Mick Foley has written two fantastic books about his career.
He's actually written a couple more. Either three or four I think. I stopped at the third one though. Mick's first book is amazing and I heartily recommend it to anyone whether you've watched a second of wrestling or not. It's a very feel-good story of personal and professional triumph.
The follow-up books, while not bad, just don't have the same amount of subject matter for him to write about. That first book is the first 20 years of his career, focusing mainly on the climb. When the most interesting and bizarre things that could happen to a person happen to him. The next ones cover just a couple years each, when he wasn't doing quite as many stupid things to his body to achieve his goals.
And just to brag a little bit, I have an autographed copy of his first book. It is one of my treasures.
My weekend was spent streaming a little more Epic Yarn and Return to Dreamland, while squeezing in just a little Rondo of Blood.
Rondo is definitely tough. To the game's credit though, there's a lot of secrets to find in it, but they really make you work for them. This was definitely the toughest game in the series.
Also Return to Dreamland gets a lot harder than I remember it. I'm at the second to last world, and damn... The levels get tough, but some of these mini boss fights are downright nasty. Also, one of the later levels is called Nutty Noon. For the life of me, I can't figure out the logic in using that name, but I'll be damned if we all didn't laugh our asses off when I arrived there.
In regards to saying something like: the PS2 generation, or the 360 generation?
I've flip flopped over the years between picking the one with the most sales or the one I enjoyed the most.
I tend to remember periods of my life based on gaming generations. Like, oh that was the N64 generation when I was at school etc
I go with whatever system was most prominent to my gaming experience for that gen. The NES, SNES, PS1, PS2, 360, and Xbox One were my most played systems during those gens so I’ll generally just use those when referring to gens.
In regards to saying something like: the PS2 generation, or the 360 generation?
I've flip flopped over the years between picking the one with the most sales or the one I enjoyed the most.
I tend to remember periods of my life based on gaming generations. Like, oh that was the N64 generation when I was at school etc
I go with whatever system was most prominent to my gaming experience for that gen. The NES, SNES, PS1, PS2, 360, and Xbox One were my most played systems during those gens so I’ll generally just use those when referring to gens.
I think everything Pre-NES as Golden Age, and everything else as generations with whatever consoles that came out during that period (e.g., WiiPS360 generation).
He's actually written a couple more. Either three or four I think. I stopped at the third one though. Mick's first book is amazing and I heartily recommend it to anyone whether you've watched a second of wrestling or not. It's a very feel-good story of personal and professional triumph.
The follow-up books, while not bad, just don't have the same amount of subject matter for him to write about. That first book is the first 20 years of his career, focusing mainly on the climb. When the most interesting and bizarre things that could happen to a person happen to him. The next ones cover just a couple years each, when he wasn't doing quite as many stupid things to his body to achieve his goals.
And just to brag a little bit, I have an autographed copy of his first book. It is one of my treasures.
Rondo is definitely tough. To the game's credit though, there's a lot of secrets to find in it, but they really make you work for them. This was definitely the toughest game in the series.
Also Return to Dreamland gets a lot harder than I remember it. I'm at the second to last world, and damn... The levels get tough, but some of these mini boss fights are downright nasty. Also, one of the later levels is called Nutty Noon. For the life of me, I can't figure out the logic in using that name, but I'll be damned if we all didn't laugh our asses off when I arrived there.
I go with whatever system was most prominent to my gaming experience for that gen. The NES, SNES, PS1, PS2, 360, and Xbox One were my most played systems during those gens so I’ll generally just use those when referring to gens.
I think everything Pre-NES as Golden Age, and everything else as generations with whatever consoles that came out during that period (e.g., WiiPS360 generation).