My sister has a two year old and a monthling. We still get together and stream games on Mondays. Granted, it's harder now that my new niece is so needy, but we still make the time.
Prime showed that Megatron started as a freedom fighter who got drunk off the power of becoming the new tyrant after he and Optimus overthrew the unjust rulers of Cybertron. It was the whole "I didn't actually want justice, I just wanted a turn to be the dictator" mindset. As such, he maintained that the Decepticons were still the underdogs even as they were terrorizing the innocent. A very liberal motivation for a villain, honestly.
His eventual fate at the end of Prime was really cool too. I'd elaborate, but I can't find any way to spoiler tag here....
I'm Sparticus!
I've lost all my patience for Imp. He's an idiot who's convinced that the useful idiots are the ringleaders. And he refuses to comprehend that for all their faults, every single woman is not an evil man-hating harpy.
I oppose his being banned on principle, but I really don't shed any tears that it happens, and I don't relish his return.
I'm just saying consider the source, is all.
Careful. Don't go believing everything just because it aligns with your worldview. I highly doubt an Epstein Ex is very trustworthy.
Granted, I wouldn't be surprised if is true. But still, don't go emulating NPCs.
Pokemon HeartGold/SoulSilver were peak remakes, and it's not even close.
I really don't like how... documented everything is nowadays. It doesn't seem to do anything to stop actual crime, but it certainly does punish otherwise law abiding citizens who try to do anything off the books.
Check out Hotel Mario sometime. Nintendo's other golden boy has his own glorious CDI cutscenes.
I like some versions where the hen refuses to share the bread, but offers to sell some to the other animals. In the end, everyone gets bread, and the hen gets some cash.
Man, I remember watching That's So Raven as a kid. (Older brother. Wasn't my first choice in TV viewing.) It's rather sobering to realize Disney was hoping to be pushing this stuff two decades ago....
Rainbows, as used by Kirby, have always been the traditional, feel-good color spectrum. Like the hearts and stars and other stereotypical symbols of childhood innocence.
Really gets the ol' noggin' joggin' to wonder why a bunch of sexual perverts would want to stake a claim on such a symbol, don't it?
Is this your first exposure to the wonder and majesty that is the Zelda CDI cutscenes? I feel so old....
There is no time! Your sword is enough!
Implying the new generation will have trillions of dollars to give....
It's definitely drier than your average space adventure. It's hard to really explain why without getting into spoiler territory. I do think they're worth the read. They all have a very interesting and philosophical take on extraterrestrial life.
I greatly enjoyed Dread, and enjoyed the twist behind the conversations with AIdam. I understand the apprehension, but Prime 1, at any rate, did an excellent job of letting the player unearth the plot at their own pace through the scans, which the trailer prominently showed off.
New Mario & Luigi has me hyped! Though, after the watered-down, Trans-lation for TTYD, I am concerned for the future of Mario RPGs again....
Glad Donkey Kong got anything, even if it is yet another port. They'd better have something new mixed in, like the New Funky Mode, or it might be a hard sell.
Metroid Prime brings joy that needs no further elaboration.
When aiming to tell a good story, Truth will win out, even if you're trying to lie. A good story resonates with the truth in one way or another. A bad story will unapologetically lie to your face and the dissonance will be too much to believe.
Considering the majority of Pixar's classics involve some sort of non-human protagonists, it really gets the noggin's joggin'.
I completely ignore that retcon. It's unnecessary and cheapens their relationship, like most retcons.
Multiverses bad.
Except when they're done right.
Glad we can agree, then.
Multiverses have their place. Elseworlds stories and alternative incarnations of long running series, like Ninja Turtles or Sonic create a natural ecosystem of stories that build off of and influence each other. They're either new interpretations that stand on their own merits, for better or worse, or little "What if" tales that aren't meant to be more than a fun curiosity.
The problems come when writers get too cute and meta with the concept, using "Infinite Possibilities" to asspull whatever they currently want to exist into the main canon. It's just another flavor of deus ex machina at that point.
The Christmas Special is at least full of imaginative aliens and world building, even if it's executed in a goofy way.