Great job on this heartwarming, positive column. It's reminded me that I once wanted to help my mom learn English via games or game-ified study tools. I'll have to look some of that stuff up and see what I come up with.
I also played parts of some games in Spanish (I think some of Heavy Rain, maybe an Uncharted, a couple others) just to hear it, and realized that while she wouldn't be able to play something that complicated, maybe she could kill some of the tons of time she has (no kids in the house obviously) with things like puzzle games, photo hunts, and the like.
Best of luck to you and your awesome-sounding Nonna @thatpinguino!
My last post on this ER as it seems to be closing down.
At the end they talk about this game and why it might have been appealing at the time, and I find myself agreeing. This is such a wholly different thing than anything I've ever seen that I'm incredibly glad they are playing through it, showing some gaming history. I would have hated this effing thing when it came out and would loathe it now, and am quite happy watching someone else with a similar mindset is playing it rather than someone who thinks this game was God's Gift To Pixels.
@nasar7: Excellent points, and easily the best comment about this game's story I've read since this ER started. They do hammer you over the head with literally the whole town telling Ryo NOT to do what he's doing, and he keeps doing it anyway and getting screwed. The whole ticket to Hong Kong thing is a great example, where his obsession made him lose Fuku-San's money and he didn't give a damn, instead caring about nothing but that ticket. No apologies, no remorse, nothing (or maybe he would have if Vinny went there? No clue). Has he mentioned that working at the docks may let him pay that back? No, he just fights a gang every day. I have a terrible memory so I forgot his dad's dying words (I'm quite grateful your post reminded me) and didn't make that link, but this dude's downward spiral is certainly something to behold.
This is the only driving game I have been interested in getting in many, many years. Something I can casually jump into, play, and leave. Looking forward to it.
My heart can't take all this sodium... but I keep coming back to read more. What the heck is wrong with me? (I say that after coming from the incredible YouTube comments sections for this video and drinking that sh*t like ice water).
That first e-mailer was pretty blatantly abusing Steam's return service. ESPECIALLY since they were then going to other outlets to actually buy the game. Hard to fault Steam in that situation for being like "Hey, knock it off".
Friggin' thank you. And since it IS the best time to play video games, there are literally hours worth of content from any game ever within hours of release. Play testing something is important, yes, as you can't get a "feel" for a game watching videos, but it doesn't excuse doing what she was doing for a single second.
I watched this in my living room and did everything I could not to laugh crazy loud at Vinny's complete breakdown at what this game is and also at The Running Man bit. I failed a couple times.
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