The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Post) what a great write-up! for a while I was back in 2007 reading the Game Informer that GameStop talked my parents into subscribing to. I have some additional thoughts:


> this is the only time in the entire game that you use a hawk to retrieve an item
an excellent point, and actually one that I've never heard before. goes right along with your later statement...
> Sometimes Twilight Princess felt like a dev team trying to smoosh together dozens of disparate ideas
... which I also agree with very much


> You'll also pick up some A Link to the Past vibes
yeah, maybe a little! lol. on paper, it follows almost the same structure (just like Ocarina of Time did): collect 3 things in one state, hyrule's good/evil balance gets flipped & now you can flip back & forth between the two states as you collect 6 more things, fight Ganon. they may change the state (kid, wolf, pink bunny) but it's pretty much the same...


> I actually found the "twisted parallel dimension" concept of A Link to the Past to be more interesting than the "this world, but dimly-lit" of Twilight Princess
I think overall I'd have to agree, though I'm a big fan of how grim the twilight world was


> I actually found the first three chapters to be the most compelling part of the game
me too. I feel like the first three chapters are selling you on the Twilight Princess story bigtime. the bug quests might be annoying to some people, but it's something unique to do & I enjoy saving the provinces. I was kinda bummed even back when it came out that they pretty obviously abandoned that idea too soon. "the first province is this tiny forest area. the second province consists of exactly one village. the third province is... the entire rest of the world"


> Zant is an excellent villain
I remember the whole Zant/Ganondorf thing being one of the biggest criticisms. I think it goes along with the whole Several Games Glued Together / First Three Chapters idea; Zant is played up to be a fearsome new force for evil, and is soon revealed to be under Ganondorf.


> I wanted to like Ilia.
great points, I hadn't really thought about most of this in-depth before. they really didn't do a very good job writing her parts of the story...


> I can't say Twilight Princess's story is the darkest in the series, but its graphics probably are!
hahaha! yeah. like you go on to say...
> all gray and brown and grungy like a lot of games/movies/TV shows since this era
that's one of my least favorite aesthetic eras, for this reason


> There's a lot of memorable new songs - Ordon Village
one of my favorite video game songs


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overall a very good post. the only thing missing is a score out of ten... (who are we kidding, it's Zelda, no publication would give it less than a 10)

How many U.S. cities can you name? (Post) i named 70, i think ill quit while im ahead

i feel like that isnt very many haha. and two of them were accidents where i forgot to specify the state & it gave me the city somewhere else

Samsung messaging app oddities (Post) for my phone usage, contacts are bare minimum: name, phone number, so I've never ran into this issue

very strange that they would default to emailing. if you peruse the settings, maybe you can change it there, if you haven't tried that already

text messaging is still a bit of a hassle after all these years somehow; for the rest of this year I can continue to use hangouts to send texts via my phone as well as any computer, but in 2020 they're replacing it with google messenger, which advertises that you can text via any computer, but your phone needs to be detectably online, and mine never seems to be able to maintain a consistent connection with the web app. strange how they're destroying a great functionality because hangouts as a buddy messaging service failed.

Questions, (Post) Answering the McDonald's question:

McFlurries are wonderful. Reese's was the best flavor but it's gone now.

But I think the winner might actually be one of their cheapo burgers, if it's fresh.

What was your favorite movie when you were a kid?

Make America Mario Again (Post) Updated. The final demo is now out

dilly-dilly (Post) HFL Player Link Link was suspended today. He tested positive for eating Octoroks

Make America Mario Again (Post)

[ Download Demo 5 ]

Plot

The Mushroom Kingdom is no longer great. Mario goes on a journey, searching far and wide, for someone who can make it great once more!

Will he lead the world into a utopian paradise? Will he sell out to politics? Will he die trying?

Levels

- Intro
- Bad Placeo (one boss)
- The South (two bosses)
- Jacksonville (one boss)
- Tumblr (one boss)
- A house (one boss)
- Bowser Tower (unfinished)

Screenshots

Project Raspberry Pi Famicom. (Post) Awesome!

I've been wanting to make a Raspberry Pi emulation machine for a little while. I haven't gotten around to it yet. But I've got my old consoles still and I'm buying a CRT television today, so I'm good on that front for now.

Nite paints on things that are not canvas (Post) Whoa these are really cool!

I don't know what the "painted controller" market is like but if there is one, these could be sellable.

Finally own the home I live in! (Post) Awesome!! Congratulations

Home ownership is a very nice feeling. I remember when our place got paid off.