MontyMole

Can’t help myself, but Alladin was originally Chinese, so not much chance of an ancient Chinese peasant speaking Arabic. The Arabian Nights fella was Persian, so also wouldn’t have understood Arabic, as they’re very different languages. I guess he could have made a wish to be multi lingual though!

@-wc- Haha, “the word of God made flesh” makes exactly the same amount of sense as this games title for me at least.

Reminds me of those 90s metal bands that called themselves things like murdermageddon, which I always found more comical than intimidating.

Now that I’m giving this more thought than anyone ever should, what even does Resident Evil mean?

@-wc- Not sure I agree that makes any more (or less) sense. Somehow the title suits the game though. Fingers crossed for a Natalie sandwich.

I read Tiger Heli, but my brain changed it briefly to “Mr Heli” and I got very excited, before gut wrenching disappointment sunk in. Tiger Heli is fine of course. Not Mr Heli fine, but it will do.

You know you’re getting old when your retrospectives are retro.

@TransmitHim Absolutely, yes. The video is saying the same thing. I’m a big fan and I’ve followed her for years. Sorry if it looks like I’m trying to argue something. It’s not the case and I can’t even see that there’s an argument to disprove?

I just think that it’s a question with a very straightforward answer until you add prerequisites (in the arcade, on gameboy, etc,) which are essentially new questions. It’s not something to lose sleep over and I only added it to my post as a trail of thought.

Critical Kate did a video on this a few years ago. I’m not sure I buy the “many flavours of first” angle. The first was definitely “Score” by Exidy Inc. but I guess that makes for a less interesting headline.

Here’s the video and the info on Score starts around 2:40.

https://youtu.be/CRyAjI1mXVY?si=CTAV19_Z-52tle9s

It serves to highlight the importance of preservation when such an important landmark in popular culture is destined to be forgotten.

Personally, I love the holiday special and it’s a crying shame that it’s not available to watch officially.

I love Super Star Wars too and this looks incredible. I like that it completely “gets” the philosophy of “fail, or fail harder; there is no try”.

I’m trying hard not to laugh at the letter, because the guy clearly has mental health concerns and that’s no joke. But also, it’s exactly the kind of letter my kid might slip into the postbox to try and trick us into backing down on some harsh parental decisions.

I might be in a minority by saying that I have a soft spot for the arcade game of this movie. It was a weird mashup between something that approximated a Street Fighter game, with the visual style of Mortal Kombat.

Plus you got to play as Kylie Minogue cosplaying as Cammy, which gives you an unsettling feeling of is this really happening? The only other time I got that feeling from a game was playing multiplayer as Dame Judie Dench in The World is Not Enough on N64.

“We are not a retro company”… which is why they’re currently reviving at least five 20 year old IP’s, with more expected to follow?

I’m pleasantly surprised by Netflix games. I wasn’t expecting a lot more than mahjong and minesweeper, but I got to play Hades for “free” and there’s a bunch of games that I had been thinking of trying out on a console, like Oxenfree and Immortality. It’s great to have them as a bonus to the content I’m actually subscribing for. I’m definitely looking forward to this one.

“Mobile gaming” isn’t what it was even a few years ago and most people’s tablets and phones are plenty capable of running modern games to a degree. You can cast them to your tv and use a decent Bluetooth controller, so really what’s the difference?

Nintendo seem to be trying to deny the industry its natural evolution. Imagine suing your children for looking like you. That’s what they’re doing… metaphorically speaking of course.