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MLP Season 4 and Rainbow Rocks on DVD. Was quite happy.

I don't know of to many console games today with one hit deaths where you can't save at all. Not that uncommon on the NES, though.

I don't know if anyone has seen "hard" until they've played Ghosts and Goblins on the NES. You kids who grew up with luxuries like life bars, smooth controls, and save states don't know how easy you have it.

The fic itself? Meh. But I'm not a huge fanfiction guy. But the video by MisterDavie? Holy crap that is fun. And anyone who thinks that it's only because of shock value that people like the video- there's a reason why this was much better than either the fic or any of the other Cupcakes videos on youtube.

From the US. Specifically Noo Joisey.

I don't think Avengers is all that great. It's probably my third or fourth favorite Marvel movie behind the first Iron Man, Guardians of the Galaxy, and maybe even Captain America: The First Avenger.

Legend of Legaia on the PS1 and its sequel Legaia 2: Duel Saga on PS2. Two really great games, IMO. They're Final Fantasy style turn based RPGs with a twist- the combat style, while turn based, drew heavy inspiration from virtua fighter style fighting games. Each round for each character you would input a series of attacks to fill up something of an "attack meter", which grows longer with more experience, and then once you're done the characters would unleash the combination you just input. By putting in these combinations you could unlock certain special moves called Arts, which look more impressive and do more damage. You could even link arts together in combos to do some major damage. Especially in Legaia 2. Between being a a very high level, using multiple powerups to boost my strength, and linking up some of the most powerful arts attacks in the game, I once did a combo that took off well over a million HP. Killed off the final boss in one glorious shot.

I played Super Star Wars on the SNES on the "Jedi" level not long ago and shortly afterwards questioned my sanity for doing that. Never actually played Bayou Billy as a kid but of course I know about that game's reputation. Seems like a game that was cool in concept (fighting, driving, and light gun game all in one!) but poorly executed.

A lot of great games there. While I wouldn't say they're "better" than modern games, it really was a different experience. Usually no saves (unless the game had a battery backup), sometimes no continues even, three lives, and cheap-ass deaths from annoying enemies- you'll be at full strength and then some bat or something will knock you backwards into an instant death pit. And yet we kept on coming back for more.

I wonder how much my Star Wars figures and G1 transformers are worth now. Around 10 years ago I saw the Megatron I owned(the original G1 Walther p38 gun version) on sale for $300, but that was still in the box.

Gonna show my age here, but I was an NES freak. Super Mario Bros 1-3, Double Dragon, Mike Tyson's Punch Out, Mega Man 2, Contra, Zelda, Ninja Gaiden, Dragon Warrior (aka Dragon Quest I)... man, those were the days. And holy shit were games hard back then. I challenge any modern gamer to get even past the first level of Ghosts and Goblins.

Yes, but it's easy enough for me, being Korean-American. In South Korea, men between the ages of 18 and 30 are required to serve for two years in the military (there are exceptions, of course). Even celebrities have to put in their time. So yeah, my dad, all my uncles, and some of my cousins have some sort of military experience.