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The great thing about my gaming computer being on the fritz is that it finally gave me some time for my handheld backlog. Anyway, Okamiden was fun. Kiiind of wish it hadn't reused so many areas/characters/events from the first game, though. I became really addicted to the sidequest where you help a fledgling village by finding people who want to move there. That's always fun for some reason. I didn't bother to find all of the collectibles, but I'm still annoyed that some of them are permanently missable. That's just bad design. This really made me want to replay Okami.

Well, they have to make money somehow.

I heard the Olympics made Grindr crash.

If they're going to have levels that are as frustrating as the mine carts in the Donkey Kong Country games, I hope that means they've gotten rid of the horrible "die five times in a row and you can never get a perfect save file" mechanic.

I really can't take the whole "friendship conquers all" thing that Kingdom Hearts likes so much seriously when Sora tells every person he meets that they're his friend. I'm starting to wonder if he's a bit slow in the head.

My first thought after the season premiere was, "man, was True Blood always this bad?" There are way too many storylines going on at once and I find myself not really caring about most of them. Even if the storylines weren't so stupid it'd be hard to care when most of them only get two scenes per episode. It feels like someone put the season in a shredder and then taped it back together. And the more we find out about vampires, the sillier they seem.

Well, in that case, maybe you should limit yourself to only saving at the beginning of levels. Now wouldn't that be fun! :p

So definitely just ~nostalgia~, then. :p I'll give it a miss.

I could never imagine playing Tomb Raider and Tomb Raider 3 on the PlayStation. Not with those awful, awful save crystals. You should have bought the PC versions, Dazz. :p

I first found out about ToeJam & Earl a couple of years ago when I was looking for co-op games to play and decided it looked so bad that not even co-op could get me to play it. Is there more to it than just slowly walking around searching for stuff or are we talking deep layers of ~nostalgia~ under another few layers of Saturday morning co-op?

The biggest problem with Prince of Persia is that it's easy to the point where there's no challenge at all in the platforming. I still thought it was a lot of fun, though. But that came more from how gorgeous the game was and enjoying how awesome the platforming looked. It's a bit like jumping around on the rooftops in the Assassin's Creed series. The DLC actually made the platforming a bit more like the earlier games, so I'd love a sequel. The Sands of Time is the better game, though.

The Missing Link is alright, but it gets a bit repetitive as you have to make your way through the same areas several times and there's really nothing in the DLC that wasn't done much better in the main game (well, the boss fight wasn't as frustrating). If you're really itching for some more Deus Ex it might be worth playing, but you're not missing much if you decide to skip it.

I want to know how long it took for S.C.G to have no idea what was going on.

I'm actually in the market for a new Nkokia, so thanks for the super link.

Well... there's the first game.

But if Banjo Kazooie is better than Super Mario 64... and Super Mario Galaxy is better than Banjo Kazooie... and Super Mario 64 is better than Super Mario Galaxy... how does that add up?

If they're better games, it's only because they just took what Nintendo already did in Super Mario 64 and improved on it. :p Give Nintendo a chance to improve on the concept, and oh look - we got Super Mario Galaxy. Then again, maybe a Banjo Kazooie Galaxy would be good.

If I were a gaming journalist, I'd report on every far-fetched rumor people sent my way, too. Even if I had to write the article in such a way that if the rumor turned out to be true, I could point to it and say I knew it all along, and if the rumor turned out to be false, I could do the same thing. Not sure why they'd even want Banjo Kazooie when they have Mario, anyway.

Never underestimate the power of the twinky look. If all else fails, maybe you'll snag yourself a nice pedophile.

You should just add that to your signature. It would save you the trouble of having to find a way to shoehorn your hate for the game into every post. "Good Stuff Thread? Well, I was having a good day until Beat the Beat was released!"

Erm, Riki's awesome. Shows how much you know.

I kept Riki in his tiger pajamas the entire game because I thought he looked so adorable in them. That seemed more important than better stats.

Aww, and you were so excited about getting into the beta three days ago.

Happy birthday, Mr Muchmore.

Erm, yes, but I find that question kind if weird coming from the guy with a Sora avatar. :p