Lurker > HaRRicH

Both are great, but boneless is more convenient so I probably order that a bit more often when given the chance.

I decided on that Flipside 4 after all! That other wallet I thought about was longer and big in its own right, yeah, though I'm a front-pocket man and thought that would not look as lumpy since it was taller. Changed my mind though. Thanks everybody!

If Rodney King counts and that happened in 1992, then in 2015 it should be okay to take that conversation into the topic of Walter Scott's murder when it happened.

We understand we can't look twenty years into the future, but we can use twenty-year-old events to look at how we got to today and recognize today for what it is.

Emeraldegg posted...

Not for $70+ I don't

This part doesn't bother me much -- each one I have lasts me the better half of a decade and I'm guessing the average cost of a wallet like I have now is $30-$50...

Xtlm posted...

Don't forget that the tracker is about 40 more dollars and advertised as an extra feature..

...but then this is here and, yeah, that's where I get bothered more. Nice to know you never have to worry about losing the wallet, but I've had coworkers talking about having to replace those batteries for the trackers annually and that does not appeal to me.

FL81 posted...

I don't exactly know how "modern" it is, but this is the wallet I'm using.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07VXN3DPS/

This one has won me over the most so far, thank you -- and it's the most affordable to boot, sweet! Before I buy though...

StifledSilence posted...

I use a Flipside wallet. It snaps closed with a clamshell design and can hold both cards and cash. It even has a slot on the back that can hold either coins or thin keys.

...I do like the Flipside 4 that I saw. Is it a tight limit on ten bills @StifledSilence ? I will often have less, but I'm going to break the occasional $20 bill and that turns into multiple bills fast. Is it just not recommended to do more than ten bills but mostly fine, or is it bending the clip and tearing the paper at that point?

I'm glad Dubya's episode was brought up. That was about politics, kinda, but it was more about a weak handshake. If Donald was put into an episode, I feel like it'd be more about liking his steaks well done than his policies.

Anyway, glad to hear the show's coming back with the original cast. Hopefully it's good.

Just trying to see what I'm missing out on. I got an eight-year-old wallet that's tearing apart on me -- single fold, leather, built for cash and cards but not necessarily to be found if it's lost, and still has a coin zipper because reasons I guess. You've seen its kind before.

Currently I want pocket-space back and it's going to take more than a wallet change to do that, so I figured ya'll may know something about modern wallets and how to make these work better for you.

What's good about them? What do you like about yours? Are they worth the extra money? I'm more interested in a stand-alone wallet than one built into a phone case but am open to whatever's worked for you.

This conversation for me got started on about Ekster's brands. Quick example:

https://ekster.com/products/secretary-modular

Its AI is not built for modern controls. I'm going OG.

Dennis Rodman

Underleveled posted...

Goldeneye already didn't hold up in 2000 when Perfect Dark came out

This person gets it.

Eff it though, Imma unlock DK Mode anyway.

Cool list! I'm wishlisting Nobody Saves the World, Triangle Strategy, Chained Echoes, and Slay the Spire.

Gorogoa is an awesome concept but I got stuck at the clocks-puzzle and haven't gone back.

Glad I'm not the only one who's got LoZ > LoZ:LttP for the 2D LoZ-games! A lot of it is familiarity, but I did recently go back to LoZ:LttP and it just doesn't scratch the same itch the same way. You also got LoZ:BotW as the best 3D LoZ-game like I do. Did you give LoZ:LBW a try?

Surprised you have the Castlevania games so far apart! I know Dawn of Sorrow and Portrait of Ruin have different philosophies but they are still very similar-feeling games to me. Maybe I'm alone there though -- I also feel similarly about the Ori games.

Portal's timeless, yeah, although Portal 2 is just too polished and its world is impressively alive so I side with the sequel.

Bleed 1+2 are legit. Try 'em out people! When I had Bleed 2 as #3 in my top ten games I played in the past two years recently, I think only one person sounded like they had played the Bleed games.

I never replay Outland but I often think about it. It just worked well to combine those elements.

Aero GPX does look legit. I'll wait for it to release and see how it lands, but there's been a demand for that style to come back for a long time and a Kickstarter's appropriate to help that.

AM2R really was legit. Amazing what a fan-game could do there. It and MD are on very similar tiers for me too.

Celeste is very good, I just think the learning curve is too sharp shortly after starting the extra levels. Shorten some screens and let me ease into them a little more!

transience posted...

#75: Mega Man 11

They made a new Mega Man, it was good, it sold well

Just adding that it is now the best-selling MM game to date. No excuses on a sequel Capcom!

And you got the right MM game on top -- MM9 was masterful.

That seems to be less than usual and also unusual not to have the next details for a GDQ. Ah well, they can't all be record-breaking and it's still huge what they do.

I got a lot to catch up on from the past week.

I'll watch that later but congrats in the meanwhile!

Which run is his this year?

"Snubbed" was used in hindsight -- yeah, that loss to SC was immediately clear UT wouldn't make it to playoffs anymore when it happened. Just a bad unfortunate loss.

UberPyro64 posted...

It seems a little weird to include remasters/straight remakes of older games. I've played very little of AC and I have yet to play LE or CC. So for me, it's RDR2 > Sekiro, but both are stellar.

I agree but that is how SB's decided this cookie should crumble.

There were only two other teams that lost to Georgia by fewer points than UT, which were Missouri and Ohio State...and we were Georgia's only home game of those three games.

UT also beat Alabama.

TCU also lost by 58 points -- that's more than the 55-0 shut-out Georgia had on unranked Vanderbilt. You should never lose in the championship by that much, and if you do then you shouldn't still be #2 in the nation when fourteen other teams under less spotlight did better than you against the same #1.

UT also won its bowl game against Clemson after being snubbed from the playoffs, reconfirming who is the best of the orange teams.

What I'm trying to say is go Vols -- put us higher.

Definitions may vary!

I liked exploring some neat games recently when I asked for fun new games that could reasonably be beaten in under three hours. It's a tight timeframe for games, but that's a fun category to see too.

Whether your idea of short is three hours or not, assumed replayability or not, speed running or not...whatever definition is in your heart, what is the shortest game you would truly call great?

We're not leaving this on a tie for first place.

So, the OG version of TSP has a known glitch kinda like this falling-situation described here in the screens-room. They turned that glitch into two different endings in TSP:UD.

Same, that is weird the way you described it.

That picture with your timing and GameFAQs's lack of contest really make for a nice laugh.

All I need to know is if it's fun. Baba Is You's a super-admirable game that got too hard too fast for me.

It's got a double-jumping horse from the biggest game in the past 5-24 years, depending on where you view Elden Ring's strength. That's worth some votes based off of what we saw for Epona.

Yeah, I feel like ME1/ME2 could win this poll as could saying the ME trilogy, but saying this particular collection just does not get the same level of strength or benefit of the doubt post-ME3 and Andromeda.

Haven't played even one of these yet though besides a few minutes of the original ME1, so, can't say more confidently.

I don't love the puns, but I'd rather have them than not.

What do you favor?

Which #2 is #1 in your heart? - Results (107 votes)
God of War: Ragnarok (2022)14.02% (15 votes)
Resident Evil Village (2021)14.02% (15 votes)
Ghost of Tsushima (2020)14.02% (15 votes)
Fire Emblem: Three Houses (2019)43.93% (47 votes)
God of War (2018)14.02% (15 votes)

Does it count if an existing character got a new last name since the last contest? Because Jesse Rasberry.

Otherwise I'm betting on the under-goose.

Makes sense, just didn't know its perception continues to be well-received.

Then again, I've only played a few minutes of GoW-2018 out of all of these. Out of my element to some degree here.

I did not expect FE:3H to be running away with this.

Also didn't think Ragnarok was gonna outdo the 2018-game, but they're collectively 18 out of 56 votes right now so I dunno how much that holds up.

For comparison today:

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/8329-which-game-scheduled-for-2021-are-you-most-excited-for

Between LoZ's next game getting a title and a two-minute teaser alongside the new #2 and #3 games against it having an LFF issue, there's been a small percentage improvement.

Which is it?

MacArrowny posted...

I didn't particularly enjoy DS1 but liked ER very much. I also love BotW and don't like Bethesda games.

It can certainly be tense at times, but I don't think it's that scary, particularly since it's kinda built around potentially having to redo the same area multiple times.

VintageGin posted...

You described my tastes pretty well and I enjoyed ER.

Cool, thanks -- good to know.

I was looking at Melee first but GTA3 got #2 that year.

Persona 5's the answer in my book. I'll mention Metal Gear Solid 4 as a former contender that might still be up there but I kinda doubt it nowadays.

Elden Ring is doing great here. Is it worth it to try as someone who did not like the early minutes of Dark Souls 1? It seems cool to watch and all, but I do not like being able to be attacked while menuing and I don't deal well with games having lots of tension through fear built into their worlds (Bioshock and Resident Evil 4 are the scariest games I've beaten). Does Elden Ring go those directions?

If it help regarding open-world games, I loved Breath of the Wild and do not particularly care for Skyrim -- I just kinda screw around in Elder Scrolls games.

Two polls for comparison to today

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/7473-best-of-2018-game-of-the-year-final-final-vote

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/8031-division-5-final-the-witcher-3-wild-hunt-vs-god-of-war

I don't think Ragnarok will be as strong as the PS4-GoW, but it starts the comparisons

I'm always down for a one-on-one poll. That said, having this today really tells me it would have been nice to have a six-way poll yesterday instead of three.

I'd feel different if there were two Nintendo games in the six-way poll, however, so my stance depends on LFF potential. Guess I won't harp on yesterday's three-way poll too much in that regard...just wish we had a better read on XB3.

As gamers, we're all familiar with the idea of losing over and over again when you only have to win once. I never had a no-death run in Super Meat Boy, but I've broken 100+% on it a few times. Ole' Kevin's just trying to unlock an achievement in this regard.

As a non-gamer, however...McCarthy doesn't understand he softlocked.

It was also a generation as evenly divided by three consoles as we've seen before, both in overall sales and GameFAQs fanfare when recognizing the Wii's early years VS the PS3/360's later years.

Also during a similar timeframe, handheld systems were at their strongest and cell phone games were being introduced. The DS and 3DS sold like hotcakes, the PSP (and maybe the Vita?) were the best-selling non-Nintendo handhelds, and people adopting smartphones dying those times were getting free new apps without having to pay for more. There are few examples of them getting top-tier games (LoZ:LBW barely won GotY one year and MKDS make it to a GotY-final in a weak year)...but time playing those competed with time playing the biggest console games of the era. We even saw the 3DS win a SotY-poll:

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/5384-best-of-2013-system-of-the-year

The DS also made a big landing in its debut SotY-poll and competed with the Wii's later years:

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/2255-best-of-2005-system-of-the-year

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/3725-best-of-2009-system-of-the-year

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/4219-best-of-2010-system-of-the-year

All this is to add that there was a lot of competition of attention during those years. It was harder for that generation's biggest games to tower over the rest. No console towered over the other consoles so much, and handhelds were making history in the meanwhile.

Also Brawl had tripping and bad online. It was so close to still being one of the site's very biggest games even today.

GRIS was neat. I like the boldness of its abstract art and level direction. I would have liked knowing I could in fact die to any of the threats though. I kept trying!

That eel was a great jump-scare.

SSBU >= FF7 R > MD

Which one's the good stuff?

TeamRocketElite posted...

Xenoblade got robbed.

Inclined to agree. It had to share a poll with Bayonetta 3, Splatoon 3, and two Pokemon games. Nintendo overall got 43.39% in that poll with XB3 having the plurality at 16.3%. There's a lot of room to play against GoW:R's 33.05%. Could XB3 get 17.75% more than GoW:R (in the context of this still being a multi way poll) out of Nintendo's remaining 27.09%?

We've also seen Xenoblade improve with less competition and removal of Nintendo games in a three-way GotY poll before:

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/4958-best-of-2012-best-role-playing-game-japanese

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/4960-best-of-2012-game-of-the-year

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/4961-best-of-2012-game-of-the-year-final

I think GoW:R still takes it, but there's space for XB3-fans to feel wrongfully snubbed. It may or may not have been robbed of second place, but it was robbed of a fair chance.

charmander6000 posted...

Bold Prediction: Triangle Strategy avoids finishing last.

Nailed it.

I'm inclined to agree: predicting the top two from each poll. Triangle Strategy earns the right to be crushed worse.

I just don't know another game that controls like Snake Pass. It feels so neat to move in that game, unless you're going in a straight line forward. Some of the later levels get too long and the story is SLIGHT, but it's like a slithery Banjo-Kazooie.

'Sup-bump.

Oh, whoops, my bad. I just got it on sale and mixed up the time-frames.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/8691-best-of-2021-remakes-and-remasters

Silly me.

TeamRocketElite posted...

LAL might have a leg up because to most voters it's a remake in name only and may avoid the penalty associated with that. We never really got a reasonable chance to play the original.

I agree. It seems more like a new game people didn't a chance to try before, even when compared to a PSP game.