"Oh you're from place? What do you do out there?" "We leave and go to the next town over."
This was a conversation I had numerous times. But in the end I grew up in a town where you pretty much got left alone and that was nice.
I've since moved to a different town that's about as uninteresting.
I was genuinely unaware for a long time that P.N. 03 on the Gamecube was pretty strongly disliked, and now seemingly forgotten.
I love everything about this damn game - the ridiculous "inside a macbook" looking aesthetic, the Drum n Bass-esque soundtrack, the fact that it's a game based on getting a high score (which is probably the one game mechanic I miss the most in a lot of more modern games), what more could you want?!
The New Super Mario Bros. series is far from the first Mario games I played seeing as I was born in the 80's - but damnit they are all among my favorites. File this in the category of "I had no idea people didn't love these as much as I do" up until only a handful of years ago when I started spending more time on online video game communities.
I'll argue that New Super Mario Bros. wii is my favorite of the bunch, but U is also wonderful!
So I hate to break this to you, but funny story...
(To clarify. It is this and other podcasts. I don't know why, but I like listening to people really while exercising.)