"Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened."

For like 5 days

Would you have preferred none at all?

No. But I guess I just miss Rain already

Rain2 said: I normally hate when people say this kind of thing but I'm starting to feel it a bit. Anybody else feel like gaming has peaked? I'm not going as far as the people who say "Music is complete garbage today, no more true musicians" by any means. Games still tend to be great & I can enjoy them quite a bit. It's just that, they don't surprise me or capture my full attention like before. It's probably just a mix of nostalgia and me no longer being a kid

I feel like whenever I'm let down by the big publishers and AAA titles a fantastic Indie with resh and exciting ideas comes along to pick up the slack.

Also Nintendo might be hit and miss with their experimentation, but when they hit they REALLY hit. So while I don't quie feel like gaming as a whole has peaked, the gaming andscape has definitely changed a lot.

As far as retro gaming goes, I'm currently trying to get the Pokemon series complete in box for a decent price. The prices have gone up dramatically since Pokemon Go and haven't really come down again. You see stuff like 20 bucks for an old beaten up cartridge of Pokemon red, wich is just insane to me. That game sold 31 millions! (well I guess it's technically more like 15m, but still..)

I want them for nostalgic reasons more than anything, I have no aspiration to become a 'real' collector. I just want the game that I loved growing up and be able to thumb through the manuals again and pop them into my GBC/GBA and play a round.

VC is great on the 3DS, but somwhow nothing beats squinting at that little screen.

Playing Dark Cloud 2 on PS4 right now. Although I had effectively "platinumed" the first game on PS2, I only ran through the campaign of #2 once and didn't bother with all the extra stuff in it. So...going for the plat on PS4 is an eye-opener. I like the basic idea of photography and invention, but some of the photo ops are blink and you miss it.& others are overly specific (you can't just take a pic of any grass, only grass in a specific location). And then many of the picture combos for inventions make zero sense. The "ride a mech / transform into a monster" aspect is cool, but at least the monster aspect is under developed. I also prefer how weapons leveled in #1.

BUT the game is still really cool and fun, and I like the focus on two characters (rather than a whole party). It has lots of cool ideas that a theoretical #3 should retain, but with refinements.