"2nd Mario Movie Trailer Reaction"

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Yeah, this movie's going to do fine, I think. At least based on the trailer, anyway. Could've been a whole lot worse.

In any case, Chris Pratt's voice was mostly inoffensive to me in this. I didn't like it, mind you, but I also didn't hate it. It'll get the job done, I guess. And Jamie Foxx or Paul Rudd as Mario? Sure, why not. They'd be just as good/bad a choice as Chris Pratt and for the exact same reasons.

With the Charles Martinet cameo, I hope he basically does Paarthurnax. Or maybe the Homunculus. Or maybe something even weirder. (Yes, both of those bit characters in Police Quest: Open Season were voiced by Mr. Martinet. Those were Mr. Martinet's first video game voice roles, assuming you don't count him voicing Mario in a pinball game a year before that [and four years before Super Mario 64].) I just sort of hope that it's something utterly unrecognizable, compared to his Mario voice.

(EDIT) To go off on a bit of a tangent... man, I kind of forgot how shitty Police Quest 4 was. I mean, even at the time it first came out, it was pretty terrible, especially when compared to the previous three games with Sonny Bonds as the protagonist, but it absolutely has not aged well at all. Prior to messing around with that video I linked to up there, the only thing I even remembered about the game was that it used the resort theme from Leisure Suit Larry 6 as elevator music. (/EDIT)

The Battle of Robot Bil

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Because it's another one of those "it's almostafter 3:30am, again, way past time I went to bed, and I'm a bit punchy and listening to semi-random stuff on Winamp/Youtube" sort of nights, here, have this. Probably my favorite track from The Neverhood. Either that or Klaymen's Theme. The whole thing is pretty good, though, if more than a bit... unorthodox.

And now, I'm outzzzzzzz.......

"Digital Games to Dominate Physical Games Soon?!"

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"Digital games are set to take over the physical game market relatively soon, according to analysts. Just how much is true and why?"

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Could've done without the CLICKBAIT HISTRIONICS?! in the video title, because nothing they said or referenced in the video is remotely surprising. Yes, of course, the glorious digital future is here. Clearly, obviously, physical media will (eventually) go the way of the dinosaur. The industry has been barrelling toward this outcome, full speed ahead, for at least a decade now, and all that time they've been conditioning the game-buying public to blithely accept it, just as they've conditioned the game-buying public to accept every other shitty thing the industry has wanted to push through over the past two or three decades. And same as Pat and Ian in this video, I'm not going to discuss here whether that's a good thing or a bad thing (hint: it's not a good thing), at least not any more than I already have. I'm just saying that it is what it is, and it will be what it will be, and there's not much of anything that anyone can do to change that.

"The Truth About Sussy New Mall Arcades | Castle Super Beast Clips"

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I miss (legit) arcades. Mind you, I almost assuredly would never actually go to one these days, even if they did still exist, but I do miss them. The last time I was in an arcade-like environment was in 2014, when I went to Lost Ark Video Games in Greensboro to sell all of my console stuff. They had a little arcade in the back of the store, and they let me play the games for free while I was waiting for them to tally up the price they were going to pay me for all that shit I sold them. It was kind of neat. I've never been back there, as of yet, but I've always kind of wanted to go. Perhaps if I'm ever in the market to buy a new (or old) console someday in the far flung nebulous future.