The fact they refer to FFVI as FF3 is enough for me not to get it. Why be purposely obtuse and possibly mislead a bunch of people by using a name exclusive to North America?

Most people cut their teeth on jank-ass pirated floppies/CDs played on their parents' work PC, or on those 500 in 1 type of weird games.

Yup, in Portugal Nintendo was mostly a handheld thing up until the Wii. Sega was mostly dominant in the home console market until PlayStation came along and turned it into Sonyland. I haven't played a single Zelda game and the only Mario I've played is Super Mario Bros. for like 1 hour.

They do go deeper and contextualize and comment on the work with their own experiences and philosophical/theological knowledge of the works that inspired the games, so I wouldn't reduce them to just recapping or adding trivia, but it doesn't fit the bill for what you're looking for for sure.

I really enjoy @resonantarc.bsky.social as long form exploration of the themes, character, narrative, and broader philosophy of games. Not so much a media analysis or a critical discussion though.

I love this game to death. The ending made me bawl. Shame it takes so long to get going and to get through it, don't know if I'll ever find the time and will to replay it. Somehow it makes the original experience even more magical.

I'm not on that vita life, but I do have a pstv. Allowed me to play some real gems I would have otherwise never touched.

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I mean... I know it's not what you're looking for, but every chance I get to mention the Sly Cooper franchise even tangentially, I will. Lots of heists, planning, and stealing stuff, but way too abstracted and streamlined for what I think you mean.

Haha, all good 👍🏼. Just happy to get to know more game industry folks.

I would holler.

Ahhh, Stamper... I wonder where he is right now...

Today I learned what freebasing is. Neato