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2003-2006 were really good years for me.  I had just started writing for GamerDad.com in 2003, and that same year I started a job I liked pretty well for the most part.  I also got to go to E3 every year again!  I also joined a really neat website called 1up.com!

Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door is probably the best Mario RPG.  What impressed me the most is the clever writing in that game.  I hope it's the same in the remake.

Metroid Prime 2 was the hardest in the Prime series for me.  I don't think I ever beat it like I did the others. 

R&C: Up Your Arsenal took the vast improvments from the second game and refined them even more.  

I hope I get to review the Bluey game!

I didn't know Humongous made that.  They're mostly known for their kids' games.

Speaking of a Bluey video game:

I know I've said this before, but Activision Anthology is one of the best video game collections ever made, even rivaling my favorite Namco Museums on the PSOne.  It was so cool how you could get those virtual badges that were based on the real ones you used to could get.  Does that make Activision the creator of achievements?  

Kirby's Air Ride is so awesome.  The City Trial Mode is so fun.  I wish they'd make a sequel.

I was curious about the Blue's Clues PlayStation game.  It wasn't made by the same people, but Humongous Entertainment did the PC Blue's Clues games.  Humongous also did the Backyard Sports games as well as kiddie point and click adventures like Putt-Putt, Pajama Sam, Freddie Fish, Spy Fox, etc.  Those were really charming games and I loved talking with Humongous every year at E3.  When they did the Blue's Clues PC games, they were in talks with Nick Jr. to make cartoons out of their characters.  I would've loved to have seen that happen!  Too bad it didin't.

Everyone talks about Mario Kart Double Dash but nobody talks about a better racing game on the GameCube: Kirby's Air Ride!

I must be the only person who didn't like Beyond Good and Evil.  I didn't like the sneaking around mechanics.  I usually don't.

Viewtiful Joe is great but way too hard.

Mario & Luigi:  Superstar Saga was a great RPG.  The best one in that series was Bowser's Inside Story.  Luckily both were remade on the DS.

Ratchet and Clank 2: Going Commando was VASTLY improved over the first game.  I really liked the first three games in the series.

Hm, I don't think that was a Bluey PS1 game you saw.  Bluey came out in 2017 and I don't think there's been a Bluey video game yet, although there's rumors they're making one.

I didn't think Bluey was on DVD yet, but after a quick search, looks like it is!

For your convienence, here's some Bluey episodes you should watch on YouTube:

Sleepover

Baby Race

And here's a clip from Fairytale with one of the cool 80s references:

2002 seemed like a pretty monumental year for gaming.  I didn't think I'd like Metroid Prime since I don't do FPS games, but I sure loved it.  I liked Wind Waker's cel shaded graphics even when everyone else didn't.  Kingdom Hearts' Disney/Square crossover idea was unheard of, and Ratchet and Clank was one of the best 3-D platformers of that generation.  No disrespect to Mega Man Legends, but Ratchet and Clank was what a 3D Mega Man game should've been.  2002 also was the year one of my top five favorite games of all time was released:  Animal Crossing for GameCube!

Thanks.  Have you ever watched Bluey?  If you have Disney+, you should give it a try.  Even though it's a kids' show, they deal with a lot of adult issues like miscarrages and such.  I sometimes forget it's a kids' show because it really feels more like an adult parenting show that kids can still enjoy.

One of my favorite episodes is "Sleepover."  In it, Bluey's bratty younger cousin Muffin comes over to spend the night, but she's so sleep deprived that she goes bat shit crazy.  That's the episode that has my favorite line: "Coconuts have water in them!"  Muffin is one of my favorite characters.

Another episode I like is "Fairytale."  Lots of great 80s references in that one.  

TV shows and movies usually don't make me want to cry, especially cartoons, but one episode of Bluey almost did.  It's called "Baby Race."  I'm convinced that episode was made for the parents, not the kids. If you don't have Disney+, you might be able to check these out on YouTube as well.

Other good episodes include Unicourse, BBQ, Hammerbarn, Barky Boats, and more.  My favorite characters are Unicourse, Muffin, and Bluey's little sister Bingo.  They have the best lines.  Can you tell what I'm trying to make my next podcast subject to be?