Ravenfreak

Honestly back when I first got my first computer and had access to the internet, I started playing games less and posting on forums more. This was back in 2008, and I did this for a while. I also don't game as much because I don't have as much time, though I've been getting more into video games again as of late since I've been focusing on my Youtube channel and it's gaming related.

I used to have a subscription to Nintendo Power as a kid, and I remember going to the grocery store with my parents and going straight to the magazine section to look at the video game magazines. I hardly ever got the ones from the store since they were super expensive, but the Nintendo Power magazines helped me get the three Regis in Pokemon Ruby. I didn't have a computer at the time to look up guides, so yeah I do miss when magazines were the way to get information about upcoming games as well as walkthroughs. I know there is a magazine called the Retro Gamer that you can still purchase online, in fact one of the writers is part of the Sonic community which is cool.

I think eventually mobile gaming may be close to being on par with console gaming, not sure about PC gaming though. Technology moves fast and PC specs can easily change just by purchasing the latest graphics card, and upgrading your CPU and getting more RAM. Phones and consoles are always going to be a little behind since you can't just swap out parts to make them run smoother like you can on a PC.

I finally got around to finishing this series up last night. Young Justice was a animated series that aired on Cartoon Network that focused around a young superhero team. The team consisted of Robin, Aqualad, Kid Flash, Speedy (for a short time), Artemis, Miss Martian, and Superboy but eventually grew and the show added a handful of young super heroes as the series went on. Unfortunately the show was cancelled after the first season, then it came back for a couple more seasons, got cancelled and came back for a final season in 2021 and has been cancelled yet again. I still like Teen Titans just a tad bit more than YJ, but I loved Young Justice and wish it didn't get cancelled. My favorite character from the earlier seasons is Kid Flash, but once Beast Boy joined the team he became my favorite since he's my second favorite Titan. Does anyone else like this show?

For live action shows my favorites were Tales From the Crypt, Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Malcolm in the Middle, and Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. For animated shows Rugrats and Teen Titans were my top two favorite shows. Rugrats was originally my favorite of all time until Teen Titans came out in 2003.

I've been lucky enough not to worry about stick drift, but I also usually use a pro controller when playing my Switch. My wife has a Switch lite and hasn't had any issues with the sticks on her console either yet. Hopefully Nintendo will fix this issue with future releases, you'd think they would have contacted the manufacturer sooner when this started becoming a problem...

My favorite Playstation design is a tie between the fat PS2 and fat PS3. My least favorite is definitely the PS5, reminds me of a router lol. Plus I like having all black consoles myself, but thankfully the side plates can be removed and you can get black ones. (Though funny enough I own two silver slim PS2 models...) I also don't really care for the PS3 super slim.

I'm hoping people will start to back these up on the Internet Archive then. This is another example of why digital only for the future is not the way to go, eventually no one will be able to legally obtain these games in the future unless you happened to buy them while they were still available to purchase. I never played any of these Adult Swim titles, but it's still a shame to see games being delisted.

Were there any shareware titles you played that you actually liked? I remember my grandma had picked up a couple of shareware compilations for the PC back in the late 90's. They were called Millennium Gamepak and Millennium Gamepak gold. I liked a few games in both collections, but man I bet she could have easily been able to download these games for free from a website or at least had flash versions easily available to play. I used to play Botz, Bloobs, and Uz the most on the first Millennium Gamepak collection, the other collection had shorter games and I don't really recall which games were my favorites on that collection. I know there's some shareware versions of games like Doom that were floating around the internet during the early years.

I loved the movies and will be checking this game when it comes out. I've always been a fan of paranormal movies, and thought the movies did a pretty good job of depicting a haunting. (I believe in ghosts but that's for a different thread.) I'll have to tell my wife about this since she loved those movies too. Her and my mother in law tagged along with me when the first one came out and they freaked out but it didn't scare me lol. The game on the other hand will probably freak me out more.

Well it looks like another emulator was also affected by this lawsuit, Citra was also affected by this since the same team working on Yuzu was working on this 3DS emulator. It really does suck, emulators aren't tools for piracy, anyone who had the means to back up their Switch games could have used Yuzu to play the games they own on a computer, which would allow for smoother frame rates and a better overall performance. But of course people use emulation for piracy too. I can understand stopping emulation development for a current gen console but for one that isn't even being supported anymore is ridiculous.

I currently do not own a smart watch, however the company I work for gives out watches for every five year anniversary and since this is my fifth year anniversary I will be getting a smart watch at the end of the year. It probably won't be an expensive one, but I'll take it since it's free and you can't beat that lol.

I can't wait for the Gex Trilogy! I love Gex Enter the Gecko as well as Gex 3, and I can't wait to play remastered versions of these games. I was hoping we'd get more information about them soon though, it'll be a year in July since it was announced.

Sonic CD is definitely the best game on the system. I have a Sega CD and a copy of Sonic CD, I prefer the Japanese soundtrack though. Anyways I highly recommend playing the 2011 remake by Christian Whitehead and Simon Thomly (The Taxman and Stealth if you're in the sonic hacking community like I am) it runs much better than the original version. I've been meaning to play Lunar, I have it on PSP. I loved Shining Force on the Genesis so I'm sure if I played the Sega CD version I'd love it as well. I'm not a fan of point and click games, so I will never play Snatcher but I have watched someone else play it and I loved the story. Good luck getting real physical copies of these games though btw, they're expensive. (Sonic CD is on the cheaper end but it's still worth $70. Thankfully I got my copy back in 2009.) I love Earthworm Jim and the CD version of the soundtrack is awesome. I never played Popful Mail, but fun fact there was supposed to be a rebranding of the game with Sonic characters but those plans fell through. It was called "Sister Sonic" and was supposed to star a random character that was supposed to be Sonic's sister. https://info.sonicretro.org/Sister_Sonic

I noticed that my favorite Sonic fan music composer worked on a game called Duel Revolution, which is a Pokemon clone and it's free to play on Steam too. I haven't started playing it just yet, but from what I've seen and heard from his music it's definitely more of a Pokemon clone than Palworld is lol. Since I love monster collecting games, I decided to go ahead and download it. From the screenshots it looks like the graphics are similar to the graphics from Generation 3 of Pokemon. Though unfortunately it looks like it's got mostly negative reviews. I usually don't pay attention to reviews, I play a game and determine if I like it or not. Anyways if you're a fan of monster collecting games, it wouldn't hurt checking this game out since it's free. It's also on mobile too. https://store.steampowered.com/app/2319160/Duel_Revolution/

Gotta say, I wasn't expecting to see a game based on a classic movie! You'd think they would have came out with a mediocre tie in game back in the day. Funny enough I just made a thread talking about movie tie in games, I guess they still make them here and there but I haven't really heard much about them until now lol. I don't think I ever actually sat down and watch this movie though.

If you're interested in emulation and want a way to play games on your phone, you could look into adding emulators. If it's a iPhone, you'll have to jailbreak it but if it's Android as long as you've got it connected to the internet to get the emulators and games you'll be fine to play it wherever and don't have to worry about being online.

Lately I've been playing both Palworld as well as the Tomb Raider Remasters. I'm hoping I'll actually be able to finish Tomb Raider 3, I tried beating the original game on the PS1 but I gave up on it since it upset me lol. I'm only at level 25 in Palworld, though honestly I've been playing Tomb Raider more recently.

What I mean by a professional email is one that isn't a free email provided by a company like Google or Yahoo. Lots of website owners usually have professional emails set up for their sites that people can contact if they need to. You can actually get one from your internet service provider if you didn't know, I know some places like Reset Era is set up to where you have to have a professional email to join their community. I have a few for my websites, but I don't have a personal one. They can come in handy too if you're looking for a new job, you can just use your own yahoo or gmail account but it looks more professional with a professional email account.

During the week if I have to work I get up around 4 AM, on my days off it varies depending on what time I go to sleep. If I go to bed late, I usually get up around 9 or 9:30 but if I go to bed at a somewhat decent time I get up at 8 or 8:30.

I wish they would do more bundles with the Series X, I prefer to have physical copies of games and own a few physical Xbox One/360 games that are backwards compatible that I would have to either play on my Xbox One if I got a Series S, or sell them and get them digitally which I don't want to do. It's a good deal for those who are new to owning a Xbox console though.

Remember in the 90's, 00's and early 10's we got a bunch of movie tie in video games? You ever wonder why companies no longer make these games anymore? Some of them were actually pretty good, The Emperor's New Groove on the PS1 was a fantastic platformer, I would say it's a hidden gem. I haven't really seen any movie tie in games anymore, I guess they were usually made for a quick cash grab in the 00's and 10's. The 90's really did a good job making games based on movies, heck even some games were completely different styles depending on what console you played it on. Look at the first Jurassic Park game for example, the Sega Genesis version was completely different from the SNES and even the Sega CD versions of the game. Are you a fan of some movie tie in games?

I had some frozen chicken rings, some chips and a Mountain Dew Voltage after I got off work. I dipped my chicken rings in barbecue sauce that I had left over from Burger King. The frozen chicken rings don't taste as good as ones from White Castle, but they weren't bad!

I love ketchup and hate mayo, so I would rather have a sandwich with ketchup than have a bowl of cereal with orange juice since I hate eating sweet things and drinking sweet drinks. It's a bad combination, and just thinking about it makes me cringe lol.

We don't have Galaxy here, but I will say that Cadbury or any foreign chocolate is much better than the milk chocolate bars made here in the United States. I always enjoy getting Cadbury products, we don't have many here though sadly. The creme eggs are my favorite, they only come out around Easter and Halloween.