To this day, I have to press the equivalent of “Down R Up L Y B” at any Capcom logo. That snes SF2 same character code was too good

So much early VGM traces back to jazz, prog rock, or Abba

you probably never stopped to consider that some ABBA instrumentals work perfectly as a Castlevania soundtrack.

Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli. (I think transformers might betray the spirit of this game, but the 86 movie is a flawless masterpiece so who cares)

Been recording game music directly from the game onto cassettes and CDs since the NES days, did a game music podcast for nine years, and let me say for the 100th time that Ys VIII Sunshine Coastline is one of the true all time goated tracks. Just untouchable

What is the line for a Glup Shitto? I feel like the ESB bounty hunters are a good starting point: Boba Fett - not a Shitto IG-88 - would argue its stock has risen over time, not a Shitto Zuckuss - that’s a Shitto Dengar - that’s a Shitto Or do you have to be even more obscure?

Got to see Masayoshi Takanaka live, life affirming evening, immaculate vibes all around

Hard to express how impossibly cool Double Dragon was in the 80s. Title screen music on NES rewrote my DNA, led to a lifetime of VGM love. River City Ransom was like a mini GTA, felt like such a huge world with so many systems and things to explore. Foundational work. RIP and way too young!

Everyone’s phones buzz with “MEGA FLARE - 5 SECONDS”

Fighting games after the patch drops

Shoutout to the guy wearing the Blaze the Cat hoodie at the bar

Yelped out loud. The music -alone- is an instant buy.

Has this joke been done yet

Missed the official bday, but simply put I would not be who I am / doing what I do / know who I know without the original Zelda

In an unbelievable first, the Patriots have found a question mark block on the field that swapped their score with the Seahawks

NES: Ninja Gaiden SNES: Final Fantasy IV GB: Donkey Kong 94 N64: Blast Corps VB: Mario Clash GBC: Pokemon Pinball GBA: Aria of Sorrow GC: Metroid Prime DS: Advance Wars Dual Strike Wii: Twilight Princess Wii U: Wind Waker HD 3DS: FFT Curtain Call SW: BOTW

vertical shmups have names like "Understated Sadness" and sidescrolling shmups have names like "Glorbian"

In the middle of a “first-ever MCU rewatch + classics I never saw” era

The wind today is outrageous. Wind chill is … 3 degrees.

Doomsday hype has me finally rewatching MCU films (despite being a Marvel dorkass since the 80s, I just don’t rewatch movies much). I’m only four in so far and the biggest surprise that I can barely type is that I think I like Iron Man 2 more than the first one …

Slowly assembling an annoying letterbox list

Just discovered the SNES Super Pinball menu, full Evangelion mode

Found the old Toys R Us I worked at from 99-04 in MS Flight Sim. 1 - can’t believe the logo is so clearly visible! But it obvi hasn’t been a TRU for about 10 years 2 - the silent hill low poly aesthetic is really selling the lich state of this building IRL lol

I am risen

Death Stranding 2 plat took about four months, lots of Rivals throughout the year.

MK remains my favorite video game movie to date. Knowingly cheesy when it wants to be with solid choreography, amazing sets, great cast, and formative 90s soundtrack. It’s not perfect but it is FUN No small part of its excellence is thanks to Cary’s intensity. RIP!

We’re up against Razgriz itself out there

Finished Clair Obscur, what a game. Third act is something else, resolution of the story truly thought provoking, complicated, memorable. It’s in the same league as FFX for me, battle system maybe even more so

Haven’t bought LINE stickers in 6-7 years, but this new Chip & Dale set was too good to pass up

The Oddity will return in: Avengers Doomsday

Really love that, despite how old it is and how seemingly absent it is from the modern world, Weekend At Bernie’s remains the most popular (only?) reference for propping up a dead thing/idea/concept and just hoping no one notices. Profound cultural impact

The Straight Story, heartwarming David Lynch tribute to the Midwest

My first GameFAQs login was December 96, became a daily stop and default homepage for at least 20 years 🫡

80s movies, comics, toys really leaned into gross-out monsters / creatures, to the point where this shows up in your mailbox and barely registers. We’re out here watching Predator and Robocop and The Gate, our toys are covered in slime

Aliens in ‘86 at a drive in. Maybe Ghostbusters if that counts?

Heckuva day 30 years ago on 9/9/95: -Saw Mortal Kombat for the 4th time, still one of the greats, formative soundtrack -Original PlayStation launch day, traded in $400 of stuff -all with receipts because I was a weirdo- and Babbages had to give me the console and two games for free

You’ll have to speak up I’m listening to the Snowboard Kids soundtrack

Thinking about my old work desk, and how little space I actually had for … a keyboard. Gave away most of these figures since then 😭

Vague memories of Wrath of Khan and “the one with the whales” on TV, then around 89-90 started catching alternating TOS/TNG reruns. Seeing S2 stuff like Where Silence Has Lease and Q Who made me want to watch every day. By 92 I was watching new eps live and gorging on multiple reruns a day

(The correct response was “What is Tropical Hazard”)

Alpha 3 players about to clean up in final jeopardy

Put all my tax dollars towards Vine coming back as a public health utility

Omg I remember watching this in like 2001 on stuttery dialup internet, ancient memory unlocked. It was definitely on IGN at one point

Finally saw Bloc Party live and one, great live show, and two it really cemented Silent Alarm as my favorite drums album. Insane energy, so many amazing fills, just hnnng what a listen

Celebrating Friday the 13th with the best moment of the series - part VII when they detonate an entire house and send it into orbit

Once upon a time, this was the core purpose of the internet

Against all odds, this was one of my favorite games of the early ‘90s