if a game used considerable amounts generative AI to make, i want a fucking massive discount in order to buy it!

I was about to be disappointed that Suda51 had fallen to the dark side, but then I read that he and Grasshopper Manufacture have nothing to do with this so, well... I mean, it's in the name. And the fact we hadn't really heard much about it up until now means it will be very easy to do so.

I really hate how Call Of Duty just sucks the oxygen out of the room. So, the campaign in the annual corporate franchise sucks this year? There's been more words written about that than probably EVERY OTHER FPS RELEASED THIS YEAR COMBINED. And there have been so goddamn many, and so many great ones

Our Black Friday gift to you, for the low low price of $0, is over 13,000 words about the Xbox 360 library. This console gen felt like the last gasp of an industry before it turned a particularly heinous corner. Join us at the combination listicle and eulogy. pixeldie.com/2025/11/28/t...

To heal our divided nation I propose splitting Game of the Year awards into two categories: - Game of the Year That’s 3D and You Use a Sword and/or Gun to Explode a Guy - Game of the Year That’s Some Gay Bullshit Indie Meditation on Grief or Whatever

And TURRICAN! A bumper collection featuring the home computer and console games in the series, plus the special Score Attack and Director's Cut versions.

First of two new carts announced for next year, and it's more TAITO, including the much-requested PUZZLE BOBBLE! Yes please.

Comments on this are depressing. That "Alert" guy seems particularly obsessive in defending Valve's nonsensical decision (and stubborn refusal to reconsider) here, even though Valve's "additional context" adds absolutely nothing to the discussion whatsoever. Absolute Puritan (derogatory) behaviour.

On the blog this week: @shaunmusgrave.bsky.social looks at five Evercade carts you might have missed. With Black Friday sales offering up to 30% off carts in various regions, now's a great time to add these to your library! https://evercade.co.uk/5-great-evercade-cartridges-you-might-have-missed/

One more push of the More Neat Gems in Arcade Archives vid from last week - I'd like to think it's a good vid, and one I hope stokes more curiosity for a rad and important project :) Much 🖤 if you're already checked it out!

Not a single person who plays/enjoys video games gets to make fun of the aesthetics of Quest 64 or Brian's hair on a planet where we facilitated the existence of this particular abomination.

Shout out to @jasonbwilson.bsky.social, who was a superb editor during my time, many years ago, serving the final days of GamePro. Any time I see someone say "amongst" or "most unique" I hear his voice in my head. (Complimentary)

"Please fill out a survey about our upcoming AI features!" okay, you asked, so this is 100% on you

This is a great video about game UI and inherent "coolness" -- something which peaked in the PS1/PS2-era and we've never quite matched since, outside of a few isolated examples. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zc3D...

Shot + chaser

YES. more of this

In the latest episode of Unpacked, @nickjcal.bsky.social looks into why it seems like the only people really championing AI in game development are the ones who'll profit from it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rwbs...

This is a perfect summation of why GenAI sucks:

BLOG POST: An attempt to put into words my *feelings* about generative AI and why (a) I don't like being tricked into consuming it and (b) I just don't care about things that are made using it. precastreinforced.co.uk/2025/11/21/a...

I strongly believe that adults need to let themselves laugh at stupid, cringey, lowbrow humor frequently to prevent themselves from becoming joyless, cynical husks. Who cares if it’s “juvenile?” Savor those moments of dumb levity in the ongoing hellscape of old age

is this @mrbiffo.bsky.social's Found R-Type Footage?

just did a fart that can only be described as sounding like a stock sound effect of a witch's cauldron bubbling

Wanna find out more about Activision Collection 1, coming soon to Evercade? Here's a video preview showcasing all 15 of these early '80s classics! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKEE3uidevU

Is second screening more your thing? We’ve got you covered! With a TON of slides so you can see what we’re talking about.

It’s FunFactor Fuuuuuuuuuuuesday! On this ‘sode of @funfactorpod.com, we dig into the apocrypha and recorded history of 2D games during the 32-bit—was Sony REALLY blocking games?—get a faceful of cringey 90s gaming ads, and plumb an undeniably classic 2D game: Castlevania: Symphony of the Night.

Thought I'd check in on chatgpt and see if it had gotten any better at game history research. It hallucinated an unreleased "Wizards and Warriors IV" project for NES and when I asked what the source was it made up a tweet by...me.

I have a sincere question because I’m considering doing a documentary: If I were to ask you what you’d like to know most about Dancesport, or what you find confusing, what questions would you want a documentary to answer. Sincere question. Really need to know.

NEW VIDEO: I’m a big fan of Arcade Archives as one of those #retrogaming projects which celebrates a bunch of Arcade gaming’s past. So it’s time for another dive into the catalogue for more of them I Just Think Are Neat! youtu.be/LXTLlKvgBpc

This is one of the worst, most horrifying exposures we have ever seen. It is hard to overstate how bad the things that people are using tools like for are, and it's insane to pretend like these tools are anything other than nonconsensual porn machines www.404media.co/ai-porn-secr...

“talking to Copilot in Windows 11 is an exercise in pure frustration — a stark reminder that the reality of AI is nowhere close to the hype.” www.theverge.com/report/82244...

A few months ago @thelocal.to got a promising pitch from a writer with bylines in whole bunch of reputable publications—The Cut, The Guardian, Dwell, Architectural Digest, etc. Then I started investigating. Here's a story about fabulists in journalism's AI slop era. thelocal.to/investigatin...

My space adventure continues with Space Rogue for Atari ST! The mysterious Duchess Avenstar of Denebprime seems to think I am "the one", but that I'm not yet ready to seek my heroic destiny, whatever that might be. Make your mind up, lady. www.youtube.com/watch?v=iC-E...

Check on your men friends. Many are hurting in silence. Don’t let it be too late to reach out. #internationalmensday

gonna start spending billions of pounds I don't have, and if the bank asks me about it I'll just say I'm "doing AI", seems to work for other people

Hi I wrote about the Sega Master System and how it’s been criminally overlooked because everyone goes on about the NES like it was the only 8bit console in the world look don’t get me started www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...

We lost a legend. Fuck cancer.

"It was just a placeholder!" sure it was I hope more outlets continue to call this shit out, because it's not acceptable in any game, let alone one that costs £50+. PAY AN ARTIST.

Fans of Sub5000TV, the YouTube based gaming TV channel designed to distract you from any holiday or life events may be interested I've just finalised the line up at 31 channels. Don't know our little all day distraction project? Here's last year. www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Been playing Tears of the Kingdom alongside Age of Imprisonment and, given recent Discourse over modern games not trusting players to retain information, I feel the organically occurring adventures of BotW and TotK are evidence that a hands-off approach *can* work. moegamer.net/2025/11/15/z...

welp. glad I picked up the Japanese physical (which has English text) Can't believe we're still doing this "platform standards and guidelines" nonsense. Treat adults like adults!

Lumines Arise is mechanically elegant and fun to play, but its biggest triumph is its sincerity, earnestness and emotional resonance -- qualities that we're long overdue to stop considering "cringe" and embrace fully. moegamer.net/2025/11/14/l...

Insulting to the players, insulting to the IP, insulting to the medium, the developers. And the craft itself. Fuck you executives who pushed this garbage. frvr.com/blog/call-of...

I suspect this is unfortunately true for many, but as someone who has always devoted 100% attention to a game while playing (I refuse to play with podcasts/videos on, even when grinding in an MMO, as I think it's disrespectful to the devs) this makes me sad. We've gotta fix this. Not just in games.

After years of games (and movies, and TV shows) featuring reams of irony-poisoned dialogue, Lumines Arise's sense of really *meaning* what it "says" throughout is refreshing. And that, to me, is admirable.

Lumines Arise isn't "about" something specific in the same way a story-based game is, but it definitely has recurring themes, and one of the best things about it is that it has no shame about expressing those themes.

Lumines Arise is mechanically elegant and fun to play, but its biggest triumph is its sincerity, earnestness and emotional resonance -- qualities that we're long overdue to stop considering "cringe" and embrace fully. moegamer.net/2025/11/14/l...

Trump Denies Writing 36-Volume Comic Titled ‘Don And Jeff: Time Pedophiles https://theonion.com/trump-denies-writing-36-volume-comic-titled-don-and-jeff-time-pedophiles/

Rain on a cloudy day won't stay You and I deserve to live this life We will get through every fight EXCEPT THIS FUCKING BASTARD LEVEL

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if you need any additional reasons not to cross the picket line here (you shouldn't, but still), Starbucks' CEO thinks his company that makes coffee and sells cakes should be "all-in" on AI for some inexplicable reason