Listicles are simultaneously great and terrible. They're great for the nostalgia and occasional insight that comes with justifying their ranking. They're terrible because search is saturated with them and because they're very subjective.

In the spirit of video game nostalgia, I decided to put together a database of quotes, memes, references, and tropes from my many years in gaming. I tried to skip the super overexposed ones like an arrow to the knee or a weapon to surpass Metal Gear.

I ever tell you about the time my buddy Keith drowned in the Tunnel of Love? You wouldn't think it would happen cause the water's so shallow, but that's how he gets you, man: Over confidence. Keith was with his lady at the time and he was yelling for her to save him but she didn't wanna get wet--

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I was going to use a single eight-bit sprite for this widget but there were too many great options. Alas, having both the graphic and text rotate seems to imply they are related. Oh well, going to keep it for now.

For the moment, I'll put one of these at the end of each post with a video game.

On the subject of games

The Borderlands 4 reveal dropped a couple of weeks back. It seems to show Elpis, presumably at the conclusion of BL3 from the other side of the phase shift. Elpis wrecks some green ice energy stuff, sending debris down to a new(?) planet. Someone on the planet with a robotic hand picks up a psycho mask from a chunk of the Pandoran moon.

Source. Does this hand match?

I read some initial speculation that the hand belongs to an Eridian, possibly The Watcher who appeared at the end of TPS. Does this mean the omegawar mentioned in the TPS epilogue is upon us? In the eternal words of Mr. Torgue, "MAYBE!"

Fascinating story. Any chance you're nearing the end?

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