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    NYCPaulMarah Eakin
    12/09/17 11:01am

    My “best time killer imaginable” is reading a book. That doesn’t have to be the case for everybody, of course. But yeah- books.

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      Mr GlitchNYCPaul
      12/09/17 2:03pm

      Book? What is... book?

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      TAMPAXNYCPaul
      12/09/17 2:55pm

      At the end of The Time Machine (1960), Filby sees that George has taken three books with him back to the future. We’re not told what three books they are, but Filby asks the housekeeper “If you were going to rebuild future civilization, what three books would YOU take?” as if it were an obvious answer.

      This question plagued me as a child.

      This year I feel as far from having an answer as ever.

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    The_MisanthropeMarah Eakin
    12/09/17 6:59pm

    While I acknowledge that Castlevania:SOTN has some design/gameplay/balance flaws, I still love it unapologetically. It was a love-letter to the full possibilities of 2D platformers in an age when the industry was looking to 3D as the future*, on a system that was primarily designed with 3D polygonal games in mind.

    I am currently watching Dan Jones of the Extra Credit and Extra Play Youtube channels play through the game for the first time. This is perhaps my favorite kind of playthrough, as I get to vicariously relive the thrills of playing through a game I love through someone else’s experience. There are few greater joys than watching someone discover that there is a hidden second half to a game they have been enjoying.

    *Konami itself made an early attempt at 3D platforming with the largely forgotten Castlevania 64.

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