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1) (NES) Strider 2) (NES) Metroid 3) (NES) Super Mario Bros. Special This game actually came out on something called the PC88, but I played a romhack of SMB1 version of it instead for two reasons. One, I couldn't figure out how to play it on a PC88 emulator (and wasn't dying to play it on that thing). Two, because not only are the physics in that version awful, the game screen doesn't scroll. You get near the end of the screen, it goes blank, and the next screen pops up. Not only does that make it tough to see when enemies are coming up, you can't see pits that may be just inches into the next screen until it's nearly too late. There are some jumps later on in the game that are tough enough with real SMB1 physics, I imagine they'd be absolutely impossible on the SMBS physics. It's interesting for what it is, but it's not really worth playing.

1) (NES) Strider 2) (NES) Metroid This game is rough to go back to. You definitely get the feeling they're onto something, they just needed to figure out the controls/physics. There were times where it felt like I would slide along the ground after getting hit. Once you got a few energy tanks/missile upgrades, the game wasn't incredibly tough. The only area that gave me real trouble was Tourian, and specifically the Mother Brain section (with the Zebetites) as there was shit firing at you from all directions. The Metroids themselves were super easy to beat too, as they were real slow compared to the way they're portrayed in future games.

E3 cancelled, Ubisoft and Microsoft considering digital events

E3 may end up being cancelled this year

Yoink!

EC spoiler

Cassidy is awesome. I remember watching him at PWG last year when everyone was out selling their merch and taking pictures. He was in character the ENTIRE time, it was hilarious.

The Zelda concert in particular was something special to see. The Zelda series means a lot to me, and there were times when I got really emotional hearing songs. MGS was neat, but a lot more of their songs aren't nearly as iconic. I did get to see the woman who originally sang the theme to MGS3 (Snake Eater) do it live, which was fucking amazing.

Watching a live orchestra play game music the two times I've been fortunate to see were both amazing. One was Zelda, the other Metal Gear Solid.

Dynamite spoiler

Using the right one as the background for my second (vertical) monitor

"It’s not a side story, nor an episodic one — it’s the next part of the Half-Life story, in a game around the same length as Half-Life 2."

This looks fucking dope.

Honestly, the person I really want it to be is

The FF7 remake demo is up on PSN as of this morning.

That's why I think it can't be him. Although he did just announce he's a free agent...

Odds on Matt Hardy being the Exalted One?

Super Showdown spoilers

1) (NES) Strider The game's pretty tough, but not really NES tough. The main problem with this game is the jumping, every now and again you won't get a full jump and as far as I can tell there's no way to predict when it's gonna happen. There's a portion of the game where you have to do what they call a Triangle Jump (basically a wall jump) but it is incredibly hard to pull off. I was only really able to by using a turbo function on the jump button. It may be frame perfect as far as I know. That was the spot where i'd always get stuck, and never was able to get past that point, so I was never able to really beat the game. Only time I used save states (outside of saving at the beginning of a new level) was during the Africa level, where the shitty jump mechanics would cause you to fail, making you have to backtrack a bit over some spikes and such.

AEW offered Jeff Cobb a contract that would still allow him to work with NJPW Yes fucking please.