I don’t know who may need to hear this, but: Not every story needs to adhere to The Hero’s Journey template, which is not, in fact, universal, and the quality/value of a story shouldn’t be judged by how successfully it follows that template. There’s no cheat code. Sorry!

I played too much Soul Reaver not to immediately think of what happened to Raziel...

Silksong is our window into video games under UBI, with all the good and bad parts

I think it's gonna be Tiny Tim

Helicopter Story (2020) by Isabel Fall

Help me out, which #tlt character is this?

the highs and lows should never be more extreme on this bitch of an earth

Many get sick while traveling. One major reason is they don’t realize mass transit is high risk because airline CEOs lied about viral spread early in the pandemic and lobbied the CDC to lower precautions. To make the most of your holiday, take precautions like wearing a mask when you travel!

this is kishōtenketsu

Get your beverage of choice and settle in next to the cozy flames of [REDACTED]... I mean, the flames of the three movie posters burning up!

It's the case of the "I will teach you how to get rich if you pay for my online course" scam. If the scheme worked, they would not be sharing it with you

I’ve been in game dev for 26 years and I can’t remember any other time where a specific tech was being insistently and persistently pushed on devs as a group in the public sphere. Why would it? Cui bono? Why would any given dev have an interest in other devs using tech they don’t have a stake in?

@pixeladay.bsky.social has already evangelised this to high hell. This might be my chance to actually play it.

Enjoying the rain

Columbo in the Criterion Closet

Another great giveaway. What if Silent Hill was set in London and about toxic romance instead of trauma. There's a little bit of Killer7 vibe in there too, and you can't miss the vocal boss themes.

got my adhd upgraded to ad4k

#friendsatthetable Sangfielle: The Candle Factory

the way people talk about AI is like it's a stalker you ought to be nicer to

Elden Ring is about having a beautiful dream that you're Welsh. Bloodborne is about waking up in England.

At this point, if you are not disclosing that you used AI, you know that your audience doesn't want it

Marriage A-la-Mode, Plate V: The Death of the Earl, by Simon François Ravenet, after William Hogarth, 1745, 📸 by @evanvucci

Say it with me now- placeholder assets are supposed to be bright and obvious so you DON’T ship with them. Also it doesn’t matter if no ai-generated assets are in the final executable?? The rising sea levels aren’t gonna be like “oh well no one saw that so the climate change doesn’t count”

Bluesky has the juice

really important video from pmg to the point where even complimenting it feels in its own way like a damning failure because this is a couple independent games journalists covering one of the most sophisticated systems of extermination in the history of humanity: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ybj1...

I'm at the combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell

At 07:03 I expected @lily-is.online to walk into frame. "This is what I'm looking at right now. A vast archive of human tragedy. Hundreds of millions of hours of grief." Those sentences are the kind of poetic bangers she delivers when talking about media and affect.

"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future." - @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit. Incredible words. Listen to all of it!

Marshall McLuhan called our current media age the Global Village. But what he failed to predict was how many NIMBYs would be in it.

Why We're Boycotting Xbox: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ybj1...

Perfection top to bottom, but the Rematch-Despelote combo in the third is especially inspired. Well done, @naes.bsky.social!

34. Dépanneur Nocturne This is a short walking simulator (+ occultism simulator?) set in a fantasy version of Québec. It is really atmospheric and there are a bunch of small details that build up the world even though the whole thing is set in a corner store: store.steampowered.com/app/1285160/...

Seeing people in the comments saying that To a T was unfun and essentially that he deserves this if he can't make a good game. Gamers, I don't know how else to say this, artists are not supposed to be punished with financial ruin for making imperfect art. That's such a fucked up idea you have

What an excellent lineup

i get knocked down i don't get up from that instead i'm gonna take a nap i get knocked down i don't get up from that instead i'm gonna take a nap sleeping the day away sleeping the day away

tally this dub up with the other Margarets @margaret.bsky.social

behold, the Scopedog

Folks I emphasize as always, if you don't actually show up for the things you want, they stop getting made. Sometimes you gotta be okay with taking a chance on that 7/10 game knowing it's the only way those creators get to keep making the stuff you wanna see

CEOs

Here it is folks, I really, really, really need your help, especially with boosting/spreading the word, so this can "escape" out of containment. Please remember there is no algorithm boost here, so every repost counts Thank you www.paypal.com/pools/c/9kxV...

If you thought "none of those look like despelote" — watch this trailer. Especially if you are a fan of the the documentaries of Jon Bois.

This is more or less how I feel about Dragon Age. Deeply unimaginative catholic cosmology.

A great deal with several of folks' favorite mecha ttrpgs and a few more that you may not have heard of but will be glad to discover. 35 mecha rpgs for $20:

@theabigailthorn.bsky.social's The Prince? Do you mean Rose And Jill Are Dead?

i have no moral argument against watching the game awards like whatever planet's dying cloud but just know if you do watch it you lose all rights to complain about how long a youtube video is ever again

This game is called Awaysis? Are you for Realis?

Most people resort to therapy. But you chose the brave option. 🔨 Virtue and a Sledgehammer 🔨 WISHLIST NOW!