Topic: The Chit-Chat Thread

Are there any Batman games that are more family friendly. By family friendly, I mean no nudity and it there aren’t curse words everything three seconds. Kinda like Spider-Man ps4 if that helps.

@blindsquarel Uh hmm, besides the Lego Batman games not many and not that many good ones that are family friendly.

You could look at the first 2 Arkham games if you have the consoles there on.

wait Scott The Woz is on G4 and nobody told me............

@NeonPizza I totally get how you feel, I feel the same way. What's funny is the most commenting I do here are on no gaming threads stuff like the movie thread or the Dungeon and Dragons Thread. The gaming threads I don't have much to say, and when I do nobody replies or anything so it's like ok.

I will probably comment on the TMNT Collection thread like but that's cause it's something I can join in on. But when threads turn into I bought a retro game today, Super Mario Sunshine on GameCube I just don't have nothing to say except that's not Retro and then a mod tells me to stop arguing.

It is what it is but it just makes me wonder what happen to alot of the ones that would discuss the NES and SNES games, and why did they replace them with the GameCube Generation.

@Kermit1
I looked at them and it looks like the only one that might work is Arkham asylum. If you can skip cutscenes I might pick it up.

@blindsquarel Yes you can, though a few can't be skipped mainly the opening and ending ones.

kinda sucks there aren't more family friendly Batman games.

I kinda feel the same way, but for me, the uncertainty of what to contribute in a discussion comes from my lack of interest in most Nintendo games like Mario, Zelda, or Pokémon, and I wouldn't blame anyone for calling that bizarre. I first came here because I did have Nintendo-related things I wanted to talk about, even if those things involved third-party games that were released on a Nintendo platform (SMT games on the 3DS and Switch) rather than Nintendo-developed games.

But what's more relevant to the point I'm trying to make is that I chose to stick around because of the cordial atmosphere I sensed at the beginning of my stay, not because I was deeply interested in Nintendo games. I was in a bad place mentally, and I wanted a friendly place to socialize. And even though there were a few rough experiences since my arrival, I do still believe that most people here are at least more affable than on other social media platforms, thus easier to talk to. So even if I couldn't find a connection with Nintendo fans who are discussing Xenoblade Chronicles 3 or Splatoon 3, the existence of a friendly community is still important for me enough that I would want to stay. Otherwise, I would've abandoned it like I did with other toxic communities like YouTube and Reddit, which provided content that far interests me more than Nintendo games, but at the cost of interacting with very hostile people.

It is what it is, as you said. Not all people share the same interests here, but humans are social creatures that need that connection regardless. Despite everything else, I am grateful the connections found here are usually more comfortable than elsewhere.

@Maxenmus

@blindsquarel Batman Brave and the Bold on Wii is pretty good. It even has two player option.

@Tasuki oh ya I forgot about that one, the DS version is pretty good too.

@Sunsy Nice, that's a good game to play when you're just starting to play the Mega Man series. Mega Man 3 was the one I started out with, however, since that game happened to be with our stockpile of hand-me-down NES games back in 2002.

That's cool Weezer did that video, I'll likely check it out at some point. I didn't hear about Raya being an official princess.

Absolutely, you didn't do anything wrong. Hopefully that teacher of yours learned her lesson - again, no pun intended, lol. That's awesome to hear you're feeling better as a cartoon fan. I also remember coming to shop for graphic tees, and I'd see tees that have various Cartoon Network/Nickelodeon characters.

I hope I can get the Genesis Mini 2, as well. That's funny you mentioned Puyo Puyo, I saw that same game via a livestream from Thabeast, who made an ongoing video series where he beats every N64 game. Looks like it's a demake, since it came out on the N64, PS1, and Saturn.

Cool to play Mario Kart with you again, by the way! Looking forward to the next time we race/battle each other.

@Kermit1 If you beat the Special Cup and rolled the credits, I'd say it counts!

@Tyranexx Ah OK, I didn't see any of the ones that came after the original trilogy. Yeah, it was surely for the best - it's a brand-new pinball machine after all! We're friends on Discord as well, so I could send you a private message showing where I'm at. Or I could see if I can indeed put a spoiler tag over images on Discord.

@tekoii Yeah absolutely. I was psyched when I won that first one!

@MarioLover92 Yea, I remember lol! Still gotta get me that Sundae though, eh?

@Maxenmus I know what you mean as well community wise yes this is one of the best communities on the internet that I found, which is one reason I have stuck around. It kinds feels that I am being pushed out is all and not in a bad way it's just hard to be a part of a community when people don't engage you in conversation.

@Tasuki I remember something my therapist told me, how it takes two to have a conversation. She gave me some advice about engaging with people whom I don't share any interest with, try to find why they like those interests or games, understand them as a person, and she said I might be able to find a connection from there.

I would like to think that's what I try to do as well, but more subtly. I see lots of people talking about Xenoblade, and so I added the first Xenoblade to my wishlist even though I've never played the games before. On a long enough timeline, in a community that's tight enough, we would eventually influence each other into checking out each other's interests. I think it takes time for us to get interested in what each other like. The problem is whether we could become close enough in the first place to be interested in the other person's likes. Because in order to have a conversation, we sometimes have to take the first step and get to know the other person first. It's definitely not easy, especially with my social anxiety. But it's a journey.

@blindsquarel The Arkham series had nudity? And I don’t think your going to get much luck. Batman is grittier then spider man, there not even comparable in tone.

I really need to check out that film someday. I heard good things about it as early as when I started watching movies as a passion in my early 20s (as opposed to casual viewing). Heard that it was one of those rare horror sequels that did something fresh with the concept rather than rehash what came before.

I might actually become more interested in New Pokémon Snap if it's in VR tbh. lol

@NeonPizza Other then gaming my other big hobby was D&D back when I was in Junior High and High school. In fact when the PS and N64 era came about I was more focused and dialed into D&D, playing it and running adventures for my friends, which is why my interest for the N64 and Playstation ain't as high as say the NES or SNES.

However with crap like Strange Things D&D forums and such are beginning to feel like here. Instead of people talking about the older D&D it's stupid ass Stranger Things being talked about. I guess I just can't win when it comes to things I enjoy.

@Maxenmus Thanks for the advice. I will admit, I don't really try to get into newer games like Xenoblade mainly cause I just don't have the time to play like that. I did try Splatoon years ago and just couldn't get into it.

As for Nightmare on Elm Street 3, I will call @NeonPizza in here It's one of my favorite horror movies as well, in fact if I remember correctly the NES game was based off of it.

@NeonPizza that actually looks fun!

@NeonPizza And that why I don't care for Stranger Things, cause they don't so anything original they just take stuff and make it a complete joke. They took one of the greatest D&D villains of all time and made him a completely joke to the point that even if I want to use him in a D&D adventure the first thing people are going to think of is Stranger Things.

Today at work I was wearing a Metallica t-shirt which is my favorite band of all time, I grew up listening to them and their music just struck a chord with me (no pun intended) . Even the song my wife and I did our first dance to was Nothing Else Matters on our wedding day. Anyway I was wearing my shirt and this young kid about in his twenties said hey that's a cool shirt and I said thanks and he asked me what my favorite episode of Stranger Things was. Not what my favorite Metallica song was, not anything else Metallica related. At that point I was like get out-of my face.