Persona 3 FES and Persona 4 were PS2 titles. Aside from Infamous and Demon’s Souls, the rest were multi-platform. I bought a PS3 at launch, but my game library for it was always small.

Same. It can play PS1, PS2, and also cook up a hamburger. It reduces the fat!

That’s all true. It wasn’t until the last 15 years, give or take, that handheld screens could really handle fast motion.

The Game Gear was only good for 2-3 hours on six AA batteries, so you basically had to play tethered to the wall or invest in lots of rechargeable batteries. The library also wasn’t as strong overall as the Game Boy’s, although its top games were previous-gen console quality (because they literally were in other territories).

Both screens were also just awful about blurring during fast movement. Nintendo wisely avoided it altogether, while Sega was bound by their flagship brand. When you really got going in something like Sonic Chaos, particularly considering the small viewing window, you were really just letting Jesus take the wheel.

Source: I was a Game Gear kid.

I was in college at the time and there were a few of us with Dreamcasts. I bought my games (and still have them), but there were guys with literally every single game in the library burned to disc.

This is an urban legend. They were originally going to title the game “Fighting Fantasy,” but they couldn’t due to the Steve Jackson fantasy game book series having that name already. They liked the “Fi Fa” sound, so they came up with “Final” for the alliteration and because it sounded cool.

“Leaks”

Eh. LRG puts out dumb stuff all the time, but they’re not forcing anyone to buy their $200 Bill & Ted limited edition with stickers, soundtrack, and SteelBook or whatever. It’s not a company’s responsibility to sell you less stuff.

If you just want an easy way to play certain games on your Switch or PS4, they can be an easy way of doing so if you no longer have the console in question or if the market rate for original cartridges or discs has priced you out.

They also occasionally put out the first Western licensed version of certain Japanese games on original media, which I think is pretty worthwhile and something they should do more of. Provided they aren’t just CD-Rs.

No one needs to buy every random thing they put out.

I have the 2017 Switch remaster, but I’m definitely going to pick this up too.

Not having a nose is probably an asset in a medieval war camp.

Up voted for recommending real Roland hardware. I have an MT-32, CM-32L, and SC-55mkII to cover all my compatibility bases.

I was bummed when Mega Man Mania was mysteriously canceled. I wish this were an official project, but I’ll take it. I just hope they don’t make any gameplay or (let’s call it) story modifications and stick to upgraded visuals only.

I really appreciate how fully realized the characters are, but the gore and gross-out elements, the just generally stressful situations, the flippant attitude toward humiliation, and the dystopian attitude toward death make the show a tolerance watch for me. I’ll watch the next season, I think it will be worth watching as always, and I enjoy the commentary. I just don’t think that I could say I’ll enjoy watching it as I normally use that word.

As a reminder, Thomas Cruise Mapother IV is nearly 62 years old.

Such a waste. I didn’t know who he was, but no one should die over a couple hundred dollars of metal. Just 37.

I don’t know what that patch is, sorry.

I think you might have meant “epithet,” but since that is specifically about a word or phrase, “caricature” is probably the closest match.

The original, unmodified trilogy was a pretty archetypal hero’s journey for Luke (or rather, a series of journeys within the larger character journey). It was well done, reasonably cohesive, and had strong themes, owing in no small part to Gary Kurtz (producer for the first two movies), Marcia Lucas (editor on the first and third movies and uncredited contributing editor on the second), and Irvin Kershner (director for the second movie).

It began to fall off the rails a bit in the final movie when Lucas asserted more control, resulting in Kurtz’s departure, but ultimately in my judgment it stuck the thematic landing.

The rest were… ehhh…

We saw what happened with the prequel trilogy without those collaborators to rein him in and add actual human emotion. It’s not good, but it’s uncharitable to lump the original (again, unmodified) trilogy in with them.

The sequels were just completely incoherent.

Part of the problem is the unmodified originals have been effectively disappeared for an entire generation, so people who watch the “original trilogy” on disc or Disney+ are actually watching the atrocious CGI versions. It really does make a difference, in my opinion.

Just a note for anyone else, it’s also on GOG, DRM-free. $6 currently but it goes on sale.

https://www.gog.com/game/arcanum_of_steamworks_and_magick_obscura

The movie is being developed and made in the closest possible collaboration with Shigeru Miyamoto.

Directed by Shigeru Miyamoto

Starring Shigeru Miyamoto as both Link and Zelda

It was 100% a crazy person on the street.

Also it says he was caught because he was yelling at people and harassing them on the street. That’s basically the exact profile of an unmedicated schizophrenic or similar in NYC.

Source: lived in Manhattan for many years.