MinisterGold

Top gear 2 Super Nintendo cover

A retro game I was surprised to enjoy yesterday was Top Gear 2 for SNES. The perspective can be a little jarring when you're going up hills and its difficult to get passed that first race, but once you do, there are a lot of upgrade paths and they do good job of conveying speed

I'm in a really weird situation. My bro visited me like 9-10 years ago. He wants to visit me again. My brother is brown and given the current political administration, I'm worried about whether he'd get shit. I dunno if I'm worrying for nothing, but the fear is there.

I was looking forward to Marvel Tokon Fighting Souls, but I saw some updated gameplay of the Avatar Fighting game, now I'm looking more forward to that. I don't see Avatar games too often and it looks cool.

Plok SNES Cover art

I've been playing a lot of Plok lately. It's a platformer for the SNES.

Bads: Obstacle indication, bullet helly sometimes, might find it ugly

Good: The music is awesome, most levels and bosses have clear differences, weird in an interesting way.

And, if the homeowner doesn't allow you to, then there may be something sus about their house, so move on.

To all who it may concern. Before you decide to buy a house, get a plumber, and get a camera down those pipes. The last homeowner of my mom's house didn't say that they were dumping cooking grease down the kitchen sink and wet wipes down the toilet, so we're just screwed. Spend $400 and be sure.

Roll Away Playstation 1 cover

Last week, I think my favorite game that I played was Roll Away (aka: Kulaworld) for the PS1. Never heard of this game until yesterday. The premise is really simple. You move a ball, grab keys, get to the exit. But, your center of gravity can change if you roll passed certain edges

I set a goal on Twitch and with chat's help, we achieved it. It's the first time I set a monetary goal ($100). I definitely feel weird about it, but it was because I sunk like $2800 into something I only use for stream, so I felt justified in setting a goal to try to get some of that back.

And obviously, love the music

Last week, I'd say my favorite retro game was F-Zero X for N64. I don't think my brain is big enough to play that game well, but they really conveyed the speed in that game. In one moment, I felt like I was driving in a washing machine Lol. But, it was fun overall.

Tenchu Stealth Assassins PS1 cover

Last week, retro game I really enjoyed was Tenchu Stealth Assassins for the PS1. When I was in high school, I did not appreciate the OST enough. And, for PS1, the movement is pretty fun. I felt pretty ninja while playing this game. I need to come back and beat it.

Lol honestly, sounds pretty timely

Spiderman 2 for Gameboy Color

Spiderman 2 for the Gameboy Color technically isn't a BS game to play but it's extremely simple and easy. Each enemy is largely the same. Stand next to them, attack them, they die. The game makes it very easy to know where to go by constantly directing you while you idle. But, no challenge is no fun

Astro Boy Omega Factor for Gameboy Advance

This is my first retro game of the week. I think the retro game I enjoyed the most last week was Astro Boy: Omega Factor for GBA. You have mobility and iframe options, combat options with clear trade offs, plenty of super options and a boss I enjoyed but couldn't beat in 30 min. Lol.

Dang. Lol.

That's awesome. I've been using Mix it Up for like 4-5 years. If you ever want help or wanna bounce ideas off of me, just let me know.

Streamelements has cool widgets, but you can do a lot with Mix It Up, Streamer bot, and Fire bot. And, there are other places to get chat widgets and so on for free.

RIP

Gaming is not for the elite. Gaming is for those who want to have fun. If a game feels like shit and mods exist to improve it for you, mod it till its in a state that's enjoyable for you. That's what I'll do for Silksong since it's game design appears to lack empathy for the player.

I like to play it through OBS and put a filter over it to make it black and white. Makes it much less jarring to look at lol.

As soon as I learned that TikTok was carved off for the US, I deleted my account immediately. No hesitation. Tanking your videos if they don't agree with your political views, sexual or religious preferences. Yup. It might as well be dead then.

I opened up my 8bitdo Pro 2 Controller to swap buttons. I can't close it. Nearby game shop will charge $35 to do it. I can buy the same controller for $40. Out of principle, I bought the controller instead. Closing up that controller properly will just be my little experiment I guess.

Well, maybe that's asking for too much, but I hope they make you feel much better and you can continue on with your everyday life.

Sorry about the back pain dude. Hope the ER can provide you some total relief.

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Bro. Why is Toy Story 2 for the PS1 so good? Free camera controls. First person aiming AND lock on. Good platforming. This game is really good for its time.

I totally forgot that section of our notifs existed Lol. But, looks like if you click the gear, you can stop them from notifying you:

This Saturday and Sunday from 8 am CST to 4pm CST, I'll be doing what I'm calling Retro Roulette. If you have at least 500 channel points, you can make me play something from 5000+ games. It was a lot of fun last week! www.twitch.tv/MinisterGold

Well uhhh.... I bought three 8TB SSDs for my mini PC out of fear that the prices will go up. I got them significantly cheaper than they are right now. I'll never need storage again I guess. Lol.

Had a burrito from this Canadian taco/burrito restaurant called barBurrito. Legit impressed because my burrito held together until like the last 10th of the burrito, which I think is a reasonable time to start falling apart.