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Jimmy Fallon Doesn’t Want You To Play These Games. With Good Reason.
Courtesy of Late Night’s Video Game Week, here we have a list of games Jimmy Fallon wants us to avoid. Personally, I’m convinced.
The Best Star Trek Game Ever Blends R-Type, Contra And Battletoads Into Retro Brilliance
From CineFix, the same folks that sorted out all the Iron Man / Mega Man confusion, comes this fantastic take on a retro-style Star Trek game that combines the best bits of various classics, including R-Type and Contra, into something your NES would never want removed from its cartridge slot.
Bakemonogatari Is An Amazingly Well-Directed Anime
As we’re coming up on the new anime season, I’ve been perusing the upcoming shows looking for what I should keep an eye on. One anime, in particular, has stood out to me as a must watch: Monogatari Series Second Season. There’s just one problem, I haven’t seen either of the preceding two series, Bakemonogatari and Niseimonogatari, nor the OVA.
I Never Knew I Needed A Sailor Moon Brawler In My Life
As I’ve mentioned before, when I was a kid, there wasn’t much in the way of anime readily available. On TV there were only two anime programs: Sci-Fi channel’s Saturday anime, and Sailor Moon. So needless to say, I watched me a lot of Sailor Moon.
ScribbleTaku
Top marks for @gemini, who not only picked yesterday’s game, but also managed to identify the platform it was taken from, which is what happens when you’ve got a proper Gemini personality. Now, on to today’s challenge. Can you guess the retro game?
Bubble Bobble’s Deep Dark Secret
Bubble Bobble is one of the all-time classic arcade games — and my own personal favourite. But not everyone who played the venerable classic truly understood how it works.
Scribbletaku
Nice work by @bleeding_thumbs yesterday… though not for the bleeding thumbs, obviously, but the pick of Earthworm Jim as the game in question. Now, onto today’s ludicrously easy scribble.
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