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  • Not counting PC since that is easy mode, I would probably say the Wii for me personally. I have had: n64, gc, gameboy (pocket, color, and advance), DS, and ps2 besides the Wii. But I think I put more hours on the Wii than any of those. Super Mario Galaxy, Metroid Prime Trilogy, Zelda Twilight Princess, smash bros, and mario kart wii. Very solid catalogue. Plus it had the virtual console and was what allowed me to play some old classics like Super Metroid and Donkey Kong Country 2. I never had a snes growing up so that was pretty huge to me. I even cut my teeth on some FPS games like call of duty, world at war and conduit lol.

    The Wii might be cheating a bit too since a lot of my fondness for it does come from its backwards compatibility with the Gamecube, and gamecube games were still very relavent during that time. Metroid Prime 1 and 2, part of the Trilogy of course. Smash bros melee. I even had the Zelda collectors edition disc which had GC ports of zelda OOT and MM.

    So yeah Wii was definitely kind of cheating since in some ways in my nostalgia I mix it up with basically every Nintendo system that came before it heh. But even on its own it had a solid lineup IMO.


  • Probably the only good mobile games are ports of console/pc games. There are some surprising ports, like the KOTOR games, medieval 2 total war, and lots of square enix’s older catalogue. Fortnite, genshin impact, and pubg are probably the biggest games on mobile right now. But yeah nothing really worth going out of your way for, or even bother with at all, if you already have a gaming pc or steam deck.

    Maayybee the only real usecase is if you are going backpacking and want to bring some games into the backcountry with you without lugging a steam deck along lol. Digital board games like Root and Wingspan would work well there and have pass around modes if you are with friends. Just remember to bring a battery bank with you, or a portable solar cell.



  • Out of the 2D metroids, I think Super Metroid still takes the cake. Dread and 2r are still pretty good but there is a reason why super metroid game design gets taught in college game design courses. One of the best games of all time probably, still trades blows even with good modern metroidvanias. I played it for the first on in the Wii back when I was in high school so this isn’t even nostalgia talking, I even played it after the Prime games.

    For the 3d ones, both Prime and Prime 2 are classics imo. Just the sheer immersion is something you don’t find too often in video games. Prime 2 gets a lot of flak for the ammo system and dark world constant damage, but I think those were useful improvements to balance the game since Prime 1 is quite an easy game. They do add a decent amount of friction to traversing the world and makes the dark world feel actually dangerous to be in. Prime 3 was a bit more forgettable but still not a bad game.









  • Diablo 1 is a very different game than what comes next. It much more more slow paced and methodical. It has a tenseness to it thanks to the danger and how slow your character moves.

    Diablo 2 basically defined the modern isometric action RPG genre. Many fans claim it is still the best entry in the genre and the game is good enough to back that up. It’s got a good balance of speed, action, build customization, and the campaign is fun to play through. You can play it either casually or min max a build. The only major criticism I have is that physical based builds tend to lack compared to magic/elemental builds until you learn your runewords and get decent gear (or twink your character out with gear from another character). Diablo 2 also got a really good looking remake recently.

    I can’t speak for Diablo 3 or 4 too much. My experience with Diablo 3 was playing it on couch co-op with friends a few times. It was alright as a mindless beat em up but it didn’t really have any of that classic diablo 2 magic.

    Diablo 4 I will probably wait for a deep sale to get. It is an online only game which means that it can be killed or made significantly worse like what Blizzard did with Overwatch. Unlike a single player game, with a game like this you can’t roll back your client version to a version you like if the devs screw the game up. Plus all of the reviews I have seen so far say it doesn’t really have anything over D2. Graphics wise D2 looks about just as good thanks to its recent remake, plus it’s not way too zoomed in like D4 is camera wise.

    My overall suggestion - Get D2R on sale for like 13 bucks or something. If you like it then maybe get Diablo 4 later on when its the same price or less.



  • Most people don’t seem to know this oddly, but in lots of parts of the world people don’t really care for dogs. Wild dogs are more common outside of the first world and they can be extremely dangerous. People will often get injured by one and be afraid of dogs for the rest of their lives. I had a roommate from the middle east while I was in college and he said he did not care for dogs at all.

    It is also pretty common these days for people to straight up not follow the law in regards to their dogs. Having dogs off leash in a nature area seems to be very common nowadays. My own dog gets very nervous while near an off leash dog and I basically had to stop taking him with me on hikes since they are so common. Makes me very angry.