what’s this about I’m curious
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I can think of a few times when I saw a movie or listened to an album where I think, “wow they’re saying what I’m feeling” or there’s a nugget of advice that feels important to my exact situation. Chungking Express, L’atalante, and Jonathan Richman come to mind. But maybe it wasn’t about the specific things they were saying and more about a worldview that I sensed behind the voice, idk.
It’s very difficult to just point at something and know it’s going to connect with you at that level though.
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fuuuuuuck, i spent 198 hours playing Death Stranding in less than a month
i’m sure quite a bit of that time was idle, but still ;_;
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maybe it is an extension of that feeling of understanding someone, which they call now
instead of the somewhat already-good term ‘compassion’.
And I guess that this might be a mixture of confirmation bias (every day there’s something released which would fit 100% to your life and we are just not there to ever realize it, and when we come across sth which hits home to 80, maybe 90%, we may take it at face value and make it fit just because we are so moved by it) plus that feeling …
and my suspicion is that media that manages to tap into this feeling never really falls out of style with you, since you connected to it, so you gotta treasure it when it happens.
That’s what i do, at least.
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also also if you are into literature:
City (from Alessandro Baricco) features an ensemble cast of oddballs that seem to resonate with the reader, and totally did so for me, up to the point where it felt like parting with friends when i finished this book. Maybe it was the spot i was in back then, maybe growing up at the same time, maybe coincidence — but it touched something in me, which is why i keep it in high regards even if it isn’t something special/of greater interest in literature.
for me then!
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Looking to be done with my PS4 backlog next year, and the PS+ games specifically by end of Q1, which I’ll probably accomplish by playing approximately 40 minutes of each
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I’ve been having a great time with UFO 50 and I was inspired by that collection to curate 50 PlayStation games that also fit within my limitation of 183 hours of playtime per year. I’m looking at the list and thinking, yeah I wanna play some games now.
Tobal No. 1
Psychic Force
In the Hunt
Vib-Ribbon
Strider 2
G Darius
Darkstalkers 3
Rakugaki Showtime
Gradius Gaiden
Harmful Park
Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo
Mr. Driller
Point Blank
Bust a Groove
Money Idol Exchanger
Jumping Flash!
Bushido Blade
No One Can Stop Mr. Domino!
Pepsiman
Incredible Crisis
UmJammer Lammy
iS: internal Section
Gungage
R4: Ridge Racer Type 4
Ghost in the Shell
Intelligent Qube
Silent Bomber
Einhander
Wipeout XL
Devil Dice
Aconcagua
Atelier Marie: The Alchemist of Salburg
Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere
Klonoa: Door to Phantomile
Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater
Heart of Darkness
Tail Concerto
Aquanaut’s Holiday
Silent Hill
Resident Evil
Ape Escape
Tenchu: Stealth Assassins
Tomba!
Mega Man Legends
LSD: Dream Emulator
Armored Core
Serial Experiments Lain
Parasite Eve
Tecmo’s Deception
Brave Fencer Musashi
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A lot of good 3 hours or less games in that list.
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It really made it a fun list to think about. I keep thinking, “I could just fire up one of these bad boys right now.”
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I tried to make another list for the Super Nintendo and that was way harder for some reason. Turns out, I don’t like many of the short games on that console.
Gundam Wing: Endless Duel
Sugoi Hebereke
Cameltry
Metal Combat: Falcon’s Revenge
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time
Sunset Riders
Prince of Persia 2: The Shadow and the Flame
Star Fox
Pocky & Rocky
Pop’n TwinBee
Saturday Night Slam Masters
Axelay
Ninja Warriors
Space Megaforce
Hagane: The Final Conflict
Contra III: The Alien Wars
Wrecking Crew '98
SOS
Uniracers
Cybernator
The Firemen
Panel de Pon
SimAnt: The Electric Ant Colony
F-Zero
Goof Troop
Magical Pop’n
Super Bomberman 5
Super Mario Kart
Otogirisou
Clock Tower
Kirby’s Dream Course
Demon’s Crest
Plok
Umihara Kawase
The Legend of the Mystical Ninja
Ihatovo Monogatari
Pilotwings
ActRaiser
Aerobiz Supersonic
Super Mario World
DoReMi Fantasy
Blackthorne
Super Metroid
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island
E.V.O.: Search for Eden
Soul Blazer
The Lost Vikings
Wonder Project J
Marvelous: Another Treasure Island
Terranigma
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this is me
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Making some real progress on this ahead of time mainly by straight up deciding not to play some of the PS+ stuff at all. Give me novelty or give me death (or really, just some more of my free time back)
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good list, but someone
pardon, Mdm Bonne wants to wish you a bonne anne (i regret nothing ) and kindly requests a place on that list.
(and i would give R•TYPE DELTA a spin, that has aged better than i would have thought, and feels different when compared to Gradius or Einhander on that well curated list.
Also, internal section 
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I should play whatever is on this list I haven’t before year’s end for The Year of The Super Famicom.
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Let me know if they’re any good
Rudie rates from 1 to 5 the SNES games on Minty's List That Rudie has played.
Gundam Wing: Endless Duel 4/5
Cameltry 5/5
Metal Combat: Falcon’s Revenge 5/5 play on a Wii it owns.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time 5/5
Star Fox 3/5 but worth it
Pocky & Rocky 2/5 I hate how Kikikaikai plays
Axelay 4/5
Space Megaforce 3/5 stages are too long
Contra III: The Alien Wars 4/5
SOS 5/5 will never play it.
Uniracers 1/5 do not understand what other people get out of this.
Panel de Pon 2/5 I don’t like PdP
F-Zero 4/5
Goof Troop 2/5 recent with Dylan we couldn’t figure it out
Super Mario Kart 4/5
Kirby’s Dream Course 5/5
Demon’s Crest 3/5 looks amazing, plays whatever
Umihara Kawase 5/5 Video Game me playing it 2/5
ActRaiser 5/5
Super Mario World 5/5
Blackthorne 1/5
Super Metroid 2/5 I DON’T LIKE SUPER METROID
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island 3/5 most recent playthrough
E.V.O.: Search for Eden
Soul Blazer 4/5 owns
The Lost Vikings 1/5 controlling 3 characters one at a time sucks every time
Wonder Project J 4/5 SNEX Episode go listen to it
Marvelous: Another Treasure Island ?/5 I can’t remember if I played this.
Terranigma 4/5 not as good as the other 3 Quintet games but good.
And the ones I haven’t:
Sugoi Hebereke
Sunset Riders
Prince of Persia 2: The Shadow and the Flame
Pop’n TwinBee
Saturday Night Slam Masters
Ninja Warriors
Hagane: The Final Conflict
Wrecking Crew '98
Magical Pop’n
Cybernator
The Firemen
SimAnt: The Electric Ant Colony
Plok
The Legend of the Mystical Ninja
Ihatovo Monogatari
Pilotwings
Aerobiz Supersonic
Otogirisou
Clock Tower
DoReMi Fantasy
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I haven’t played about half of these either! I wonder what kind of year you could have with the Super Famicom if you took out the 1/5 and 2/5 games from my list and replaced them with something good…
Replacing Super Metroid with a romhack like Tour of Italy, Super Junkoid, or that really well regarded one I can’t remember the name of right this second.
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rudie might not get anything out of it but Uniracers/Unirally is excellent
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UNIRACERS IS SO GOOD I basically play it any time @Infernarl busts it out therss something so satisfying about doing tiny tricks to go faster, and the way the track is color coded to tell you when to jump or not do a trick is really helpful
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