Can't remember the last time I had a thought about something other than Metal Gear Solid.

As much as I love the Calvard games, I do hope that remaking Trails in the Sky has reminded Falcom of what an asset good pacing can be.

Even though I know every plot twist and everything that's going to happen, Trails in the Sky Second Chapter is still completely engrossing and enchanting. I can't tell you how good it feels to be in this world with these characters that I love once again.

Starfox Adventures is better than I remember it being. I thought it was a bit crap at the time, but it's really just incredibly mediocre.

I'm playing Sonic Crossworlds for the first time in 8 or 9 months. You're telling me that I can race as Arle from Puyo Puyo driving the cab from Crazy Taxi? How is this not the best kart racer since All-Stars Transformed?

I have one level left to get all gold medals on before I've 100% completed Denshattack!. However, it's the one level that I can't select since the latest patch. It crashes the game, every other level works fine. Is this God's way of telling me to give up?

I saw a review dismiss the new Patlabor game as playing like a "2006 PSP game", as if that's not a massive point in its favour.

It's so great to see Trails/Kiseki find a new audience in the west after all this time, just like Yakuza and Persona. However, as with Yakuza and Persona, now that it's popular I no longer like it.

Is this Beat Happening by The Fall, or The Fall by Beat Happening?

My copy of the new Fire Emblem arrived a day early!!! Unfortunately, I've decided to play Trails in the Sky Second Chapter first, so on the shelf it goes.

I think we can all agree that no character in the history of fiction has been more "Right About Everything" than Solidus?

The new Metroid and Kirby games thankfully seem to be follow-ups to the best games in their respective franchises (Dread and Forgotten Land), and the new Pikmin 4 DLC looks good. That's my expert insight and analysis.

Crazy to think that Trials and Tribble-ations is now as old as TOS was when the episode first aired. And by "crazy", I mean 'deeply disturbing'.

The Ocarina of Time remake looks stunningly gorgeous. I don't even care that it seems to be a mostly 1:1 remake like Star Fox 64, the idea of visiting the places I've known and love for decades with these graphics is more than enough for me.

Whenever I replay a Metal Gear Solid game I find myself repeating the last word someone says to me as a question in Snake's gruff voice. I can't help it.

I feel the same way about Metal Gear Solid 4 in 2026 as I did in 2008 - I enjoy it! And the way that some people get mad about other people enjoying it makes me enjoy it even more. Enjoyable!

The day I've been dreading for so long is finally here. I... have finished Denshattack!. There is no more Denshattack! for me to experience 😭 In lieu of flowers, please buy multiple copes of Denshattack! so they'll make a sequel. Thank you.

Are the puzzles in Oracle of Ages really obtuse or am I just getting dumber? ... Actually, don't answer that.

I've never identified with a fictional character more.

That new Gundam game looks pretty cool as a game, but an ultra-realistic Gundam looks wrong. Gundam should look like this!

Is it too late to send in my feedback about Star Trek Generations?

I had no idea that America didn't get Terranigma back in the day. Almost makes up for us not getting Final Fantasy VI. Or Final Fantasy V. Or Final Fantasy IV. Or Chrono Trigger. Or Super Mario RPG. Or Earthbound etc.

I hate that we decided to call our galaxy the fucking Milky Way. Andromeda must be laughing at us. Even the Large Magellanic Cloud thinks that shit is lame.

This version of Six Pack is unironically better than the Black Flag original. Also, I've owned this for years, but I've only just noticed the penis drawing. I regret displaying it in my living room.

Operation 'Force Myself to Like Mario Sunshine' is a go. It involves playing Mario Sunshine and drinking.

Is Mario Tennis on the Virtual Boy terrible or am I just terrible at it?

My Virtual Boy cardboard thingy for Switch 2 arrived. This is my first time playing Virtual Boy games in 3D (I've never even seen the actual system IRL), and you know what? It's a really cool effect. I do find it goes out of focus from time to time, but I think that might be a me problem.

I enjoy the long scenic walks part of Death Stranding a lot more than the whole fighting the undead ghost monsters part. Reminds me of holidays in the Lake District when I was a child. The monster part, I mean.

There have been so many Cotton games coming out over the last few years that I'm genuinely not sure if I have them all. Are Reboot and Reboot High Tension separate games? I definitely own Reboot, but I don't see it on my shelf...

The gameplay style of the new character in Cotton: Oriental Night Dreams reminds me a lot of that one chick from Sengoku Blade, what with the shuriken and the breasts and whatnot.