I’m not familiar with Rhythm Heaven, but Mario 64 (and Sunshine) has been a big hit in our house too.

I was thinking about picking that controller up. My 3 y/o has been using a pro controller, and it seems too big.

I do have a fondness for old rock/metal from that era too and am pretty happy with it, so maybe that’s a green light!

it is like studying the life and culture of the past.

I truly think stuff like this is important. Developing an appreciation and personal connection to cultural touchstones of the past is like a history lesson and familiarizes you with the life experiences of your parents/grandparents/etc.

So it’s begun.

They’ll hit it with one of these, and then we’ll be the out of touch ones for thinking it’s unnecessary.

Parents of a 3 month old who aren’t quite sure what day/week/month it is.

You’re probably right. I bet I’m being US-centric to just assume everyone there values free speech/expression with the same cultural intensity.

What is happening in the UK in the last year or so? I keep seeing crazy headlines like this every so often.

The online safety act requiring ID, police showing up at old people’s houses for their Facebook/twitter posts, or that one time someone suggested they would try to extradite Americans for the same thing. Where is this coming from all of a sudden?

That’s egregious, wow.

The hero we needed

It seems like we’re going to live through a time where these become so convincingly “conscious” that we won’t know when or if that line is ever truly crossed.

Part of the breakdown:

Always!

Some stadiums have this too. It’s not for me.