Iowans calling themselves “midwest” while voting like southerners. You hate to see it.

Nah, they’re just in Davenport.

On a related topic I wonder if Plague of Gripes ever finished that fence around his farm.

The original PS1 game had both main character options, if that makes you feel better about it.

The Orange Box was a lot of people's first Steam purchase. It's hard to overstate just how much gaming value was included.

Guild Wars 2's World vs World mode, but with an established IP and without the bolted-on single player content. And increase the team sizes while you're at it. Sell cosmetic DLC to pay the bills if you must.

WvW was a blast until they shelved it for a year to focus on poorly-written single player DLC, and lost half of the community in the process. I tried going back a few years ago but it's a grindfest now.

Imagine telling people your first name is Gunner or Major and expecting them to take you seriously.

Suikoden II is generally considered one of the best JRPGs on the PS1, and while the English translation isn’t spotless the writing and setpieces have a similar quality to Chrono Trigger. It is a sequel to Suikoden and you’ll enjoy the second game a bit more for having played the first one, but it’s not a requirement. The original Suikoden wasn’t nearly as polished and I’d hate for you to give up on Suikoden II because you burned out on it.

Crusade. The story was just starting to get interesting but JMS had used all of his pull just getting the fifth season of B5 on the air. I’m cautiously optimistic about the animated series that was hinted at by The Road Home but I’m also not holding my breath.

https://youtu.be/YvOb97M-218

Absolutely, and I’m looking forward to it. I’ll be the fossil holding up the entire self-checkout lane because the retinal scan can’t see past my cataracts, and not one of these kids can stop me!

I only found out a few years ago that Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm by Crash Test Dummies was commonly regarded as one of the worst songs of the 90s, but it reminds me of middle school and summers at the pool. Same with Sex And Candy by Marcy Playground.

I’m more than a little sad to see it happen but it was only a matter of time. At least we can still download past purchases and play multiplayer.

I’m about halfway through the first book. First time through the series. Better late than never, I suppose.

Elden Ring. I was looking forward to a more mainstream Dark Souls with a story written by GRRM, but it turns out I just don’t jive with those games at all, no matter how polished they are.