Dragon Quest at 35: What are your memories of this legendary series? [Destructoid]

-Gamingnerd writes an excellent retrospective on the Dragon Quest series on its 35th anniversary.
-Nior discusses the gaming industry in Brazil by sharing the story about the failings of the world’s first digital-only console.
-Mr Knives imagines some fruitful game partnerships between some famous games that could produce an even better game.
-Flegma talks about maps in video games and the importance of “orienteering” in development.
-Exber reviews Pandora’s Tower on the Wii.
-Humantofu wonders if there is really a proper way to play The House of the Dead today.
-RiffRaff writes about the history of the Adventure genre by focusing on some key examples.
-Black Red Gaming continues their playthrough on Sir Brante’s Life, According to Myself and Others.
-Skeet warns Sega that a riot is coming if they don’t release Daytona USA on the Switch.
-Shoggoth2588 responds to this month’s BoB prompt regarding photo mode by detailing his difficulties engaging with such modes.
-My Enormous Hairy Downstairs Kitchen writes about the magnificent speed of Wipeout 4.
-GoofierBrute writes about Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures in this blogging series exploring games that time forgot.
-Virtua Kazama bids farewell to Virtua Fighter :Final Showdown as it leaves the fighting tournament scene.
-GamingDino introduces the Raptor in ARK: Survival Evolved.

-PhilsPhindings discusses the similarities between the soundtrack of Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake and typical movie soundtracks.
-Milk3y wants to know about your opinion on the various Star Wars content that has been released over the years.
-ABowlOfCereal continues their thoughts on balancing Guardian Tales, with this blog focusing on ranged combat.
-TheBlondeBass wants to makes some “Weapon Stories” for Nier: Automata.
-Exber writes about his experience as a home school teacher and how sometimes it feels like a video game.
-ChronoLynxx opens this week’s TGIF thread for open community discussion.

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