PixlBit

A lot of interesting stuff here! My kids loved that first Bluey game...while it lasted. Glad to here this new one is a more fleshed out game.

Did Capcom send you the amiibo? The look really good, especially the dragons, but I know they're pretty pricey. I'm hoping to play Pragmata at some point.

Sounds like Soldner-X 2 is one of those rare shmups that doesn't beat you over the head with its difficulty. And Cyberblocker really has me intrigued!

I think BioShock is the game I most closely associate with the 360. Others that pop to mind are Portal, Modern Warfare, Mass Effect, Dead Space, and Costume Quest. Oh, and the X-Men arcade game.

Don't trade them! You'll regret it!

It's the same reason I could not get into the PSP Wipeout racing games. Fast racing! Thumpin' soundtrack! No soul!

I was looking through my Backloggery the other day and it says that I have one of the Professor Layton games, the Diabolical Box. I don't remember having that at all. The problem, though, is that my DS games are in storage and not easy to get to but I'll check for it when I can. I would totally buy a collection of the older games if Level 5 would put it out.

I'm telling you, the devs looked to the success of Lumines and it sucked all the soul out of Puzzle League.

I was enthralled by the idea of Fallout 3 when it first came out but I had no way to play it. But the more I learned about it, the less interested I became. Eventually my wife bought a copy when it was really cheap and played some and...I just think it looks boring, and that holds true for every Bethesda game I've seen her play. I really like having specific goals and instructions, so open world anything is a hard sell for me.

I don't know if they made changes to progression in Ikaruga for the 360 but on the GameCube you could eventually unlock unlimited continues just by playing the game long enough. I thought that worked pretty well. You had to engage with the game's difficulty on its own terms at first but regardless of whether or not you got good enough to beat it on your own, eventually you could play the whole game anyway. Definitely stick with it. I also have a big soft spot for the game's soundtrack.

I did get to briefly try that once not long ago and liked it but I think it is stuck on the Xbox 360. Maybe it's come to computers but I don't really play games that way. I wish it would get a Switch release.

The Professor Layton games are such a huge blindspot for me. I think I would like them but I just never got around to playing them. The only one I have is the crossover with Phoenix Wright and I haven't played that either.

I don't know if your aging reflexes will cause you any trouble with Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword, but I did not think the stylus controls were a hindrance to the gameplay at all. It was a great play experience. Of course, I was a teenager when I played it, so take that all with a grain of salt lol