Cblogs of 6/17 to 6/23/2023

-Exber analyzes the importance and impact of fourth-numbered sequels for game franchises in general.

-Eggs&BrewsterJr reviews Ico after playing it now for the first time.

-Queen of Philosophy discusses new details we learned about Mortal Kombat 1.

-ctg867 reflects on the death and legacy of E3.

-PhilsPhindings discusses the similarities between the soundtrack of Shining Force and classical music.

-PhilsPhindings discusses the similarities between the soundtrack of Shining Force 2 and Blues and Ragtime music.

-Inquisitive Raven reveals his 2023 Art Commission prices, take a look at his work.

-ChronoLynxx opens this week's TGIF community forum for random discussions.

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Cblogs of 6/9 to 6/17/2023

-Queen of Philosophy discusses new details we learned about Mortal Kombat 1.

-ctg867 reflects on the death and legacy of E3.

-UncannyKyle believes a Nintendo crash is inevitable, but wonders about its size and form.

-Taterchimp writes a detailed analysis of the pros and cons of the TRPG Triangle Strategy.

-Virtua Kazama bids farewell to Street Fighter V in welcoming the latest Street Fighter game.

-PhilsPhindings discusses the similarities between the soundtrack of Shining Force 2 and Blues and Ragtime music.

-PhilsPhindings discusses the similarities between the soundtrack of Shining Force and Folk music.

-Inquisitive Raven reveals his 2023 Art Commission prices, take a look at his work.

-ChronoLynxx opens this week's TGIF community forum for random discussions.

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Cblogs of 6/3 to 6/9/2023

-Taterchimp writes a detailed analysis of the pros and cons of the TRPG Triangle Strategy.

-Virtua Kazama bids farewell to Street Fighter V in welcoming the latest Street Fighter game.

-Lord Spencer continues his retrospective of the Mega Man series with this blog focusing on Mega Man X5.

-PhilsPhindings discusses the similarities between the soundtrack of Shining Force 2 and Blues and Ragtime music.

-PhilsPhindings discusses the similarities between the soundtrack of Shining Force and Folk music.

-Inquisitive Raven reveals his 2023 Art Commission prices, take a look at his work.

-ChronoLynxx opens this week's TGIF community forum for random discussions.

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So long to a troubled, but memorable iteration

_{[One of the community's most dedicated fighting game fans, Virtua Kazama, prepared a few words for the departure of Capcom's Street Fighter V, a game which will be remained for its notorious launch and divisive gameplay, but also for creating great tournament moments and, ultimately turning its fortunes around. - Moyse]}

Street Fighter V… where do I begin?

Seems just like yesterday when I wrote a blog about saying goodbye to SFIV, you came out with a rocky start. I remember back in 2016 while I was working at Best Buy that I got the game and played it despite how barebones the game came out. The game didn’t have a proper story mode until a few months later and that wasn’t good either. For the casual players, they didn’t get enough content, but the competitive players got what they needed.

The main gameplay mechanic that was introduced in SFV was the V-System, which gave three skills to use: V-Skill, V-Trigger, and V-Reversal. All of them use the V-Meter, which is completely separate from the Super meter. The base roster gave us 16 characters, including the mainstays returning from SFIV (Ryu, Ken, Chun-Li, Zangief, M. Bison (Dictator), Vega (Claw), Dhalsim, and Cammy), brand new characters (Necalli, Rashid, F.A.N.G., and Laura), and characters we haven’t seen in years (Birdie, Karin, R. Mika, and Charlie Nash).

A year before the release, us fans were able to try the game out through the beta, and yes: the beta would have some issues to work out in terms of online connectivity. But the gameplay did give us some concerns because it felt different compared to SFIV. For some, it was refreshing, because we didn’t have to deal with the Focus Attacks and Ultras anymore, but for others, they weren’t too big a fan about the new gameplay itself.

It was a time when Street Fighter V went full speed on the eSports experience, having the game appear on tournaments on big networks like ESPN 2 and TBS for example. Yeah, EVO 2016 airing on ESPN 2 was a huge deal and it was a time to show the world what the FGC is made of.

It also had the highest number of entrants, with 5,000+ players at EVO 2016.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljUonlW402Q&list=PLtQAiM1Y5luzZFPzuERYfWu3RsXF5spdc

Looking back, it was a mixed emotion. It had both the good with the FGC support, but it also had the bad with the casual fans that have been around since the beginning or newcomers who just want to have fun. I personally admit that I’ve lost my way as well since I thought that it was going to be the new wave for the future of fighting games and I was wrong. Casual players were left high and dry due to the lack of single-player content that it had when it first came out.

It wasn’t until 2018 that things were about to turn around with Arcade Edition. The game received major changes from brand new moves, a fixed online experience, a revamped training mode, brand new interface graphics, two brand new gameplay modes, a second V–Trigger that everyone can use, and more. The best part about it is that it was a free update for those who already own SFV, which made it easier for us because we didn’t want to buy an update unless we wanted to play the game on PC or another console. Then again, it was only released for the PS4 and PC, followed by an coin-op release one year later with Street Fighter V: Type Arcade.

I do recall a time when SFV: Arcade Edition was out, there was an issue with the online play since Capcom attempted to try Rollback Netcode for the first time, and then someone from Brazil was able to fix the netcode without issue. Online issues aside, SFV: Arcade Edition was a total improvement over the first iteration of SFV. But it would not be the end.

Two years later, we would see the release of Street Fighter V: Champion Edition. This would include an option to select a second V-Skill, as well as more balances and changes. Once Season 5 was released, we were later introduced to another gameplay change with the V-Shift ability, which would serve as a predecessor to a certain mechanic that would later be used in a future game which should be out sooner than later.

Even when COVID hit, the game still managed to survive without issue as well. Capcom Pro Tour was relegated to online tournaments until 2022 when the situation became better. The final Capcom Cup for SFV happened on February 19, 2023 with Capcom Cup XI where MenaRD represented the Dominican Republic and won the tournament. It was hype overall!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maxQhSYcMwI

Let’s also take a look at how much the roster evolved. Season 1, we had a lot of returning characters such as Balrog, Guile, Ibuki, and Juri returning from SF4, while two characters that we haven’t seen in a long time, Alex and Urien from SFIII, made their triumphant return.

Season 2, we had one returning character in the form of Akuma (Gouki), the official debuts of Ed (who appeared in SFIV as part of Balrog’s ending), Zeku (who first appeared in Street Fighter Alpha 2 as an NPC) and Kolin (Gill’s assistant from SFIII), the official debut of Menat (who was introduced to this game), and we saw the addition of Abigail, who was a boss character in Final Fight. 

By the time Season 3 came out, we also saw more fan-favorite characters return such as Blanka, Cody, Sagat, and Sakura (all returning from SFIV), while we saw the official debut of Falke and G. Season 4 saw more returning characters such as E. Honda, Poison and Seth (returning from SF4), the epic return of Gill from SFIII, the debut of Kage (another alter-ego of Ryu), and the addition of Lucia from Final Fight 3.

Lastly, when Season 5 came out, we had the return of Dan and Rose (returning from SFIV), the debut of Eleven (who is a prototype of Twelve from SFIII), the epic return of Oro from SFIII, the addition of Akira from Rival Schools (complete with her brother Daigo), and the debut of Luke, who would later become the new protagonist for Street Fighter 6. Overall, we ended Champion Edition with 46 characters total!

As we say goodbye to Street Fighter V, we will remember the good times and the challenging times that it had. I admit that the game didn’t have a proper launch the way it was intended and that it could have been a lot better if it had more content at launch, but it did allow them to learn several lessons from the developer’s side such as listening to the feedback from both the casual and competitive communities.

Always remember that you can never leave the casual fans who don’t play fighting games competitively behind. It took you two updates, but you managed to improve over time and, ultimately, survive it all.

Street Fighter 6… It’s now your time to shine!

_{You can follow Virtua Kazama for FGC news and gameplay over on Twitch.}

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Cblogs of 5/13 to 5/19/2023

-Lord Spencer continues his retrospective of the Mega Man series with this blog focusing on Mega Man X5.

–Queen of Philosophy tries to predict the path to Mortal Kombat 12.

–Spazzzh20 writes a fully uncensored review of Sonic Frontiers.

-PhilsPhindings discusses the similarities between the soundtrack of Zelda 3 and bluegrass and ragtime music.

-TheBlondeBass updates us on the development progress of their game, Mirama, in this latest dev update blog.

-ChronoLynxx opens this week's TGIF community forum for random discussions.

Thanks for the blogs this week, folks, and thanks as always to Lord Spencer for the recap. If you wanna join in on the HOT TAKE party, then head on over to the Cblogs section right now. Spill your thoughts on all matters gaming, and you will find yourself recapped on this here front page next week.

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Cblogs of 4/29 to 5/4/2023

-Queen of Philosophy tries to predict the path to Mortal Kombat 12.

-Spazzzh20 writes a fully uncensored review of Sonic Frontiers.

-PhilsPhindings discusses the similarities between the soundtrack of Super Mario World and early 20th-century piano music.

-PhilsPhindings discusses the similarities between the soundtrack of Mortal Kombat 2 and Dance music.

-PhilsPhindings discusses the similarities between the soundtrack of Mortal Kombat and Blues music.

-ChronoLynxx opens this week's TGIF community forum for random discussions.

Thanks for the blogs this week, folks, and thanks as always to Lord Spencer for the recap. If you wanna join in on the HOT TAKE party, then head on over to the Cblogs section right now. Spill your thoughts on all matters gaming, and you will find yourself recapped on this here front page next week.

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Cblogs of 4/29 to 5/4/2023

-Queen of Philosophy tries to predict the path to Mortal Kombat 12.

-Spazzzh20 writes a fully uncensored review of Sonic Frontiers.

-PhilsPhindings discusses the similarities between the soundtrack of Mortal Kombat 2 and Dance music.

-PhilsPhindings discusses the similarities between the soundtrack of Mortal Kombat and Blues music.

-Taterchimp celebrated their birthday by doing a charity gaming stream for kids.

-ChronoLynxx opens this week's TGIF community forum for random discussions.

Thanks for the blogs this week, folks, and thanks as always to Lord Spencer for the recap. If you wanna join in on the HOT TAKE party, then head on over to the Cblogs section right now. Spill your thoughts on all matters gaming, and you will find yourself recapped on this here front page next week.

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Cblogs of 4/8 to 4/14/2023

-UncannyKyle defends Square Enix's Marvel's Avengers.

-CaiusRV wonders how chill games like Stardew Valley can still be stressful.

-MinhazFahme explores the dark arts in Hogwarts Legacy.

-GoofierBrute is back to highlighting Games that Time Forgot, with this blog featuring Super Mario Land.

-TheCooperators reviews the indie game, Cult of the Lamb.

-Virtua Kazama writes about the return of EVO tournament to Japan.

-Xeo writes a very personal blog about the star in his life.

-TheBlondeBass thinks deeply about the nature of "content creation".

-PhilsPhindings discusses the similarities between the soundtrack of Mickey Mania and several music genres.

-ChronoLynxx opens this week's TGIF community thread for random discussions.

Thanks for the blogs this week, folks, and thanks as always to Lord Spencer for the recap. If you wanna join in on the HOT TAKE party, then head on over to the Cblogs section right now. Spill your thoughts on all matters gaming, and you will find yourself recapped on this here front page next week.

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Cblogs of 3/25 to 04/08/2023

-CaiusRV wonders how chill games like Stardew Valley can still be stressful.

-MinhazFahme explores the dark arts in Hogwarts Legacy.

-GoofierBrute is back to highlighting Games that Time Forgot, with this blog featuring Super Mario Land.

-TheCooperators reviews the indie game, Cult of the Lamb.

-UncannyKyle defends Square Enix's Marvel's Avengers.

-Virtua Kazama writes about the return of EVO tournament to Japan.

-PhilsPhindings discusses the similarities between the soundtrack of Super Mario World and Blues music.

-PhilsPhindings discusses the similarities between the soundtrack of Mickey Mania and Ragtime music.

-Xeo writes a very personal blog about the star in his life.

-TheBlondeBass thinks deeply about the nature of "content creation".

-ChronoLynxx opens this week's TGIF community thread for random discussion.

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Cblogs of 3/18 to 03/25/2023

-TheCooperators shares their thoughts on 2022 hit Cult of the Lamb.

-Lord Spencer reviews The Granstream Saga as part of his PS1 REVIEWS blogging series.

-Egg&BrewsterJr discusses 10 games they are very close to finishing now.

-Skazfest thinks the reception of Metroid Prime 2 would be better in a post-Dark Souls world.

-Grethiwha shares their first impressions on PSVR 2.

-Lord Spencer continues their retrospective on the Mega Man series with this blog about Mega Man X4.

-PhilsPhindings discusses the similarities between the soundtrack of Metal Gear and Jazz/Blues music.

-TheBlondeBass shares some odds and ends writing with the community.

-ChronoLynxx opens this week's TGIF community thread for random discussion.

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Cblogs of 3/11 to 03/17/2023

-Egg&BrewsterJr discusses 10 games they are very close to finishing now.

-The Cooperators write an analytical blog about Hades.

-Skazfest thinks the reception of Metroid Prime 2 would be better in a post-Dark Souls world.

-Grethiwha shares their first impressions on PSVR 2.

-Isay Isay reviews One Piece: Odyssey.

-Lord Spencer continues their retrospective on the Mega Man series with this blog about Mega Man X4.

-PhilsPhindings discusses the similarities between the soundtrack of Breath of Fire II and Sacral music.

-TheBlondeBass shares some odds and ends writing with the community.

-ChronoLynxx opens this week's TGIF community thread for random discussion.

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Cblogs of 3/04 to 03/10/2023

-The Cooperators write an analytical blog about Hades.

-Skazfest thinks the reception of Metroid Prime 2 would be better in a post-Dark Souls world.

-Grethiwha shares their first impressions on PSVR 2.

-Isay Isay reviews One Piece: Odyssey.

-Lord Spencer continues their retrospective on the Mega Man series with this blog about Mega Man X4.

-Darrenhupke is back with another video gaming book; about Namco's PS1 library of games.

-Boxman214 reports on their solo playthrough of the table-top game, Ironsworn: Starforged.

-ChronoLynxx opens this week's TGIF community thread for random discussion.

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Cblogs of 2/25 to 03/03/2023

-Grethiwha shares their first impressions on PSVR 2.

-Isay Isay reviews One Piece: Odyssey.

-Virtua Kazama shares their thoughts on the EVO 2023 games lineup.

-Lord Spencer continues their retrospective on the Mega Man series with this blog about Mega Man X4.

-Siddartha85 shares a list of their top music of 2022 in this A-List.

-Siddartha85 shares a list of their top music of 2022 in this B-List.

-Boxman214 reports on their solo playthrough of the table-top game, Ironsworn: Starforged.

-ChronoLynxx opens this week's TGIF community thread for random discussion.

A healthy batch o' blogs this week, thanks a lot! Thanks to Lord Spencer for taking the time out of their week to recap them for the front page. As always, if you wanna join in on the HOT TAKE party, then head on over to the Cblogs section right now.

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Cblogs of 2/18 to 02/24/2023

-SlimeyBearXXL979990 picks a number of cool-looking indie games scheduled to be released in 2023 or slightly beyond.

-TheCooperators think that Hogwarts Legacy is a bit too safe and boring in its game design.

-Lord Spencer reports on games A40-A31 on the addendum list to his Top 100 PS1 REVIEWS blogging series.

-Lord Spencer reviews C-12: Final Resistance as part of his PS1 REVIEWS blogging series.

-PhilsPhindings discusses the similarities between the soundtrack of Goonies II and Ragtime music.

-PhilsPhindings discusses the similarities between the soundtrack of Golden Axe 2 and Jazz music.

-PhilsPhindings discusses the similarities between the soundtrack of A Link to the Past and Ragtime music.

-Sleeeves shares a short story with us.

-ChronoLynxx opens this week's TGIF community thread for random discussions.

Thanks for all of your fine blogs, opinions, and write-ups, folks. We appreciate each and every one of them. Thanks to Lord Spencer for taking the time out of their week to recap them for the front page. As always, if you wanna join in on the HOT TAKE party, then head on over to the Cblogs section right now.

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Cblogs of 2/11 to 02/17/2023

-SlimeyBearXXL979990 picks a number of cool-looking indie games scheduled to be released in 2023 or slightly beyond.

-Lord Spencer reports on games A40-A31 on the addendum list to his Top 100 PS1 REVIEWS blogging series.

-Lord Spencer reviews C-12: Final Resistance as part of his PS1 REVIEWS blogging series.

-PhilsPhindings discusses the similarities between the soundtrack of Goonies II and Ragtime music.

-PhilsPhindings discusses the similarities between the soundtrack of Golden Axe 2 and Jazz music.

-PhilsPhindings discusses the similarities between the soundtrack of A Link to the Past and Ragtime music.

-ChronoLynxx opens this week's TGIF community thread for random discussions.

Thanks for all of your fine blogs, opinions, and write-ups, folks. We appreciate each and every one of them. Thanks to Lord Spencer for taking the time out of their week to recap them for the front page. As always, if you wanna join in on the HOT TAKE party, then head on over to the Cblogs section right now.

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Cblogs of 1/29 to 02/04/2023

-FTM thinks that games like Hi-Fi Rush may herald the rebirth of Xbox.

-SlimeyBearXXL979990 picks a number of cool-looking indie games scheduled to be released in 2023 or slightly beyond.

-Lord Spencer reviews C-12: Final Resistance as part of his PS1 REVIEWS blogging series.

-TheBlondeBass updates us on the progress of developing his game, Mirama, in this developer's blog.

-PhilsPhindings discusses the similarities between the soundtrack of A Link to the Past and Ragtime music.

-ChronoLynxx opens this week's TGIF community thread for random discussions.

Thanks for all of your fine blogs, opinions, and write-ups, folks. We appreciate each and every one of them. Thanks to Lord Spencer for taking the time out of their week to recap them for the front page. As always, if you wanna join in on the HOT TAKE party, then head on over to the Cblogs section right now.

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Cblogs of 1/29 to 02/04/2023

-FTM discusses the existential game design themes in Muramasa.

-Kerrik52 shares his countdown of the top games in 2022.

-Lord Spencer analyzes Mega Man X3 as part of his Mega Man Lordspective blogging series.

-Spazzzh20 reviews "The Worst Sonic Game Ever" in Sonic Frontiers.

-Exber discusses similar themes in three very different games.

-Xeo explores the concept of the Horror genre.

-RoomWithaMoose shares their own gaming award prizes for 2022 in this blog.

-PhilsPhindings discusses the similarities between the soundtrack of A Link to the Past and Ragtime music.

-ChronoLynxx opens this week's TGIF community thread for random discussions.

Thanks for all of your fine blogs, opinions, and write-ups, folks, not just this week. We really do appreciate each and every one of them. And thanks to Lord Spencer, as always, for taking the time out of their week to recap them for this here front page. As always, if you wanna join in on the HOT TAKE party for the discourse of 2023, (and there will be discourse), then head on over to the Cblogs section right now. We are aware that the cblog editor has been incredibly testy of late. We apologize. We are hoping we can encourage someone more tech-savvy than ourselves to take a look at it this year.

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Cblogs of 1/19 to 01/28/2023

-GoofierBrute continues their Games That Time Forgot blogging series with this write-up on Fire Emblem: Fates.

-Spazzzh20 reviews "The Worst Sonic Game Ever" in Sonic Frontiers.

-Exber discusses similar themes in three very different games.

-RoomWithaMoose shares their own gaming award prizes for 2022 in this blog.

-Siddartha85 shares their A-list of games released in 2022.

-Siddartha85 shares their B-list list of movies released in 2022.

-Lord Spencer reviews One as part of his PS1 REVIEWS blogging series.

-PhilsPhindings discusses the similarities between the soundtrack of Chrono Trigger and Latin music.

-Xeo explores the concept of the Horror genre.

-ChronoLynxx opens this week's TGIF community forum for open discussion.

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Cblogs of 1/08 to 01/14/2023

-VirtuaKazama takes a look at all of the exciting fighting games news for the coming year.

-Lord Spencer lists their favorite 10 video games of 2022.

-Queen of Philosophy wonders what's next for the God of War series.

-TheBlondeBass writes a retrospective about all the games he completed in 2022 and a personal update.

-Taterchimp ranks all the games they played in 2022.

-TroyFullbuster celebrates game randomizers and writes about why you should try them.

-Virtua Kazama details his hopes and expectations for Virtua Fighter in 2023.

-Dinokaiser does a deep dive into Midgard (1998)on the PC, an early 3D Action-RPG with a unique history.

-Taterchimp has some recommendations for great board games for bored gamers.

-PhilsPhindings discusses the similarities between the soundtrack of Sonic the Hedgehog and Latin music.

-PhilsPhindings discusses the similarities between the soundtrack of Final Fantasy VII and Soul/Gospel music.

–PhilsPhindings discusses the similarities between the soundtrack of Final Fantasy IX and traditional Irish Music.

-ChronoLynxx opens this week's TGIF community forum for random discussions.

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Cblogs of 1/01 to 01/07/2023

-Queen of Philosophy wonders what's next for the God of War series.

-TheBlondeBass writes a retrospective about all the games he completed in 2022 and a personal update as well.

-Taterchimp ranks all the games they played in 2022.

-TroyFullbuster celebrates game randomizers and writes about why you should give them a try.

-Virtua Kazama details his hopes and expectations for Virtua Fighter in 2023.

-Dinokaiser does a deep dive into Midgard (1998)on the PC, an early 3D Action-RPG with a unique history.

-Taterchimp has some recommendations for great board games for bored gamers.

-PhilsPhindings discusses the similarities between the soundtrack of Final Fantasy VII and Soul/Gospel music.

–PhilsPhindings discusses the similarities between the soundtrack of Final Fantasy IX and traditional Irish Music.

-ChronoLynxx opens this week's TGIF community forum for random discussions.

Thanks for the blogs this week, folks, not just this week, but for the entirety of 2022. We really do appreciate each and every one of them. Thanks to Lord Spencer for their tireless work in ensuring that they are recapped weekly for their appearance right here on the front page.

As always, if you wanna join in on the HOT TAKE party for the discourse of 2023, (and there will be discourse), then head on over to the Cblogs section right now. Spill your thoughts on all matters gaming, and you will find yourself recapped on this here front page next week. We are aware that the cblog editor has been incredibly testy this year, and for that, we apologize. We hope we can encourage someone more tech-savvy than ourselves to take a look at it this year.

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Cblogs of 12/24 to 12/31/2022

-TheBlondeBass writes a retrospective about all the games he completed in 2022 and a personal update as well.

-Taterchimp ranks all the games they played in 2022.

-TroyFullbuster celebrates game randomizers and writes about why you should give them a try.

-Virtua Kazama details his hopes and expectations for Virtua Fighter in 2023.

-Dinokaiser does a deep dive into Midgard (1998)on the PC, an early 3D Action-RPG with a unique history.

-PhilsPhindings discusses the similarities between the soundtrack of Final Fantasy VII and Soul/Gospel music.

–PhilsPhindings discusses the similarities between the soundtrack of Final Fantasy IX and traditional Irish Music.

-ChronoLynxx opens this week's TGIF community forum for random discussions.

Thanks for the blogs this week, folks, not just this week, but for the entirety of 2022. We really do appreciate each and every one of them. Thanks to Lord Spencer for their tireless work in ensuring that they are recapped weekly for their appearance right here on the front page.

As always, if you wanna join in on the HOT TAKE party for the discourse of 2023, (and there will be discourse), then head on over to the Cblogs section right now. Spill your thoughts on all matters gaming, and you will find yourself recapped on this here front page next week. We are aware that the editor has been incredibly testy this year, and for that, we apologize. We hope we can encourage someone more tech-savvy than ourselves to take a look at it in the new year.

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Cblogs of 12/16 to 12/23/2022

-Queen of Philosophy sheds the light on some characters they want to feature in Hades 2.

-Virtua Kazuma writes about the importance of offline events in keeping the Virtua Fighter scene alive.

-Lord Spencer continues his Mega Man series retrospective blogs with this blog on Mega Man X2.

–TheBlondeBass updates everyone on the progress of his game, Mirama, in this dev blog.

-PhilsPhindings discusses the similarities between the soundtrack of Final Fantasy VII and Soul/Gospel music.

–PhilsPhindings discusses the similarities between the soundtrack of Final Fantasy IX and traditional Irish Music.

-The Amazing Shenazin returns to posting in Dtoid after a very long hiatus.

–Beatlemaniaxx goes over everything they read or watched this year.

-ChronoLynxx opens this week's TGIF community thread for random discussions.

Thanks for the blogs this week, folks, and thanks as always to Lord Spencer for the recap. If you wanna join in on the HOT TAKE party, then head on over to the Cblogs section right now. Spill your thoughts on all matters gaming, and you will find yourself recapped on this here front page next week.

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Cblogs of 12/10 to 12/16/2022

-Darrenhupke announces the availability of his book detailing Capcom's entire PS1 library of games.

-Virtua Kazuma wonders if Virtua Quest was Sega's answer to Kingdom Hearts.

-MSonicfan rants about Sonic and the sheer number of Badnicks he has to deal with.

-TheBlondeBass updates everyone on the progress of his game, Mirama, in this dev blog.

-PhilsPhindings discusses the similarities between the soundtrack of Final Fantasy IX and traditional Irish Music.

-Beatlemaniaxx goes over everything they read or watched this year.

-ChronoLynxx opens this week's TGIF forum for random community discussion.

Thanks for the blogs this week, folks! And thanks to Lord Spencer for the recap. If you wanna join in on the HOT TAKE party, then head on over to the Cblogs section right now. Spill your thoughts on all matters gaming, and you will find yourself recapped on this here front page next week. In addition, we've been informed that there are some issues with the blog editor currently. We will try and get this looked into.

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Cblogs of 12/03 to 12/09/2022

-Chris Bradshaw reflects on his ever-shrinking time in the face of an expanding/disappearing backlog in Xbox Gamepass.

-Jonathan Holmes introduces the latest A Profound Waste of Time magazine edition, which highlights the Sony exclusives of the past, PaRappa the Rapper and The Last Guardian.

-Vadicta reflects on the classic excellence of DOOM 3.

-Lord Spencer continues his Mega Man series retrospective blogs with this blog on Mega Man X, the first game in the X series.

-PhilsPhindings discusses the similarities between the soundtrack of Final Fantasy VI and several music genres.

-Virtua Kazama shares his experience of playing Virtua Fighter online via Fightcade.

-ChronoLynxx opens this week's TGIF community forum for random community discussions.

Thanks for the blogs this week, folks! And thanks to Lord Spencer for the recap. If you wanna join in on the HOT TAKE party, then head on over to the Cblogs section right now. Spill your thoughts on all matters gaming, and you will find yourself recapped on this here front page next week. In addition, we've been informed that there are some issues with the blog editor currently. We will try and get this looked into.

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Cblogs of 11/27 to 12/03/2022

-Virtua Kazama suggests some crossover ideas for the Virtua Fighter franchise.

-mrkrono has some ideas for how to fix Pokemon Scarlet & Violet.

-RoomWithaMoose talks about the decision to pick Sonic Frontiers over God of War Ragnarok.

-Seymour ranks every single video game they played during the past quarter.

-Mrkrono wonders what's our time worth in the face of increasingly longer games.

-GoofierBrute is back with another "Games that Time Forgot", with this blog about Sonic 3D Blast.

-Taterchimp shares their thoughts on Final Fantasy XIII: Lightning Returns.

-PhilsPhindings discusses the similarities between the soundtrack of Final Fantasy and Marimba music.

-PhilsPhindings discusses the similarities between the soundtrack of Mega Man X and Jazz music.

-PhilsPhindings discusses the similarities between the soundtrack of Final Fantasy and Salsa music.

-ChronoLynxx opens this week's TGIF community thread for random discussions.

Thanks for the blogs this week, folks! Great stuff as always If you wanna join in on the HOT TAKE party, then head on over to the Cblogs section right now. Spill your thoughts on all matters gaming, and you will find yourself recapped on this here front page next week. In addition, we've been informed that there are some issues with the blog editor currently. We will try and get this looked into.

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Cblogs of 11/19 to 11/26/2022

-RoomWithaMoose talks about the decision to pick Sonic Frontiers over God of War Ragnarok.

-Mrkrono wonders what's our time worth in the face of increasingly longer games.

-GoofierBrute is back with another "Games that Time Forgot", with this blog about Sonic 3D Blast.

-Taterchimp shares their thoughts on Final Fantasy XIII: Lightning Returns.

-PhilsPhindings discusses the similarities between the soundtrack of Final Fantasy and Marimba music.

-PhilsPhindings discusses the similarities between the soundtrack of Mega Man X and Jazz music.

-PhilsPhindings discusses the similarities between the soundtrack of Final Fantasy and Salsa music.

-ChronoLynxx opens this week's TGIF community thread for random discussions.

Thanks for the blogs this week, folks, and thanks as always to Lord Spencer for the recap. If you wanna join in on the HOT TAKE party, then head on over to the Cblogs section right now. Spill your thoughts on all matters gaming, and you will find yourself recapped on this here front page next week.

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Cblogs of 11/12 to 11/18/2022

-Mrkrono wonders what's our time worth in the face of increasingly longer games.

-GoofierBrute is back with another "Games that Time Forgot", with this blog about Sonic 3D Blast.

-Taterchimp shares their thoughts on Final Fantasy XIII: Lightning Returns.

-PhilsPhindings discusses the similarities between the soundtrack of Mega Man X and Jazz music.

-PhilsPhindings discusses the similarities between the soundtrack of Final Fantasy and Salsa music.

-ChronoLynxx opens this week's TGIF community thread for random discussions.

Thanks for the blogs this week, folks, and thanks as always to Lord Spencer for the recap. If you wanna join in on the HOT TAKE party, then head on over to the Cblogs section right now. Spill your thoughts on all matters gaming, and you will find yourself recapped on this here front page next week.

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Cblogs of 11/5 to 11/11/2022

-TroyFullbuster just shared a video review of Sonic Frontiers.

-Taterchimp writes a train-of-thought blog about Persona 5.

-Lord Spencer reviews Tales of Destiny II (Eternia) as part of his PS1 REVIEWS blogging series.

-PhilsPhindings discusses the similarities between the soundtrack of Mega Man X and Salsa music.

-PhilsPhindings discusses the similarities between the soundtrack of Mega Man X and Jazz music.

-ChronoLynxx opens this week's TGIF community forum for random discussion.

Thanks for the blogs this week, folks, and thanks as always to Lord Spencer for the recap. If you wanna join in on the HOT TAKE party, then head on over to the Cblogs section right now. Spill your thoughts on all matters gaming, and you will find yourself recapped on this here front page next week.

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Cblogs of 10/29 to 11/04/2022

-Brendle introduces themselves with this blog about their Street Fighter 6 OST frustrations.

-BRAV0 F1VE reviews the indie darling, Cult of the Lamb.

-Manasteel88 made a game as a celebration for this year's Halloween.

-Kerrik52 continues their retrospective on the Legacy of Kain series with another deep dive into Soul Reaver.

-Taterchimp is hosting a Games Done Quick stream for charity purposes. Check it out!

-PhilsPhindings discusses the similarities between the soundtrack of Mega Man X2 and the weird combination of Electronic Music and Blues.

-ChronoLynxx opens this week's TGIF community forum for random discussions.

Thanks for the blogs this week, folks, and thanks as always to Lord Spencer for the recap. If you wanna join in on the HOT TAKE party, then head on over to the Cblogs section right now. Spill your thoughts on all matters gaming, and you will find yourself recapped on this here front page next week.

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Cblogs of 10/23 to 10/30/2022

-manasteel88 has gotten into the Halloween spirit by making their own spoopy game!

-BravoF1ve takes a look at the cartoonish horrific indie hit Cult of the Lamb.

-TroyFullbuster offers up a review of Sega hack 'n' slash classic Bayonetta.

-Kerrik52 continues their uber-epic exploration of the Legacy of Kain series.

-TaterChimp is pretty sure that they can define every Final Fantasy title as a type of cake.

-Lord Spencer continues their Mega Man odyssey with a look at 2015's Mega Man 11

-PhilsPhindings looks at the connections between Mega Man themes and electro-blues music.

-PhilsPhindings looks at the connections between Mega Man themes and fiery salsa music.

-Chronolynxx welcomes the weekend with another community-themed TGIF thread.

Thanks for the blogs this week, folks! Some really great entries with some nicely themed creepy characters... And Mega Man. If you wanna join in on the HOT TAKE party, then head on over to the Cblogs section right now. Spill your thoughts on all matters gaming, and you will find yourself recapped on this here front page next week.

Stay spooky!

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