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Tim Rogers quotes, out of context.

“Hey, I speak *CHINESE* and *FARSI*, man, I don’t know no Celtic mythology.” —Me, 1999
My longtime friend Bennett Foddy makes frustrating video games. You might have played QWOP, or GIRP. Somehow, making purposely frustrating video games about humans with malfunctioning legs landed him a job teaching game design at NYU. In other words, the universe conspired to inspire him to keep doing it. So we absolutely deserve his latest game, which is about climbing a massive mountain using only a sledgehammer while your entire lower body is confined in an iron cauldron full of water. Consider this game mandatory homework for the entire human race. I made a video about this game. Look, it's a good video. I hope you watch it. I genuinely hope my mom watches it. I say a lot of weird stuff. The game is bonkers to look at. It's got chill music. I tried to write a script I could imagine Werner Herzog reading. Don't worry: I didn't read it in a Werner Herzog impression. That would have been terrible. That would have been harder (for me, and for you) than playing a Bennett Foddy game.
SAITAMA, JAPAN. 2002. テクノファンタジー 千のナイフ 坂本龍一 Drummer 「坂本龍一なんて知らねえよ」 "I don't even &^%$in" know who Ryuichi Sakamoto is." Sakamoto Ryuuichi* nante shiranee yo (*I’m sorry, Mister Sakamoto. You are the Most Beautiful Man In The World, OK)
the connection: kowloon's gate, while not cyberpunk" per se, involves a lot of neon chinese lettering ana takes place in nong kong. one of cyberpunk fiction's tavorite cities. at the time i first read about kowloon's gate in video game magazines fwacky import games" sections, i did not own a modern PC these same magazines that said kowloon's gate looked "awesome because it had full motion video in it and probably would never be translated into eng ish made fun of "i have no mouth and i must scream" because of its "ridiculous title, though i read deeper and thought, "hey, this sounds neat i'd play this." well, that's probably why i plaved it this vear. thanks again, nightdive studios!
IT'S OK TO LIKE SPORTS! I was The Kid Who Jocks Beat Up in a high school whose other inmates included Jared The Subway Guy (this is not a metaphor) and two decades later feel perfectly fine about liking sports.
played Chocobo Mystery Dungeon: Every Buddy for about an hour. Topics discussed include: The history of the "Mysterious Dungeon" franchise. The pleasantries of games which contain simple integers and easy casino math. The wonderful variety of high-quality vintage Final Fantasy game music remixes. Why fathers in Costco always call their misbehaving sons "Buddy." The kind of music Ronald McDonald would listen to in the shower. There's a guy in here who looks just like Paul F. Tompkins. If birds were as big as dogs, would you ask to pet a stranger's bird? Can you hug a bird? Should you?
I played the first hour of Kingdom Hearts! It was Goofy-literally! I mean, we got to hear Goofy say "Gawrsh" exactly once. I also screamed (a lot) when I saw Donald. I love Donald. Donald and Goofy didn't meet Sora this time, though maybe next time they will? If there is a next time! (I hope there's a next time.)
@kotaku 6y ago the sweating is intentional. it's hot in front of those lights. a faker or a poser would have a fan or an assistant with a towel nearby to refresh between takes. well, you can't do anything between takes if there's just one take. the sweat provides visual continuity
PAC-MAN BATTLE ROYALE WAS ONLY EVER RELEASED FOR HOME CONSOLES / PC AS PART OF THE "PAC-MAN MUSEUM" COLLECTION (2014). THIS COLLECTION HAS SINCE BEEN DELISTED FROM STEAM. WERE THE OUTSIDE WORLD NOT A VIRUS DISASTER AT PRESENT, PD HAVE GONE OUTSIDE AND PLAYED IT IN THE LOBBY OF A BAD MOVIE THEATER AS RESEARCH. INSTEAD, NO: I HAVE NO FOOTAGE OF THIS GAME. I’M SORRY. IT'S REALLY GOOD.