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fans know this but "Metroid" isn't actually the name of the main character, it's the name of the green energy crystal

Metroid is a series about many things, but above all it's a series about driving around a desert and collecting Green Energy Crystals

It's probably a pointless endeavour to try and pinpoint the genesis point of "indie gaming" on account of how "indie games" have always been a part of game history and the delineation between "indie" and "regular" games has always been in flux.. That said, the answer is still probably Cave Story

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Another reminder to developers to localise your games to Chinese, already!

Seen a lot of shocked reactions to this, but it's worth noting that this is likely (I'm guessing, as a dev) just referencing the dev budget; meaning employee salary cost during development. QA, localisation, porting, voice acting and marketing will have come out of a separate service budget.

My pre-emptive condolences to everyone who works in the games industry who are set to receive their third, maybe fourth, gifted copy of Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow this Christmas

My pre-emptive condolences to everyone who works in the games industry who are set to receive their third, maybe fourth, gifted copy of Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow this Christmas

Been playing the new Samus game

Tomorrow! The top 5 Metroid games, featuring returning guest @jaybaylis.bsky.social! Matthew replayed the entire series for this one – validate his Other M replay by tuning in. Here's a preview:

Thanks once again to the Back Page Boys for having me on their podcast to talk about Metroid, a series dear to my heart!

it's Metroid Prime 4 week, you know what that means: Sylux fancam

it's Metroid Prime 4 week, you know what that means: Sylux fancam

If you're looking for a pixel artist, Adam is one of the best in the biz!

Games shouldn't cost $100. Games should in fact cost £2, come on a cassette tape, only run on a 20kg computer that you could only buy in Britain in the 1980s, and be made over the course of six months by two 19 year-olds known only as "The Whizzy Brothers".

Throwback to this Bionicle PS1 Soulslike boss intro cutscene I animated for fun a couple years ago! Voice provided by the very generous and talented @kitharrison.com.

Throwback to this Bionicle PS1 Soulslike boss intro cutscene I animated for fun a couple years ago! Voice provided by the very generous and talented @kitharrison.com.

I dunno, I just don't think this new NPC character in Metroid Prime 4 feels in keeping with the spirit of the series

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Absolutely dizzying. Forever grateful that we've had such a passionate response over the past couple of years to our weird (and hopefully wonderful) game!

Lazy Sunday

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I think there's some solid obvious answers to this question but there's one in recent years I always end up thinking about

Always been interesting to me that Stardew Valley, a game with a real thread of strange folk horror weirdness running through it, inspired a generation of indie games that only emulated the surface level aesthetic and nothing deeper

Games shouldn't cost $100. Games should in fact cost £2, come on a cassette tape, only run on a 20kg computer that you could only buy in Britain in the 1980s, and be made over the course of six months by two 19 year-olds known only as "The Whizzy Brothers".

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A little "Metroid Tactics" pixel art mockup thing I did way in 2020. Still looks cute, I think! #pixelart #ドット絵

Really good trailer for a fantastic game.

how it feels to try and take two cats to the vet at once

"We're like a family"

Watching Celebrity Traitors UK and getting wound up at Stephen Fry saying, "As the greatest detective of all time, Sherlock Holmes, once said-" Sherlock Holmes isn't real. You can't do that. It's like saying the greatest long distance runner of all time is Sonic the hedgehog.

Seeing people having an absolute blast playing Hades 2 while I'm still trapped in Silksong purgatory (holy hell the game is so long it just keeps going)

graphic design is my passion

Seeing people having an absolute blast playing Hades 2 while I'm still trapped in Silksong purgatory (holy hell the game is so long it just keeps going)

rough draft but i was inspired

Working on a master classification system that will put an end to art game discourse once and for all

Was super cool to chat with Joe @ the Software Engineering Daily podcast about Cassette Beasts, making games and Godot and such! If you wanna listen, check it out here:

if I have to obey this many US laws I want to have a vote

Feels like we're at a point of total cultural apocalypse where "Steam games with pronouns are banned from sale in the US" feels like it has a non-zero chance of happening by the year's end.

I'm at Act 2 of Silksong and this continues to be relevant

fighting flying enemies in Silksong:

fighting flying enemies in Silksong:

Happy big game drop day to Team Cherry, the smartest people in the game industry!

Although our team isn't attending this year, I'm glad that we've been able to rep Brighton game devs at Gamescom this year with a Cassette Beasts banner at the ukie stall!