Recent content by Adam Tyner

Do You Remember Love? just showed up from CD Japan! It does indeed have English subtitles, although the menu option is in Japanese, so just select the one to the left of "off", and you're good to go. :) I snapped a few screenshots from the UHD disc. Alas, SDR images can't capture how truly...

So far this year, I've played through the Sonic Generations side of Sonic x Shadow Generations as well as Lollipop Chainsaw RePOP. I'm around the halfway mark in The Last of Us Part II Remastered: a game I found so bleak and dour the first time around that I said I'd never replay it, and yet...

So many of the leaks/rumors panned out, including the date of the reveal, the way the logo would look, the new way that Joy-Cons attached, seemingly the mouse-like capabilities, the new button ("C" in the rumors but blank here)... It's definitely a bigger, better Switch, which is a welcome...

Macross II: Lovers Again Kickstarter update:

Definitely on a platformer kick! I played through the first of the speedrun levels in Astro Bot, and I'm about a quarter of the way through Max Mustard on the PSVR2.

I just started Echoes of Wisdom. I’m super-early — basically just past the tutorial escape — but am having a good time so far. With as much as everyone keeps talking about the overpowered bed echo, I figured it would take a while to get that, but it turns out to be one of the first things you...

The next State of Play is tomorrow at 6 PM ET!

I was obsessed with the first two Mega Man games as a kid, and when one of my neighbors rented Mega Man 3, I remember beating it in one sitting and being crushed about how easy it was. I never even got around to buying 3 on the NES because of that. Yet when I tried replaying it years later on...

I'm sorry to hear about your PS4s! I got the yellow light of death on my PS3, and it's definitely no fun. I guess it depends on when the PS6 launches, but I'm bracing myself for $599 for the base model. I'd really love to see it come in no higher than $499, but I'm not super-optimistic about...

I was really late to the party with Persona 5, but I’m making up for it this year by drowning in Royal and all the spinoffs. Over the past couple of months, I platinumed Royal and Dancing, and I just finished Tactica a few minutes ago. With that out of the way, it’s onto Astro Bot!

I knew the Pro was going to be expensive, but I didn’t have $699 on my bingo card. I’m cursed with a collector’s mindset, so I need the disc drive add-on that makes this sucker even pricier. For whatever reason, I’ve been stockpiling Amazon gift cards for years, so at least I can get this...

For sure! I'm ridiculous enough to have bought 2 Kamen Rider UHD sets. One is a movie collection, and the other features the first 26 episodes of the original series. They're both ridiculously gorgeous, although the lack of subtitles is obviously a drag. I could usually get the general...

Thanks! I wound up going with CDJapan. I've ordered from them before, but mostly just to buy CDs. :) (And to import a Kamen Rider UHD collection, which is tons of fun despite the lack of any subtitles!) Region-locking with UHD discs is more complicated than it really ought to be. There are...

Where would you recommend importing this from? I see it at a bunch of sites — amazon.co.jp, Amiami, PlayAsia, YesAsia, CDJapan, etc. — but I don’t import from Japan a bunch and would definitely appreciate any insight. Thanks!

It’s the same story here, dating back (I think) to the TMBG Musings forum somewhere around 25 years ago. Though it’s been at least a few years since we last interacted, he still was someone I considered an online friend. I’m well and truly gobsmacked right now.