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15. Double Dragon (NES) Another entry on my very early "maybe eventually" list. I did actually get pretty decent at the game, but the walls at the start of the last stage were enough to keep me away from serious attempts back in 06/07. I know they've been solved since, so maybe I revisit it.

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13. Goldeneye 007 (N64) I really enjoy the runs of this game, and the fact that new stuff keeps getting found to this day is pretty amazing. So why don't I run it? I don't want to associate with that community. If you know, you know. If you don't, it's probably better that way. Great game, though

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11. Wonder Boy (SMS) There was a bit in the late 2010s where everybody was in on Hudson's Adventure Island, and I was there wondering why everyone was playing the inferior version of the game. This project just proved a little too big. It was All Dolls or nothing for me, and that was too much.

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9. Blaster Master (NES) A chunk of my speedrun projects over the years were a bit of a revenge tour of games I couldn't beat as a kid. This was on that list, and while I did revisit it and earn the ending screen, felt like that was good enough. Never got to playing it with a timer.

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7. Flying Warriors (NES) Another one of those games I was super down for as a kid. Remember the old GamePro comic fondly and really enjoyed playing it then. I wanted a run to exist circa ~2010 and started looking into it and then realized just how janky it really is. Bounced off the idea quickly.

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5. Switchball (XBLA) This game has big "We have Marble Blast at home," energy, but it's some really good home cooking. There are lots of cool skips you can do in this one and a SS run would be very impressive. Some of those are hard though, and ultimately I was content to do most of them just once.

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3. White Shadows (PC) I don't see people talk about this game ever, and that's too bad because it's a great casual playthrough. Had a mind to try to go fast in it, but as a speedgame it suffers from lots of sections that are cutscenes where you can move. People should play it, they shouldn't run it

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1. Phantasy Star (SMS) Actually did a fair amount of routing and theory crafting for this game back in the day, but it became obvious pretty early the planning was going to be the fun part. Actual attempts? Lots of sleepy grinding with two RNG heavy bosses at the very end. Yeah...no thanks.

Music Question Friday: Wait, That's What They Said Edition. Give me a track where you misunderstood some of the lyrics for a stretch of time only to find out they were something different down the line. Did you like the real lyrics better, or did you prefer your initial head canon?

It's 12:30 and my bracket is perfect so far. Gonna enjoy it while it lasts.

Music Question Friday: Don't See That Everyday Edition. Give me a track that you like where the lyrics tackle a subject you don't see often in other songs. Plenty of love songs out there, lots of "be mad at the establishment" tracks, but I'm looking for the weird one offs here.

Music Question Friday: Hey, Who Sings That? Edition: Give me a track that's your karaoke go to. Whether you're a karaoke night person or just someone who belts their favorites in the car or shower or whatever, that track where you just know you can just nail those lead vocals.

For me, it's best to do karaoke to songs that don't require much actual singing. This fits the bill and hits enough nostalgia sweet spots to get away with it. Do you wanna die? www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkwD...