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Honestly at this point we oughta let Hamster handle the Namco Museums.

Not their first slam into the mouse business - they did something similar with the N30 Mouse a few years back. This one however seems a lot more practical.

@Deuteros no because the GB screen is green

@-wc- Eh, I think Alucard should be allowed a few more centuries of beauty rest. Besides, I think Soma filled his shoes pretty well in the Sorrow duology.

@-wc- I'm down to get it ported to modern systems, but does SotN really need a direct follow-up?

Based Blackley.

@Guru_Larry yeah, I realized that a bit later after writing that comment. Still, a guy can dream, can't he?

And the monkey's paw finger curled...

@-wc- I think it's less about morality and more about not wanting to rob a bank in order to play it.

...But with the Switch 2's prices, what's the difference? HEYOOOOO

@Andee (whiny child voice) but I don't wanna buy a PS5

Please let this mean we'll get R4....

What, no clicky stick?

Deserved. Shimomura never misses.

@BulkSlash I'll take beige devices over the swath of black and white systems we've been stuck with lately

@RupeeClock their stuff has made plenty of money and yet they still can't be bothered to keep said stuff consistently in stock

That picture is giving cheap-o "Saul Goodman commercial" vibes.

@Razieluigi I've honestly never minded the Joy-Con's D-buttons - It's different for others, I know, but I got used to it pretty quickly.

Looks sick. I'll be keeping an eye on this one.

I gotta admit, as a skeptic towards the idea, that is pretty impressive. Seems like the only downside is that the thing is running windows.

Tis BLASPHEMY!!!!1!!!

Death speedrunning is apparently "in" it would seem.

@MontyMole yeah, people like to think Return was saying "you should stop caring about fiction you loser" which deliberately ignores the ACTUAL point the game was making. Ron was being a lot more charitable with the game and it's ending then people like to believe.

@slider1983 There was no real constructive criticism on that blog page - it was mostly just attacks and vitriolic complaints. If you can't understand why going to someone's face to tell them the thing they believe in sucks and that they're a terrible person is a problem, then maybe you should rethink a few things.

There's no way you would "criticize" someone like this:

@slider1983 You had to be there.

Either way, the responses to the art direction were totally out of proportion. You'd think people would learn after Streets of Rage 4 and Wind Waker and Crash 4 and even Curse of Monkey Island, but apparently not.

Time really is a flat circle.

@slider1983 it was mostly harassment disguised as "valid criticism," to the point where Ron Gilbert had to shut down comments on his personal blog because so many people were flooding them with impotent rage-fueled threats and attacks.

@slider1983 if you don't like it, that's all well and good - people have their preferences(I for one don't care for Curse's style after all), but Return's visuals are certainly not bad enough to justify harassing the people who made it for having the gall to not make it look like the one game people won't shut up about.

@MontyMole That's also true, but I feel the detraction has lessened a lot in recent years. I've seen more people praise Curse as one of the best in the genre, as many players' introduction to Monkey Island, and as the best Monkey Island game. If anything, a lotta vitriol I've seen has mostly been aimed at Return as of late. A shame, too - I think that one is also great.

@MontyMole "doesn't get the credit it deserves."

Bubbalah, please. Curse is pretty much the "Thousand-Year Door" of Monkey Island - the game in the series almost everyone loves and no one shuts up about loving(for better and for worse).

Really amazing how much effort people are putting in to preserving these games in the long-term - certainly more than most official studios. I can only imagine the possibilities and all of them involve Viva Piñata.

@Banjo- Red Viper really is the best.

up there in infamy with the likes of

"WHAT AM I FIGHTING FORRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR"

@smoreon maybe I just have a terrible computer. Wouldn't be surprised, though.

@smoreon I know Generations has a PC port, but it has some immense slowdown issues and they add up. They can be fixed with a mod, but I feel having to mod a 2011 PC game for it to run isn't exactly ideal. And yes, I'm aware that the ShadGens port runs better but I'm not keen on the changes in that version. I know. Nitpicky.

As for the Series X version, it still has some hiccups here and there. Nothing too bad but it sometimes has trouble with keeping a consistent frame rate - like in Adabat as you mentioned.

@X68000 no, but you can turn off the battle theme that plays.

Looking at the footage, this is very impressive. Seeing technology finally catch up to Sonic Unleashed is truly wild. Not even the Series X could run this thing smoothly.

Best thing is that this probably won't run into any legal trouble given that SEGA is kinda ashamed of this title.

Looking forward to when someone recompiles Generations.

@-wc- I mean, you gotta sucker people into buying expensive controllers again somehow

Doesn't seem like it's compatible with the Switch... Might mean they're gearing up for the Switch 2?

Finally, a laptop for ME!

Cool. The world needs more text adventure games(sans the BS puzzle design, of course).

THAT is a very cool design.

It's still missing those weird PET ASCII symbols the OG keyboard had. Otherwise I'd snatch one up in a New York minute.

YEAH

I played the first Dino Crisis last year for the first time and really enjoyed it. A big jank but a nice little survival horror with a bunch of dinos.

@slider1983 It probably would've KILLED on Nicktoons back in the day.

I'm still surprised at this being a film. A TV show I feel would suit them better.

@Daniel36 Mind if I contribute to the pointlessness?

Good grief, the Evercade's still a thing? I mean I'm glad it has an audience, but still - I'm surprised it lasted this long.

@axelhander I mean, it was discounted to twenty when it became a Nintendo Select, so there's that at least.

If Antonblast didn't come out this year, UFO 50 definitely would've been my GotY for 2024.

Feels like they're running on fumes at this point

@KitsuneNight yeah, but unless you're Capcom, why make lawyers cooler than they actually are?