Has anyone tried out the 8bitdo Pro 3? I was looking at it when it first came out, and I have a gift card. Naturally, I'm looking at its GCN color variant. www.8bitdo.com/pro3/

Here's Suda talking about using Tezuka's star system. A bunch of other good nuggets in this interview, too! www.inverse.com/article/2232...

Here's Suda talking about using Tezuka's star system. A bunch of other good nuggets in this interview, too! www.inverse.com/article/2232...

Boston Brand is a Deadman

Has anyone tried out the 8bitdo Pro 3? I was looking at it when it first came out, and I have a gift card. Naturally, I'm looking at its GCN color variant. www.8bitdo.com/pro3/

Soon...

Some days, you just feel like www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvb5...

FYI, I've started muting terms related to Romeo is a Dead Man, I stopped looking at trailers/previews a while ago, and I won't be able to play it for a long time anyway, so I generally won't acknowledge the game much for the time being.

Just a poliwhirl

Spent five minutes looking for a specific video that Youtube recommended me the other day (but not today, for some reason), couldn't find it after multiple different keyword searches in Youtube, and only found it after doing a single Google search.

Seven versions of Killer7, ten versions of NMH1. Not shown: Steam digital version of Killer7, Switch digital version of NMH1.

The Gotham (TV show) version of Azrael is a really funny adaptation, because not only did the show introduce a spin on the character well before Bruce Wayne ever becomes Batman, it winds up implying that this Bruce Wayne was partially inspired by *Azrael* in his quest to become Batman.

(Tears of the Kingdom) I hit the 200 hour mark, and feel like I'm nearing the end, and by "nearing the end," I mean, "probably another fifty hours or something, maybe more."

There are several finished projects of mine that I look back at and think "I can't believe I did that," and this is one of them. Having to parse 12+ years of footage within two months due to Twitch's atrocious handling was a daunting task, but I pulled it off, and my channel is better for it.

Thinking about how Suda 51 said that one of his reasons for leaving Human Entertainment was the president of the company getting caught for tax evasion, with TV stations showing up. (www.destructoid.com/kill-the-pas...)

Looking at the translated Hand in Killer7 interviews again, and came across a bit that I must have overlooked/forgotten. Well, that certainly would have been a character design for Kaede... (www.sceneryrecalled.com/trans/k7int....)

Once again thinking about this sketch Suda 51 used to describe Let It Die. (www.ign.com/articles/201...)

I learned quite literally mid-stream that ICO's save point inspired the save point in No More Heroes. Fascinating! (www.videogameschronicle.com/news/top-gam...)

Every now and again, I'll see the claim that NMH1 "boxed in" Suda to make games with the Western audience in mind, and that's frankly not the case. Suda was already talking about expanding beyond the Japanese market before NMH1 even released. Interview from July 2007. web.archive.org/web/20210823...

For a while, I've been deliberately limiting my use of Killer7 screenshots to reference current events, especially when it's as nasty as it is now. As applicable as the game can be, I don't want to give the impression that I view the world only through ~Killer7~.

Beyond Good & Evil and its semi-recent remaster popped into my head, so I glanced at its Wikipedia page. Needless to say, once I reached the end of this paragraph, I could only laugh at the idea of BG&E2 ever actually seeing the light of day. It's a central pillar of the Duke Nukem Forever Void.

I've been meaning to revisit a number of GHM games, along with exploring some new ones, so here's a (Backloggery) list of GHM games I want to tackle in 2026. I doubt I'll get through all of them in a year, but this is all for fun anyway, and having it all written down will help keep me in check.

Here's my Steam Replay for 2025. I've been pretty laidback and slow when it comes to playing new games for a while, so this was absolutely predictable, but it's still absolutely hilarious to see plainly laid out here.

[listening to music while driving] Friend: Hey, what's this from? Me: Oh, it's an arrangement of Ravel's Bolero by Japanese composers Masafumi Takada and Shingo Yasumoto. Friend: No, what's it from? Me: ...Flower, Sun, and Rain. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fhwd...

😘

The next stream will likely be in January. I'm going to be pretty busy for the foreseeable future, but I will hopefully get into a good groove soon.

I've said it many times, so here's one more: I'd love to stream the entire Shenmue series, but even one game would be a monumental project, let alone all three. Genuinely would take me months or even a full year of uninterrupted focus to finish, and I don't want it to monopolize my stream.

...so, any updates?

Guy who really gets into the history of Kowloon Walled City because of Shenmue II.

Having a spirited, intellectually stimulating conversation with a colleague in a tea shop. They hit me with "Shenmue III wasn't good." I calmly respond by splashing my tea in their face, screaming "YOU DON'T DESERVE SHENMUE," and storming out of the shop, like an intellectual.

(Killer7) Thinking again about how there is a character with the nickname "Speedster" in the game, but it's *not* the character with actual super speed. It's Johnny Gagnon, the unseen sender of the carrier pigeon memos, and if I recall correctly, he only mentions the name once.

Nobody: Yayoi Hanayama's skirt from the PS2 classic Flower, Sun, and Rain: 💏

Suda has brought up revisiting Michigan on several occasions. Here's an interview from 2009, for instance. Obviously, nothing concrete has happened yet, but at the very least, Suda is rather consistent about the game. www.gamedeveloper.com/game-platfor...

to cheer you up, here's Patrick Warburton and his sons (two of which may actually be clones???) doing Kronk lines

Bursting into the room, sitting on a chair backwards, and then hitting everyone with "In Michigan: Report from Hell for the Playstation 2, the player character is technically an Observer" to hushed oohs and ahhs.

In the last week, I've watched all of the Benoit Blanc movies, and quite enjoyed them. I could also watch this clip for about eight hours on loop and still have a good time. www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOMw...

Although it took far too long, the impersonation account has been suspended. I deeply appreciate all of the support and help I received from so many people. I've started taking precautions in case this happens again, but it's comforting to know that there are people out there willing to help.

Thinking about the MGS series (as I often do), and laughing about how there are at least two or three entire Metal Gear mechs left unaccounted for by the end of MGSV.

My Twitter stalker is now impersonating me directly under my name and picture, posting offensive material and harassing others. They are using the account handle: [at]AdrianVG2_ My real (locked) account on Twitter is [at]AdrianVG1_ (x.com/AdrianVG1_). Please report them if you can!

Thinking about the MGS series (as I often do), and laughing about how there are at least two or three entire Metal Gear mechs left unaccounted for by the end of MGSV.