G-type

I owned this game and liked it. I saw a blood spatter door and what looked like DS resolution 3d graphics... so it came to mind.

this is on my backlog... minus 1 point for not being able to jump.

1 hour ago, guitarzombie said:

it sounded to me like someone did a LOT of Beatles homework to take their harmonic style, and blend it with the look/sound for that time.

It was written by Adam Schlesinger from Fountains of Wayne, (RIP... one of the first  celebrities to be killed by Covid)

oh wow, I got it? 

It's a pretty good movie that is also not very memorable. Not on my rewatch list.

Dementium: The Ward

I haven't watched since the main series ended... I was kind of hoping it would just be over. but I might check out some of these.. Is there any ongoing overarching storyline between these series? or are Dead City/Dary/Ones Who Live self-contained?

3 hours ago, the_wizard_666 said:

The lack of votes for Starflight saddens me.  It's such a great game.  Pretty much what every Star Trek game ever made should have been.

The manual is 143 pages! I like simple arcade style games.

On 3/5/2024 at 8:59 PM, greenthunder said:

. I originally had 123 on my backlog list before cutting it down to just 1, but I think I'm gonna end up hitting 2 and 3 this year anyway

No love for Apollo Justice?

Toejam and Earl would have been one of my picks to win the whole thing, but I guess its got too many haters.

I'll check it out I guess

There's a 2nd and Charles near me that's closing soon. I almost never go there because it's too overpriced and disorganized. However, the giant "Store Closing Sale! Everything Must Go!!" signs in the windows persuaded me to check it out again...  some highlights

this Mario/Duck Hunt manual with a giant price sticker directly on it.

This Parker Bros cart with absolutely no label on it for 6.95.... I'm sure it's a Mr. Do's Castle and this is a great deal. It was sitting next to a stack of 8 combat cartridges with price stickers ranging 4.95 to 8.95.

It's out of focus, but behind it was Lee Trevino's Fighting Golf [cart only]... they were asking $15...

This Castle Panic Deluxe Collection... It was a recent kickstarter that shipped to backers last year. Retailer pledge level was $100... nice x5 markup.

The Message is the kind of rap song that people are referring to when they talk about 80s rap being kind of milquetoast. I seem to remember SNL doing a sketch about it...

lots of shmups!

Aladdin

On 2/29/2024 at 2:43 PM, Reed Rothchild said:

 

Some Atari games for Survivor were okay.  But I don't think I'd ever play any of them outside of that.

I feel the same way about N64

I really don't hear it all that often... my rock station doesn't seem do mandatory metallic or get the Led out blocks these days... they do play a ton of Bon Jovi's Living on a prayer

I like the hooks and choruses.. and the verses are kind of bland

I think the brackets are full, unless Fox adds more..

It is pretty well regarded among the Atari library, but it never really clicked for me. 

Ecco the Dolphin

Dungeons & Dragons

On 2/1/2024 at 12:12 PM, GiygasKaz said:

Been working my way through Snow Crash. I wasn't sure what to expect going in, but I definitely didn't think I'd be getting almost dadaist levels of absurdist humor. It often feels like a post-ironic satire of the old internet from a modern perspective at times, despite having come from that era. Pays tribute to the campiness of old sci-fi and the political satire of Carpenter's They Live.

Aside from a few moments that feel outwardly sexist or xenophobic in a way that doesn't quite sit well even as supposed satire, it's generally a very enjoyable experience and unlike anything else I've read.

It's been a long time since I read it, but I recall thinking it had some, fun characters and humor, cool world building and memorable set pieces, but it also had a bunch of boring exposition sections trying to make the Snow Crash virus seem plausible, and overall was a bit of a slog.