Competitive Yu-Gi-Oh is a weird beast. On the one hand, it’s a very skill-intensive game, one that rewards players who devote themselves to learning every intricacy of their deck and players who find the exact right card to break a … Continue reading The December 15th Night Thread Offers A Gentleman’s Agreement
In One Giant Leap, Dramus18 charts the evolution of the platformer genre, one year at a time. This month: the bounty hunter Samus Aran explores the alien planet of Zebes in Metroid In last month’s article, we examined Super Mario … Continue reading One Giant Leap, 1986: Metroid
We’re gonna try playing some Jackbox! Game starts at 7 pm Pacific; I’ll be hosting on Discord here. Doing Jackbox 7 (the latest one) today. Continue reading Avocado Jackbox Night!
In One Giant Leap, Dramus18 charts the evolution of the platformer genre, one year at a time. This month: no more precursors, it’s time for Super Mario Bros. Super Mario Bros. is either the first or second most important game I’m going … Continue reading One Giant Leap, 1985: Super Mario Bros.
Finals: Katamari Damacy Lonely Rolling Star 13 14 Ico Castle in the Mist By the margin of a single vote, our winner is Ico – Castle in the Mist! A sparse, haunting track that perfectly captures the atmosphere of its … Continue reading Best Video Game Song Tournament, 2001-2004: Final Results (and Housekeeping)
It all comes down to this! Which song will reign supreme? Since it’s the playoffs, groups will be active until 9:00AM Pacific the day after they post[footnote]Or the Monday after they post, for groups that go up on a Friday[/footnote], … Continue reading Best Video Game Song Tournament, 2001-2004: Finals
We’re down to the final four! Since it’s the playoffs, groups will be active until 9:00AM Pacific the day after they post[footnote]Or the Monday after they post, for groups that go up on a Friday[/footnote], or for roughly 24 hours. … Continue reading Best Video Game Song Tournament, 01-04: Top 4
It’s the quarterfinals! Just 8 songs left; who will make the final four? Since it’s the playoffs, groups will be active until 9:00AM Pacific the day after they post[footnote]Or the Monday after they post, for groups that go up on … Continue reading Best Video Game Song Tournament, 01-04: Top 8
The final week of playoffs continues, as we advance to the Sweet Sixteen. Since it’s the playoffs, groups will be active until 9:00AM Pacific the day after they post[footnote]Or the Monday after they post, for groups that go up on … Continue reading Best Video Game Song Tournament, 01-04: Top 16
We’re in the home stretch! With just 32 songs left, every song is up ever day; no breaks and no hiding. Since it’s the playoffs, groups will be active until 9:00AM Pacific the day after they post[footnote]Or the Monday after … Continue reading Best Video Game Song Tournament, 01-04: Top 32
With two rounds of playoffs in the books, we move on to the top 64! It’s really heating up now! Since it’s the playoffs, groups will be active until 9:00AM Pacific the day after they post[footnote]Or the Monday after they … Continue reading Best Video Game Song Tournament, 01-04: Top 64 (Part 2 of 2)
With two rounds of playoffs in the books, we move on to the top 64! It’s really heating up now! Since it’s the playoffs, groups will be active until 9:00AM Pacific the day after they post[footnote]Or the Monday after they … Continue reading Best Video Game Song Tournament, 01-04: Top 64 (Part 1 of 2)
With the first round of playoffs in the books, we move on to the top 128! Hey, remember when people called this generation the “128 bit era” for a hot second? It wouldn’t have made any sense, but I’m kinda … Continue reading Best Video Game Song Tournament, 01-04: Top 128 (Part 4 of 4)
With the first round of playoffs in the books, we move on to the top 128! Hey, remember when people called this generation the “128 bit era” for a hot second? It wouldn’t have made any sense, but I’m kinda … Continue reading Best Video Game Song Tournament, 01-04: Top 128 (Part 3 of 4)
With the first round of playoffs in the books, we move on to the top 128! Hey, remember when people called this generation the “128 bit era” for a hot second? It wouldn’t have made any sense, but I’m kinda … Continue reading Best Video Game Song Tournament, 01-04: Top 128 (Part 2 of 4)
With the first round of playoffs in the books, we move on to the top 128! Hey, remember when people called this generation the “128 bit era” for a hot second? It wouldn’t have made any sense, but I’m kinda … Continue reading Best Video Game Song Tournament, 01-04: Top 128 (Part 1 of 4)
After 34 groups and a runoff, we’ve got our top 256! It’s finally time for the playoffs! Each day we’ll go through 32 songs, which means the top 256 will be split into 8 parts. Since it’s the playoffs, groups … Continue reading Best Video Game Song Tournament, 01-04: Top 256 (Part 8 of 8)
After 34 groups and a runoff, we’ve got our top 256! It’s finally time for the playoffs! Each day we’ll go through 32 songs, which means the top 256 will be split into 8 parts. Since it’s the playoffs, groups … Continue reading Best Video Game Song Tournament, 01-04: Top 256 (Part 7 of 8)
After 34 groups and a runoff, we’ve got our top 256! It’s finally time for the playoffs! Each day we’ll go through 32 songs, which means the top 256 will be split into 8 parts. Since it’s the playoffs, groups … Continue reading Best Video Game Song Tournament, 01-04: Top 256 (Part 6 of 8)
In One Giant Leap, Dramus18 charts the evolution of the platformer genre, one year at a time. This month: the strange, forgotten, and massively influential Pac-Land For the past 3 months, we’ve been looking at the platformer’s earliest days, at … Continue reading One Giant Leap, 1984: Pac-Land
After 34 groups and a runoff, we’ve got our top 256! It’s finally time for the playoffs! Each day we’ll go through 32 songs, which means the top 256 will be split into 8 parts. Since it’s the playoffs, groups … Continue reading Best Video Game Song Tournament, 01-04: Top 256 (Part 5 of 8)
