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We had a thread about gaming regrets at DBZ Center way back, I think maybe Dez started it... that sounds about right. Surely we all have things we regret, whether it's money wasted on shitty games, games we missed out on because of decisions that are questionable in hindsight (ie, picking one console over another), games we were late to the party on, the list goes on. And a lot of time has passed since we last looked back on our regrettable decisions, so those of us who responded to the original thread probably have new regrets to share. Of course it's perfectly fine to rehash the old regrets too I'll get the ball rolling: Even though I still for some reason have a soft spot for the Game Gear, I wish I hadn't agreed to give away my Game Boy + games in order to get a Game Gear. That damn colour screen was just too tempting

Pac-Man was my favourite in Smash for 3DS. It's a bit of a pesky playing style the way you can use fire hydrants and items. Also really enjoyed playing as Little Mac for a more full throttle, all-out offensive style of play.

You still playing mostly as Marth? Or branching out to other characters? What is your short-list of favourite Smash characters?

I think I'm picking the Cards in the NLCS. They still got that devil magic, which I think will overpower the Nats' Wild Card magic. But maybe this is the year the Nats finally stop choking?

RIP Rays

Same same from last week. All rhythm games all the time (what little time I have for games )

I wouldn't be surprised if Dave Roberts is out of a job this winter. Might not be entirely fair, but it's always the manager who takes the blame. re: Kershaw: He's probably due for a drop off in effectiveness any time now. Just so many innings on that arm. I'm not sure I would have gone to him in relief last night if I was calling the shots. I don't know if it will get as ugly as fast as it did with Felix, but I can't help but think Kershaw's days as a really good pitcher are numbered

In honour of my MacBook's upgrade to macOS Catalina, I am spinning Milo Goes to College today with a few repeats of "Catalina" Quite a bit of The Meters lately as well. Gotta study those bass lines

Wow, I really didn't see that coming. When I tuned out the Dodgers were still up 3-0. Figured they had that locked down Two surprising results yesterday. I didn't see the Dodgers losing this early. There are more players I like on the Dodgers so I would have liked to see them advance, but the Nats have their fair share of exciting players too - and the whole "better without Harper" narrative is something I find amusing. Looks like the Cards won the season series vs. the Nats quite handily. Four of the games were played quite early in the season so they could maybe be discounted, but as recently as mid-September they took 2-of-3 against Washington. Gotta think a little longer about my NLCS pick. Come on Rays!

Well I guess the Braves are screwed

Yay Rays Couple of good pitching match ups in the deciding NLDS games today. I'm still hoping to see Braves/Dodgers, but I think the NLCS will be good no matter which teams advance.

I guess "PlayStation 4 U" didn't do well with focus groups, so PS 5 it is

Turns out the Twins couldn't win a game Good to see the Rays beating up on Verlander early in Game 4 though. I want to see them take the DS in 5 games because I think Astros fans seem just a little too sure that they're going to win the whole thing. (I mean, Astros/Dodgers World Series is a pretty safe bet, but let's not act like we're there already...)

Braves couldn't close the door today, and the Rays still have a bit of life left in them. You think the Twins can win a game?

Yeah, sucks for that dude. I'd never heard of him. RIP Twins.

I gotta keep watching Carole and Tuesday... Checked out the first episode of Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun this morning. It was kinda fun. I was hoping to pick up some Yu Yu Hakusho sort of vibes, but this is a bit more childish than that. Doesn't look like it will be very fan service-y, so it could be a good Saturday morning show for me and the kiddo.

My approach to Smash was more of an all-out attack so changes to the shield would probably go unnoticed by me

I think the Canucks have potential to be sneaky good this year. Not a Cup contender, but maybe they'll turn a few heads. My Jets are probably going to take a step back this year. Not sure what's going on with the Byfuglien situation People in Toronto are really high on the Leafs this year and it will probably end in tears. Should be fun to watch

I enjoyed Smash on 3DS but I didn't play it nearly as much as I used to play Melee. I have thus far been hesitant to drop $80 on Smash Ultimate because I'm not sure I'm gonna bother with it enough to get my money's worth. I'll wait and see if it ever gets a good sale or noticable price drop, but it will probably take a long time.

Nice to see Atlanta even things out. It's pretty nuts how good Verlander continues to be.

Also started watching Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress: The Battle of Unato on Netflix last night. It's a movie that was released earlier this year and is broken up into 3 episodes on Netflix. I thought maybe it was going to be a new season or something because I never heard about the movie, and I felt like the pacing was really weird in the first episode. Turns out it was just the first third of a movie, which makes more sense. Why not just put it on Netflix as a movie...?

Ono's butler is a true hero The man just wants her to have a bit of time to have fun, and he wants a Virtual Boy () -- is that so much to ask for? Not necessarily new for the fall season, but I checked out this SD Gundam thing last night and had to tap out pretty quickly. It's really dumb.

Those pesky Cardinals

Revisited tricot's Audiotree session this week, which is a really solid little set of 5 songs: Also been listening to some Thundercat, this dude can really play the bass Bit of an acquired taste, but he does some really cool stuff

Crypt of the NecroDancer and a bit of SUPERBEAT: XONiC mixed in. Every time I come back to SUPERBEAT I think, "Maybe this time I can get good enough to beat those last few World Tour levels..." Not happening. My poor thumbs can only go so fast