Used to be active here long before I joined GAF.
It was a site with a very large userbase and as such there were posters of all kinds and people of all types.
I enjoyed the site for the parts that spoke to me: the original art threads, the music appreciation threads, some of the news threads and personal threads in the OT where people would share about themselves honestly and in a supportive manner, the crazy E3 or Nintendo Direct Hype Trains, and more.
Personally I found more good than bad in the forum and tried to add my own meaningful contributions when I could, such as making the Get Well Iwata thread and poster - that will always be remembered as one of my high points on the site. It makes me sad to learn that a place that generally brought me happiness was a source of so much pain and frustration to others, and I was very angry to discover about the owner's behavior...
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mini-games on consoles, cinematic games on handhelds, what's next? GameBoy IMAX?
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