There is an interesting backstory to this game in terms of a French comic book legend being involved with its production.

I also remember it being hard as nails. Good game though!

…I want to play lol

wow so cool

@atomicpoet @videogames Thanks for the Hope of Taru recommend, cute game, checking out their other one Little Dew Drop - seidel-games.itch.io/little-deThey feel like labours of love.

It’s definitely better when high

Great.

Personally, I would love to see a post like that. It would be very welcome.

In this line of seeing game as art, as an example, aside from 2D platforms, I see metroidvanias closer to horror than other genres, and would have a somewhat lenghty analysis of why that'd be the case - would such case be worth of a post?

Or on another example, how Final Fantasy XII specifically could be considered a book due to Just. How. Much. Written. In-game. Lore. It. Has.

Would such fit in this vision? My logic works in an essay-like pattern, and I like analysing (if not even overanalysing) game designs.

Actually, I don’t mean to make you feel old, but Final Fantasy VII is even older than that—it’s now 28 years old.

And that price you see? That was in Canadian dollars, so about $25 USD. A complete-in-box PSX copy these days goes for around $40 USD.

All that said, I bought my copy ages ago—probably a decade back. Honestly, if you don’t care about physical media, the Steam version is the smarter deal. Its regular price is just C$16.99.

Haha thanks for sharing. I'm a little Irish and biased but I'd still reckon that he was a better person than his wife by thaaaaaaaat much

Thank you for the good work you're doing.

I would have loved to work for ASS

@atomicpoet @videogames Has anyone ever seen you and Ms Trottier in the same room at the same time?

You could use emulation filters to kind of get the CRT look, but yeah, definitely not the same.

its on GOG as well!

https://www.gog.com/en/game/wander_stars

I have definitely caught the sentiment over the years that if you enjoy any AAA titles that you’re somehow a corporate shill. Excited for GTA VI? How dare you! Excited for a Ubisoft game? Why do you hate the gaming community so much? Paid for a DLC that you thought was worth it? You’re only encouraging them!

Sometimes I want to just have some fun. I, for one, am stoked for GTA VI, but everyone gets on their high horse about how it’s going to be some giant buggy scam with no real content. I don’t care what critics say about the storyline; RDR2 was a goddamn masterpiece and I’m always excited to see Rockstar’s next project. No, I won’t play the online or buy Shark Cards. But I will enjoy the crap out of the single-player storyline and the new world the build for us to explore.

@thomasjwebb @videogames Yeah, I actually own a Sims jewel case. I totally should get her to sign it.

@atomicpoet @videogames that's pretty awesome though. You should get her autograph, it could be something really funny. From one Chris Trottier to another.

I really appreciate this. I would never call myself a gamer, but I play a lot.

A perfect example of this. We were in a Gamestop (it was empty, empty empty on a Saturday?) last week and Assassin's Creed games like Odyssey and Origins were $11. Those are a whole lot of games for around $11. They aren't perfect, and neither is the company, but I love the set design. I find one voice actor super annoying and the mechanics tedious sometimes, but there are a lot of hours of gameplay. Also, I can't remember what game it was, but as a reward quest for finishing the story or something, the player got to jump around Notre Dame. They've never done the reward thing since, which kind of pisses me off.

I also like playing the lego games with my nephew. He studies youtube for it. Don't hate me, but the Hogwarts was fun, again for the set designs. The Ghost of Tsushima is pretty great. These are definitely not impressive games to enjoy, lol.

The bside gaming comm is a pretty nice break from this, as is patientgamers.

I don’t call myself a “gamer” even though it’s my primary hobby and has been since early childhood. I play games because I enjoy playing games.

The terminally online noise is hard to sift through but there are some smaller circles of sane people - you just have to find them.

I just wish there was a less wordsy way to explain that life should be an interesting and meaningful exploration of ideas rather than a mindless yet fraught pursuit of stimuli.

i want more 16 bit games

Love your writing style, thanks for the post. I'm starting to recognize your posts and they are always fun to read

Rincewind ??? Is that you?