Am I the only one that feels like there is a cultural shift going on in Japan? This is yet another in a recent but already long line of Japanese folks complaining about the work culture, where this never happened before. I can't be the only one noticing.
@shiningpikablu252 @zidane4028 I am almost 100% positive the collection skipped the Netherlands, or was only available in boutiques and such, otherwise I feel like would have known about it. I had pretty much every Square game, bought US versions where no EU one was available, and I had the US version.
But I could be mistaken. It was a surprise to me, anyways.
@KingMike I never even knew FFA had a European release, but I am going to guess it's even rarer than Suikoden 2. Maybe it only got released in select countries. I never knew, and I was a bit of a collector back then.
And in Europe, a lot of fans had only played 7 and 8.m, I am sure.
@xanderten50 I found a few on YouTube, but some were a.i. upscaled and another channel didn't have all episodes, but if you search "Alfred J Kwak English" , so kwak instead of quack, you will probably find what you are looking for.
@slider1983 Well... yeah, kind of. If you call out and cancel a service because of bad practice from the CEO, which I find fair, by the way, then Twitter should 100% fall within that criteria.
Bluesky came about specifically BECAUSE of the CEO's behaviour plus the fact that Twitter became a cesspool. The same will probably happen with Spotify at some point, a competitor will take over its leading position for being slightly less unscrupulous, and there are already plenty of other services so chances are high it will happen and soon, but... like I said. If you want to be ethical (which I can get behind), then you should also axe your Twitter account.
I find it a little amusing he announces it on Twitter, though... speaking of toxicity and scummy CEOs.
The fees are ridiculous though. Artists have little to no control over who plays what. Sure, I can buy bots for my music, but so can a passionate fan. How is that my fault then?
And it's not like bigger artistst haven't used bots either, even Jay Z and Beyonce did.
@JayJ You don't really need a community to enjoy videogames, though.
And for what it's worth, Time Extension sometimes has these heated discussions, but mostly it's just love. You don't see toxicity under articles about Utopia or soemthing.
Engage with people who don't portray toxic traits and ignore the ones that do. They're not that many.
@KingMike The DOS game and the SNES game look nothing alike, and they only share the name and the publisher, Interplay. They are two very different games.
The DOS game is a very DOS-like RPG, much like Ultima, with keywords being used to offer branching dialogue, which is also a mainstay of a lot of DOS adventure games of the times.
The SNES game was a lot more straightforward. More action adventure than RPG. The graphics were also completely different. Really atmospheric music, I remember.
I never got very far in either games, but they hold a special place in my heart nonetheless.
The current youth, or at least a few years back, called us boomers, not because we were born in the 40s, but because we might as well have been as far as they're concerned, being in our 40s.
And since it's fun to piss on us, the shooters that we grew up with, the pioneers of the genre, would be given that name, not because it is correct, but because it's funny to rile us up. And it works. (Not on me, but... you know...)
And it is 100% the correct interpretation. Kids told us 40-somethings "Okay, boomer" to basically tell us we're old, and that name was jokingly given to the resurgence of OG Doom inspired games. It's basically the same term as "old school", which I can tell you also has very little to do with educational institutions.
I mean, the SMB cart is pretty iconic, and it shows better popped up than flat on the table. It's just to show some older tech, and it did the job. This wasn't aimed at gamers, but it sure caught their attention!
@antdickens Ah, I take it you are a writer for this site, then? Sorry, didn't recognize that.
No, no, quality journalism isn't tied to any particular topic. You can write seriously and journalistically about fun subjects. Now if only the serious stuff was still reported by serious people in the US.
And there is your other problem. Populist parties buying up the media, so they can have their sock puppets, and European businesses seeing more and more the monetary opportunities from such an approach. At least here most people still think with their brains, and we look just as much to the French people as we do American politics, so they don't yet dare to pull the same shenanigans.
But the internet is still a bit of a Wild West... butnyou bring the right mix. I love reading artickes and this site is one of my faves.
Ps. I like how you snuck in that long dash and italic in there in there. Very a.i. of you.
@antdickens Oh, absolutely. I was offering it as a different take, not necessarily against the original, but just something to ponder. So yeah, you're right, it's a combination.
But blaming the downfall of journalism squarely on ai... I don't feel that way.
And I can't say it's comparable to CDs killing records, or Spotify killing CDs, it's not entirely the same... However, on the other hand, if people want slop, they want slop. Plenty folks say records are superior to CDs and CDs are superior to Spotify, and technically they are correct, but if people are content with slop, they will eat slop.
Doesn't make it less terrible for the people affected, but hey, welcome to capitalism, I guess... My guess is nobody is reading it anyway, but the bots are sending bot traffic that way so they can tell the advertisers that they have a lot of traffic... It's all the rich abusing the system.
I've been thinking a lot about this piece, and if you would humor me, I have a different take.
Not saying I am right, but something to ponder.
I don't think this type of AI is taking over and killing the journalism industry. I think that some outlets are using this as a kneejerk reaction to being killed by something else. All the clickbait AI generated slop is there to get people to sites they aren't going to visit otherwise anyways.
I actually think it's the crap that Instagram, TikTok and other such outlets pump out at an insane rate that is killing journalism. People have become addicted to doomscrolling through absolute crap. Sure, it started with funny cat videos, and you can say "TikTok challenges" aren't doing squat to journalism, but that's all interspersed with bite sized very much faux journalism hoping not for clickbait, but worse, ragebait, that is rendering people completely unable to keep their attention for longer than three seconds to read an article. Heck, reading at all is out the door, unless it is coupled with an atrocious AI powered female voice that should infuriate us all, but is apparently popular enough to continue to be used.
So, short clips of podcasts from people who are in no way, shape or form an authority on any of the subjects they present are the new way people consume their """news""".
Journalism is dying because people's attention spans are being murdered by social media. Some outlets are simply trying to keep their heads above the water in the worst possible way.
@Nischenliebhaber clCorrect. I am pretty good at prompting, but I know my students aren't, haha. So there's that... I guess that was all I was thinking of when I said that.
@Thedashfox You can edit your comments, if you still want to.
Edit: I just did.
I think S3 is set 15 years after 2. I don't want to spoil too much, so I will just say there are some returning characters, not too many, but storylines are continued in a very cool way. It is a different main story, but it is also in a way a continuation of 1 and 2.
I absolutely adore ChatGPT, but you have to know what to use it for, and where it falters.
I am a tabletop wargaming enthusiast, and the hobby ideas that are generated from going back and forth with ChatGPT are nothing short of phenomenal. It is amazing at it, and has a strong sense of humor too.
But asking it to fact check something, isn't the best thing to do.
I also tried to see if he could create a sort of "Choose your own adventure", and it started out amazing! I was really immersed, until things became illogical. Suddenly someone else was on the roof, I suddenly had a walkie talkie where I had none, items were suddenly somewhere else. I had to retcon Chat quite a bit.
That said, he gave his best effort. If there was a choice of a, b or c, I could say none, or first a and then c, and he would just roll with it. It was fun.
But yeah, it's far from perfect. Still a lot of fun. I also use it for work.
@HoyeBoye Yeah, I guess... but it doesn't sound like game development even then was really that cheap. Even unreleased, this had to have cost a small fortune. Cabinets were even made. I'm all for parody, but even taken into account the era this was made in, still this is filled with the worst kind of toilet humor.
Him wanting to add the possibility of rpinying out a receipt on the GB Printer as a final high score is genius. Shame it didn't work but the idea itself is already awesome.
And he sounds like a right programming genius if he managed all this at age 13. He will definitely go places!
Imagine making cool drawings, turning it into a game, and the company that releases it is like "Burn EVERYTHING YOU *****!!!" up to the smallest doodle you made.
I am not a huge preservationist, but this is just awful behaviour from a company.
Still, the grey haired dude in thatbartwork looks like it was drawn by me. I am not a terrible artist, but you can tell I don't draw for official publications.
As someone who is about as far removed from being a car enthusiast as can be, the game bored me to tears. I was more content building up my burnout meter, drifting through traffic at breakneck speeds, in games like Burnout.
I think it's for the best I have no driver's license.
@mashk It's not nostalgia. The same was true for Amiga games. They just felt different from PC games, especially in the music department... and even between Sega and Nintendo, the games just had a completely different vibe. Nowadays, that's only really true for platform exclusive first party games.
Woaahhhh I played this game. Didn't remember the name, and onlynwhen you started talking about Alone in the Dark and ellipsoid graphics did a bell ring.
And yes, this game was definitely suspenseful and scary!
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Re: "I Thought I Was Going To Die" - Sounds Like Sega Staff Had It Rough Back In The '90s
Am I the only one that feels like there is a cultural shift going on in Japan? This is yet another in a recent but already long line of Japanese folks complaining about the work culture, where this never happened before. I can't be the only one noticing.
Re: Interview: "Localization's Come A Long Way In The Last 25 Years" - The Incredible Story Behind Final Fantasy IX's Epic Translation
@shiningpikablu252 @zidane4028 I am almost 100% positive the collection skipped the Netherlands, or was only available in boutiques and such, otherwise I feel like would have known about it. I had pretty much every Square game, bought US versions where no EU one was available, and I had the US version.
But I could be mistaken. It was a surprise to me, anyways.
Re: Interview: "Localization's Come A Long Way In The Last 25 Years" - The Incredible Story Behind Final Fantasy IX's Epic Translation
@KingMike I never even knew FFA had a European release, but I am going to guess it's even rarer than Suikoden 2. Maybe it only got released in select countries. I never knew, and I was a bit of a collector back then.
And in Europe, a lot of fans had only played 7 and 8.m, I am sure.
Re: "It's The Game We Wish Had Existed 40 Years Ago" - Ulysses 31 Is Finally Getting A Video Game
@xanderten50 I found a few on YouTube, but some were a.i. upscaled and another channel didn't have all episodes, but if you search "Alfred J Kwak English" , so kwak instead of quack, you will probably find what you are looking for.
Re: "With Love, Anything Is Possible" - Could Parodius Finally Get A Genesis / Mega Drive Port?
It was only a few months ago when I fimally ubderstood why it was called Parodius.
I am not the brightest bulb.
Re: "It's The Game We Wish Had Existed 40 Years Ago" - Ulysses 31 Is Finally Getting A Video Game
Never heard of this. The old animé series from my childhood were "Nobody's Boy : Remi" and the Dutch/Japanese series "Alfred J. Quack" which is AMAZING. Can I count Nils Holgersson?
Re: "I Can't Stand This Accumulation Of Toxicity Anymore" - Retro Musician Remute Quits Spotify Over "AI Military Tech" & "Bot Playlists"
@slider1983 Well... yeah, kind of. If you call out and cancel a service because of bad practice from the CEO, which I find fair, by the way, then Twitter should 100% fall within that criteria.
Bluesky came about specifically BECAUSE of the CEO's behaviour plus the fact that Twitter became a cesspool. The same will probably happen with Spotify at some point, a competitor will take over its leading position for being slightly less unscrupulous, and there are already plenty of other services so chances are high it will happen and soon, but... like I said. If you want to be ethical (which I can get behind), then you should also axe your Twitter account.
Re: "I Can't Stand This Accumulation Of Toxicity Anymore" - Retro Musician Remute Quits Spotify Over "AI Military Tech" & "Bot Playlists"
I find it a little amusing he announces it on Twitter, though... speaking of toxicity and scummy CEOs.
The fees are ridiculous though. Artists have little to no control over who plays what. Sure, I can buy bots for my music, but so can a passionate fan. How is that my fault then?
And it's not like bigger artistst haven't used bots either, even Jay Z and Beyonce did.
Re: DreadXP Rolls Dice With Promising New Black & White Love Letter To Old School RPGs
@RaeDawnChonglingBay Same! This looks AMAZING!!
Re: Fan Creates Stunning Animated Trailer For Zelda II: The Adventure Of Link
I love this game so much. This ad is perfect!
Re: "It Should Be The Creators On The Packaging, Not The Publishing Label"
@BulkSlash That's not very nice of you! Why would you blow him up?
Re: Random: This PS1 E.T. Game Includes An Insult Directed At A Terrorist Leader, But You'll Need A Cheat Code
@Sketcz Haha. Somehow, I feel uneasy about this whole ordeal.
Re: Random: This PS1 E.T. Game Includes An Insult Directed At A Terrorist Leader, But You'll Need A Cheat Code
I did NOT expect to start a war here, haha. And now I know there are secret Atari E.T. enthusiasts and not to mess with them!
Re: Random: This PS1 E.T. Game Includes An Insult Directed At A Terrorist Leader, But You'll Need A Cheat Code
Okay okay omay... this game is NOT the very definition of a low effort tie in cash grab. That honor falls on...
Wait...
Also E.T.!!
But on Atari. A few years prior.
Re: Super-Rare 3DO M2 Console Worth Over $20,000 Withdrawn From Sale Following Online Abuse
@JayJ You don't really need a community to enjoy videogames, though.
And for what it's worth, Time Extension sometimes has these heated discussions, but mostly it's just love. You don't see toxicity under articles about Utopia or soemthing.
Engage with people who don't portray toxic traits and ignore the ones that do. They're not that many.
Re: The Making Of: Utopia - The Creation Of A Nation, Gremlin Graphics' SimCity In Space
@JackGYarwood No prob. I live for fixing minor mistakes.
Re: The Making Of: Utopia - The Creation Of A Nation, Gremlin Graphics' SimCity In Space
Powermonger on SNES was a game I rented a few times and loved, even though I never got far.
Utopia I bought on a whim on SNES and I ADORED!! Many find memories of this game. Difficult game, but very rewarding. And hauntingly beautiful music.
Ps. Fragile Allegiance, not Alliance.
Re: Talking Point: If You Think AI Can Make SNES Games, We Have Some Magic Beans We'd Love To Sell You
@KingMike The DOS game and the SNES game look nothing alike, and they only share the name and the publisher, Interplay. They are two very different games.
The DOS game is a very DOS-like RPG, much like Ultima, with keywords being used to offer branching dialogue, which is also a mainstay of a lot of DOS adventure games of the times.
The SNES game was a lot more straightforward. More action adventure than RPG. The graphics were also completely different. Really atmospheric music, I remember.
I never got very far in either games, but they hold a special place in my heart nonetheless.
Re: The First Part Of Horror Game Docuseries 'Terrorbytes' Is Now Available For Free On YouTube
That is smort. Good to listen to feedback and doing something with it.
Re: Boomer Shooter 'Hellscreen' Cancels Upcoming Episodes Due To Game's "Severe Under Performance"
@rpgaymer You never heard that interpretation?
The current youth, or at least a few years back, called us boomers, not because we were born in the 40s, but because we might as well have been as far as they're concerned, being in our 40s.
And since it's fun to piss on us, the shooters that we grew up with, the pioneers of the genre, would be given that name, not because it is correct, but because it's funny to rile us up. And it works. (Not on me, but... you know...)
And it is 100% the correct interpretation. Kids told us 40-somethings "Okay, boomer" to basically tell us we're old, and that name was jokingly given to the resurgence of OG Doom inspired games. It's basically the same term as "old school", which I can tell you also has very little to do with educational institutions.
Re: BBC Recently Covered The Rise Of Retro Gaming - See If You Can Spot The Problem
I mean, the SMB cart is pretty iconic, and it shows better popped up than flat on the table. It's just to show some older tech, and it did the job. This wasn't aimed at gamers, but it sure caught their attention!
Re: Wizardry Is Getting A New Anime Based On The 'Blade & Bastard' Novel Series
Except for the ever present fan-service (guess I have ti either accept it or just not watch animé), Goblin Slayer was really good. Pretty grounded storyline. Hopefully this will be in a similar vein.
Re: "No In-House Jokes And Keep It Clean" - How Legendary '90s Mag Mean Machines Was Revived For A New Generation
Wait, what? Virtual Console Reviews is family of Hookshot? Guess I was a family member for far longer than I thought...
Greatly enjoyed that site for a fair while.
Re: NES-Inspired Metroidvania 'Cathedral' Is Getting A Prequel, And It Looks Incredible
While I can no longer enkoy these types of games, the platformy stuff destroys my suspension of disbelief, I will say this looks incredible.
It channels the NES vibe without trying to look exactly like a NES game. Well done!
Re: More Amico Games Release On Switch & Steam, As The Company Still Insists Hardware Is The Goal
@Peteykins Make Amico Great Again?
Re: ChatGPT Translated An Article About Space Harrier, Then Suggested "Tailoring" It For Retro Gamer
@antdickens One of the owners even? Well, well... I feel honored.
And no, I am not perpetually online, I just happened to be the second you reacted. Haha.
I swear!
Re: ChatGPT Translated An Article About Space Harrier, Then Suggested "Tailoring" It For Retro Gamer
@antdickens Ah, I take it you are a writer for this site, then? Sorry, didn't recognize that.
No, no, quality journalism isn't tied to any particular topic. You can write seriously and journalistically about fun subjects. Now if only the serious stuff was still reported by serious people in the US.
And there is your other problem. Populist parties buying up the media, so they can have their sock puppets, and European businesses seeing more and more the monetary opportunities from such an approach. At least here most people still think with their brains, and we look just as much to the French people as we do American politics, so they don't yet dare to pull the same shenanigans.
But the internet is still a bit of a Wild West... butnyou bring the right mix. I love reading artickes and this site is one of my faves.
Ps. I like how you snuck in that long dash and italic in there in there. Very a.i. of you.
Re: ChatGPT Translated An Article About Space Harrier, Then Suggested "Tailoring" It For Retro Gamer
@antdickens Oh, absolutely. I was offering it as a different take, not necessarily against the original, but just something to ponder. So yeah, you're right, it's a combination.
But blaming the downfall of journalism squarely on ai... I don't feel that way.
And I can't say it's comparable to CDs killing records, or Spotify killing CDs, it's not entirely the same... However, on the other hand, if people want slop, they want slop. Plenty folks say records are superior to CDs and CDs are superior to Spotify, and technically they are correct, but if people are content with slop, they will eat slop.
Doesn't make it less terrible for the people affected, but hey, welcome to capitalism, I guess... My guess is nobody is reading it anyway, but the bots are sending bot traffic that way so they can tell the advertisers that they have a lot of traffic... It's all the rich abusing the system.
Re: "It's A Middle Finger To Everybody" - Producer Behind Netflix's Castlevania And Devil May Cry Series Is Working On Duke Nukem Next
Either do it in Gary's Mod style or not at all.
Re: ChatGPT Translated An Article About Space Harrier, Then Suggested "Tailoring" It For Retro Gamer
I've been thinking a lot about this piece, and if you would humor me, I have a different take.
Not saying I am right, but something to ponder.
I don't think this type of AI is taking over and killing the journalism industry. I think that some outlets are using this as a kneejerk reaction to being killed by something else. All the clickbait AI generated slop is there to get people to sites they aren't going to visit otherwise anyways.
I actually think it's the crap that Instagram, TikTok and other such outlets pump out at an insane rate that is killing journalism. People have become addicted to doomscrolling through absolute crap. Sure, it started with funny cat videos, and you can say "TikTok challenges" aren't doing squat to journalism, but that's all interspersed with bite sized very much faux journalism hoping not for clickbait, but worse, ragebait, that is rendering people completely unable to keep their attention for longer than three seconds to read an article. Heck, reading at all is out the door, unless it is coupled with an atrocious AI powered female voice that should infuriate us all, but is apparently popular enough to continue to be used.
So, short clips of podcasts from people who are in no way, shape or form an authority on any of the subjects they present are the new way people consume their """news""".
Journalism is dying because people's attention spans are being murdered by social media. Some outlets are simply trying to keep their heads above the water in the worst possible way.
Thank you for listening to my TED Talk.
Re: ChatGPT Translated An Article About Space Harrier, Then Suggested "Tailoring" It For Retro Gamer
Funny I had the same little argument over the word decimate a little while back on another site.
I personally love AI for getting me inspired, but as with any tool, hoes included, it can be used for its intended purpose, or abused with ill intent.
And this one is VERY easy to abuse.
Re: Suikoden I & II HD Remaster Missed The Chance To Be Even Better Than It Is
@Thedashfox Sorry, you misunderstood. I didn't edit your comment, I meant I edited my own comment.
But you can see, under your comment, when you hover over the heart icon, you see Reply - Edit - Delete - Report, and you can edit your own comment.
Re: OpenAI's ChatGPT Lost A Game Of Chess Against The 48-Year-Old Atari 2600
@Nischenliebhaber clCorrect. I am pretty good at prompting, but I know my students aren't, haha. So there's that... I guess that was all I was thinking of when I said that.
Re: Suikoden I & II HD Remaster Missed The Chance To Be Even Better Than It Is
@Thedashfox You can edit your comments, if you still want to.
Edit: I just did.
I think S3 is set 15 years after 2. I don't want to spoil too much, so I will just say there are some returning characters, not too many, but storylines are continued in a very cool way. It is a different main story, but it is also in a way a continuation of 1 and 2.
Re: OpenAI's ChatGPT Lost A Game Of Chess Against The 48-Year-Old Atari 2600
I absolutely adore ChatGPT, but you have to know what to use it for, and where it falters.
I am a tabletop wargaming enthusiast, and the hobby ideas that are generated from going back and forth with ChatGPT are nothing short of phenomenal. It is amazing at it, and has a strong sense of humor too.
But asking it to fact check something, isn't the best thing to do.
I also tried to see if he could create a sort of "Choose your own adventure", and it started out amazing! I was really immersed, until things became illogical. Suddenly someone else was on the roof, I suddenly had a walkie talkie where I had none, items were suddenly somewhere else. I had to retcon Chat quite a bit.
That said, he gave his best effort. If there was a choice of a, b or c, I could say none, or first a and then c, and he would just roll with it. It was fun.
But yeah, it's far from perfect. Still a lot of fun. I also use it for work.
Re: Final Fantasy Tactics Writer Yasumi Matsuno Just Found Out About The Game's Most Famous False Quote
@MSaturn @Gryffin Or maybe it means "Rules for thee but not for me"
That is how I read it anyways.
Re: City Connection Reveals The Latest Jaleco NES Game To Sneak Out Of The Shadows Onto Switch
I wasn't aware this game had been ported. Cool!
I might actually get the collection, if the price is right.
Re: Sega Does What Nintendon't, Again - The Megaswitch HD Brings Digital-To-Digital HDMI To The Genesis
Nah, I will stick with my pre-ordered SuperSega thank you very much! Can't wait till it finally releases!!
Re: Data East's Terrible Mortal Kombat Clone 'Tattoo Assassins' Is Getting Revived
@HoyeBoye Yeah, I guess... but it doesn't sound like game development even then was really that cheap. Even unreleased, this had to have cost a small fortune. Cabinets were even made. I'm all for parody, but even taken into account the era this was made in, still this is filled with the worst kind of toilet humor.
Re: Data East's Terrible Mortal Kombat Clone 'Tattoo Assassins' Is Getting Revived
Wow.
That was...
Something!
That game wasn't even TRYING to be a good knock-off. I almost admire the badness.
Almost.
Re: This Retro Game Store Is So Good It Has Its Own Video Game
Him wanting to add the possibility of rpinying out a receipt on the GB Printer as a final high score is genius. Shame it didn't work but the idea itself is already awesome.
And he sounds like a right programming genius if he managed all this at age 13. He will definitely go places!
Re: "Lost" Atari Lynx Fighting Game Ultravore Is Being Revived 25 Years After Its Rights Were Acquired
@PinballBuzzbro @PZT What are we missing? It doesn't sound like the worst name...??
@slider1983 They need to improve everything!
Re: Fallout 1 & 2's Source Code Isn't Lost After All
Imagine making cool drawings, turning it into a game, and the company that releases it is like "Burn EVERYTHING YOU *****!!!" up to the smallest doodle you made.
I am not a huge preservationist, but this is just awful behaviour from a company.
Re: Ex-PlayStation President Claims To Have "Partly Saved" Gran Turismo From Failure
@gingerbeardman Mario Kart 64, probably...
At least as far as racing goes. I actually didn't play many racing games, but GT definitely took the cake as far as being uninteresting to me.
Re: A Japan-Exclusive Puyo Puyo Dungeon Crawler For Saturn Has Just Received A Fan Translation
@Wezlypipz Well, I LOVE Azure Dreams, so...
Still, the grey haired dude in thatbartwork looks like it was drawn by me. I am not a terrible artist, but you can tell I don't draw for official publications.
Re: Ex-PlayStation President Claims To Have "Partly Saved" Gran Turismo From Failure
As someone who is about as far removed from being a car enthusiast as can be, the game bored me to tears. I was more content building up my burnout meter, drifting through traffic at breakneck speeds, in games like Burnout.
I think it's for the best I have no driver's license.
Re: A Japan-Exclusive Puyo Puyo Dungeon Crawler For Saturn Has Just Received A Fan Translation
Oof. The artwork looks... rough... and was that an advert? That looked, and sounded... rough too!!
I guess it's not always a shame when a game doesn't cross the pond.
But maybe it is a lot of fun to play regardless. In which case; Yay!
Re: The Story Of Ecstatica, The Groundbreaking Survival Horror With Plenty Of Balls
@mashk It's not nostalgia. The same was true for Amiga games. They just felt different from PC games, especially in the music department... and even between Sega and Nintendo, the games just had a completely different vibe. Nowadays, that's only really true for platform exclusive first party games.
Re: The Story Of Ecstatica, The Groundbreaking Survival Horror With Plenty Of Balls
Woaahhhh I played this game. Didn't remember the name, and onlynwhen you started talking about Alone in the Dark and ellipsoid graphics did a bell ring.
And yes, this game was definitely suspenseful and scary!
Re: Random: The Guy Responsible For The Legendary "Mind-Boggling Effects" Meme Celebrates Its Impact 30 Years On
Time Extension can produce mind-boggling articles!