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@bigsocrates: oh buddy.. you have always been my nemesis.

Yeah, I exclude games media, because I get why they do spoiler talk. It's going to draw in the audience of people who have already been spoiled, people who want to be spoiled, and people who maybe weren't interested in the source at all, but are curious about the issue. My befuddlement is with people who are enjoying a piece of media and want to spoil the artistic twist early for no real benefit. Hey thanks for telling me the twist in the 6th sense, now when I go see it for the first time I'll miss the cool reveal.

@manburger: I, probably wrongfully, feel I can trust my gut after a quick trailer and maybe 5 minutes of gameplay footage. I'm not batting 100% as I am sure @bigsocrates will gladly point out, but I will only really change my mind on whether or not to get a game if I've decided not to and then heard universal praise from others.

@bigsocrates: I don't get why people are ok with spoilers.. I still very much care about discovering the story in a book, movie, or game firsthand without knowing the twist. My wife is the opposite and it baffles me.

If I had to guess it's that the attention span of younger generations are so shot, and they have no patience that they need to just know what is coming to even see if it's worth playing, or because they can't be bothered to read through the story at it's own pace. It sounds like I'm "old man yells at clouds" and maybe I am, but I'm also not constantly on my phone while watching a show or playing a game so I can soak everything up as it comes up.

@chamurai: thanks as always for the read and comment.. the writeup for ogre battle 64 might be a bit as I'm still early on, but here is my preview take.. it's a really good game that rewards micro management sometimes to a detriment.. however there is inherently so much replayability as every army is customizable, so in one playthrough you could use 10 different characters and use a complete different 10 on a second playthrough.

@bigsocrates: you are trying to trap me, but I won't fall for it. I'm glad I played that shifty game, so I know how bad things can get. It's that game that keeps me grounded to realize that super mario 3d world isn't that bad after all.

@bigsocrates: I appreciate you looking out for me, but nearly every game I've bought I have at least a nominal interest in. If I let you in on a secret, I'm never going to play super man 64 on this blog or mortal kombat mythologies because they are bad games I have no interest in, but games like "no straight roads" or "ogre battle 64" two games I'm playing now aren't going to be the greatest, but are enjoyable..

It was never just about the list, but also forcing myself to finally play more than one hour of each game which is what I was doing before this crusade.

@bigsocrates: yeah this game would have had to overcome a lot to be great. It did have moments and without an official ranking, I would prefer it leaps and bounds over the true crafting games (Conan, ark, etc).

As for why I didn't bail.. I can't. This whole series is about beating games. I gotta stick it through because the sick part of my brain has to see how bad (or possibly good) it gets later on. The pain and suffering is only temporary, but knowing I can put smoke and sacrifice on a made-up list by someone with no industry experience is a satisfaction I can take to my grave.

@chamurai:No need to make a new thread.. I'm on board for the hijack. I turn away from GB for the weekend and I come back and got like 10 notifications for people LOVING Lord Winklebottom.. At least that is what I take out of it.. I was thinking of stipulating some rules when I adjust the list (like no game can move more than 5 places).. There are just some games (probably <5) that are real sticking points when I am ranking games that are either too high or too low and throw off my scores. (is this game better then X.. No, but the game that is 2 places higher it is certainly better than... etc.)

@bigsocrates: I dunno, but seems like I read another vote that Super Mario 3d World isn't as great as you say it is. Now you seem suspicious.

@bigsocrates: I still haven't slept after the first threat.. and you bringing it up again, does not bode well for my health.

@bigsocrates: I think my next post might be a list cleanup, but yeah.. I don't know what to say, this is a 7 or 7.5 game for sure, but it was a hell of a lot more fun then that mario game, and one I would much rather revisit in a year.

Maybe my gut opinion is wrong sometimes and I let the recency of the moment take hold (+ environment of playing, etc.) But Lord Winklebottom was a game me and my wife loved playing every few nights, talked about after we put it down, laughed at its jokes, and really put thought into who we believed the killer was.

Super mario 3d world was a game I was excited to start (when it came up on the roulette wheel it was easily the pick with no debate), but burned out by world 4 and had to force myself to play through the rest of it. Bowsers fury definitely suffered because I played it right after 3d world, and probably still had a bad taste in my mouth from the previous game. If I ranked them separate fury is probably higher than winklebottom, but 3d world dragged it down.

The wii-u crowd can love it as much as it wants, I won't take that away.. but in my opinion if that is your killer app, it's not hard for me to figure out why the console was a failure. BOOM.. I SAID IT

@bigsocrates: I have a feeling the mario 3d world is going to be a talking point for awhile.. I will say there are only 3 instances where you are limited from picking something up prior to needing it, and the traversal between rooms is relatively quick, but I get it. My mind knew what I would need that for earlier, and now I have to go be "stumped" before the character realizes they need it.

Knowing that I got it as a joke and it turned out to be good was just icing on the cake.