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TalkBack / Re: Super Bomberman Collection (Switch) Review

« Last post by Kairon on Yesterday at 10:55:11 PM »

Bomberman got a LOT of play on the Wii back in my college dorm room with friends coming over (I think technically it was Bomberman '93 for the TurboGrafx-16), so it's great to see that the franchise and its gameplay is alive and well even these many years later.

Bomberman as a franchise may not be in the top tier of name recognition, but they really have something special with the core gameplay idea behind it and I hope they continue to carry this multiplayer legacy forward.

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TalkBack / Re: Critically Acclaimed Puzzle Game Blue Prince Unlocks Switch 2 Release Today

« Last post by Khushrenada on March 05, 2026, 07:34:25 PM »

Yep. I take it you've only heard about the game now?

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TalkBack / Re: Critically Acclaimed Puzzle Game Blue Prince Unlocks Switch 2 Release Today

« Last post by Mop it up on March 04, 2026, 12:45:32 PM »

Oh, I get it. The title sounds like "blueprints." Ah ha ha ha ha... ha... haaaaaaa

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TalkBack / Re: Indie World Presentation To Air March 3

« Last post by Khushrenada on March 04, 2026, 02:38:45 AM »

Man, what a case of false advertising. I thought this was going to be about a Raiders of the Lost Ark theme park but instead it was just about rogue-like games, decorating camper vans and putting the wooden block shapes into the correct holes. This could have been an e-mail. 

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Movies & TV / Re: Rate the last TV show you've seen

« Last post by broodwars on March 03, 2026, 09:33:59 PM »

Finished the First Season of The Librarians: The Next Chapter, which is all there is for now. Season 2 debuts later this year.

Well, aside from a pretty awful episode about a bachelorette party and some really questionable guest star acting, that was pretty decent. It more or less duplicated the style and energy of the original show, though it ran into something I like to call the "Spider-Man Game Problem".  I call it that because so many Spider-Man games love to wreck the **** out of New York City by the end while also indulging in fanservice showing that superheroes like The Avengers; Daredevil; and Dr. Strange exist in the game's universe. And yet, they don't show up to help resolve the crisis affecting millions of people...because.

Classic example of The Spider-Man Game Problem with the last episode of the season, where the villain of the season uses a magical artifact that disables all global defense systems as he prepares to nuke major cities across the world. The show has firmly established that ALL the characters from the original Librarians show are still active, and yet only ONE of them shows up to help and he doesn't really do much...because this is not their story, and they could only get one guest star from the original show. In-universe, it detracts somewhat from the seriousness of the entire situation if the Main Library can't be BOTHERED to dispatch the THREE other known Librarians; their Guardian; their immortal caretaker (who is a skilled warrior); and their entire arsenal of magical artifacts to stop a world-ending threat.

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TalkBack / Re: Pokemon Winds And Waves Announced For 2027 Release

« Last post by Caterkiller on March 03, 2026, 12:29:19 PM »

As long as they bring back the co-op, that's all I really need.

Let's hope. You know with Gamefreak it's ALWAYS 2 steps forward 3 steps back. Unless of course it comes to breeding and IV management then the quality of life features stack every generation.

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TalkBack / Re: Indie World Presentation To Air March 3

« Last post by Evan_B on March 02, 2026, 11:33:04 AM »

15 minutes? Feels a bit slight, hoping the shadow drop is decent (and not Mina).

EDIT: that makes me sound incredibly negative about Mina, but I just have very little interest in the game and would prefer something more up my alley. Not a statement about its quality.

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TalkBack / Re: Indie World Presentation To Air March 3

« Last post by M.K.Ultra on March 02, 2026, 09:53:19 AM »

Come on Stage Fright releasing in 2026!

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Movies & TV / Re: Rate the last TV show you've seen

« Last post by broodwars on March 01, 2026, 12:06:01 PM »

So...started watching The Librarians: The Next Chapter, and so far it's better than I thought it would be, though it's not so much a sequel to the original show as a spin-off. The pilot only features 1 returning character: Librarian Jacob Stone, though he talks at the other characters from the original show off-camera to maintain continuity.

It looks like this show is about a new cast of characters who are...basically copies of the old cast, working in yet another annex of the Library on the other side of the world. You have your loner Librarian, this time a time-displaced 200 year old wizard; your frustrated Guardian; your dude who knows history and art; your lady who knows math and science; and your cantankerous immortal Caretaker(this time a lady). I don't know whether to call it a funny joke that there's no analog for The Librarians' master thief Ezekiel Jones, or perhaps the showrunners knew that Jones never had much to do in most episodes if it didn't involve stealing or picking locks.

I know that Cassandra returns for an episode at one point, but I wonder if any of the other old cast will. I know the actor who played Flynn is an executive producer of this show, but allegedly he doesn't want to come back for it.

A few episodes in, and this show feels like more of The Librarians, though I'm amused that they've tweaked the Librarians musical theme so it sounds a good deal less like the 11th Doctor's Theme.

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TalkBack / Re: Pokemon Winds And Waves Announced For 2027 Release

« Last post by Mop it up on February 28, 2026, 07:16:57 PM »

As long as they bring back the co-op, that's all I really need.