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Today's closure of the Wii Shop Channel is one of the greatest arguments I can think of for getting physical copies of your games to retain access when services like these are shut down. Many games on the channel didn't have the luxury of having physical versions.
RIP Rutger Hauer, known for the legendary role of Roy Batty in Blade Runner, but I absolutely loved his work in
@BlooberTeam
's Observer. It slowly grew to become one of my favorite games of all time. He will be missed.
@ghweldon
@petramatic
Petra let me publish gaming content at NPR that I never thought anyone would. She was kind, a great editor, and always upbeat and fun to work with. I'm shocked to hear this.
Hate to live during an internet era where NFTs are a thing, but we can't keep things like Yahoo! Answers or AIM around. There's nothing fun or entertaining about "owning" some data. I miss when the internet was fun and not a collection of the same four sites with ugly fonts.
@MelonieMac
The story is literally already there for you to adapt! You don't need to make a new "universe" or characters or an entirely new continuity! JUST. USE. WHAT'S. ALREADY. THERE. Don't go to Party City for supplies and costumes! It's not that hard!
Congratulations to
@theofficialmads
for winning at
#TheGameAwards
! But no nomination for my main
#DeathStranding
man
@teejaye84
? He MADE that game's ending. When he cried real tears and I almost did, too. I felt that. No finer acting in that game. Absolutely fantastic job.
A new member of the family arrived today, a second PlayStation debugging station. This one was in use by Square after mid-1996. It still has its (very cool) labeling. I’ll probably never know what the team used it for, but I wish I did!
Now that I finally have a Laserdisc player, I got my first Sailor Moon S volume. I grew up seeing these beautiful covers online everywhere and had no idea what they were from. Now I’m 30 and I’m going to get them all because these are my favorite pieces of Sailor Moon art.
MFW I hear Nintendo has officially ended production of the 3DS family.
The 3DS is near and dear to me. Switch is fine. 3DS was the sweet spot. The perfect handheld for me, with a better library and special editions.
The entire DS line, really. Pour one out for a real one.
This happy surprise came in the mail today, just when I had forgotten I ordered it. It’s a slice of sunshine from
@KeitaTakahash
! Wattam is one of the happiest games ever made, and I love this lanyard with the Prince, Boy, and the Wattam characters. 🥰
It's so unfortunate that we don't have many strategy guides anymore. Love writing guides online and all that, but love collecting the physical guides more. One of the only publishers we had usurped its competition to do...nothing, really. Really miss seeing all those great books.
It's Friday, and you know what that means. It's time for another installment of the
@MTVNEWS
Bop Shop. This week, I can't stop gushing over
@BarnsCourtney
's "99."
Squirtle. It has always been Squirtle, it will always be Squirtle. Squirtle is the canon choice for Pokémon Blue, because Blastoise is on the cover. I don't make the rules.
22 years ago today in North America, Professor Oak gave us three choices and started us on the adventure of a lifetime.
Happy anniversary,
@Pokemon
Red and Blue! ♥️💙
Who did you choose?
This was in the works since last year due to a variety of circumstances, but it's finally out! So glad it's finally here, and thanks to
@KyleOrl
for edits and patience. Also for letting me write about Cloud in a dress, Madam M, thirsty Jessie, and Cloti.
Psycho Dream (SNES) is available for the first time in the US via Nintendo Switch Online. It has a task force called "Diamond Dog" to keep people from living in VR and abandoning their bodies. Agents are called Debuggers. Anyway, its logo, art, and title screen are awesome.
Bought a sealed CIB copy of Captain Blood to go along with Commander Blood (one of my favorite games), and I just love the artwork so much. Can we go back to this?
Pick up the latest
@Otaku_USA
for my Higurashi story (and other goodies like a Remina review) as well as awesome stuff from the rest of the crew, as always.
So pleasantly surprised that Splatterhouse: Wanpaku Graffiti is officially out for Switch by way of Namco Museum Archives Vol. 1! I've always been in love with the box art and chibi Splatterhouse characters, so this is amazing to see! ✨Keep it up,
@BandaiNamcoUS
!
@MikeIsaac
@Kellen_Browning
I'd love to see (and even offer) additional video game coverage beyond disastrous occurrences. Would love to connect at some point to discuss how the NYT could somehow open its gaming coverage to cover some of the more positive happenings as well, even if it isn't on this scale.
Been looking to add the Zemmix to my collection for a while. Imagine we actually had color combinations like this with consoles again. Pastel colorways look so beautiful. (credit: )
Hey
@MorningJazz69
, can you please make more Gemusetto Machu Picchu? It’s the only thing that makes sense in this world. I was half-asleep when I first saw it and it felt like the greatest dream I’ve ever had and I hated waking up ‘cause life isn’t as cool. Need more, thanks. 😘
WHY did the Number One Card Game of all time (deadly serious) Monster Rancher Battle Card Episode II start out on Game Boy Color instead of the other way around? Haunts me to this day. That card game slaps though.