Posts made by Doctor Professor

I listen to a number, but here's a few I'd recommend:

The Dollop: It's an American history podcast presented by two comedians. They talk about some of the dumber parts of the nation's history, with some of the truely horrible things sprinkled in. Basically things you wouldn't be told in an American history class.

Triforce: Two dads and one nondad talk for an hour, tell stories, and riff off eachother.

My Dad Wrote a Porno: A guy reads his 60ish year old dad's "erotic novel" to two friends. It's very badly written and very funny. Not for children, if that wasn't obvious.

I've been playing through Heat Signature, which is a roguelite in space. It has missions of variable length/difficulty, so you can hop in and out for a some short missions, or put in some more serious time if you like, which is something I really appreciate. It's from the same creator as Gunpoint and the mechanics feel very similar, which may or may not mean something to you. It's good fun.

@El-Shmiablo In addition to what @Haru17 said, Doom and Wolfenstein's engines (id Tech6 and id Tech5, respectively) are apparently much better optimized that the Creation Engine, which is used by Skyrim and Fallout 4

I've been working my way through Hollow Knight. I've been having to play it in ~2 hour chunks because I get frustrated (mad cuz bad), but I'm having fun despite that. The game is gorgeous, as well, both visually and with regard to sound.

I had a lot of spare time this last week, so I have three games I just finished.

Mirror's Edge
I didn't enjoy it much, but at least it was short. For a game that's all about freerunning, it seemed very linear and restrictive. It was also annoying when the context-sensitive controls were being not-all-that-context-sensitive.

Shadow of the Colossus
I would neither recommend it nor dissuade someone from playing it, which I suppose makes it the perfect 5/10 for me. The actual colossus fights were really fun, but everything else in the game bogs it down: the camera, the empty world, the "#deep" ending, and the dang horse, especially when the story tries to utilize the player's attachment to the horse, when there's no reason for the player to have that attachment in the first place. I could rant in detail, but I'll just leave it at this.

SteamWorld Dig
My favorite of the bunch. The gameplay is rewarding and the shops/economy are well designed. There's just something about mining in games that scratches an itch for me. Even though it's short, it's the only one of the three that I felt had replayability. Shoutout to the person in chat during the Knack 2 stream that said SteamWorld Dig was free on Origin.

If anybody is interested in playing Marble Blast Ultra, the delisted xbox 360 game mentioned during corrections, you can download a PC port here. I coincidentally learned about it a few days ago and it's a pretty fun game. Keep in mind that this is NOT an official release

@TheTaulbster So was Devolver's conference not technically an E3 conference, in a similar way the PC gaming show isn't?

I wanna mention the Skyrim Switch edition because it was, in my opinion, the funniest part of the conference.

For starters, motion control. I feel bad for whoever had to take the time to implement that. I can't imagine it being anything other than clunky, and I wouldn't be surprised if it's only there to add another bullet point to the reasons why you should totally buy this edition of a six year old game.

There's also the Link amiibo implementation that turns the game into weird BotW DLC featuring Skyrim. It was the crème de la crème of unnecessary on an already unnecessary game.

The music, though, was the first thing to make me laugh. Now, I really like Passion Pit and think Take a Walk is a great song, but I'm confident that someone saw the title, didn't listen to it, but said, "hey, let's use this cuz 'mobile,' hehe!" It was a very unexpected song and really did not go with the rest of the conference or even its own ad.

So I thank you, Bethesda, for bringing some levity, no matter how unintentional it may have been.

@Hazz3r Well, 0^0 is undefined (which the link you shared does mention), but their reasoning for why it "should" be 1 doesn't make sense, as undefined is exactly what 0^0 should be. 0^0 isn't defined any more than 0/0 isn't defined. The math student in me is not going to let this slide. Niether Ultima nor Coldblooded should get the point if there were non of either

UltraSun and UltraMoon is very disappointing, and it makes me feel kinda ripped off by Nintendo. There won't be enough differences to warrant buying it, but at the same time I now have the clearly inferior version. It just feels dirty, as is the Pokemon way.

And @DMCMaster, I wouldn't be too sure about these ones doing as well. Sun and Moon were a lot of people's first Pokemon games, and I doubt new players will be as willing to buy a game that looks what they already own.

It's the end of the Sony conference. People are anticipating something big. The stage goes dark, with a lone spotlight on center stage. Onto the stage walks Evan Wells, president of Naughty Dog LLC. He tells the crowd that he knows they want information about Last of Us 2, but that he has something even bigger to to talk about. He's here to announce that they've finally corrected a 14 year old mistake. Yep, you guessed it, JAK 2 AND III ARE RETCONNED INTO NONEXISTENCE AND THEIR NEW, TRUE SEQUEL TO JAK AND DAXTER IS AVAILABLE IS STORES AND THROUGH DIGITAL DOWNLOAD RIGHT NOW, BABY, SO GO HAVE SOME FUN, EVERYONE, he says, looking not just directly into the camera, but directly into my soul.

And then I wake up, because this dream is too good and pure for this cold, imperfect world that we call reality.

Portal 2
Super Mario World
Jak and Daxter
Pokemon Emerald
Team Fortress 2

I'd never considered this before, but it makes sense that these 5 all have a certain levity to them.

*List may contain an over-representation of platforming

Games to Kill
Metal Gear Solid
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
Final Fantasy VIII
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
Dragon Age: Origins
Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door
Shenmue
Resident Evil 2
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
Super Smash Bros. Melee
Xenogears
Okami
Silent Hill 2
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
Life is Strange
Hotline Miami
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
Fallout: New Vegas
Papers, Please
Batman Arkham City
The Witcher III: Wild Hunt
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
Fallout 3
Valkyria Chronicles
The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker
DOOM
Sid Meier's Civilization V
Mass Effect
Final Fantasy X

GAMES SHIELDED
Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4
Mass Effect 3
Bioshock Infinite
Undertale
Secret of Mana
Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3
Final Fantasy VII
Final Fantasy Tactics
The Witness
Deus Ex
Portal 2

Tastes are subjective and all that, yada yada, but in my book, Life is Strange just isn't a good game, plain and simple.
Portal 2, on the other hand, is a masterpiessimo.

GAMES TO KILL:
Mass Effect 2
Half-Life 2
Mass Effect
Diablo II
Metroid Prime
DOOM
Resident Evil: Remake
Assassin's Creed II
Age of Empires II
Sid Meier's Civilization V
Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Final Fantasy X
Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner
Star Fox 64
Ico

GAMES SHIELDED
Final Fantasy VII
Metal Gear Solid
Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4
Chrono Trigger
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
Final Fantasy VIII
Final Fantasy Tactics
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
Dragon Age: Origins
Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door
Shenmue
Resident Evil 2
Portal 2
The Walking Dead: Season 1
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
Super Smash Bros. Melee
Xenogears
Okami
Bioshock Infinite
Katamary Damacy
Silent Hill 2
Mass Effect 3
Undertale
Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
Xenoblade Chronicles
Life is Strange
Crash Team Racing
Secret of Mana
Deus Ex
Hotline Miami
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
Fallout: New Vegas
Papers, Please
Batman Arkham City
The Witcher III: Wild Hunt
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
Fallout 3
Valkyria Chronicles
The Witness
Final Fantasy IX
The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker

Ico is ok, it just doesn't resonate with me the way it does for others
Wind Waker was the last game in the kill list I care about

How many worlds form Mario Odyssey will we see?

@Brannox HALT THE PRESSES! I just saw that one of my posts was made too soon. I made a kill, came back later, and counted enough people after that first kill to make a new kill, but I miscounted, meaning Mario Power Tennis and Mario Strikers Charged were (unfortunately) wrongfully killed. My bad

I'm never not surprised by the results of these

@Axel Let us not speak of such things...

Mario Power Tennis
Mario vs. Donkey Kong
Mario Kart DS
Super Paper Mario
Mario Strikers Charged
Mario Party DS
Super Mario 3D Land
Mario & Luigi: Dream Team

All the sports games are gone. Rejoice

Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3
Super Mario 64
Mario Tennis
Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour
Mario Power Tennis
Mario vs. Donkey Kong
Mario Kart DS
Super Paper Mario
Mario Strikers Charged
Mario Party DS
New Super Mario Bros. Wii
Super Mario 3D Land
Mario Kart 7
Mario & Luigi: Dream Team

Still too many sports games

Super Mario Land 2: Six Golden Coins
Mario & Wario
Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
Super Mario 64
Mario Kart 64
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
Mario Golf
Mario Tennis
Super Mario Sunshine
Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga
Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door
Mario Power Tennis
Mario vs. Donkey Kong
Super Mario 64 DS
Mario Kart DS
Super Mario Strikers
Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time
Mario Party Advance
Mario Tennis: Power Tour
Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis
Super Paper Mario
Mario Party 8
Mario Strikers Charged
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games
Mario Party DS
Mario Super Sluggers
New Super Mario Bros. Wii
Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem!
Super Mario 3D Land
Mario Kart 7
Mario Party 9
Mario Tennis Open
Mario & Luigi: Dream Team
Mario and Donkey Kong: Minis on the Move
Super Mario 3D World
Mario Golf: World Tour
Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Tipping Stars
Super Mario Maker
Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam

We all know that none of the Mario sports games are gonna be the best Mario game, so there's no reason to keep them on the list