strange_hero
@strangehero
Gawker of obscure video games, lover of all things art. Hoping to write for a living. Demi/pan, they/them I stream: I also YouTube:
Such an unbeatable vibe. Sucks that modern Sony is the worst ever, because the PS2 is still the best console.
Well, SEGA used AI to create the new CRAZY TAXI. First: why? Second: Way to absolutely kneecap your punk rock aesthetic. The new Jet Set might've used AI too if this wasn't an isolated incident... I love corporations!
Cause hear me out: Tifa in SF6, cool! Yeah, I'll try her out when I can. Square revealing they're porting this banger over? FUCK YEAH DUDE! HELL YES! FINALLY! Square representative clearing their throat, tapping the mic, then saying "Ehrgeiz 2 - 2028" YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES!
Me after the new Resident Evil 4 Crowbcat video Felt like they just gave up after their video on RE4 being soulless, but that's a critique I put on every remake. Especially a game like RE4 that didn't need a remake. But almost all my friends who said "The RE4 remake is pointless" bought it...
Yoshihisa was also cool as fuck. I talk about him in the same breath as I do Tomonobu Itagaki, Hideo Kojima, and Hideki Kamiya when gushing to friends about game developers I feel spoke to my tastes and helped form my own perception of what's cool. You can't replace that, he was one of a kind.
Zed has supposedly been demoted from admin and removed from the discord server, at least I can't see them listed as a member and their profile appears to be gone when I try going to a message they posted.
Couldn't find any info about this CD online... and definitely didn't find anyone who uploaded it. So, I went ahead and bought "Chun Li Flying Legend", this pre-Street Fighter the Animation album that appears to be a visualization concept/audio drama album?
Saw a thread go on for so long and become so toxic that VALVE had to step in... all over Marathon's player count. I was following this thread in the same way you watch two strangers have an argument in public. Grab the popcorn, and wonder why we've resigned to petty squabbles as life ebbs from us
Policenauts, 1996 (Directed by Hideo Kojima) Kojima prediction award: CG replacements for news anchors.
Hilltop alone exposed me to titles that rekindled my joy for gaming. Maybe the first game that exposed me to their work, The Maid Uniform and Machinegun, isn't high art. To me, it's magnificent--a wonderful little title. Something about THIS game keeps me hunting and playing games most glance over.
Two confessions: 1) No idea where I'm putting this stuff, somehow arrived from Japan within a week. 2) Partly bought this because I have a crush on Janet Marshall and she's gender goals. ACAB but also she's a queen.
The signs that I am gay were plain to be seen by everyone but me, huh?
When people say they love FromSoft games I say "Yeah me too!" and I show them this not really invited to parties anymore...
I'd also like to expose myself, I went on a SEGA shopping spree here and picked up some boxed Saturn and Dreamcast stuff. If you told me I'd be buying SEGA stuff while selling my Nintendo stuff 10 years ago, I'd laugh at you. I guess your tastes really do change with age. RIP Hidekazu Yukawa.
Did some soul searching, revisited my 10 Games to Get to Know Me. Here's what I got!
I've always been pretty hard on Geoff Keighley, but I'm starting to think I'm not hard enough on Geoff. Why do people trust him again? The Game Awards? Dude shills a Highguard every year and they're always failures.
Some days you just REALLY want merchandise of your favorite thing, Virtua Fighter, with your favorite character, Sarah Bryant, and then Sarah Bryant Plush 1994
#3 -- Baldur's Gate (1998) It took me a while to get into this one, admittedly. When I first tried it ~11 years ago I attempted to play online co-op (do not do this) and didn't have fun. Years later, after failing to find a group to play D&D with, I booted up Baldur's Gate and was hooked.
#2 -- RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 I haven't put a ton of hours into this game, but I can't get enough of the depth it has to offer when I do boot it up. Simple fun, but there's so much love for such a specific subject (roller-coasters) it's impossible not to feel joy when designing a park.