Obsessionist

I feel like Barcelona needed a little Zatth.

Nifty stuff, I love Hewkii's arms.

Gotta love free hidden ability 'mons.  Man, now I really want to track down some Unown...

Very nice.

Thanks for no clickbait.

Game soundtracks with no global release are the main thing I have no qualms about downloading illegally. It just doesn't make any sense to pay more to buy and import a soundtrack than the game containing that soundtrack cost me in the first place. I do pay full-price for soundtracks that are released over here (even digitally), but that's pretty much Pokémon soundtracks and nothing else.

Also Chrono Trigger.  That counts for something.

I can't recommend A Link Between Worlds enough. Don't listen to anyone telling you to play Ocarina of Time, it's severely overrated.

 

E: Which isn't to say you shouldn't play it, but it shouldn't be the first that you play.

Yes, Ocarina of Time is overrated, but it's rated so high that it's still one of the best games out there.  A Link Between Worlds is indeed excellent, and would be an excellent introduction to Zelda, but I still think that Ocarina of Time will give you a better idea of what the series is about.

Start with Ocarina of Time, for sure.  On the 2DS you can then play Majora's Mask and A Link Between Worlds, in whatever order.

And then the original Legend of Zelda, and Zelda II, and Link's Awakening, and Oracle of Ages, and Oracle of Seasons.

Really you should play them all.  If you've got to cherry-pick, I'd go with Ocarina of Time for being the quintessential Zelda game and then either A Link Between Worlds or an Oracle game to experience what the 2D Zeldas have to offer, depending on your budget.

Of course, Majora's Mask is the best Zelda game, if not a particularly representative one.  And Oracle of Ages is, in my opinion, the best 2D Zelda game--though if you prefer combat to puzzles, go with Seasons instead.

Do the drop bears target you? Or can they differentiate a new arrival from a tourist?

Yes please!  That's awfully kind of you.

So... Why is Saturn Saturn?

This essay is alternatively titled The Extent to which Sumiki is Tolerable as a Function of Time, With Particular Investigation on the Effects of Perceived Authority.

Very elegant and simple.

do you turn into a giant labyrinth for a few days then return back to normal or something

that's what i'm getting from the name.

I wrote this comment by making tiny bits of rubble from one of my dozens of stone walls fall onto a keyboard in precise patterns.

Aaaand this is why I try to avoid collectible things. I know that if I buy one I'll have to buy more and I just can't do that right now.

 

I mean just look at what happened with LEGO. I get one set in 1996 and look where that led me.

TRAGIC

Yep, welcome to education.

I almost forgot about Rotor.  Man, that set was great.  It make me think that Hero Factory sets might become the bigger, better BIONICLE sets I wanted.  Then CCBS happened and became its own thing.

Thornraxx is very appropriately placed.  Such a good design, such good colors, such fantastic parts.

...post?  Or is that too mainstream?

Hey, not so special anymore, huh? Well, guess what? No one ever told me I was special. I never got a trophy just for showing up! I'm not some special little snowflake, no! But as unspecial as I am, you are a thousand billion times more unspecial than me!

--President Ferrell Business, The LEGO Movie

 

Or simply "You are a thousand billion times more unspecial than me."

This is such a wonderfully horrible idea.

Oh, a Chro.

Mine is 0576-4386-4501

You've got to specify the relevant field, otherwise you'll pick up linguistics or literature articles, as opposed to history.  Better still if you know a particular journal.  Also, try removing the word "European" from your search, or enclose it and the noun it modifies in quotation marks.

Excellent advice. 

SO MUCH WANT

Out of curiosity, what is the purpose of a higher-res picture of a mosaic that's basically pixel art?

How'd you do the first time?

Good enough that to take it again would most likely be pointless.  Except for the essay, but nobody cares about the essay anyway.