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NathanL75
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Husband & Father. Writer and teller of stories.

English Major, 802 transplant. Enjoys RPGs, comics, and good conversation.

🎮: Trails of Cold Steel 2, Dynasty Warriors 8

Amazing Gamers Pod: https://rss.com/podcasts/amazing-gamers-podcast/
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The power of Zelda has brought back Amazing Gamers! Dana (ComicsinBoston on IG) joins me to discuss greatest Zelda hits and misses. Apologizing to Ocarina fans now 🙃

We also talked Who Would Win with She Hulk and Zhuge Liang, and I discovered that Castlevania64 exists 😱

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The power of Zelda has brought the Amazing Gamers podcast out of hiatus!In this conversation I caught up with former colleague Dana (Comics In Boston on Instagram) to discuss the Zelda series; favorit...
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This Romance of the Three Kingdoms 2 cartridge has sat in my NES for 30 years, and my son wanted to look at it today.

I played that one all night, until the morning light, many times in high school 💝
November 16, 2025 at 2:36 PM
The G1 Transformers comics had some nice moments like this.
November 16, 2025 at 1:38 PM
With Warren Zevon in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, I think Weird Al is now my leading nominee 💝
We had so much fun on our 2025 Bigger & Weirder tour that we decided we just didn’t want to stop. So we’re doing a bunch of shows next year too! If you missed it the first time around - or if for some crazy reason you want to see it again - now’s your chance!! Dates and info at weirdal.com on Monday
November 16, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Wonder Woman was my favorite tv show when I was little and I can completely identify with this take.
November 16, 2025 at 11:36 AM
I've been thinking about the difference between "good enough" and "just right" a lot lately

When it comes to making games, especially the tent poles, Nintendo is committed to 'just right' and usually delivers.

And that's why eight years later, people still very much want to play these games.
Need to bitch once more about Nintendo prices because why has it GONE UP??? This game is 8 years old!!!!
November 16, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Through 6+ games, the Trails series is always evolving.

Cool Steel added staggers, and it’s pretty good.

Basically different attacks have varying success rates at staggering enemies, which provides a rush or follow-up attack.

Staggers can be the margin between victory and defeat (was today🙏
November 16, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Watching the Breakfast Club during my wife’s run club and it really holds up pretty well 💝
November 15, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Trashing Liu Biao AKA Big Softie in Romance of the Three Kingdoms 8 Remake.

He outnumbered me 2-to-1, but Huang Zhong was his only hero.

My leader's special ability is that enemy morale falls when I defeat a unit; I focused on cratering his morale (the Yellow Bar) and his troops all ran away 😆
November 15, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Enough time has passed: I’m low key curious to pick up Civ7 again, and see how much it has evolved over the past year.

But real talk: I kinda want to bust out Civ6 complete again. That game was just right in so many ways.
November 15, 2025 at 2:22 PM
My daughter was asking why the girl disappears at the end of this great video.

My official answer: I don’t know 🤷

When she pressed: the song is about a guy remembering a lost love. While singing it, it’s like she’s back, but the dream ends when the song is over 💝💝💝

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Payphone | Just Dance 2025 Edition (Switch)
YouTube video by Mutch Games
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November 15, 2025 at 1:51 PM
This is a demonstration of that old saw of how Wonder Woman might not be strong as Superman but she’s peerless at martial arts.
November 15, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Love it 😍
November 15, 2025 at 1:51 AM
I missed the PSP, but it had a lot of good games.

Oldsona (which is still there for download in the PS store) and Trails in the Sky are the two that come to mind.
The Sony PSP doesn't get enough love. Let's change that...

Which PSP game should absolutely not be missed if you could recommend ANY game from its entire library to new players?
November 15, 2025 at 12:41 AM
So my large and orange force in the south has finished off the Sun family and absorbed most of their leaders.

Not entirely sure what to do next. Probably going to attack Liu Biao (light blue) and consolidate control of the central part of the map from there.
November 15, 2025 at 12:39 AM
The warm reunion with Machias bringing back memories of wiser Nanjo 💝🙏

#TrailsofColdSteel
#Oldsona
#Persona2
November 15, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Was impressed with a nurse practitioner yesterday.

I waited a long time, but I expected that. Honestly I expected them to take my blood pressure and my money and send me elsewhere.

But she figured out what the problem likely was.

That’s the difference between “good enough” and “just right”
November 14, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Important question: what’s the best platform for the Final Fantasy Tactics remake?

Is it switch? PS5, Steam? Or is it all the same?
November 14, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Real talk: liberals already have their own Joe Rogan. This is what it looks like.

Also, Pro Tip from someone who actually grew up in Vermont:

In my experience when Vermonters meet Bernie and talk with him about what’s happening in DC, they typically end with “give em hell, Bernie.”

Just sayin’
November 14, 2025 at 1:20 PM
We got Nick 🎉💝
November 14, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Yeah I work in Boston 💝
November 13, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Estelle with prep time 💪
November 13, 2025 at 12:31 PM
The thing about AI slop: I don’t know if Hank would have done it that way.

But Outlaw Country was peak, and AI wouldn’t have produced that, because it was an original sound stemming from lived experience of geniuses such as Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson and Waylon of course 💝

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Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way
YouTube video by Waylon Jennings - Topic
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November 13, 2025 at 12:22 PM
I largely migrated to Spotify and a big part of that is Apple always trying to push me to get their streaming service, which I don’t want.
November 13, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Trails series truism: the Breath orbment is your early-game area healing spell.

I usually buy it as soon as possible 👍
November 13, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Covered a galley event tonight, with an alumni who is now an art teacher who makes comics in his spare time.

Inspiring stuff (he’s on Instagram as Shredmancomics).

My favorite was called Doomscrolling.
November 13, 2025 at 12:14 AM