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Backlog Adventures: Metroid Prime 4: Beyond

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It's been a while, hasn't it? Welcome to Backlog Adventures! I have a decently sized backlog, and I want to chronicle my thoughts of some games in that backlog. Let's begin. Metroid Prime 4 is a game where you explore an unknown, interconnected world, shooting enemies, platforming, and occasionally gaining upgrades that grant more methods of movement, more defense and offense, and the ability to explore other parts of the world previously inaccessible. The game was revealed in the first year of the Nintendo Switch, 2017. But it had gone through a ton of development troubles, resulting in it releasing 8 years later, in 2025. Now, I like Metroid Prime, but I am much more of a fan of the 2D series. Those games are a lot faster-paced, have more fun movement and platforming, and have much more accessible navigation and puzzles. When I tried out the original Metroid Prime for the first time, it did not do much for me. Playing through it later, I would, slowly as the game progress...
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My Childhood Homemade Sonic R Picture Books Part 2: Age 10

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 In my last post, I talked about how at age 6 or 7, I loved Sonic R so much I wanted it to have its own story, and so I wrote a whole picture book. But that wasn't much of a story. 3 or 4 years later, at age 10, I looked back at the picture book and thought I could do much better. So I wrote on the original "Book 1 for younGREADERS" and produced this book, "Sonic R BOOK 2: howitREALLY hAPPEnd". Yes, this is how it really happened. The original was just a fake watered down adaptation for little kids.  As you can see, the logo, though not great, is a lot closer to the source material, and I believe I exclusively used markers this time, with varying results. Why does Sonic have red skin on his chest? I don't know. Also... Sonic's face is blue instead of tan. That's something the original has over this one. One day, Sonic was taking a vacation. One improvement you can tell right away is that I used printed text. What I did was write a short Microsoft Wo...
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My Childhood Homemade Sonic R Picture Books Part 1: Age 6/7

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 Sonic R is a footracing game developed by Traveller's Tales with help from Sonic Team, released for the Sega Saturn in 1997. and for Windows PC a year later. It has been often criticized it for its short length, difficult controls, and labyrinthine course design, but some people who grew up with it, like me, find it endlessly replayable, find the controls (once you get used to them) uniquely engaging, and find the course design (the only 3D levels designed by original Sonic level designer Hirokazu Yasuahara!) really interesting. It is unironically one of my favorite games in the Sonic series. We've owned the PC version for as long as I can remember, and I played it a lot as a kid, but got more into the game once one of my brothers showed me that getting all the collectible coins hidden in a course can unlock a brand new character, and by getting all the collectible Chaos Emeralds, you could unlock the powerful Super Sonic. At either age 6 or 7, it and Sonic Heroes were my top ...
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