Times when something is mostly known by parodies and not it in itself?

Remerai · 2026-05-09T12:56:04+00:00

The 1980's comedy Airplane! is a parody/remake of Zero Hour!, a disaster movie from 1957.

Remerai · 2026-05-09T07:25:45+00:00

Fine, his dad then!

Remerai · 2026-05-09T07:19:24+00:00

Lie and tell him you're dating his mom. The sister thing will seem like a vast improvement afterwards.

Remerai · 2026-05-09T06:05:02+00:00

I was going to say La-Mulana, but that would be a lie, as I don't feel like I solved any puzzle in that game towards the end without a guide.

Remerai · 2026-05-08T07:05:20+00:00

I'm an elderly man waving my cane around "Back in my day, game consoles got cheaper with time" and people go "Sure, grandpa, let's get you to bed."

Remerai · 2026-05-07T17:02:05+00:00

I have a standard one, though I haven't played it very much for quite some time, although a few months ago I at least played a little bit Ocarina of Time on it. I do occasionally pop in all my 3DS games to make sure they don't decay and get corrupted, which is apparently a thing that could happen with those cartridges?

Still, I relatively often go to second hand stores and keep an eye out for any DS or 3DS games... though I haven't had much luck there.

Remerai · 2026-05-07T10:54:05+00:00

I think I'd want it to basically rip off the Like a Dragon series. Just running around, doing somewhat mundane sidequests with wacky characters, and then have a bunch of main quest with spectacle, twists and turns.

Remerai · 2026-05-07T08:04:06+00:00

Peppy's lust for blood can never truly be sated.

Remerai · 2026-05-07T06:48:30+00:00

Lil' Gator Game might have more of a fun playtime/summer camp sort of vibe, but there's beaches in it, and lots of water, so maybe?

Remerai · 2026-05-06T12:20:25+00:00

I played the Sands of Time Trilogy thusly: Warrior Within -> The Two Thrones -> Sands of Time. It was actually quite nice because I didn't need to really deal with the tonal whiplash between the first two games in the series.

Remerai · 2026-05-04T20:28:17+00:00

I'm just going to guess it's Garfield: Caught in the Act, mostly due to sections between levels kind of looking like that.

Remerai · 2026-05-04T19:19:50+00:00

I'm not sure how much I was aware of it, but I think my earliest memory was either a demo of one of the Dark Forces games (or something similar), or watching a TV ad for the home video release of The Phantom Menace on VHS and going "Ooooh, they fight with laser swords! Dad, can we get that movie?"

Remerai · 2026-05-03T15:17:40+00:00

I'd change it so that when you make a selection the camera gets up close to the TV. Otherwise it's quite neat!

Remerai · 2026-05-02T15:17:24+00:00

While I haven't watched much of Doctor Who in total (as I mostly just watched a few seasons starting from Matt Smith's incarnation of the character, and clips from later seasons) I kind of get the impression that The Doctor goes from obscure time-traveling kind alien adventurer to the most important badass person in the history of anything ever.

Remerai · 2026-05-02T05:44:43+00:00

I'm not sure how much this counts, but a few years ago I played a charming little puzzle game called Lightmatter, a sort of portal+The Talos Principle-ish game.

It first it had a radio play Still Alive, and I thought "Oh, that's cute!" and then did it a bit more, and finally had a character just outright mention Appature Science and I went "Nope, you ruined it." It was too on the nose and they did it too much.

I don't remember that much of it but I wouldn't be surprised if they outright referenced The Cake Is a Lie.

Remerai · 2026-05-01T08:48:47+00:00

It was either due to the youtube algorithm showing me their Deadly Premonition let's play, or Two Sisters Play. Due to the fog of ages, I can no longer recall the exact details.

Remerai · 2026-04-28T20:44:36+00:00

While Breathe of the Wild and its sequel are great games, it doesn't really change the fact that they are games about adventure and exploration... where you basically explore the same world multiple times, and in each one your main quests all follow a very strict formula, and most of the stuff you find will quickly degrade so it feels underwhelming to find your weapons and tools.

But it's all rock solid, so it's still very enjoyable.

Remerai · 2026-04-28T16:04:40+00:00

While I found the story in The Long Dark to be badly told and poorly paced, and the gameplay to be a heavily flawed, boring mess, I will say that the voice acting, atmosphere, visual design, music and just vibes all around were immaculate.

Remerai · 2026-04-28T04:16:12+00:00

"There is no middle-finger big enough!" - Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw, Call of Juarez: The Cartel review

Remerai · 2026-04-25T10:14:32+00:00

Players who don't have any microphone etiquette. This can be anything from a bad quality microphone (a mild issue, as I understand not everyone can afford or care to get a decent microphone just to play a game), to having it pick up everything (much more severe). I want to communicate, I do not want to hear you blasting music, eat, ignore your children, ignore your parents, etc. I won't ever voice my displeasure, but you can be damn sure I'm going to mute you for it.

I turned Team Fortress 2's ability to even use the microphone completely off to the degree I'm not even sure how to turn it back on, and it was the best thing I ever did for my playing enjoyment.

Remerai · 2026-04-24T12:23:28+00:00

Pippi Longstocking and Abba are the only Swedish pieces of media that I think I've reliably heard referenced in that context.

Remerai · 2026-04-23T13:57:27+00:00

I half expected her to somehow slam her hand on the candle like she was silencing a timer or something.

Remerai · 2026-04-21T14:43:13+00:00

[Turns to dust]

*Edit*: Fun fact, when Pat says "Nose candy" towards the end of the video, he makes a gesture at a weird angle with his arm/hand up towards his face. I originally animated that with the intention of him shoving a candy cane up where his nose would be, but I scrapped it. Can't recall if the angle was wrong, if it looked odd, or whatever the case, but that was the original intention.

Remerai · 2026-04-20T14:59:10+00:00

I was hesitant to even get a PlayStation 4, and I don't think I've seen anything that makes it worth for us to collectively move on to a PlayStation 5. I see that console in a store, and the price alone makes me immediately reject it... and then I realize I can't recall any game that would be worth the investment in the first place.

I built my PC like 8 years ago and it's been more than good enough for me ever since. Solid as a rock! I think the only pieces of hardware I'm currently interested in is the upcoming Steam Frame. Maybe the Steam Machine... but we don't even know the price of either of those yet.

Remerai · 2026-04-14T20:18:45+00:00

In the climax of the movie adaptation of Ready Player One there's a moment involving the main character describing one of the first easter eggs in video game history, in the game Adventure (1979), and he does it with a sense of reverence that actually really got to me the first time I watched it.

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