequent spin-off series, although that may change with time. the Goosebumps 2000 series (25 books) had a couple of sequels to original series stories, so i will always feel that pull. back to Bruce Coville, that "My Teacher Flunked the Planet" cover resonates deep in me, and i haven't thought about that book in DECADES. i might have to grab the four books in that series. Put them next to my "Wayside School is Falling Down" and "Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark" books.

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had to really fight the urge to rip into the gift i received last night. ARGH! 4 more days!! i can do this!

pics or it didn't happen

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honkin'_on_Bobo

SENTIENT RACECAR ? BOOBS THREESOME ! PTERODACTYL

bonus game! i put this on my 2023 list but had some free time so i guess it counts for neither. Tank! Tank! Tank! for the Wii-U. never heard of it? i'm not surprised. developed by Namco, it was originally an arcade game. and it shows. you play as a tank (of your choosing, more on that later) and need to stop an invasion of giant robotic insects and other beings. it's fun but VERY repetitive. there's two types of stages: horde (where you need to kill a set number of invaders) or boss (where you need to kill the main enemy). but over the course of the game, theres little-to-no variance, so it just feels like replaying the same levels over and over again. the more you play, the more tanks you unlock to select from. but it doesn't matter, as there's only a couple of variations, so it feels very pointless. this game could be so much better if it lived up to its potential: 1- if there was tank customization. being able to select your power-up weapons. being able to choose which attribute powers up when you gain a level. hell, being able to change the paint job. something, ANYTHING that makes you invested. 2- by NOT requiring you to complete the same levels, ad nauseum, with different tanks to earn new medals to unlock new stages. man, if the levels weren't already variations of the same, this might be OK, but come on! 3- the experience system is trash. if you need 1000 pts to gain the next level but earn 5000, you get the level and start over. if you stop for the day, you lose any unused exp. wtf is that? it is a other way that makes you replay levels. maybe this game shines in multiplayer? because it certainly doesn't in single player. this sounds like complaining. i did enjoy the game, but i just ended up disappointing because it could've been so much better. a cursory Google search didn't provide this info, so here goes: # of stages = 36 max level per tank = 16 medals required to access the final stage = 100

Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time was groundbreaking and mindblowing to me back in 1998. i poured over that game and absolutely loved it. there's seemingly a zero % chance that i would appreciate it anywhere near that if i played it again now, so i'm just gonna keep my distance.

honestly, i've heard OF this game, but know absolutely nothing about it. i honestly don't see a scenario that has me playing this game ever.

like i mentioned last year, i do much better taking things one "challenge" or "set" at a time. So this list will (hopefully) be expanded as the year goes on and as i am able to cross things off the list: PS1 challenge: Crash Bandicoot COMPLETED 3/3/23 Metal Gear Solid Spyro the Dragon COMPLETED 9/12/23 Tomb Raider called it quits 5/19 (NOT COMPLETED!) +the sequel of whichever game i enjoy the most. Wario Challenge: Super Mario Land 3: Wario Land (GB) COMPLETED 1/29/23 Wario Land (VB) COMPLETED 3/13/23 Wario Land 2 (GBC) COMPLETED 5/21/23 Wario Land 3 (GBC) COMPLETED 11/25/23 Wario Land 4 (GBA) COMPLETED 12/7/23 misc. Super Mario Bros. 2 [J] (NES) COMPLETED 2/16/23 Tank! Tank! Tank! (Wii-U) COMPLETED in 2022 Mega Man: Wily Wars (Gen) COMPLETED 1/28/23

a friend's band is playing a show tonight, so will be checking that out. until then? games and comics.

i picked up a few to supplement the characters who didn't release as amiibo. some, like Waluigi, saw a later amiibo release, but most didn't.

i lean more towards the creative side, so 100% on the 'design a pokemon' side. just getting a card? even a rare or valuable one? not really a comparison IMO.

i was low key excited about Nintendo Land back when it came out. IMO Nintendo's strong suit has always been finding interesting ways to implement their sometimes questionable design/hardware choices, so i knew that if the Wii-U had a chance, this would be the game to highlight and make it shine. overall, i felt it was above average but never really hit that next tier as far as fun and game design. I don't remember any of the minigames being outright bad, but ultimately came off more as a hardware demo than anything. that's not necessarily a bad thing, and maybe i was just hoping for more, but it left me a bit flat.

ha, the number of Pixar movies i've seen is incredibly limited, but i still voted. so a couple of those are "default" votes. good thing i got in early to set the tone.

don't worry everyone, i'm sure that G*C*ll*ct is working on some very exciting updates and it will be running smoothly soon! i mean, nothing bad's ever happened when they've taken ownership of video game related sites before, right?......

thought about this for a few days, and here's what i came up with. Ask again in 6 months and there would definitely be some moving parts. There's just so many good games! 1. the Legend of Zelda (NES) the first game that really hooked me. I spent hours and days and weekends and months and years fully exploring this game. The whole "burn every bush, bomb every boulder" is just the tip of the iceberg. hand drawn maps. doodling Link, his enemies, and the Triforce on everything. Just last week, my friend texted, asking me about the weird name of some LoZ enemy. He was amazed that i knew it, but i practically have the manual memorized from reading it so many times. Just the most immersive game i had ever played, and anything in that vein immediately gets compared to the greatness of LoZ. 2. Diablo 2 (PC) now, i'm not really a PC gamer, as i love the feel of a controller in my hands. But there's something about the Diablo series that overcomes all of that. a new Diablo (either game or expansion) is a national holiday in my home. The only game related release that i schedule time away from work for. It was just so HUGE. and randomly generated (at least to an extent) that kept me coming back. i love the lore, the characters, and the gameplay. When Diablo3 released back in 2012, i didn't like it much. It was too linear and easy. So i would stick with playing D2, but balance enough D3 in to beat the game and immerse myself as much as i needed. Over time, the ease of D3 ended up winning out, as i LOVE to kick back with a few drinks and kill demons for hours on end. Diablo 4 is rumored for April 2023. 3. Final Fantasy VII (PSX) RPGs aren't really my thing. but damn, do i love FF7. the characters, the setting, the world. and especially the materia. i loved mixing and matching and finding the perfect combination for each party member. the summons. the locations. the side quests. i love it all. ironically enough, i've never beaten the game. i always make it to disc 3 (when the entire world map is fully opened up) and have even ventured into the North Crater, but i just can't commit to completing the game because that means the game is finished. Maybe i'll put it on my Backlog 2023 list and see what happens. 4. Double Dragon (NES) this was the first beat 'em up i owned (and one of the few NES games i owned period!) and maybe the first i'd played- i guess i'd have to look up when the TMNT arcade game came out and work backwards. but i just thought the world of it. and, if you haven't listened to it lately, the soundtrack is awesome. It would make an absolute killer rock album with screaming guitars. the simplicity of the gameplay drew me in, and the deadlier and deadlier enemy encounters kept me coming back. The first time getting far enough in Level 3 to have TWO ABOBOs burst through the brick wall scared the hell out of me. hell, i even enjoyed the live action movie because i loved this game that much. but the cartoon didn't share that same fate. 5. WCW/NWO Revenge (n64) as a hardcore wrestling fan during the Monday Night Wars, this game was freaking amazing. it did everything its predecessor (WCW vs NWO: World Tour) did better, and added so much on top of that. Even the later WWF games (WrestleMania 2000, No Mercy) were awesome but didn't recapture the magic of this one. the abysmal character creator options were terrible but *JUST* good enough for me to include some of the WWF guys. Hey, if you squinted just right, it SORTA resembled who i needed it to. I can't even begin to estimate how many dozens of hours we would just play this, multiplayer style. Or how many dozens of hours i spent in single player mode. Just the perfect game to hit at the height of my fandom. so many more games i wanted to mention. Metroid (1). Smash Bros (Melee). Mortal Kombat (2). Goldeneye (007). Castlevania (Symphony).

that looks pretty cool and is new to me. if you have a pic of it, i'd love to see it fully

just made sure my inbox is empty. looking forward to hearing from you!

@attakid101what's that Link to the Past/Target exclusive box in the pic with the express working?

if it's your copy, why don't you tell us what the pink disc is for? where did you get it from? does it boot up in a turbo duo? in a cd player? dvd drive? PC?