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I love Startropics! Beating the shit out of things with yoyos, aliens, dolphins that helped you go from island to island (I hope you've played this Chad.)
Optimism FTW!
And I was just whining about this very topic on Rev's review of Mass Effect. Good show, Nex!
And I was just whining about this very topic on Rev's review of Mass Effect. Good show, Nex!
I could never beat this game, I got to the end but only had 3 hearts, years later I read somewhere that you needed to dip the note that comes with the game in water and you get a code. And with that code you beat the game.
Also, I was digging this video, but after a while she slipped into this fake baby voice that drove me insane. Her normal voice, like the one at the end on the beach, is fine. I don't know why it shoots up an octave and gets all whiny in the middle.
When typical discourse on a subject seems mired in contradiction, cynicism and satire will abound, especially with nonessential aspects of life, such as entertainment.
To put it another way, how much fun are we really having if we have to rely on cute girls to soliloquize on 17-year-old games made for consoles we might have stuffed under our beds or in the back of our closets, if we're lucky? I remember StarTropics, but I'm not going to break out a ROM and re-play it just because everyone's too busy navel-gazing to realize that there's still fun to be had, and that's really all anyone could ever ask for.
Plus, that video loads like ass.
To put it another way, how much fun are we really having if we have to rely on cute girls to soliloquize on 17-year-old games made for consoles we might have stuffed under our beds or in the back of our closets, if we're lucky? I remember StarTropics, but I'm not going to break out a ROM and re-play it just because everyone's too busy navel-gazing to realize that there's still fun to be had, and that's really all anyone could ever ask for.
Plus, that video loads like ass.
Maybe the other problem is that the themes of the games we're playing lately tend to border on the nihilistic. Everything's a disaster only we can solve, a surrounding and suffocating grimness, the gun is in your hand, etc. etc.
I would like more light-hearted games, but they all seem to be for the Wii, and most of the people here aren't likely to think they're fun or play them for long. But, then, can you imagine a light-hearted FPS?
It's about as hard to come up with a gee-golly happy way to look at the world, unless you're willing to flirt with chirpy saccharine cuteness, which to me is just as likely to be objectionable.
I would like more light-hearted games, but they all seem to be for the Wii, and most of the people here aren't likely to think they're fun or play them for long. But, then, can you imagine a light-hearted FPS?
It's about as hard to come up with a gee-golly happy way to look at the world, unless you're willing to flirt with chirpy saccharine cuteness, which to me is just as likely to be objectionable.
I was enjoying it too... until what Aerox said happened. She got really fuckin annoying.
But I used to love this game, so no hard feelings anywhere :)
But I used to love this game, so no hard feelings anywhere :)
HA! I just wrote a large block of text on this in the Mass Effect review Talkback...but to re-state my point and give a HERE-HERE: games are fun, people need to stop being such dicks!
She's a really geeky chick, but in a good way I guess. Usually I'm kind of annoyed by this sort of super optimism and such, but for some reason it's not bothering me coming from her. Actually, I find her geekiness and attitude attractive. Hmm, odd. Ah well. Not a bad review overall I suppose.
My dad beat this game with out a single problem. He didn't care for the second one as much. If I remember correctly he hated how it had more story. Does that make sense for somebody to play RPG games and hate the story?
She looks like an ex I dated (sort of). Instead of being all about games she adored comic books. Oh wait she was into Animal Crossing a bit too much
This explains her personality.
"Lindsey "Z." Briggs
Puppeteer, Actress, Puppet Builder, Webdesigner, Production Manager and many other such hats, Z. is a SUNY Fredonia and University of Connecticut Alum, and has since gone on to pursue her dream of Puppetry. She is currently performing as "Lottie Lamb" on the PBS kids show - 'Seemore's Playhouse'"
She's does a character on a kids show.
"Lindsey "Z." Briggs
Puppeteer, Actress, Puppet Builder, Webdesigner, Production Manager and many other such hats, Z. is a SUNY Fredonia and University of Connecticut Alum, and has since gone on to pursue her dream of Puppetry. She is currently performing as "Lottie Lamb" on the PBS kids show - 'Seemore's Playhouse'"
She's does a character on a kids show.
I like her. She's goofy, and still sort of innocent. I tend to believe myself to be goofy, and still sort of innocent. It seems more fun than being cynical all the time. Anyway it was something different than the heavy handed treatment that so much stuff gets on the net, and I sort of enjoyed that. But then, I think I am sort of a nerdy girl too.
How come I have never heard of this before? She is totally awesome, in her pure honest love for games. I want to go pick some daisies while whistling Greensleeves now. Is that weird?
While I don't recall Star Tropics as fondly, it was pretty fun and is nice to see someone speak with the tone of escapism that was more prevalent in the early days. Leslie Gore agrees.
She'd get some mad street cred from me if she had the actual letter from the Doctor lying around somewhere
That had a kid show feel to it, but it was refreshing to hear someone like that. Usually you hear f-bombs and forced humor left and right. Also, I concur, she is awesome.
she was good, im gonna catch the other videos later, i used to have startropics, never got too far, i hope they put it on virtual console soon
This... is like Sesame Street but with video games!!!
Star Tropics was an awesomely hard game.
Where's my Virtual Console release Nintendo?! *Shakes Fist*
Star Tropics was an awesomely hard game.
Where's my Virtual Console release Nintendo?! *Shakes Fist*
StarTropics is my favorite NES game. I've always hoped for a MIke appearance in a Smash Bros game, but considering both his games never came out in Japan it's pretty unlikely. I don't know why Nintendo has ignored that series, I loved it...
As far as Little Miss Gamer herself goes, she acted as though she was talking to a crowd of pre-schoolers, pretty annoying...
As far as Little Miss Gamer herself goes, she acted as though she was talking to a crowd of pre-schoolers, pretty annoying...
I love this, Nex. As much as I like tearing into games with much rage and passion (it's the MST3K fan in me), cynicism and sarcasm are largely over-done on the interwebs. Also, I think I'm in love with this woman. It's so refreshing to see a sweet, normal, beautiful woman in the gaming world. Most girls who game and populate the internet fall into either the "hot/sexy" or "sassy/snarky" categories. This woman is a breath of fresh air. I can haz long-term relationship, plz?
And I wasn't meaning to diss any Destructoid ladies. You're all lovely and should not write me off as a potential sexual partner. Thank you.
I dunno, Little Miss Gamer didn't really annoy me all that much. I like her cute attitude towards games, from that single video I watched anyway. I never heard of StarTropics, but I do remember hearing something about a letter you got with a game that had to be soaked with water for a special code, and that code becoming more and more faint over time because the paper couldn't take being wet and dried over and over again.
It's certainly a breath of fresh air, compared with the constant negativity, snark, and cynicism usually associated with video game discussions. I'll give you that. However, I think my own heart has been unrepairably corrupted by the fierce poison of the internet and can no longer appreciate such concepts as love, happiness, and sunshine. It's quite sad, really, since when I'm not complaining about the latest fun thing, I do remember that I once enjoyed things in life. Ah well, time to go find the next article to sarcastically comment on.
phuck Little Miss Gamer that video was shit! but StarTropics is an awesome game and whats with the whole Little Miss Sunshine look?! if thats on purpose then wow thats gay!!!
Epileptic Gaming and Zero Punctuation FTW!!!
Epileptic Gaming and Zero Punctuation FTW!!!
Little Miss Gamer is a breath of fresh air compared to all of the overly angry reviews out there. If you hate this show, you just hate life (or think you're too cool for school).
I'm sorry to be the one that says this but terrible humor? Did you really need to take a jab at EG like that? What did Epileptic Gaming ever do to Destructoid? Not to mention all the things Summa did for Dtoid only to be disrespected like this. I'm not saying you need to apologize and swear it won't happen again but next time, can you be a bit more considerate?
Epiliptic Gaming, was better off without Summa, as he can go f*ck himself with his terrible humor.
Live Journal.. lol
Live Journal.. lol
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