Had the itch to play Bloodborne again after learning of the Forbidden Woods shortcut glitch. Pain to setup, but having twin bloodstones from the very beginning of the game feels so good.

Seeing a lot of people accuse this of being AI, but Jacub Gagnon is just a talented artist. These are from the 2010s. They just draw like that. jacubgagnonart.com/gallery/

'you can generate a different ending every time you view a movie!' 'you can have endless text conversations with NPCs in games!' 'you can summarize a novel, you don't have to read it!' the pitches for genAI really reveal how much the people behind it just... hate art. like. *hate* art. deeply.

Being real, I can't count how many times I've seen a game and thought: "Wow, that looks sick as hell! Let me check the store page- aaannnnd it's a rougelike, so nevermind." Especially if the game has progression carry over multiple runs, the decision to be a rougelike is baffling.

Platinum' Strangers of Paradise, though still have a number of trophies from the DLC that I haven't gotten yet. Funnily enough, that was my first Platinum that I've gotten on PSV. And the only other Platinum I can recall getting is Bloodborne on PS4.

Still have a few games to add like Strangers, but made a list of every new game I played in 2025. A lot of dungeon crawlers like Etrian Odyssey, Touhou Artificial Dream, Scarmonde, etc. Also played Slormancer, Silksong, Hundred Line; and Fallout 4 and Cyberpunk for the first time. bckl.gg/pZbJ

Honchkrow #pokemon #art

Kingdom Hearts 3 hate in 2025 is forced I genuinely don’t think any of these people have played the game just watched the cutscenes cause they never bring up actual gameplay

yeah...

Oh. Strangers of Paradise has an Izuna Drop. This game is really fuckin cool.

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No-strings-attached, zero-means-testing, no-questions-asked cash payouts have been proven, over and over again, to be the most effective form of charity/aid going. It gets people in housing, and it saves the state money. We know this. It's fact, not theory.

firefox AI and slop disablers from tumblr for the people from local hero mckitterick. Tried it on my end and the browser is significantly faster now (copy paste-able in the alt text)

just a quick holiday psa because it's almost december and i see people make this mistake in their festive art every year without fail

“koreans are cancelling fujimoto for basing reze on porn” NO 🚫 “koreans on twitter are on twitter cancelling fujimoto on twitter for basing reze on porn. this all happened on twitter btw” YES ✅

My experience with piracy is if someone who was never going to pay for my work turns into a fan that is worth more financially than what I’d lose from that first transaction

Bahamut difficulty for Strangers of Paradise, even without the modifiers, has insane damage output from every enemy. I'm wondering if that's just how this is designed, or if there's some damage mitigation thing I'm missing. I do tend to focus hard on offenses stats in RPGs, so this may be on me.

The article is well worth a read; this information would never have come to light were it not for Steam's AI disclosure policy, and the game looks to be a rushed cash grab not involving Grasshopper studio. This is why CEOs dont like AI disclosures, they want to be able to discreetly serve slop

In case Crunchyroll paying its VAs peanuts for theatrical releases didn't make it obvious, the amount that companies would like to be paying people is zero dollars.

People need to keep pushing until payment processors fuck off on the puritanical BS. It is sickening how they would rather lose a huge chunk of their userbase over something harmless. These people depend on Paypal for their careers, Paypal is actively fucking over everyone for, literally, no reason.

What a great headline

Main story of Strangers of Paradise clear, but I got the DLC so I'll probably be chipping away at it for a while. Running barrage Assassin with teleport in order to get in quick with a lot of crits, then press R2 as the health bar gets eviscerated. Curious how common that build is.

someone posted one of the official reference sheets on reddit and i already knew that the in-game heights listed in the report card were a little wonky (NO WAY KURARA IS 5'3", GET REAL LMFAO, are you counting her heels AND mask?) and the CGs are inconsistent but god this is so revealing to see lmao

just asking a question

Lots of people sharing this clip because it's funny and cathartic but I also genuinely believe it's important. We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."

holy shit lmao

Always love the dichotomy of ARPGs like Strangers of Paradise where one moment you're getting your shit wrecked by the fastest boss ever made, then the next you delete their whole health bar with Ultima and you feel like a god.

Whenever I say this, people get Really Mad, but it's true. Same of any other art, too. You have to read the book, watch the film, see the painting, listen to the song, whatever. I'm sorry, but watching a video about it on YouTube is not enough. You have not experience the art.

Having to trudge through a fandom wiki is like being injected with cortisol as payment for info that's not even guaranteed to be right.

One sick puppy.

earthbound lookin ass

There were several times during my youth where I blocked people I’d known for MONTHS without warning, just because they were slowly crossing my boundaries and making me uncomfortable. You can ALWAYS block people if they’re making you feel unsafe!! Any reason, any time! Never believe otherwise!!

The base HP stat of Shedinja is the only stat of any usable Pokémon that does not follow the traditional stat formula. If it actually had a base stat of 1 HP, it would have >10 HP from level 1; but as it is programmed it will only ever have 1 HP.

surprised this gem has not yet graced my timeline

I don’t know if it only makes sense without the periphery stuff, but Nier has books, stage plays, etc. I once asked Taro about this and how are English fans supposed to keep up and he looked confused and asked “Why would you need to keep up? Who needs all of that?”

Started Strangers of Paradise. Not sure if starting on Hard Mode was a mistake, since that first boss took a lot of tries. Damage is high, and that boss was crazy fast. Definitely have to adapt to the defensive game.

POV: YOU PLAY 1 ROUND OF CITY TRIAL

Microsoft collectively shitting their pants.

There is a certain kind of person that believes that, unless you are willing to drop everything you are doing and angrily debate the most trivial topics imaginable, you are doing something wrong, and I can't impress enough how much you should ignore those people.

Toby Fox has now achieved godhood.

[oc] beach episode

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a small quick shoddy guide to help you avoid one specific problem in comics dialogue presentation. i'm smokey bear and this is my personal forest fire [tiptag]

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If you use or were considering using SAMMI, switch to a different program. The new sole developer is extremely pro-AI, has already started using it in the code, and is in support of its use for genAI images as well. Everyone who protested this was told to leave the server and stop using SAMMI.

genuinely it's important to embrace this wholeheartedly, don't drag yourself down by some arbitrary need to "be honest" about media you like, there is no quota for "objective" "criticisms" you have to fill

Very funny to compare this to the Valve hardware announcement video, and think back to the Amazon guy on LinkedIn who was like, “why can’t we compete with Valve??? It is a mystery!!!”

Video games are good, sometimes