DVD. Mmmmgggghhh. Well, it's good it is happening somehow.

Heroes III is the top-selling retro game on GOG... and almost half of buyers are under the age of 25. GOG's theory: for younger generations that grew up with Minecraft and Roblox, graphical/technical fidelity *does not matter*, which is a huge market shift #GDC2026

The miracle of nigh-flawless casting continues for live-action One Piece on Netflix. Season 3 will pretty obviously cover all of Alabasta, and that'll really be something. Even just that much will satisfy me, but who knows how long it might go.

Anecdotal: I had occasion to talk to a Nintendo representative at a store. Surprising as it may sound considering the Pokemon brand and Animal Crossing's popularity, Pokemon Pokopia is performing well above the expectations they had. They're scrambling to improve supply.

im at the eye doctors. there is a doctor here who has a whole ass star trek themed setup

If there is a way to defend this, "women did it!" is not it. As if that transforms what the truth is, which Pearce admits to. Women being used to show something about Kratos? What do we think the topic of sexism in games was about? Fine, include and defend it. Don't do it telling us A is not A.(1/4)

Post your favorite Lord of the Rings character. Wrong answers only. Easy one for me!

That awkward, strange, cool moment when a "best ever" thing gets degraded to merely the still the coolest thing you happened to look at that Saturday morning. Fortunately VHS tapes at the rental store contained THE TRUTH #anime

Didn't realize Link's Awakening was the "go home, you're drunk" Zelda game for Nintendo. Mario enemies? A dead ringer for Kirby? One boss is a sentient floor? Picking up a dial phone to get tips from a guy? No big evil? Link goes on a date?! Not sure this could be made today

This could be an original work instead. Sigh.

my9games.com I gather the idea here was "9 games that make me who I am". So this is a stab at most seminal games for me, not some statement about "best ever" necessarily (though I'd say some can definitely lay claim).

Lodoss War, my beloved #anime www.youtube.com/watch?v=WoKj...

Saw the pilot for The Muppet Show reboot. The ending is my opinion about what should happen next www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptax...

The time has come. Let us rally for that adorable dog in the Romance Dawn episodes

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People talk about how kids are too into things like Fortnite, Roblox, short video. And why not, when Nintendo was the only player making moves saying "we want you"? Self-styled crusaders against "woke" are blind to that. "Real gamers" are enough, they think. No, they're not.

It isn't "woke" that threatens video games. It's circumstances for the audience that would not know or care what you meant if you tried to speak of it (thank goodness). It's years of a terrible business model outside Nintendo. It's hardware costs soaring over circumstances they can't control

We've known the problems for a long time. First party games cost way too much time and money to make. Sony & Microsoft spent generations mostly pandering to adults and training us to expect huge discounts within months of release. Purchasing power is taking a huge hit.

Nobody wants to hear it, but it's easy to justify $60 and $70 video games in principle. A good game will entertain longer than the equivalent value of other media, "AAA" or not. But that reality doesn't change the economics challenging the industry. www.vice.com/en/article/u...

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90s sitcoms were built differently, friends www.youtube.com/watch?v=RT03...

"Sir, tell us, is it true that these moderately cute creatures have a right to live here? How does it feel to be a monster?" -Reporter to construction guy, We Bare Bears

If you ever see "Flashbic" when you're under 10 years old it's something that will be firmly written in to core of your brain. You will never fully remember it, but you will never forget it and you will forever wonder what the hell it was or what it was from.

lol Robert's Anime Corner Store has a trade-in program and I could totally get four dollars in store credit if I sent in a like-new 4K disc in the original packaging in excellent condition! I think I'm good, thanks. I guess someone has to make Gamestop look good

Oh, I guess I should resubscribe to HBO Max in March for at least a month because Angel's Egg 4K will be on it. That is a crazy sentence to write in 2026

So this is a thing, I guess? Does California have to be approving Paramount / WBD too, not just the federal government? Not sure what's up here

It is far from clear to me Paramount will actually get Warner Bros Discovery or that they will get to absorb all of it even if they do. They are on no better than step 2 of a long process. I'm in the camp that thinks this shouldn't be thought of as inevitable by default.

So if antitrust regulations block Paramount buying Warner Bros Discovery, does Netflix bid again or is WBD just left without a buyer?

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Anno's take is a very "I was a part of Gainax!" opinion to have, nothing more and nothing less

That's nice. The only problem is that Noboru Ishiguro was full of shit about that. Mamoru Hosoda made "Belle" in his 50s. Tolkien started "The Lord of the Rings" in his mid 40s and finished it in his 50s. This opinion is thoroughly born of its time and context, not reality.

Hey, our "Looney Tunes Cartoons" shorts from a few years ago will be available on TUBI sometime next month! For those who wanted to watch the series and couldn't stand the high paywall of HBOMax, your day has finally come! I hope people finally rediscover the show so many of us worked so hard on!

You know how Terminator 2 was the peak and absolutely nothing after had any hope of being that good again? That's the problem with new Evangelion. Let it end. They apparently will not, but that's still your option

I don't hate the news of a new Evangelion anime. I am indifferent to it. Completely. This thing ran its course. There is nothing left to do, nothing at all. And yes, if Anno has nothing to do with it then I do not care. I don't even care if he blessed it. Let things be done sometimes, my God.

BTW in case you're interested, you can actually play the original PC-88 version of Hydlide on Nintendo Switch, courtesy of EGGCONSOLE! 🔗 www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro...

Yikes

Wanna know what sold out Black Friday 2025? Nex Playground. $249.99, centered around nothing but ultra casual family games relying on motion detection. If nobody at Microsoft was kicking themselves over what that meant, they should have been

“Games are and always will be art, crafted by humans, and created with the most innovative technology provided by us.” Asha Sharma knew the reassuring language to say re Xbox, at least. I just have my trust at just above zero right now.

I would say "welcome to Xbox / Microsoft becoming the new SEGA" except that would, frankly, be rather insulting to SEGA at this point. Does anyone really think the CoreAI person is going to right the ship on this? Not a chance. It's over.

In my sight, the decline of Xbox began with Kinect. That was their chance to carve out their own space for software. Instead, they barely committed and gave up on the idea at the first excuse. Contrast vs Nintendo answering Wii U's failure by dreaming up the Switch.

It merits appreciation that with the #BotW / #TotK era, Bolson is the #Zelink king in-universe (Paya is queen, if it's anyone). I enjoyed writing this. Bolson cannot be fooled, even if you can fool yourself.

This seems significant. Cancer has struck my immediate family multiple times, so seeing meaningful process on this really hits home harder than it would have years ago.

It's not quite the FULL WBA library, but it is quite the motherlode coming. And this isn't even counting the stuff that's already there like The Flintstones, Scooby-Doo Where Are You, The Looney Tunes Show, Pirates of Dark Water, Shirt Tales, Thundarr the Barbarian, Centurions, Mister T, Pac-Man...

Won't lie, gonna be funny if #mtg x #tmnt does nothing to acknowledge Next Mutation

I'd like to report a murder.

Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance hard mode is reasonable right up until the final boss, which is nothing except BS fake difficulty. "lol two characters can hurt the boss" runs completely counter to how a strategy RPG ought to work. So glad that kind of stuff is basically dead

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good news fellas: the entire original "Jumping Onto White Base" fits into the max video length on here, enjoy it in its original 240p video quality.

Watching Ouran High School Host Club on Crunchyroll. I see the subtitled lyrics for songs and hear how they were adapted for English. Gotta tell ya: people who say "localizing" has no value and insist they want literal translation have *no* idea how poor that would actually be

Pleased to report that Ouran High School Host Club is still very funny