That is a finely curated list of gaming interests, pal. I'm in.

Also, as with most of the internet, Lucy, as a character, gives me some VERY confusing feelings.

My friend! Halloween is my religion, and Halloween Horror Nights and Knott's Scary Farm is my church.

Well, second religion, Videro Games is the first.

Also love me some Beat Em Ups - the era of Final Fight, Violent Storm and Metamorphic Force is one that desperately needs re-kindling.

Urgh...I want to save for Phainon and the Fate collab, but Mydei looks so cool.:V

Wallet kun might be in for another whipping here, unfortunately.

I kind of blame the era of the "exaggerated game reviewer" that the aughts ushered in. People emulated it, then others emulated them, and so on.

But it's been so long that everyone forgot AVGN was doing a bit, and Yahtzee almost always balances his gripes with praise, even on most bad games.

FGO does this too. People tend to conflate lack of convenience with difficulty. Like, yeah, maybe it isn't 0 cycles, but my Feixiao still mows down most challenges despite "followup isn't meta anymore".

And while FGO players complain, Honako Green is STILL soloing everything with Cu.

God I love Jon Lovitz. I'd do HORRIBLE things for a revival of the Critic.

(Was hoping to redo this comment with audio working, because no audio on a Franklin Sherman clip is a crime, but apparently no audio is the default. C'est la vie.)

Elevator pitch: Investigate and escape an abandoned science facility with a grouchy, Soviet-era robot teddy bear.

"Bob, this game is non sequitor after non sequitur and I feel dumber for having touched it. I hate you for recommending it, and anyone who plays it.

-Cordially, Ted"

Persona and Gurren Lagann spotted, all further mutual interests are just a bonus🤝

Is this a PinballFX table? Man, I used to have a bunch of those back before I moved off iPhone, and I think Garfield was one of them.

Hm, I hadn't actually looked into that, but if it's that simple I can probably swing it. I've swapped laptop internal parts, so from the sounds of it's in my wheelhouse. Thanks a ton for that bit of info!