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I'm not ashamed to admit that I would pay actual money to watch this performance. I haven't gotten attached to Deep Cut yet, but I have listened to Off The Hook unironically.

I figured since I was about to throw down $60 on Splatoon 3, I may as well save $6 in the process and get the double gold points for pre-ordering while I'm at it.

Unfortunately it wouldn't let me complete the transaction. I re-entered everything more carefully but I'm not sure where the problem is coming from. I know I've bought eShop credits from this site before and I didn't have any issues last time.

I'm honestly more salty about not being able to provide commission fees to NL for the affiliate links than I am about paying the extra $6.

@Rykdrew It made a huge difference for me, and I just went for the cheapest/fastest option online for a ethernet to USB adapter, so it really wasn't anything fancy. If you have the OLED model, the dock has an ethernet port built in.

For Smash Bros, if I'm playing in handheld mode or docked off of wifi, its far too laggy to be enjoyable. Once I got an ethernet adapter, it became smooth as butter.

For the Splat3 demo I only played one round on handheld over wifi, and honestly didn't notice anything TOO terrible, though there were a couple instances where there was about a full second delay after hitting someone that they actually got splatted. Docked over ethernet it was unnoticeable.

Tri-color was rough since there wasn't really any explanation. Also tough coordinating with randoms.

When I did play a couple rounds with a full team of 4 friends with voicechat, it was a much better experience. We could have one person get into the Rock base, and another player in the Paper base to distract them, and then the other 2 defending the ultra signals. At that point we finally started winning some rounds.

I am very much against cheating in competitive online games.

But man... I do want inside the test chamber early, ngl

My team has the most votes! Thats awesome! That means we're gonna lose so hard in the 2nd half!!

Its a shame that there hasn't been any Legacy of Kain/Blood Omen/Soul Reaver games in the last 2 decades. SquareEnix is not the same company they were back in 2000, so Im glad that they may get a proper shot under a different umbrella.

Meeting new enby people and having old friends come out as transgender (and seeing how they're treated in public) has greatly changed the way I approach the topic.

Pokécars peaked at the Lugia themed PT Cruiser

Recently just beat Portal 2 for the first time since way back when it first released. It holds up so very well, and everything having to do with Cave and Wheatley is incredibly delightful.

Now I've just got to trick someone into playing through the co-op campaign with me, since I've never played it before.

After putting this game down for the better part of the year, Ive recently gotten back into the swing of things.

I had been stuck at 2BC for long enough that I threw in the towel, but with the accessibility options they added, I've turned on the option to have 3 extra lives restarting at the begenning of a level if you die.

It does feel cheap and a little like I'm cheating if I'm being honest, but its allowed me to pour many more hours into a game I thought I was done with, so that reason alone is all the justification I need.

Looking forward to this update now.

Addressing income equality by getting broke kids hooked on collecting trading cards.

I don't want to see the internet thirsting after this poor young man.

I know they're gonna... because that's what they do... but I just wish they wouldn't.

I'm S-Rank in all game modes, and it honestly kinda sucks. I'm not good enough to climb the ranks beyond S+1, so I think I'll be starting fresh save file.

(Now, if I could transfer over my 100+ Super Sea Snails, then I may reconsider)

As someone who was worried that this wouldn't warrant a full sequel instead of DLC for 2, I think it qualifies.

Weapons and gear aside, there's plenty new features that would have required a huge overhaul of the current UI design.

Also, what I'm very eagerly looking forward to is the "Big Run" event where you need to do battle in Splattsville Square to fend off the kaiju fish.

It was a tiny detail that is understandably being overshadowed by everything else, but "Big Run" events sound fun as hell. Absolutely yes I will fight off kaiju fish from invading the main hub. Very much looking forward to it.

Very curious about the "certain parts playable as of the 25th" part of that disclaimer

I regret the fact that I already know I'll obsessively be playing this mini-game in lieu of playing the actual game.

Its going to be Triple-Triad all over again.

Top notch all around, but the star of the show is truly the jacket that Elvis-Waluigi is wearing.

When I was at the height of playing Splatoon 2, only a few of my friends had a Switch and those that did weren't really interested in playing.

At this point, even a couple of my non- gamer friends own a Switch, and I'm betting that I can get a team of 4 together a lot easier these days. For that reason alone, I'm hoping there a Testfire soon that might just get them hooked.

I got my Switch 3 months after Splatoon 2 came out, and even though I put about 500 hours into it over all, I still wished I could have been there from the start.

I'm not sleeping on 3 and will get it on launch day. Hoping for a Test Fire

I remember being offput by the new suit she sports in Dread, but it really grew on me the more I played. I was especially enamored with how it changes as you progress. I'd love to have this displayed on my shelf if I can manage to scrape the money together

When your joycons pull to the left so bad that it drifts off the Switch entirely and over to the Steam Client.

How can they be struggling financially when they have all those NFTs at their disposal? SURELY they hopped on the NFT bandwagon while the market was thriving, right?

The learning curve on this game is pretty steep, but once you get there, it proves to be a really rewarding roguelike. I'm so psyched for more content.

Seeing as though Baklava is made with Phyllo dough, I'm really hoping they nail the landing with the evolutions:
Fidough > Fyllodough > Barklava

I played these games long long ago, so this isn't my first go around.

I had about $25 in eShop funds, and I was trying to decide between Neon White & Portal Collection. I went for Portal, and despite kicking myself to favoring the well-trodden path instead of branching out to new experiences, I'm having a blast playing it again.

I've also let friends who were over play it for their first time*, which honestly is worth the price of admission all over again.

(*I'm secretly tricking them both into playing so that they'll get good enough to play the multiplayer co-op with me, which I have never played before)

I wish to be loved and cared for in life the same way Motion Twin loves and cares for Dead Cells and its community.

I loved the Octo Expansion, and think it's a perfectly fine way to keep an old game relevant.

As long as Splat3 feels like it's own game and not just something that could have been accomplished with an update for 2, I'll be happy.

Its game related. I have the limited edition faux-leatherbound edition of Hyrule Historia with the gold gilded edges still wrapped in plastic. (And a regular copy that I don't mind getting my grubby little fingers all over)

I got it for about $75 and, judging by current ebay prices, going for around $250-$450. Which probably makes it my most valuable item.

Other than that, my NES collection has a couple gems like Rescue Rangers 2, and TMNT Tournament Fighters (NES ver.) that I know sell for a lot.

As far as sentimentals go, for our anniversary several years back, my partner got the Link Between Worlds pre-order bonus that was a little treasure chest that made the "da-da da daaa" noise when you opened it, and could hold a few 3DS games. It was available in the UK only, so she had to coordinate with someone she knew in Manchester to have them ship it over state-side.
(And upon closer inspection, I'm fairly sure that one of these is used in the image for this article)

As young boy trapped in the body of an aging late-30s man, this type of content is far more relevant to my interests.

@Serpenterror I was asking for this game!! But then I remembered that the game I was actually thinking of was Army Men for the PS1, where you play as the plastic green soldier toys. So no... no I wasn't asking for this after all, but am still asking for that other one.

Judging by the fact that I haven't ever beaten Ecco in the last couple decades since I first played it, I'm guessing they won't need to worry about spending too much prize money.

I fully believe that they could have just kept adding on more to Splatoon 2 and kept with semi-regular Splatfests.

Alas, they did not. When they announced Splat3 I felt like it was too soon, but in the months since I have started to feel the itch for a new Splatoon game after all. I now welcome the game with open arms/tentacles.

I don't play Animal Crossing, but I feel like that had a cultural impact that rippled outside of the normal Nintendo die-hards.

Its been long enough since launch at this point that I'm feeling nostalgic for the days of poking fun at Vroom In the Night Sky. At this point, its just yet another cheaply made shovelware title.

The image is fine, but I do like the green/pink colors from 2 more.

In certain cases, the original hardware may not be functioning a decade from now. This goes for the original controllers as well as games. (Maybe aside from that one Gameboy at World Nintendo that was bombed)

Granted, we already have ROM back ups galore of just about every game since Pong. But having them preserved in a more official, and legal, capacity is still important.

@Fizza I feel like I should have received a Bike Voucher from you after reading this.

For a millisecond there, seeing an image of Saga on NL, I thought there would be an official Saga game coming out.

While my dreams were quickly dashed, at least now I'm interested in checking out Haven.

Came here to nerd out about D&D/Pathfinder, but looks like the only conversations to be had here are to hate on the cloud
(Rightfully so, mind you. I'd jump all over this if it weren't cloud-based, or at least let you bounce your user profile between different platforms)

I currently live in Maryland where its been hovering around 85⁰f/30⁰c which is pleasant for me.

That being said, I'm from Texas and most of my family lives there currently. Texas is on its own power grid from the rest of the country, and when everyone has their AC cranked up there have been mass power-outtages.

Its been around 105⁰f/40⁰c over there lately, and my mom's AC just died. We've been trying to get her a new one, but twice now the order has been canceled due to low inventory. I love my native state, but I frequently find new reasons to be glad that I left.

@JoeSooper YES! Thanks for reassuring me this want a fever dream I had. I tried digging around youtube for it, but wasn't using the right search words.

I'm struggling to remember the details, but I recall a video that I think came out in the 3DS/Wii U era that was about 9 minutes long of full on Mario voice reading through technical specs for a system or service of some kind. And it was awful.

Does that ring a bell for anyone?

Its hard to encapsulate a Doctor Who adventure into a videogame because the episodic narrative structure doesn't lend itself well to gameplay goals.

...that being said, hear me out. Nintendogs but its K-9.

You got me with the sub-header on this one.

The game itself looks pretty interesting, and I'm always relieved to hear when games offer a larger font option.

Go ahead and waste all your money on a monthly subscription fee for Adobe Photoshop. Real pros can get it done with MS Paint.

Wait, is this a real game? ....oh.
"Its a faaaaaaake"

@Not_Soos Honestly, its both. Playing around with the Portal gun is legitimately fun to do and the puzzles really make you approach using it in creative ways.

But even on the simple stages where nothing major happens and the puzzle is fairly straight forward, GLaDOS's banter is hysterical the entire way through. Even if you already know what the ending is, there's so many deeply precious moments along the way that there's still lots to enjoy.

@Not_Soos In regards to Portal, as a fellow "not big on FPS's and puzzles" guy myself, its absolutely worth it. The puzzles can be tricky, but they're not so hard that you'll get so stuck to the point of giving up.

Both games have a much deeper narrative than you would expect from the basic premise of "human test subject stuck in a lab with a robot" because that only scratches the surface. Especially so in 2's case.

And for @Anti-Matter, I'd suggest the same. Maybe change Portal from a 'Red X' to a question mark. While the concept can seem a little creepy, its a delightful and humorous game that my younger nephews absolutely enjoyed. Entirely non-violent aside from trying to knock over a robot turret with a cube.