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Welcome to Video Connection, your local rental store. This week, you decided to rent Metal Gear. A recent issue of Our Game Club Magazine gave it 3 out of 5 stars. The reviewer notes that Metal Gear on the NES is a middling port of the far superior MSX2 original (available in PAL regions). MSX Club Magazine cites Konami's mysterious "H. Kojima," and our staff agrees he has tapped into something new: a brilliant mix of action and espionage that works well even on the NES.

• Do you have the game in your collection? Turn the weekend into a marathon gaming session.

• Weekend Rentals are considered on topic, so post your progress. Rentals are due back after one week, so get on it!

• Rentals were ephemeral, and so are the user flairs associated with them. Want to rep your rental? Grab the user flair before the game is due back at Video Connection.

• Some games, like lengthy RPGs, will take longer to beat than the seven-day rental period. That's okay. Weekend Rentals are on for one week as a community feature, it's not a time limit.

Shinya Arino vs. Boomer Kuwanger. GameCenter CX Season 18, Episode 2.

I'm watching the Mega Man X episode of GameCenter CX for a game club I'm in and stumbled on this segment that fits here! If you haven't heard of it, I strongly recommend GameCenter CX.

Welcome to Video Connection, your local rental store. This week, you decided to rent Mega Man X. A recent issue of Our Game Club Magazine gave it 4 out of 5 stars. The reviewer notes that Mega Man shines in his 16-bit debut. Vibrant colors pop and new abilities like wall jumping and mech riding are in full effect. Also, rumors abound at the head office about a secret hadouken upgrade. Pretty neat, huh?

• Do you have the game in your collection? Turn the weekend into a marathon gaming session.

• Weekend Rentals are considered on topic, so post your progress. Rentals are due back after one week, so get on it!

• Rentals were ephemeral, and so are the user flairs associated with them. Want to rep your rental? Grab the user flair before the game is due back at Video Connection.

• Some games, like lengthy RPGs, will take longer to beat than the seven-day rental period. That's okay. Weekend Rentals are on for one week as a community feature, it's not a time limit.

For the record, I'm loving it so far.

Details can be found in the dedicated channel on our Fluxer server.

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33  is a 2025 role-playing video game developed by Sandfall Interactive and published by Kepler Interactive. Set in a dark fantasy Belle Époque setting, the game follows the members of Expedition 33 as they set out to destroy the Paintress, a being causing the yearly Gommage, where those at or above an ever-decreasing age are erased from existence. In the game, the player controls a party of characters from a third-person perspective, exploring areas and engaging in combat. Its turn-based mechanics feature real-time aspects such as quick time events and timed actions in combat.

• Note to members: It's generally recommended that you play along if you can, but there are other ways to participate if you don't have access to this month's featured title. You could post a YouTube video to the subreddit, crosspost topical content from another community, share fan art or music, post articles, or simply participate in the comments. Each month we celebrate a game, and there are countless ways to do that for free.

• A new featured title means new user flair. Update yours today!

Welcome to Video Connection, your local rental store. This week, you decided to rent Super Mario Kart. A recent issue of Our Game Club Magazine gave it 4 out of 5 stars. The reviewer notes that SMK's Mode 7 visuals are particularly impressive here, and the track variety makes each cup satisfying all the way through. Mario's strong aesthetic is in full swing here, tangible proof that the Mushroom Kingdom can play host to untold varieties of eventual spin-offs; Super Mario Luge? Super Mario Sepaktakraw? Super Mario Baccarat?

• Do you have the game in your collection? Turn the weekend into a marathon gaming session.

• Weekend Rentals are considered on topic, so post your progress. Rentals are due back after one week, so get on it!

• Rentals were ephemeral, and so are the user flairs associated with them. Want to rep your rental? Grab the user flair before the game is due back at Video Connection.

• Some games, like lengthy RPGs, will take longer to beat than the seven-day rental period. That's okay. Weekend Rentals are on for one week as a community feature, it's not a time limit.

Always some exciting activity surrounding these collections! Nintendo is finally looking to quench the summer thirst of all those who missed out on the Super Mario 3D All-Stars limited-time release, by making Super Mario Sunshine more widely available.

We also have two long-fabled games that never saw the light of day, on their original platform… the Virtual Boy, an unfortunately doomed product that Nintendo ended support for, only five months after its 1995 release in Japan. These are D-Hopper (formerly known as Dragon Hopper) and Zero Racers—a game set within the F-Zero universe.

This update for the Virtual Boy – Nintendo Classics collection will also add screen color customization—allowing you to change its infamous (and eye-searing) blood-red hue to various other colors. Originally shown off as being green, yellow, and gray—new screenshots seem to suggest there may be more options available that make the game screen less black, as well, and more Game Boy-like.

This may be the final Virtual Boy update, as it makes good on all the games promised in the initial reveal, and leaves us at 17 total titles. To recap...

Due on August 4th:

• Zero Racers • (Nintendo)
• D-Hopper • (Intelligent Systems)

Due on August 13th (exclusively on Switch 2):

• Super Mario Sunshine • (Nintendo EAD)

I've attached the new mini-trailers in the comments section!

Now, we wait.

Our Game Club is a space for "book club" gaming. Each month we'll list a new featured title and invite the community to play along, share tips and tricks, and compare progress.

• Monthly Playalongs: Vote in community polls to help choose featured titles.

• Weekend Rentals: Nominate your favorite Nintendo Classics for our weekly retro spotlights.

• Put Your Quarter Up: Our Arcade Archives channel is perfect for posting high scores!

• Play at Your Own Pace: Our monthly picks are on indefinitely; it's not a race to the end.

• A Comfortable Balance: Enjoy a thoughtful mix of both modern hits and retro favorites chosen by our members.

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Disclosure: I am aware of the recent Pixel Pub post from Own-Line-4300. I began drafting this post the day prior to the Pixel Pub post; not wanting to step on their toes, I decided to wait a few days to post mine. Hopefully, this one can see a fraction of Pixel Pub's success.

Our Game Club is a space for "book club" gaming. Each month we'll list a new featured title and invite the community to play along, share tips and tricks, and compare progress.

• Monthly Playalongs: Vote in community polls to help choose featured titles.

• Weekend Rentals: Nominate your favorite classics for our weekly retro spotlights.

• Play at Your Own Pace: We offer a welcoming, low-pressure space to play and share.

• A Comfortable Balance: Enjoy a thoughtful mix of both modern hits and retro favorites chosen by our members.

Leave a comment or send a DM to receive an invite to our Fluxer server.

^Fluxer ^is ^an ^open-source ^decentralized ^alternative ^to ^Discord.

Our Game Club is a "book club" for video games. Each month, our community spotlights a new featured title with the goal being that we all play it together, sharing tips, tricks, and discussions along the way.

This month, we are incredibly excited to feature The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales! The r/TheAdventuresOfElliot mod team was kind enough to approve this post so we could share our community with yours.

About Our Game Club

We are a cozy group looking to grow, and The Adventures of Elliot is the perfect game to bring people together. Beyond our Game of the Month, we host dedicated spaces for:

• "Weekend Rentals" – Shorter, classic games to keep things fresh between main features.

• Hot Topic Games – Channels for discussing the latest major releases and perennial favorites.

• Hobbies & Interests – A comfortable, welcoming space to chat about non-gaming topics.

We would love to have you join us! You can visit our subreddit at r/ourgameclub or jump right into the conversation on our Fluxer server. We can't wait to hear your thoughts on the game.

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Thank you so much for your time, and we hope to see you in the club!

Note: This post has been approved by the r/TheAdventuresOfElliot moderation team for community visibility, but is not an official endorsement or partnership.

I don't want to just put the whole book online, that wouldn't be fair to the authors, so I'm only dropping in the first 10 page-number comments. It's fun to pretend this is our actual road trip itinerary, so let's get the maps out and see where we might visit in our Runaway Five van!

Edit: Thank you to all who participated. We didn't make it to ten pages, that's fine, but I'm going to close the book on this post; pun intended. I have a busy week coming up and I want to clear my plate. Hope you enjoyed the book! Please seek it out and snag yourself a copy if you're able. It's a wonderful addition to any shelf.

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This fangame has been through an insane development history but it's actually real now.