I use the phrase codified. For example Ocarina of Time and Mario 64 didn’t invent fighting or exploring in 3D, but both established a baseline of what it should feel like.

Pokemon took what SMT/Dragon Quest/Mother was putting down, simplified and refined the vibe and made it more accessible.

Both games have full implented battle systems.

Cobblemon allows you to move while battling, and has faint animations.

Pixelmon is more feature complete, but it’s glitchier.

Definitely play it on a server. The procedural generated gyms are cool, but nothing beats humans.

Someone’s gotta show Lost Odyssey some love.

It’s such a shame. Pokemon has so much potential, but Gamefreak/TPC are… a bit shitty.

They could take a leaf from Morrowind. Open world, but use terrain and fog to hide the limitation and funnel the players along the points of interest.

Then late game let them go nuts, flying everywhere seeing the less than pretty areas.

Like Breath of the Wild had some empty ugly areas, but the worse areas were off the beaten path.

Also the bland areas were also usually hiding a shrine or something.

Oh, no language policing intended. I was just doubling down on the bloodlust.

Either. Either one of them.

IIRC, it’s more that they over time figure out what sounds and actions get their owner’s attention. We respond better, unconsiously or otherwise when they meow at us.

My old cat figured out, before I did, that if she knocks shit off the coffee table I get up and check if her bowl is empty.

Generally wild/feral adult cats are more or less mute outside of anger/mating/territory calls, but domesticated cats keep their kitten vocalizations if we respond to them.

My current cat is very vocal and we responded playfully to his meowing as he grew up.

Edit: Here’s a scientific american blog/article about it. I don’t think it’s something we have confirmation on, just a good hunch.

Uhh huh huh… you said depth.

I’ll also toss A Way with Words on the pile too. It’s a long running NPR-adjacent radio show/podcast about linquistics.

My favorite was a dive they did on the descriptor “like a dead preacher” to refer to an annoying awkward thing to move.

Yes, each generation has words or a style of typing that they grew up or had to adapt to.

IIRC Boomers and Gen Z use more emoji than Gen X and Y.

Millenials grew up with keyboards, so they tend to type full sentences, punctuation, shit like that. With Gen X being a toss-up.

Boomers tend to use formal language, but they suck at distilling their thoughts into something another human person can understand. (Boomer ramblings on Facebook)

Wish I could find the article that broke it down, but search engine sludge makes any question about generations into links to quizzes.

That story mode was unhinged difficult. Don’t think I got much further than that.

It was such a cool level. I remember that was the only story level I beat in first couple tries~

It’s so satisfying when you get good at knocking out other racers. I remember as a teenager I would set my top speed to high and whittle down half of the other racers on my way to the front of the pack.

It’s easy to get in the top ten when you drop the racers count down fifteen places.

God City Trial was so much fun. Kinda wish Smash kept that mode that Smash DS had that was very similar to City Trial.

The top down racing mini-game was also slept on.

The idea of state cryptids rule. I love that.

Folklore is such a deeply ingrained part of a location; and it’s cool to recognize it. It even reflects and _potentially honors the past of previous Native Legends.

It’s a shame that if it ever catches on nation wide it’s going to be nothing but Bigfoot and Loch Ness analogs, like six states have the mocking bird as their state bird.

My buddy got himself a cat a few years ago. (She adopted him)

I would tease him about becoming a cat person. “I will never become a ‘cat guy’, I’m not going to spoil her. She’s just a barn cat to keep the mice out”

The barn in question was the Mother-in-law house at his folks that he was staying in.

After a few months of us cat owners teasing him, I asked him point blank “have you ever slept in an uncomfortable position as to not disturb your cat?”

After a good half minute pause we got a “err, I mean yeah, I don’t want to disturb her if she’s asleep!”

He became a total cat dad until the day he moved into a dog house and left her with his folks. He still dotes on her when he comes home to visit.

Boy if that isn’t my mother to a T.

18, my soon-to-be-first-girlfriend was hosting a party.

I still have a fondness for coconut rum and sprite and big naturals.