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General Chat / Re: Hockey Discussion: The Leafs Would Like To Borrow Taylor Hall's Horseshoe

« Last post by NWR_insanolord on Yesterday at 11:18:53 PM »

What a game! Porter Martone with the winner in his first career playoff game, only his 10th NHL game period. That kid is going to be a star. Really shouldn't have even been that close, Flyers just suffocated the Penguins and easily could have had 5 or 6 goals if not for Skinner making big saves. Love to see the rivalry back in full swing.

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General Gaming / Re: 6th Annual NWR Four on Four

« Last post by broodwars on Yesterday at 11:14:48 PM »

I have rolled credits on the Rogue Prince of Persia after lucking into a damn good run, where I got situationally the best weapon in the game early, plus the medallions needed to make it always Crit.

I proceeded to absolutely annihilate all 4 of the run's bosses, including netting me 3 most of the no-hit boss trophies I was missing (I already had the no-hit from the 4th boss). I'm not just missing 1 of those. I also got the trophy for no-hitting one of the trap-ladden levels.

Didn't think I was going to go for the Platinum on this one, but the game's a lot of fun and the Platinum's surprisingly do-able for a rogue-like.

As for the story, it's pretty standard issue Prince of Persia, right down to the ending being kind of lame, really.

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General Chat / Re: "Hey I'm new!" Official Introduce Yourself to the Internet Thread

« Last post by ErwinAckermann on Yesterday at 12:20:49 PM »

Hey everyone! I'm new here!

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General Gaming / Re: 6th Annual NWR Four on Four

« Last post by M.K.Ultra on April 17, 2026, 01:39:59 PM »

I hit an end to my time with Chicken Wiggle on 3DS. I was playing this via the atooi collection from Limited Run. As is well documented online, there is a game breaking bug on the second to last level (8-5). It prevents players from accessing the last two levels. I did 100% complete all levels before this. With no official patch and not wanting to mod my 3DS I am going to consider this completed.

I really enjoyed my time with this game (~5.5 hours). The controls are tight, the game looks great (especially the 3D  ), and the level design was strong. I sharing features are no longer available and I did not try using the level creation tool. It was nice to get back into using my 3DS. I had not played it since I wrapped up Etrian Odyssey last year. I am not a little more motivated to tackle that part of my backlog.

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General Gaming / Re: 6th Annual NWR Four on Four

« Last post by broodwars on April 17, 2026, 01:13:30 PM »

Completed my time with the Switch version of Yooka-Laylee & the Impossible Lair, getting all the Coins, Tonics, and Bees you can get without clearing the lair hit-less.

That sounds like the level of completion I had. What do you get for clearing the impossible lair without getting hit?

The game's final tonic, which makes the duo Gold.

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General Gaming / Re: 6th Annual NWR Four on Four

« Last post by M.K.Ultra on April 17, 2026, 01:04:31 PM »

Completed my time with the Switch version of Yooka-Laylee & the Impossible Lair, getting all the Coins, Tonics, and Bees you can get without clearing the lair hit-less.

That sounds like the level of completion I had. What do you get for clearing the impossible lair without getting hit?

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General Gaming / Re: 6th Annual NWR Four on Four

« Last post by broodwars on April 16, 2026, 08:51:48 PM »

Completed my time with the Switch version of Yooka-Laylee & the Impossible Lair, getting all the Coins, Tonics, and Bees you can get without clearing the lair hit-less.

Still quite like that game, though I feel like it starts running out of ideas for areas about 3/4 of the way through. I definitely enjoyed the earlier levels more. And the lair itself is as miserable as I remembered.

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General Chat / Re: In the dreamtime

« Last post by ThePerm on April 16, 2026, 04:53:48 AM »

I had a blast reading about my old dreams, many of which I don't remember. Many of you had some great dreams too. I really haven't had a weird dream in a while. But I also don't take nyquil every night like I did in the early 2010s.

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General Gaming / Re: 6th Annual NWR Four on Four

« Last post by broodwars on April 16, 2026, 02:08:38 AM »

OK, finally had my 1st 2 successful runs through the Rogue Prince of Persia, as well as moved the story forward by rescuing my next family member.

Wow, that final boss was surprisingly easy, even as a 2-phase fight.

You unlock permanent items that make the game harder if you wish to use them (with the trade-off being that you acquire more upgrade currency), but I don't think I'll ever use them. I never see the point in these masochist challenge Debuffs in Roguelikes. TMNT: Splintered Fate has these, too, and they only made the game way less enjoyable.

Gonna stick with this game through at least the end of the story, which requires at least 1 more story quest completed first.

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General Gaming / Re: 6th Annual NWR Four on Four

« Last post by broodwars on April 15, 2026, 07:16:21 PM »

Onto greener pastures. I know this goes against the 4 on 4 code, but I decided to go back to Oceanhorn 2 while I wait for Pragmata to drop. Of all the 3D Zelda-a-likes that have ever 3D Zelda-a-liked, this one is definitely the most.

I am also awaiting Pragmata, as well as Saros to close out the month.

Thankfully, new releases get way less interesting after April.