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Journey is available on PS3, PS4, and Vita (I think). That's a good example of this type of game. They aren't my cup of tea, but I can see the appeal.

You should know by now that nothing gets "passed on to the consumer" unless it's either real or imagined expenses. :) But I agree, digital should be cheaper. That's why they're trying to push it, right, because it's cheaper for them?

If I still lived in Oklahoma, I'd have been here on opening day. Next time I'm out in that neck of the woods to visit my family, I will take a day trip to Dallas to visit the museum.

I have P4G, I've played about halfway through it. The difficulty spikes after a certain point. Looking forward to Persona 5 when it hits PS4 later this year!

I have a PSTV. I'd like to get a handheld Vita at some point. I love the RPGs on it, like Tales of Hearts, Persona, and Trails of Cold Steel, and I have quite a few PSP classics on it. I also picked up the digital version of Freedom Wars when it went on sale. My only gripe with the Vita TV is the number of Vita games that aren't compatible with it, though most of the games I care about are (one sad omission for me, however, was Ys: Memories of Celceta). Other than that, great system.

My preferred method of beating Ridley was to simply jump into the lava pit underneath him and blast away at him with the Wave Beam, jumping to reduce energy loss from being in the lava. :)

I don't think either of us ever beat Metroid in a short enough time to get the ending where she strips down to a bikini, Another possible reference to the Alien movies, which loved showing Sigourney Weaver off in her undies or less, LOL.

Happy birthday buddy!

I've thought about going into game design, but using RPG Maker to make my own RPGs. Now If I could just stop being so lazy busy....

I loved the Gamecube. That it hosted my favorite Zelda games alone, plus Metroid Prime and cult gems like Tales of Symphonia, made it a keeper for me. I don't know if I would say it was better than PS2, which had a fantastic library, but I certainly thought it was better than the original Xbox.

Metroid was right behind Zelda on my list of NES favorites. The graphics and memorable music gave it an atmosphere that was unheard of in console games at the time. 

It's a bit rough to play these days, because Super Metroid (heck, even Metroid II) improved so greatly on the mechanics. I primarily play it as the unlockable in Metroid: Zero Mission. Ridley was also super-easy to beat in Metroid with just the Wave Beam, while Kraid was much harder.

On the Samus gender thing: My totally-in-denial best friend when I was that age argued that Samus was a male rock star like Keith Richards, I argued that she was female.

Fun fact: "Samus" is the feminine form of the common Irish name "Seamus". That would have settled the argument right there if Seamus/Samus were common names for Americans ("Seamus" is the Celtic version of "James"), but that was lost on us.

Congrats on the fun gig! I really hope you enjoy it. If I were in Oklahoma instead of Maryland right now I'd definitely drop by.