Alexandra Hall's discussions

That’s cool to hear, thanks for sharing.

I swear to myself that Suiko 1 still holds up great, but I haven’t played it in like 20 years and everyone these days is like “1's kinda meh, 2 is when it gets good.” Conclusion: Must revisit 1.
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lol, sorry. I thought about this while making the image but couldn’t find a good image of Saturn-era NiGHTs in an appropriate pose. Consider me duly chastised. Read more

i’ll allow it Read more

Birdo would be dope, actually Read more

I hear you and am similarly annoyed.

Will be making a new push to hear what the deal is / if it will be fixed soon. Read more

Seriously though, don’t spam comments. Read more

There was no place it was safe to jump back in. Second half’s analysis is all dependent on knowing key story details. Read more

One last hurrah. She wrote most of this for E3 but then the game never showed. Read more

Beyond MK Trilogy etc., Mischief Makers and Bakuretsu Muteki Bangaioh (both by Treasure) were two that relied on it. Read more

Yeah, it hurts a little knowing some of our planet’s dwindling resources are now being used to make more meh-tier 3-button Genesis controllers. Whereas the 6-button is a GOAT contender. Read more

You’re right. I just added it! Read more

Same! That’s the $64,000 question. Or at least the $50 question. Hopefully they engineered a more durable mechanism without messing up the feel of the stick. Read more

Close. Here’s how the sausage is made: When there’s a reasonable chance a certain game or announcement will be made at an event, we may choose to write a basic “shell” post beforehand with background info, etc. Such was the case here. Then if the announcement happens, this lets us get a solid post up quickly, and then… Read more

Neat! Hope you find some cool stuff in there. Read more

Wonder why. sv_gravity definitely works in the new Quake remaster. I halved it (to 400) and everything was instantly a lot more floaty. Read more

Nope, you had it right originally. That’s Q2DM1 The Edge, from Quake II. This remaster has a port of it as DM7.  Read more

Confession: I can only truly enjoy that map when I have the railgun. Total rail obsessive. I should probably use the rl more at medium range but the allure of snipes is too great. 😰 Read more

Q1 single-player was just OK compared to Doom’s, but multiplayer gave the game legs. The name Quake is synonymous with “Arena FPS” these days because of how that played out. That’s all I’m saying. Read more

It’s not funny, it’s pretty normal. Quake revolutionized multiplayer / set the stage for modern online play with TCP/IP support, dedicated servers, and (with QuakeWorld) predictive net code. That’s what kept us all playing for years rather than the fairly incoherent, over-and-done single-player. Quake single-player… Read more