The petition to save discs on PlayStation keeps growing. Let's make this as big as we can: www.change.org/p/don... In addition, get your local customer rights agencies involved. Get politicians involved. Tell them about the choke hold Sony would have us in with all-digital.

Canon Master seems to be putting a fun new layer on a trope that's gotten a bit stale for me. "Apprentice is natrually gifted and the master has to try to pretend they're not totally outclassed" has worn a but thin. But it seems like in this, the master is *also* exceptionally gifted <c>

*Misty Peaks battle theme intensifies*

Yeah I'd like to get laid... laid to rest!

Remembering one of the biggest gaming marketing flubs I can think of: these three games, all released on the exact same day, all titled Prince of Persia: Forgotten Sands, each bearing nearly identical cover art, are three completely different games with different mechanics, settings, and characters

If anyone is getting smacked with this - just use deer.social or another alternate client. Bsky is just an AT Protocol Client, and your Bsky account is an AT Protocol account - you can use your same Bsky account thru another AT Protocol Client, no migration or loss necessary. Could not be easier.

We need to return to the web 1.0 roots of shifting to a new platform every three to five years. It kept anything from getting its tentacles in too deep. I guess everyone here already shifted to bsky so I'm preaching to the choir but

Letterboxd enshittification in the works

I'm straight up no gonna upload my ID to use random websites. This is the part where I'd tell you where to find me if bsky ends up asking for that but dawg I dunno

Behold, the Cool S Sword.

Piracy is such an interesting debacle to me because it seems like it should impact sales negatively but I don't think it does. I priate manga with extreme impunity but I also own mroe than 700 physical volumes and the majority of that is stuff I never would have even HEARD of if not for piracy

Dabbling in game dev and thinking about how pixel art has remained such a strong aesthetic for so long. At this point, I don't think its about nostalgia. Instead, I think its accessibility. Pixel animation can be grueling work, but because its put together one square at a time, it feels like <c>

lmao they didn't just screw over their customers and business partners, but even themselves

Hostess Discontinues Physical Twinkies https://theonion.com/hostess-discontinues-physical-twinkies/

FlexStrike after 2028...

We bullying anyone who buys a PS6 at this rate, right?

Steam has the opportunity to do the funniest thing ever and release a version of the Steam Machine with a disc drive

"Pokemon" is short for "pocket monsters". "Digimon" is short for "digital monsters". Therefore, "salmon" is short for "saltwater monsters". (You might object: salmon spend a big part of their life in freshwater. But pokemon spend a big part of their life outside pockets too!)

Don't have PS+ so I deleted every game from my PSB wishlist and unplugged the etherbet cable. I dunno if they'll care but fuck 'em. I can play Rivals on PC and I don't need internet for anything else

I think Anthropic completely fucked Claude as a name for a while because I scrolled past the name in this post and was immediately ready to get mad

I just realized the PS6 will literally have no games lmao. Truly a testament to how mad people are that I haven't seen the joke yet

Trying gamedev again because I hate myself. Yeah man I'll definitely follow through on the sprawling metroidvania I have in my head. Sure.

The joke is on them, the online store would have deactivated and he wouldn't be able to redeem his Dragon Quest 13 code.

"why does your robot have a big glowing weak point" fuc,ing, you dont' know anything. you dont' know shit!!!!

He is hydrodynamic (ish)

Interesting localization question--I don't know have the raw, so this isn't a comment on this being a good or bad choice--but I feel like I never hear anyone say Japanophile. They'd just say weeb. On the other hand, a reader might not know what that means, while Japanophile's meaning is obvious.

Two bangers, two flops, but all visually interesting

Happy 18th day of Pride Month! To celebrate, here’s some official card art of Suletta and Miorine

The goal is to be able to look back 5 years ago and think about how much you have grown and learned and then do that every 5 years for the rest of your life.

Time doesn't pass by faster as you get older so much as it passes by faster when you aren't experiencing new things--life seemed to slow back down when I went back to college compared to working the same job for years on end. Fill your days with new experiences whenever you can.

Read Lady of Pharis

lmao, I like her (Kaikai Gigigigigi)

I am worried about Absolute Cass Cain holding knives because while the whole point of the Absolute line is to change something major, the stuff I've read hasn't changed the characters' principles. But maybe we'll get to see her come into the principles. idk.

I am at the point where I'm wondering what we could have if so much of the industry wasn't wrapped up in remaking perfectly playable games

We gotta find out who at Sony is responsible for shutting down Japan Studio

Billy Bat sound effects thread! Brendon (@lettererbrendo.bsky.social) and I adore the way Urasawa draws sound effects, and are so excited to adapt the Billy Bat sound effects into English. For years, we'd talked about the quirks they have and how to replicate them. Here's a thread of comparisons!

Shin Sei Development Coporation XVX-016 Gundam Aerial

When oomf accidentally mentions a JRPG I like

be smart like falcon

(Austin Powers game tutorial level) Austin: Wait a tick. When’s the last time I opened my shag bag? Basil: Good thinking, Austin! Why not press ⭕️ and check your inventory? Austin: I do pride myself in pressing the right buttons, don’t I? YEAH, BABY.

Oh, hello Goth Demon Woman who's an X rank Splatling user

Made some Lodoss War fanart

Juggernaut has been one of the most fun things about the Alaska team. People keep reposting that page where he talks about putting the X on his head because it struck a chord with everyone. If they status-quo him back to being a villain for no reason I won't forgive them. They've been teasing it.

Billy Bat volume 1 is out in English now! It's my favorite comic ever, and I'm so grateful that I get to letter this edition alongside @lettererbrendo.bsky.social. We literally fantasized for years about stylistic choices we would make if we ever got to letter it, and I want to share about those!

A friend wanted me to take a picture of a bunch of games for different systems for a project and putting all of these together really makes me feel that I've lived a blessed life. Man, I love video games