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\nRacing toward the weekend with this pair of new arrivals for the original PlayStation.
\nMichelin Rally Masters is new to me. The Collectors’ Edition of Need For Speed III: Hot Pursuit is a third variant of the game that I own.
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\nTAKE THIS.
@peteskerritt.com Different people like different things, so my disinterest in most things Metroid is no slight on the games– they’re simply not built for my interest or gameplay wheelhouse. Except for Metroid Prime Pinball, that is. That game is to Metroid what Pokemon Pinball is to that IP for me.
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\nAnd this just scratches the surface, IMO.
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\nAlso, it was still pretty novel at the time to download sounds and music (in small sizes) to a device to listen like this.
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\nI don’t like it… but I get it.
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\n\n@peteskerritt.com You either wind up begrudgingly accepting reality and sticking around, or you cut bait and move on. Most will do the former, knowing that their stance to not buy in has failed to change anything. A few will do the latter, as there’s plenty of options outside of modern console gaming.
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\nAt some point, if you’ve been following this industry long enough, you learn to accept this truth, tough as it is.
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\n“AI is more efficient and allows me to be more productive!”
Yeah, at what cost? So you’re a useless sack of protoplasm when the internet goes down? What good are you then? (Answer: No good to anyone.)
\nIf you don’t do the work, no matter how time-consuming, you gain nothing.
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\nBut for the vast majority of humans? The only excuse is laziness and not wanting to do the work.
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\n@peteskerritt.com The chase for ALL OF THE MONIES corrupts minds and stifles creativity. The O in CEO is short for Opportunist, constantly finding ways to drain the cash out of anything with a pulse while providing increasingly mediocre slop for the pigs to eat.
\nThe downfall mirrors that of most AAA publishers.
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\nThe company used to make decent games. Good ones. It made smart publishing decisions, too. The sports games were legendary.
\nAs is always the case as the years have gone by, the good turns rotten.
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\nIt’s only going to get worse in September-October when AAA games bury each other to stay out of GTA6’s way.
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\nThat means games are more disposable than ever. Gotta rip through ‘em then delete ‘em to make room for the next ones.
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\nConsole video gaming, thanks to out-of-control leaps in game file sizes, isn’t really physical anymore. 200GB+ is hard to put on an affordable medium to ship to consumers.
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\nNew truth.
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\n![\"\"](\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fpeteskerritt.net%2Fuploads%2F2026%2Fimg-3377.jpg\")
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\nMail call! I was recently thinking about which era that Konami had its peak in, and the 16-bit era is a good one to argue. Legend of the Mystical Ninja isn’t the familiar name that Gradius III or Turtles in Time is, but it’s still a solidly fun time.
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\n![\"\"](\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fpeteskerritt.net%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F052589a30e.png\")
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\nFinally, some results in Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition that don’t make me look like a complete dumbass.
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\nI absolutely enjoy posting/talking/sharing about video games on socials, but this weekend has been as much about playing them as posting about them— which is a good thing indeed.
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\nThere’s too many video games out there. Many players, especially more casual players, often get overwhelmed by the avalanche of stuff and instead stick to the stuff they know (like Roblox or Fortnite).
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