When Are We Seeing More Pup?

For those who missed last weekend’s Sunday Gimmick Table…

This is Maya. She’s a Malshi, she’s a few months old, and she’s an asshole.

But we love her nonetheless.

So naturally, the obvious question is when will you see more pup?

Not yet.

At the moment, she’s simply not ready for primetime… but I’ve got stuff in the can and one of these days… she’ll get some shine.

And yes, we miss the ol’ girl. She’ll always be with us.

Street Fighter 6… Not For Me…

Sometime last year, someone asked if I had played or planned to review Street Fighter 6. This was the answer I gave them (more or less – the actual wording may have been different slightly…)

“Eh… still haven’t played it… or bought it for that matter… I don’t know. I have not been too inclined to pick up a new Street Fighter or fighting game unless it’s available for really cheap. Obviously, they cater this stuff more to the esports crowd or the online crowd, which I don’t care for. Not my deal.

“To me, a fighting game is something I pick up and play for a lark… and that was the neat about it back then. Yes, there’s a system of moves you can learn, but sometimes, it’s just fun having two people pop in a copy of Street Fighter II, we’re both playing Honda and who can get close enough to do the hundred hand slap for endless cheap hits while the other sap’s trapped in the corner.

“Little pleasures like that when you’re just playing for shits and giggles without really diving too deep into it… I enjoy some of these things, but you get to a point where there’s so much out there that you try them, but you ultimately go back to the familiar because I don’t know; they’re more fun to play. Everyone likes to praise Alpha 3, but I’ve always been partial to Alpha 2. That, to me, is the more fun game. More options; you have super combos and custom combos. Alpha 3 – they split that into seperate systems and I’m like… why?

“But yeah, I don’t know… maybe… I wanna get through the other Street Fighter games first because those seem more interesting… but… not much of an answer, but I don’t know… we’ll see.”

So that was the answer I gave… and it still holds a bit true today, but there’s one other thing that I don’t think I brought up… and that is the reality that Street Fighter 6… really doesn’t interest me. It’s not just the gearing towards the online, pro-gaming, e-sports crowds. But the game as a whole feels a bit… dull. None of the trailers hyped me up for the game. I could tell you that Street Fighter V, for all of its faults early on, at least had something that piqued my interest. It took me a while to get on that particular train, but there was something that had me go… yeah, I might want to give that a go when it’s cheap enough.

Street Fighter 6 hasn’t given me that moment where I’d want to give it a genuine shot. While I’m sure it’s a fine game and all, it simply doesn’t interest me. When it comes to reviews, I want to review things that are interesting to me or at least, when it comes to the more popular or well-known stuff, try to approach it from a different perspective of sorts. I’ve mentioned a bucket list of review subjects at one point and I can tell you that it’s a huge list dating back years. Some reviews are actually written and prepped to go, but there’s always that little something that goes “Eh, maybe not.” Trust me when I say that some of these reviews take years to put together, it’s not that farfetched.

Modern gaming is something that feels alien and foreign to me. A lot of stuff that I see coming out doesn’t seem all that exciting and I will admit that I have particular tastes when it comes to games. And if I want to try something outside my wheelhouse, I’d want it to be as cheap as possible. That’s why I veer much older these days. There’s plenty of stuff there that I haven’t sampled yet that genuinely excites me. The Jaguar stuff, while not the most exciting games – and really, it’s no secret that some of Jaguar’s best stuff came from 3rd parties and hopefully, there’ll come a point where I can cover those games somewhere down the line – but I did enjoy sampling the games featured on that Atari 50 compilation… yes, even the semi-rubbish ones.

In other news, someone suggested I do Zeebo – the Brazilian console that recently got emulated… as soon as I figure out how that shit works and whether it’ll be worth my while, I’ll let you know… but… as far as Street Fighter 6 goes… never say never… but at the moment, not anytime soon.

Sorry.

No Videos This Week – Next Week We Do Mega Man

Hello, folks.

Earlier today, I made a quick post regarding a postpone of today’s scheduled video upload to tomorrow due to an emergency at home. I won’t go into heavy detail here – I plan on doing a video update to inform the Tube crowd, but to make a long story short, I’ll have to postpone any video uploads until next week. For the record, no one is hurt. Everyone is fine. It’s just that I might be indisposed for a couple days and the next scheduled batch of videos – covering the Star Soldier games on PC Engine – need some final tweaks that I’m not going to have time to make. So sadly, the streak of uninterrupted video uploads continues to not surpass a month.

With that in mind, the last week of June is supposed to revisit the Mega Man games on Game Boy – with their being made available on NSO earlier this month – and that’s going to be the case, still. So next week, we’ll do the GB Mega Man games and then the week after will hopefully see those Star Soldier reviews up and running… at which point, please enjoy July’s worth of low-definition 480p reviews for the world to enjoy.

In the meantime, there’s some fun text stuff that I pulled up for your  reading pleasure. Stuff scheduled for later down the road, but considering the circumstances… no better time like the present. And this weekend will see another Sunday Gimmick Table uploaded, since that one’s been in the can for months.

Sorry about this, folks. Hopefully, things will be back to normal soon… whatever that actually may entail.

Later.

NWC Repro Cart Funded On Kickstarter… Are You An Idiot?

Source:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/c4videogames/nwc-35th-edition-a-new-developed-nes-pro-version/description
https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2024/06/unofficial-nintendo-world-championships-cart-smashes-kickstarter-goal

Fans want to raise funds to produce a reproduction cart of Nintendo World Championships 1990… but this one comes with a pro feature.

In a day where Nintendo is sending cease-and-desist letters for pissing against the water flow, I think we sum up my thoughts with this video…

Thanks for nothing.

 

I Don’t Get DooM Lore…

So everyone remembers Doom, right? Revolutionary action game that popularized the first-person shooter and a timeless classic that holds up to this day, whether it’s played in its vintage form or via countless source ports and megawads? Good stuff. It’s one of the few games that sees regular play from me.

Back in those days, Doom lore was simple. You played some levels, you got a bit of text, and you beat the game, you got more text. Nobody cared about story in Doom. They just wanted to deathmatch and shit.

Nowadays, Doom has “lore” going back ages. Plain ol’ Doomguy, at some point, went crazy fighting demons and he became the Doom Slayer, the main hero for the recent Doom games. And the Slayer’s story came to an end with some DLC for the last game. Or so we thought.

Now we have Doom: The Dark Ages, which takes place in medieval times, but also features… the Doom Slayer. The same Doom Slayer who used to be Doomguy. The same Doomguy who used to punch Pinkies in the face with his fists after a Berserk power-up. Is there more to this story? Probably. Do I particularly care? Nope.

Listen, I’m sure the game will be fine and el dandy, but I may sit this one out. Doom 2016 was a thrill while it lasted and I never really could get into Eternal’s constant need for resource management when the whole thrill of Doom was shooting demons in the face. And so if you’re going to minimize the shooting in your shooting game… eh.

I do like that you have a shield. That’s a nice touch… we’ll see about the Dark Ages, which isn’t coming out for Switch – I’m guessing they’re holding off for the eventual release of the Knob next year to bring that game over. But for now, I’m fine sticking with classic Doomguy who was silent and wasn’t tainted by comic-inspired memes and shit.

Speaking of Doomguy, I recently picked up John Romero’s book. It’s a good read, you should check it out.

Netflix Power Rangers Reboot Cancelled – Hasbro Going In Another Direction?

Source: https://www.ign.com/articles/power-rangers-series-isnt-moving-forward-at-netflix-but-its-not-dead-yet-report

So, according to IGN and its sources, Hasbro is dumping the Netflix Power Rangers reboot series in favor of someone else’s reboot project. I’m guessing it wasn’t emo enough or whatever the case may be. I’m not sure whether I should be concerned or ambivalent, but considering that we’re nearing the end of the current run of comics from Boom Studios, who knows what’s going on over at Hasbro?

It also doesn’t inspire much confidence when the only other major thing to look forward to is a retro throwback beat-em-up title that’s supposedly rehashing the old Mighty Morphin series instead of, you know, mining the other 30 years worth of Power Rangers lore.

Then again, considering how many other childhood favorites have been rebooted into something less than stellar or aimed at the lowest commonly diverse denominator, maybe no news would be good news, after all…

Classic II: Bloodsteined DLC That Doesn’t Need To Be DLC

Source: https://www.gog.com/en/game/bloodsteined_classic_mode_2

So IGA released another DLC for Bloodsteined and it’s another “Classic Mode” where you plays as Dominique and try to rebuild her power or something. Basically, this is their take on Simon’s Quest… or at least, that’s the assumption.

It’s a neat idea, I guess… but why release this as DLC? Why can’t it be its own thing? I’d be fine with it if it were free DLC like the original Classic Mode, but you’re charging a few bucks for this thing and I honestly don’t get why this needs to be tied to Bloodsteined?

I suppose I’ll have to reinstall Bloodsteined after all this time… once it’s available for cheap.