ProfessorProteus

Reminds me of Mitch Hedberg's banana joke.

No love for Bawls? When I was younger the best LAN parties had Bawls. I think they still make it; no idea if it tastes the same.

Iirc it was the image to an Onion article. I don't know the image's provenance but it likely came from there.

I think it's more like he fell near his sword such that it went harmlessly in between his arm and side, played dead for a few seconds, then checked through one half-open eye to see if anyone bought it.

I mean I know most of this admin are complete buffoons, but for some reason I can't give him the benefit of the doubt. Maybe because it took this long to own up to it, and other people in the group chat denied multiple times that it even happened.

Oh definitely, it's just that when I searched the communities, the only result was on .world

This is all I could think of after reading the first part

I'd love to see an active expanddong community here. Looks like .world has one but it's super dead :(

That's exactly how I articulated my thoughts to a friend the other day. Authenticity is paramount to my jaded brain. Besides, I've already seen the best TV series of all time in Breaking Bad, so why watch any more studio productions after that?

Old MST3K episodes don't count 🙃

You're right, the tracks are pretty short. But since the game is from my childhood it just has that special something in my heart, you know? And I also agree that the controls could have been better. If you make it to the part where he jumps into the robot dinosaur (my PFP, I forgot to add), there's a nice variety of weapon pickups to keep the combat at least a tiny bit interesting.

Either way, I'm glad you gave it a shot!

I must admit, nostalgia has an outsized influence on my enjoyment of the things I grew up with, but I'm glad other people are giving it a chance! Like the other person said, the music is a little repetitive, but a lot of games were like that back then. Not everyone can be Koji Kondo!

There's a game for the NES called Dynowarz and the main character's name is Professor Proteus. The game is... not great. I loved it as a kid even though I was terrible at it. The music rules though, and I'll die on that hill.

I've never seen a single other person talk about this game since I played it back in the early 90s so I wanted to give it some love 😊

Yeah, that's a good idea too. It would probably be useful to look at the progress from multiple angles.