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One cool thing about Shadow is that he has a dog.

I've never played Monster Hunter Stories (or any Monster Hunter game for that matter), but in Japan they did release six different amiibo figures of Monster Hunter Stories and I have them all.  I wonder if they'd still work on the US version of the game?

I remember reading about Pocket Monsters in Nintendo Power about a year before it came out in the US.  I put it in the back of my mind.  A year later I was writing game reviews for a major newspaper, and I went to my first E3 and saw how Pokemon was going to be marketed in the US, and I knew it would be a hit.  Speaking of which, according to my original press kit (which I still have), the Pokemon slogan was "Catch 'em if you can," not "Gotta Catch 'em All" and Ash's name was Casey.  Anyway, when I got back from E3, I told my editior I wanted to cover everything Pokemon.  He was like, "Yeah, sure, whatever."  But he kept his word, and when the game did come out, I was writing Pokemon articles left and right when it got popular.  I was getting paid for my artciles back then, so I like to say that Pokemon helped pay my way through college.  I don't play Pokemon as much now, but I sure do have memories about it back then!

I got a review code for My Brother Rabbit, too!  Except I'll be reviewing it on PS4.

I never really saw Tank! x3 as a EDF-alike.  I always thought of it as a more colorful and cartoony Tokyo Wars.

Yeah, at least for me, college was a big fat waste of time.  Hasn't really helped me get a job once, from what I can tell.  Even my dad agrees that nowadays, it's best just to learn a trade or something.

Okami was my Game of the Year in 2006.  I even liked it better than Twilight Princess.

One of my brothers is playing the new DQ game as well and has spent 130 hours or so on it.  How do you do it?  I can't spend 100 hours on a game anymore!

Congratulations!  I've been in the game reviewing biz for more than 20 years, so I know that having a site online for 9 years is a real reason to celebrate.  Not very many sites last that long!  Heck, I was only at The Dallas Morning News for five years (but what a ride it was).  Pretty soon you'll have been around longer than 1up.com!

I'd totally write for PixlBit if it wasn't for the fact that I write for GamerDad.com.  I know I could do both, but with a full time job, I don't want to spread myself too thin.  Plus if I wanted to move away from GamerDad, I think my next step would be to have my own site.  Know what I mean, Vern?

Good luck with the site updates!  I hope it doesn't make PIxlBit shut down too long!  I really enjoy this site!  Thanks for having us!

I really liked the Wii U.  I didin't think it was a bad system at all.  In fact, I only got a PS4 after the Wii U was technically 'dead' and the PS4 was on sale for Black Friday.  If I remember correctly, the Wii U is a pain in the butt to hook up, so have fun with that.  You'll have to let me know what you think of the Good Feel games I had you buy.  And no, Wind Waker is not on Switch yet.