SlidellMan

Arabian Fight:

I think this may be the game that resulted in the term janky being coined. This game, despite having an interesting use of sprite scaling and hand-drawn/cel-animated characters, felt more like a tech demo rather than an arcade game. For Sega brawlers, stick with Golden Axe (save for the misbegotten Beast Rider) and Streets of Rage.  As for arcade Arabian-themed games, Taito's Arabian Magic is still top-notch.

RIP Jerry Stiller from Seinfeld and Hairspray (1987).

I've always wondered what ever happened to Novotrade/Appaloosa Interactive? Best known for Ecco the Dolphin.

I'd like to hear your thoughts on this mock up I made.

Vintage Willys, Kaiser, & AMC Jeeps > Modern Jeeps. (To be fair, the modern Wrangler and Gladiator have more leg room.)

Streets of Rage 4 > Final Fight Streetwise.

Super Castlevania IV and Bloodlines are still my favorite 16-Bit titles in the series. (I have no opinion on the x68000 game, though.)

For those wondering why the Super NES version of Valis IV ended up being the dissected port, Telenet had Laser Soft do the job. Had it been a better developer, it would have been closer to the TG-16/PC-Engine CD original with fewer cuts.

One of my favorite final battle songs: 

I couldn't think of anything better to end Fire Emblem: Three Houses on.

I would rather take twenty of Dennis Miller*, Sgt. T-Ben Boudreaux, and Norm MacDonald over another Samantha Bee or Sam Seder any day of the week. *='87-'02 Miller, I might add.

With Gene Deitch's death last week, I admit that Nudnik was hilarious.

John DiMaggio on Vanity Fair: 

Man, having both ankles swollen really sucks.

One of my favorite Married With Children moments: 

Ed O'Neill + Dan Castellaneta = Awesome combo!

Best anime villain from last decade: Charlotte Linlin AKA Big Mom from One Piece on account that she's dangerous, delusional, deranged, deadly, imposing and yet charismatic. Besides an elderly woman who is really screwed up in the head as a pirate captain oozes with originality.

I've been listening to Nights in White Satin by The Moody Blues.

Am I the only person who wouldn't mind seeing American McGee's take on Little Nemo?

Doom 2016 & Eternal = What Thief 2014 should have been. (Read: A proper and excellent re-imagining.)

I've been binge watching The Critical Drinker's videos, and have been enjoying what he's posted.

I still think that The Blues Brothers was the best non-Star-Wars film that Carrie Fisher worked on. That, and the best non-Pee-Wee-Herman film that Paul Reubens worked on as well.

"Wasting a judge's time, that's twenty years."

I've been playing Energy Breaker again, and this time, avoiding the mistakes I made previously.

There's just something about Mel Blanc's oft-overlooked music that always puts a smile on my face.

If there is one thing that the Street Fighter cartoon got right, having the Beast Wars and ReBoot crew on voices would be that.

In the wake of Placido Domigo getting the Coronavirus, I still like The Three Tenors. (I still know that Luciano Pavoratti died years ago.)