Rundown (4/12/2026) Natalie is Noncompetitive!

• Post published:04/12/2026
• Post category:Rundowns
• Reading time:42 mins read
• Post comments:4 Comments

This Week’s Topics:

• Rundown Preamble Ramble: Natalie is Noncompetitive!
• The Backwards Compatibility of the Wii PS360 Era Ruined Games Preservation (And is Why We Have A Glut of Re-Whatevers)
• Amazon Kills Their Luna Game Store and Service (Its Impact Was So Subtle I Forgot It Existed)
• Level-5 Announced A Bunch of Things (I Don’t REALLY Care Because They Are In Their Slop Arc)

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Rundown (9/29/2024) Acknowledge ALL of Gaming History!

• Post published:09/29/2024
• Post category:Rundowns
• Reading time:78 mins read
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This Week’s Topics:

• Rundown Preamble Ramble: Acknowledge All of Gaming History!
• Metrics 4 Gamers (Gimme All The Sales Data!)
• Oops! An Unhinged Rant About Controllers (The Astro Bot Mind Virus Strikes Again!)
• Level-5 Is Still Alive(?) (TGS Rundown Part 1)
• Inazuma Eleven RE(make) Announced (Also Victory Road Looks DOPE!)
• More like Yok-AI Watch! (Yo-Kai Watch Next: Holy Horror Mansion Announced)
• Let’s Play Down State of Play! (TGS Rundown Part 2)
• Bring Back ALL The Great 90s RPGs! (Lunar Remastered Collection Announced)
• The Legacy Must Be Retold! (Legacy of Kain 1 & 2 Remastered Announced)
• Look Into The Horizon And See… A Pretty Game (Horizon I: Zero Dawn Remastered Announced)
• That’s Not Ghost of Two-shima! (Ghost of Yotei Announced)
• Behavior Gets Their Hooks In Another One! (Behavior Interactive Acquires Red Hook Studios)
• Every Day I Wish For The Live Service Industry’s Collapse… (Persona 5: The Phantom X is Coming to Japan)
• Classic Dungeons Are The Best Dungeons (Cladun X3 Announced)
• I Got Bamboozled by a Surprise Launch! (I’ll Review Class of ’09: The Flip Side Next Month)

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Rundown (2/12/2023) Natalie Reviews Rintarou Panic! (And Other Assorted Treats)

• Post published:02/12/2023
• Post category:Rundowns
• Reading time:70 mins read
• Post comments:6 Comments

This Week’s Topics:

• Rundown Preamble Ramble: TSF Showcase #2023-03 Rintarou Panic! is DOPE!
• TSF Showcase #2023-04 About Sex: Understanding the Body Swap and The Transformation Fetishes by Sr. Estranho
• Libraries and Media as a Public Good (Natalie Rambles About Digital Public Libraries)
• Out With The AAA; In With The Old (Natalie Rambles About The State of AAA & Retro Gaming)
• Are First-Party Nintendo Games AAA Titles? (A Bridge Between Two Segments)
• Nintendo Direct 2023 – 1 of 2 (Rundown of the February 8, 2023 Nintendo Direct)
• Pikmin 4 is Real-er! (Pikmin 4 Gameplay Reveal)
• From Latin With Love 2 – 23 Years Later (Samba de Amigo is BACK!!!)
• Two Dope Looking Remasters Announced After Being Leaked! (Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective and We Love Katamari Reroll+ Royal Reverie Announced)
• Yggdrasil Odyssey – OG Remaster! (Etrian Odyssey I, II, and III are Getting Remastered)
• Nintendo Switch Online Still Sucks, But It Has More Stuff Now (GameBoy, GameBoy Color, and GameBoy Advance Titles Added to NSO)
• Metroid Prime is BACK! (Metroid Prime Remastered FINALLY Releases for Switch)
• As Requested By 500 People, Here’s A Baten Kaitos Remaster! (Baten Kaitos I & II HD Remaster Announced)
• LEVEL-5 IS BACK BAY-BEE!!! (Developer Level-5 Announces 3 New Titles)
• Fantasy Life III, but with Only One I (Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time Announced)
• We Ain’t Deca Sports, We Deca COPS! (DecaPolice Announced)
• Layton’s Back, BAY-BEE!!! (Professor Layton and The New World of Steam Announced)
• Paranormal Sights and Big Confusion (Square Enix Announces Horror Adventure Game Coming Out Next Month)
• Boku no Natsuyasumi VII, BAY-BEE!!! Natsu-Mon! 20th Century Summer Vacation Announced
• Atelier Remake Saga Begins! (Atelier Marie Remake: The Alchemist of Salburg Announced)
• Nintendo Direct 2023 – 1 of 2 – Das Ende (Other Announcements From the February 8, 2023 Nintendo Direct)
• Ayesha Erotica And The Quest For Moral Purity (Natalie Rambles About Shunning And Moral Perfectionism)

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