Everyone’s loving Requiem right now but we’re gonna head back to where it all began Join us tonight at 8 for of the Resident Evil remake! Only on twitch.tv/circavision

I don't dislike the remake but you are 100% right on why it's worse. I've often said the original is like clockwork, all the parts of the combat slot together amazingly to make it a game about very limited movement and crowd control, and the remake just loses that in the translation

every time I mention not liking RE4 Remake someone asks for my thoughts on it. these are my thoughts on it. I am going to link to this post every time someone asks that from now on

@yuzokoshiro.bsky.social never fails

hell yeah

Another great video from Electric Underground

Went out to a local game swap meet to see @max.circa.vision and had a guy there try to fucking *aggressively* get me to take this ps2 tabletop thing like you'd see at a dentist office or something (like the picture below except missing the screen and all wood and really heavy

Did a video on Jeffrey’s Epstein’s numerous ties to the cryptocurrency industry from it’s early days. @moreperfectunion.bsky.social

Anno is joking. He's buds with both Miyazaki and Tomino (Gundam) and knows that they didn't even really breakout until their late 30s/40s. Anno himself was 35 when NGE came out. Despite what you may have heard, Japanese people can be funny and sarcastic on purpose.

I call it whig history : vg edition cuz that's basically exactly what it is. It's a belief that the artform is linearly improving & developing over time, which ofc relies entirely on reductive data like sales or retention Also I like comparing games to music cuz music's similarly abstract

Also a coping tool for people to explain why they don't connect with older pieces of art for a medium they feel familiar with and feel ego around. "Left me cold — just goes to show that the medium has evolved over time" rather than recognizing an area that requires different forms of engagement.

People who talk about game design and view games as art should make more analogies to other artforms & see if it sounds right in that context. A lot of conventional "design wisdom" sounds like absolutely bonkers corporate unofficial marketing wing nonsense when you apply it to any other medium

Here's the first page for the upcoming issue! I hope you're looking forward to it.

Now that Code Veronica has wrapped up, what will the next Scary Vision be?? Put your guesses in the comments below and tune in tonight at 8 to see what they choose! Only on twitch.tv/circavision • • • • • #explorepage #fyp #scary

Swing by the Gothic Marketplace in New Haven, CT! I’ll be there all day so swing on by. We’ve got comics, fan art and other merch #comic #fanart #sticker #magnet

Getting ready for the first big table! Come on by. We’ve got comics, stickers, and magnets. Want a personalized sketch? We got that too! #comic #sticker #magnet #sketch

Here at Circavision, we’d like to take a moment to remind you to take interest in your partners’ interests… regardless of how janky the Ferris Wheel might look Oh and also we’re live at 8 tonight! See you there! • • • • • #fyp #explore #magfest #valentinesday

this is a really good object lesson in why you should always question the conventional wisdom that the popular, least-frictive thing is best and going to be the best ad infinitum and is the only way forward

aranofsky ran out of satoshi kon material to copy, huh

I've had a promotional VHS for the test animation that became Batman: The Animated Series for a long time, I bought it on eBay in like...1999? The version they put as a bonus on the DVD said they lost the audio but uh, here it is. You're welcome Bruce Timm.

modern AAA yes but also I am sick to fuck of shunting roguelikes into games out of a perception that the games themselves are insufficiently complex and nuanced without the imposition of dice rolls

New Wizard and Hero Tokens featuring artwork from @max.circa.vision :) #mtg #finalfantasy #mtgcommander #mtgedh #mtgff #ffix #vivi #tokens

"We're making something unique" says the genre dev making a typical generic genre game for an existing, established audience that tries & fails to reinvent things that were already done properly decades ago

HD-2D was an interesting experiment but, I think it's ugly most of the time. Instead of doing something interesting with color palettes it's just forcing bloom lighting and blur over the pixels. It winds up feeling like pixel art that's ashamed to be pixel art.

we need more indies who've stared at Namco logos for years www.youtube.com/watch?v=2B_6...

Thanks again for lettin' me spin my tunes Magfest and @circa.vision, this was a 5am impromptu thang, but I had a BLASsst

one of those games that I resented as a child because I did not have the patience to really come to grips with its controls but now that I am an adult fatigued with all video games being functionally identical I really cherish those little oddball ventures

I spent the morning going into an unprocessed collection because "I think we have footage of this too!" and it turns out that we have the exact same tape. I think ours is the master shot by @parisi2274.bsky.social

A Washington Post article suggests that, beyond a certain threshold, larger homes don't make people happier. Instead, well-being is correlated with affordable housing in walkable neighborhoods where they feel socially connected. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

I think usage of "intuitive" in game design discussions would be a lot more productive if people separated it into 2 categories - intuitive in accordance to real world experiences and intuitive from past exposure to similar games & existing conventions

We’ve got new products in the shop! Stickers, magnets, and even a shirt! Pick them up today at maxfarinatoart.com and don’t forget to pick up your copy of the prologue to Lux the Lilliput if you haven’t! #comic #stickers #magnets #shirts

www.youtube.com/watch?v=jICB... swear to god they are doing a Xenogears HD2D

Gamers have become conditioned to love every single erosion of integrity from the medium all while making excuses for it in their minds and to others. And their money conditioned devs. If you for a second think that these companies wont get away with it ur fooling yourself

The medium where mtx,gacha,live service,survivorlikes have become normalized and accepted. The medium where scale is worshipped like nothing else. The medium where important history is lost and tech upgrades are treated as artistic upgrades. The fans of this medium is for sure going to resist genAI

What beloved childhood dog would you like us to threaten next? Join us tonight at 8pm for more Sketch Hour, only on twitch.tv/circavision • • • • • #fyp #explore #twitch #clips #balto

I say this with zero irony: if you are even tangentially a part of a retro video game community, it is your civic duty to push back against this company and shun anyone who doesn't. This is fascism tapping gently at the door and as soon as you let it in, it's going to invite its friends.

As part of our project to preserve the history of Sega Channel, we have recovered OVER 100 new Sega Channel ROMs, including the legendary lost game Garfield: Caught in the Act - The Lost Levels. Read more: gamehistory.org/segachannel/

The most important video for artists I’ve seen in a hot minute youtu.be/x3NPxraALq0?...

The art of Milano's Odd Job Collection is done by Maki Ohzora, who also did the art for my personal favorite Sega Genesis game: Monster World IV. There may even be a few references to it in Milano...

Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries: “Strong floor, no ceiling” Colombian President Gustavo Petro: “A clan of pedophiles wants to destroy our democracy.”

DS3 also being more of a game that relies on fundamental skill might be why the map for it never sticks in my head lol (despite putting in 90 hours)

Getting stuck causes players to explore the world. Dying causes players to think about what they're doing. An "impossible" situation causes players to learn how the game works and eventually achieve the impossible. We need to be able to design *some* games around these fundamental ideas.

Part of me feels like Dark Souls wouldn't have caught on if the first game had difficulty settings. It'd be "cheap", "pointless", etc. Arcade games had a relatively granular difficulty option via credit feeding and it played a big part in them written off as "button mashers"/"quarter munchers".

Normalize the idea that genre devs should play the games in the genres they're making to at least a somewhat competent level

we've also got some custom BMR tokens on the way, with art courtesy of @max.circa.vision #vivi #finalfantasy #mtg #mtgpauper #magicthegathering

ReBoot is the most brilliantly creative animated series I've ever seen. Holy shit.

The actual secret to why I know stuff is that I ask a question any time I don’t understand literally anything. I don’t care how simple it is. Anybody who makes fun of you for asking a simple question likely doesn’t know the answer either