Hey guys, I'm getting my Atari LYNX II today in an hour or so and I just wanted some help picking out some games for the system.

I plan on buying Batman Returns, Lynx Casino, and Todd's Adventures in Slime World right away. However, I'm stumped as to what other games I should get.

I'm looking for some games with some good multiplayer action, but really I'll look into just about any suggestion I'm given. Please help me out and let me know so I can get some good ideas. Thanks! :)

I would have to be some kind of Nazi to not love Destructoid. Seriously. If you are any form of gamer, and you don't find something you like with Destructoid, then you might need to get your head checked.

What's to love?
Well, for starters, everything. That simple. I leave a browser window open at work, and literally hit the refresh button (F5 is my best friend) about 500+ times a day. It's the only thing that keeps me sane. And I'm not kidding.
What else is there to love you say? Here comes the breakdown (now with 50% moar bullet-points!):


* Insanely awesome articles (or posts, whatever). If you want to read about gaming related news without [edited] any bullshit, then you will definitely love this place.

* Great contests. I've never been to a gaming site that had contests like Destructoid. Honestly some of the most interesting (read bat-shit crazy) contest entries can be found only @Destructoid.

* Original videos. Some hilarious, some fucking hilarious. Basically, if Jim Sterling makes a video, I pee myself a little in anticipation whilst it buffers.

* HONEST FUCKING REVIEWS - FUCKING WORTH 1,000,000 Pesos alone.

* Podcasts. Well, apparently only one remains for the next couple weeks. But I love them all. Teh Podcastle (RIP), RetroforceGO! (AMMMMAAAAAAZZZIIING!) and of course, the Podtoid (And for the record, I like Mr. Burch's eeyore-esque attitude. If he wasn't all smarmy and shit, I believe the universe would actually implode on itself).

* THE COMMUNITY - Good lord there is no place like Destructoid when it comes to you guys. Fanboys, casual gamer, hardcore gamer, retro gamer, grrl gamer, gamer, gamer, GAMER! Deep down, we are all gamers, and it shows. Some posts get so fucking heated, it's just amazing to be part of such debates and getting to see what other gamers think. Love it.

* Last but not least, the STAFF! Destructoid has the greatest staff of writers around. Each and everyone of them has something unique (and amazing) to offer on a daily basis, and without them, we'd all be a lot worse off. Thanks to Jim Sterling, we can have uproarious debates, Samit keeps us in the loop with the sports games *shudders*. Topher let's us all know what's hot with Shmups and fighting games (I'd love that large Slurpee with the bee now please!). Colette and Chad are the Queen and King, respectively, of Retro games and/or news, and me being a fellow "80's" gamer, I instantly fell in love.
Hamza and his banhammer and something about sharks. Holmes and his fanboy love for the Wii and discounts, Brad (Chet) and his pecks of doom. Dale and all things Persona. Burch and his rants, Davis and her amazing drawerings, Dyson and PANCAKES!! etc, etc. See what I mean?

* But of course. None, and I mean NONE of this would be possible, or as awesome, without our Robot-in-Chief. Niero, you are the man, and I thank you from the bottom of my heart. I have never felt more part of a community as I do at Destructoid, and how awesome is it to have the founder of Destructoid as active as the community itself? That's like fishing with Obama! Here's to 3 more years and beyond.

CHEERS!

1. The World Ends With You



Honestly, I can't say enough good things about this game. I just got it last week, but holy shit, this game is seriously amazing in every way. The battle system is so much fun, and the fact that you can customize your pins to suit your unique style of fighting is enough to keep me grinding the hours away.

I'll admit, when I first fired this game up, I was suddenly disheartened when I thought the game was going to be timed. Since the DS system time was displayed on the screen, I thought for sure that I had 60 minutes to complete the first day. I was literally panicking going through the first few cut scenes and dialog. Oh you could only imagine my huge sigh of relief when I found out that it was timed based on real life time. But they sure had me going for a while.

2. The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass



I originally got this game for my wife since i was sure that she would get into it. I was jealous as hell. I wanted to play this game so bad, it hurt. But I would have to wait until she beat it. Or would I?
Turns out, I wouldn't actually have to wait that long. I think after the 2nd trip to the Temple of the Ocean King, she got so frustrated with being timed, that she gave up. I told her to keep at it, that it would get better. Not having played it myself, I really was just hoping that was a true statement. But alas, she talked to her sister and her mother who had both played it, and they told her you went back over and over and it got harder and harder.
That was the end of my wife's relationship with Phantom Hourglass.



I started playing the next day, and I didn't touch another game until I beat it. It was such an amazing experience after having played Wind Waker years ago, and finally getting to jump back into the water world I missed so dearly. Unlike a lot of other people that had issues with Wind Waker's boating aspect, I freaking fell in love with it in the Wind Waker, and the fact that I would get to do it again was exhilarating, to say the least. Needless to say, I spent a majority of my time in Phantom Hourglass fishing and treasure hunting.

3. Big Bang Mini



Best $20 I ever spent. Period.

It's my motherfucking birthday bitches! I know with all the hullabaloo of Destructoid turning 3 that my birthday may seem insignificant, but let me assure you, it is significant. For starters, both Niero and I turned 31 this year (old gamers FTW!). And for finishers, we are both totally awesome.



So for the next 24 hours, I will pretty much get to do and say whatever the hell I want. Work? Suck it! Wife? Suck it (seriously, down on your knees)!

All gifts will gladly be accepted. I own a PS3, Wii and DS ;-)

P.S. The cake is a LIE!

That's right suckas! Valentine's Day was very good to me. My wife got me a DS and Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia, so now, goodbye PS3, syonara Wii, nice knowing you schmucks!

It's kind of scary to think that this is the first DS I've ever owned; I have a shitload of catching up to do.

RPG GET!

So, I've been hitting up the forums pretty hard in the last couple of days. I took a hiatus for a couple of months, but now I'm back in full effect.
But I noticed something on Friday that I hoped would correct itself by Monday. I checked my profile rank here on dtoid, and it has shown that I have only 41 posts in the forums, but as of Friday, I had 65! Well, I checked again this morning, and my profile rank still has 41 posts listed. What the lobster milkshake!?

Furthermore, I tried to PM our robot-in-chief, Mr. Niero himself, and i get the ever so elusive "File cannot be found" page of death.

Anyone that uses the forums, can you go ahead and double check what your profile rank says you have for forum posts against what the forums say?