SomecallmeJohnny

somecallmejohnny.com

23 October 2026 17:55

In 2002, Samus finally entered the 3D landscape. And so did the Metroids. And the Space Pirates. And Ridley—fuck, everyone's here. Time for another mission. Let's look back on the original Metroid Prime! Link: youtu.be/qRSlTs4GVvg

Josh

geekcritique.org

23 October 2026 16:55

Plus smartphones are just too ubiquitous, and you can't convince people to carry TWO things in their pocket anymore, haha. If anyone makes another go, I'd say they should go all-in on a DS form factor and focus on 2D games, no F2P BS. But I doubt there'd be enough interest to justify it.

Josh

geekcritique.org

23 October 2026 16:52

I don't disagree, but I understand why it had to happen. The gap between budgets and capability on console versus handheld had gotten too small. Lots of 3DS games had me thinking about how much better they'd be on Wii U/Switch.

Josh

geekcritique.org

23 October 2026 08:07

Oh and this was just AFTER we went and got our Covid and flu shots. They'll do anything to stop us.

Rebecca Watson

skepchick.org

22 October 2026 23:42

They said they suspected it was me bc they saw me in my hot pink board shorts in the water earlier. Ironically, it was those same shorts’ convenient back pocket that resulted in the phone going rogue in the first place