The Gaming Curmudgeon

Prime 4 is a solid game that fails in its storytelling & its 𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 end game item hunt. Familiarity can be a good thing, but here it feels uninspired. Feels like a by the numbers, play it safe game. It also feels/looks like a game that was in develop for a long time.

@MetroidMike64 I cant wait!

I open Twitter to see a StarFox Direct available, just like that, no announcement. Kinda felt like “yeah this was leaked so here ya go.” I miss actual Nintendo Directs. Excited for a new StarFox, devastated that it’s another remake of StarFox 64. Regardless I will devour this.

I've played Rainbow Skies 2 times but found myself frustrated and angry at the game's difficulty system. 3rd time's a charm I guess & at the advice of my son, Im approaching the game differently this time. I'm really enjoying it & will beat it this time. youtu.be/dagptENljE8

@LizzieMarbach Objectively? If you're speaking objectively please tell us what methodology you utilized in determining this as fact. Surely you have a large peer reviewed data set...or are you just giving us your subjective opinion on something you're clearly know very little about?

I know this is unpopular, but it will always be unattractive for a grown man to play video games. Some women might be understanding or pretend like they don’t care that you spend hours playing, but they do. It is extremely unattractive to women and will never not be. 🤷🏼‍♀️

@Chase_Senior Perfectly sstated Chase! The standards of excellence and what counts as "success" has dipped considerably over the years.

People are really out here defending the 49ers recent draft record with every fiber of their being. Isn’t San Francisco supposed to be a championship city with championship expectations? 49ers in the 1980’s and 90’s, Bruce Bochy’s dynastic run with the Giants, Steph Curry’s run with the Warriors. Shouldn’t titles be the standard? Especially for a football team that hasn’t won a ring since 1994? It’s a soft, loser mentality. #49ers

@LombardiHimself Ad Hominem...come on Dave, do better. Counter the arguments instead of trying to invalidate data by erroneously labeling people with whom you disagree. Its the mark of both dishonesty and a low intellect.

Why are they sitting in their parents’ basement instead of in an NFL building with one of the league’s best records then?

@ObsoleteSony The one pictured!

Which game defined the PlayStation in your opinion?

Who was the Quarterback of your favorite team when you were a teenager?🧐

@TheNinersWolf Niner fans...

Time for some of you Cohn retards to grow up, stop whining about a GM and coach and grow a pair. They have 5 Playoff appearances in 7 years including 4 NFCG and 2 SBs. 0% of you are qualified to criticize and 0% of your baiting content creators actually know anything about football…your just feeding some idiot realtors bank account with engagement…100% of you are pathetic… #49ers

@LombardiHimself Fallacy Of False Equivalencey... It takes a lot of energy to be as intellectually dishonest and disingenuous as Dave.

Bill Walsh: "It never matters where we pick them, it only matters how they play."

@TheSports_Shift 1. Joe 2. Tom

Yes or No? Is Joe Montana your GOAT?👇

@DestinyisDesire @tomjimsula49 Making and winning playoff games, exceeding expectations, finishing 3rd, missing the plays nearly half the time, going to the NFCCG and the Bowl aren't success unless they are early steps on the way to winning a Bowl. These guys have had 9 sessons. Time to go...

2nd most playoff wins in the last 7 seasons behind the Chiefs, sustained success and in the playoffs every year they don't lose too many of their best players. While you're getting into your emotions, they'll likely make anothet deep playoff run again this year, who's stopping all these weapons on offense?

Something is rotten in Santa Clara. The 49ers draft process isn’t just off, it’s systematically broken. The 2026 class is just the latest entry in a 5+ year pattern of pissing down their own leg. Here's a summary of the 2026 class: - A 60-pick reach in Round 2. - A flawed “need” player over higher-upside talent. - And, of course, the "Shanahan classic:" a RB taken 40-70 spots earlier than expected while premium positions sit untouched. This isn’t misfortunate. It’s a pronounced, fundamental failure to understand value and evaluate talent. One reach is defensible. Doing it every year, while consistently flaunting the board, is malpractice. Take Stribling: the Niners passed on higher-graded players at positions of need - Bisontis, T.J. Parker, Kayden McDonald, Cashius Howell, C.J. Allen, Colton Hood (all who went within the next 8-9 picks) - to draft a traits-based WR projected for the middle of Round 3, if not later. Best case, he develops into a good player but contributes nothing this year while immediate impact options at guard or edge go elsewhere. Then they trade back from 58, passing on players like Anthony Hill and Keyron Crawford, only to land Romello Height, a 25-year-old with a capped ceiling. Even if he produces, the opportunity cost is glaring. You don’t pass on young, ascending talent for marginal contributors unless you’ve got a broken framework for evaluating talent. And then the signature move: reaching ~60 picks for Kaelon Black. A fine player, sure, but with no distinguishing traits (call him Jordan James redux...but taken 60 picks earlier). A Day 3 back taken on Day 2 while OL (Trey Zuhn, Gennings Dunker), WR (Chris Bell), EDGE (Barham), and S (Jalon Kilgore) talent remained on the board. It’s not just suboptimal, it’s flat-out incoherent. At some point, this stops being debatable. Under @JohnLynch49ers, this regime has gone 6 drafts without producing a single Pro Bowl player. The results aren’t unlucky; they’re consistent. And consistently mediocre at best (see 2024/2025) and disastrous (2021, 2022 and 2023) at worst. @JedYork, tolerating this is a choice. And that choice is settling for permanent underachievement. Enough is enough. cc: @grantcohn @sportslarryk @Chase_Senior @SharpFootball @dieter @hutchdiesel

@mrtgrnt37 @tomjimsula49

@tomjimsula49 People coming in here crying about W/L records are hilarious. Yeah, Kyle is one of the best coaches in football, and they've had some good free agent moves. Imagine how good they could be if they hadn't wasted draft after draft every year? We'd probably have multiple SBs by now.

Expertly said..... #49ers

@red_flag_raised @LombardiHimself

@LombardiHimself How many division titles? Playoff appearances? NFCG? SBs?

I know it's a wild concept and that many just want to use the draft as an outlet for their anger, but maybe we can actually wait to see how these 49ers' draftees perform in the NFL before grading them. The truth is that you don't know how things will break for these players

@MauriceK1421 @LombardiHimself That's the difference between being a fan and a sycophant.

@LombardiHimself David - you are such a butt kissing apologist for our franchise. Why not be honest, give your actual thoughts. We as fans have eyes, watch the team and see the issues and positional deficiencies on the roster - none of which were addressed. Thats what is making fans angry!

@MetroidMike64 This should be completely illegal. Its beyond intrusive and overkill.

Ouch! Physical will always be king. I know the Nintendo NSO apps use a 10 day online check-in, but those games are part of your subscription. This is ridiculous.

@TheSports_Shift 1. Joe 2. Tom

Where is Joe Montana on your list of All time Great Quarterbacks?

@Supernerd471 25 hours? The original always takes me 80+ hours every time I play. The remakes look and sound great but are shallow games with a de-emphasis on combat and not much challenge. They also ruined Aerith's death and story.

The original FF7 is about 25 hours long People out here are implying Square is charging $70 for three 8 hour parts No. The 7R games are each full size AAA games Remake is 40 hours Rebirth is 80 hours 7R3 will likely be 60-100 hrs You're definitely getting your moneys worth.

@bob_robertnash This is KISS. Every other iteration of the band is The Gene And Paul Project. Still GREAT but not KISS.

The classic KISS lineup, often regarded by fans as the only lineup that truly mattered. #70sKISS