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3. The Gibdos (correction: Re-Deads) from Ocarina of Time. I think their appearance in a kid-friendly game gave them an unexpected quality that helped them be more scary than they really had a right to be. 

2. The setpieces from Until Dawn. Meh to the monsters and "killers," but the areas themselves did a good enough job of keeping me in "creeped out" mode enough for the jump scares to work ... the first time. Now, it's just kind of silly, but still fun. 

1. The "Your Memory Card is being erased" screen from Eternal Darkness. Fuck that guy. 

CHRONO CROSS:

Mega Man. I think 2 is definitely a better game, and if this was about nostalgia then I'd pick Double Dragon. But I really like the original Mega Man ... except for that one stage with the moving platforms that also dump you. Not fond of that at all, really.

I think Super Metroid is overrated and I'm not trolling. 

It's really good, don't get me wrong, but the GREATEST GAME OF ALL TIME talk from pretty much everyone gets old to me when it doesn't play much differently from other 2D Metroids and I don't really have much of an emotional connection the caves I'm traveling through. 

Also, it was spoiled for me, but I don't personally understand the baby Metroid sacrifice making people cry. 

To me it's like the Citizen Kane of video games in that it's important, an amazing technical achievement and nails what it's going for ... but what's it's going for isn't going to appeal to everyone on the same level, and the "objectively good/bad" thing so many people pull with stuff like this is so annoying it honestly hurts my image of the game more than the game itself in some ways. 

It's great, but that doesn't mean "it has to be everyone's favorite or fuck you." 

This is the worst stage select to realize my comment didn't post for. Well, that sucks. I feel like I finally had an interesting response I didn't have to do "research" to think up. 

Well, still looking forward to the podcast anyway. I love hearing opinions that go against the mainstream conscious. It just feels fresh to hear perspectives the culture has almost made "objectively wrong" when "objective" shouldn't even enter into the discussion. 

Great stage select idea, in any case. 

How'd that happen? The -26 karma thing?

My friend hadn't seen the first Kingsman, but went to the sequel Saturday I think. He said it was ok, and they were a bit heavy handed with a war on drugs plot of some sort. 

I told him I figured he'd like it better (I've seen the first one) and don't remember the original being political. 

Minecraft again? AGAIN?! Good God, man. You're obsessed. Excuse me while I finish Beyond the Storm again.

Yeah, exclusivity means you have to pick the right console in order to be on the winning team ... Luckily I am on the winning team this time with PS4, but still.

I'm glad someone finally mentioned Mega Man 2.

See, I completely understand that, but in a way I'm still glad I played the first one, if not just for comparison's sake. That and I have just enough nueroses to feel compelled to play series in order if they're numbered titles ... And I had the collection, which kind of helped that along.

It's interesting that games as a medium almost always improve with their sequels. I'd actually consider MMX the first of a spinoff series as opposed to a sequel, but great game nonetheless. Melee is definitely ne I consider leaps and bounds above the

Well, your novels probably require a bit more dialogue in all fairness.