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@fetterdave: Yeah, famously no-one at Giant Bomb has ever slagged off otherwise beloved games before this current era.

I think saying that GB 'boycotted' the wizard game is a bit of a misrepresentation by the folks making that observation? My impression has been that simply none of them really had any desire to engage...

Earthworm Jim 3D really isn't all that bad. Like, it's not good, it's just a not great also-ran 3D Platformer of that era. I don't think we're gonna get this amount of chaotic insanity out of that on...

Gotta respect Tam leaving fingerprints all over the Playstation console display.

The game length thing is kind of interesting. For some reason we automatically think that JRPGs (or any RPG for that matter) are these huge long games. The thing is, Chrono Trigger ain't that long. I...

Today I learned that Steven Tyler and Tommy Tallarico are cousins. His birth name is Steven Tallarico. What the hell.

Linguist chiming in: Jan is kinda right. Cupboard is a compound word like clipboard, it's just been lexicalised over years (or rather centuries) of use and pronunciation has shifted. Reasons why it is...

I'm also with Drew on Tom Waits songs often being much better in live versions. There is a pro recording of a 2008 show in Atlanta, which hasn't been released officially, but is on Youtube in its enti...

In terms of famous covers of Tom Waits songs: Albummer alumnus Rod Stewart did a pretty popular version of Downtown Train.

Yeah, wow, this was something.This show is fantastic.

Dick Trickle's story is a tragic one. Genuinely. Look up how he died if you want to be depressed.

Yes, this is great! More pinball #content please! <3

Yeah, gotta sync the shutter speed with the monitor's refresh rate. It's fiddly and annoying, because you have to trial and error your way to a decent image, but it makes CRT content so much more watc...

tfw too many things spark joy

I always confuse this with Destroy all Humans.

Why the 90's were the best decade in music in 3 words:Bullhead, Lysol, Houdini

Quake 2 RTX is fun to check out, but I wouldn't want to actually play Quake 2 that way. It kind of murders the vibe of that game.

Late game Zelda 2 is kind of a mess. Was pretty into it for the first few hours, but the later stuff soured me super hard on the game. It's not a great game, but worth experiencing.

Yo... Musou games are good!