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  1. He's also not gotten stale, which is awesome. I love how he does a history lesson/cursing session with his episodes.

    Once I get back to North America, I may yet end up buying those DVDs. Just to support the guy; y'know how it is.

  2. Thanks for the YouTube link - with this Internet connection, I'm getting nowhere fast on a 23 MB tindeck.

    This is very emotive and well done. No advice from me save for get this recorded cleanly and haul it to the judges! Good luck and godspeed!

  3. Actually, the frequency isn't in play IMO. It doesn't matter if four games come out over 15 years or five years. If they don't really change much, it's still stagnation and should be called on it. On the flip side, you could have a game series get a new release for four years in a row, and each game could be worth owning because of good changes, adjustments and additions. This admittedly doesn't happen very often, but...

    Using what you said as a springboard, I think that the frequency of release is in play precisely because of what you said. I bolded it, and I venture that the changes/additions/adjustments come from age and candid examination of the series. It's far harder to have fresh ideas for moving the series along when you have 3 or 4 games coming out in one year for that series. Likewise, when ideas have years to be tested and considered, they tend to end up well - for that, I would cite the evolution of the Legend of Zelda series. They all follow a similar premise, but each one is still a fantastic game. I venture that this is because Nintendo had the time between releases to consider where the series needs to go. And even though Nintendo didn't really change course on any of the Zelda games, each one feels fresh and awesome.

    I guess it partly depends on your definition of stagnant, too.

  4. It doesn't have to be OMG AWESOME NEW FEATURES that utterly change the game. But when you consider how stagnant the likes of MegaMan, King of Fighters, many sports franchises and quite a few other game series grew when virtually nothing significant was done from one game to the next and the next, it does need to advance.

    Stagnation is the name of the game with sports titles - I mean, the sport doesn't change, so what can you expect? Save for those ridiculously quirky ones, I tend to ditch sports games like the plague.

    Mega Man has the same problem Sonic does - it's the spam conundrum. Let's not kid ourselves: every Zelda and Halo game (using both to avoid the 'lulz u r fanboy' accusation) since their 3D debut has been the same. Either you are green-tunicked dude on quest for sword or generic space marine in space with more different laser weapons. The difference is, these games are released rarely. In six years (from 2001), Halo has had 3 games (Halo, and Haloes 2, 3), and LoZ 2 (WW and Twilight Princess). How many Mega Mans have been released in that time?...Too lazy to count, but a lot more than 2.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Mega_Man_games

    There. Count if you want.

    Likewise, Sonic got burned by two bum games post Sonic Adventure 2 Battle (DX and Sonic Heroes) and then the spam on this gen.

    The moral is this: you can throw me the same game with a few upgrades if you don't do it very often, and if the game is still solid inside. Once you start spamming, you reduce the series to a paltry remnant of what it was.

  5. Normally, I wouldn't bat an eye at this latest, average bit from Yahtzee. What's caused my brow to be raised this week is yet another gamer (who's more important that you and me) who has somehow come up with the horribly contrite and despicable idea that more of the same automatically = a bad thing. Who in the sam hill is feeding this lie to us? What devious devil is working their unrequited whispers into our subconscious, causing us to become even harder to please than we already are?

    For goodness sake, gentleman! Am I the only one who's happy to see Sonic 4? Donkey Kong Country Returns? New Super Mario Bros. Wii? Contra 4? Halo 3: ODST? Mega Man 10? Crackdown 2? Kirby Superstar Ultra? Left 4 Dead 2? Super Mario Galaxy 2?

    Yes, innovation is very important. It serves an integral part in gaming. But we don't aaaaaaaaaalways need to renovate! You know that guy that said, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it"? More people should listen to him.

    This. Epic Yarn has me waaaaay too excited.

  6. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSmDgjNnfzM

    Good morning tune. Gets you in the mood for dealing with crap. I put this on before important days, like work shifts and stuff. It does kinda fuck up the rest of your day, though - I don't have good days when Kaptain K. Rool is what rouses me.

    Otherwise:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43Gf-_3hmHs

    For those awesome mornings when you have nothing to do for the entire day. It's great to just spend all seven minutes of the song on the simple act of getting out of bed.

    Scared the shit out of my roommate with this one. If you've played the game, these are for Mira-types of days. If not...this is just for those really random wake-ups.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snWNfXZsQOE

    The King of wake-up tunes. It's the most alarming thing I have. If this doesn't rouse me, I'm probably dead.

  7. Let me first begin by saying that I'm not a metal person - but...you mentioned Comix Zone and I was hooked in due to my love of Comix Zone.

    This is a pretty decent cover, as far as I can tell. The fuzzy sound in the beginning is maybe a bit loud, but otherwise, you've got a decent drive so far as I can tell. Hopefully someone with a bit more familiarity in metal will give more constructive review, but, either way, it reminded me of Comix Zone, so it did its job by me.

  8. Why do you care? Yahtzee basically hates everything. Try not to take his opinion too seriously.

    What bothers me is that it's his running theme whenever he reviews anything on the Wii: Monster Hunter, No More Heroes...

    It's not a fair game review if the complaint is about the system - it'd be like me saying Halo sucks because it doesn't use PS3 graphics.

    Although, confessedly, he is funny. The line gets stale when all it is is another vehicle to bash the Wii with, though. It'd be fine if he left it at 'this is disappointing because stuff is taken out relative to No More Heroes'.

    I love the hate Yahtzee's got; I hate that he basically plugs his opinion of the Wii into every Nintendo-based review he does.

  9. Klonoa: Door to Phantomile: The ending. Bucketloads.

    Yoshi's Story. The ending music got to me. Those little off-key Yoshi voices...yeah.

    Oh, Klonoa...totally forgot about that. Oh, yeah - that was deadly saddening. Never played the second one, though.

    Speaking of Yoshi's Story, the implication at the end of Super Mario World 2 is pretty sad - the Yoshis basically have to leave orphan Mario and Luigi. (highlight over if you want to see it - it's in white).

    Another scene that got to me was in EarthBound. My father had died a few years prior to me first playing it, so the scene with Jeff and Dr. Andonuts, and especially when he says, "well, I guess I'll see you in another decade or so" got me bawling. I realize that one's a bit unique, though.

  10. First I remember was Mega Man, for the NES. That was followed by Super Mario Bros. and Super Mario Bros. 2, then Mega Man 2.

    When I discovered that other types of games existed, it was a stunning, life-completing event. I forget the kid who had it, but the day I found Zelda was awesome.

    The first game I bought for myself was F-ZERO. My metje gave me $50 for Christmas, and my Mom got me a SNES. Never forget that day: walking into Microplay with a $50 bill, perusing through games, watching the "big kids" play D&D...and finding F-ZERO.

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