i’m playing two video games right now that are both very good, and it’s probably no coincidence that there’s a prominent SpeedTree logo on boot up for both

I’m really glad everyone agrees that Vinnie Pasquantino is going to win AL MVP this year

the evidently very middling 2D God of War game being the big closer for the State of Play honestly makes me wonder if something else was supposed to go in that slot instead and they had to pivot late

a lot of people are following me and i assume most of them will reverse course the first time i post about an 80 hour RPG with Welsh catgirls in it

thinking about making a purchase

alright i had to mute the movie post, it broke containment, you all have fun

fun question: what’s the maddest you’ve ever been leaving a movie theater? not necessarily worst movie you’ve seen, but the one that just pissed you off the most. mine is Batman v Superman

i am sincerely a pretty big fan of Raimi’s Spider-Man 3 because you just don’t get a lot of big IP blockbuster movies with that much contempt for the studio and the audience. you can tell Raimi was so fucking annoyed by having to put Venom in it

in recent years i’ve been willing to come back around and accept that Shadow the Hedgehog is cool. however the line must be drawn there. we will not rehabilitate Silver under my watch

it’s definitely odd that LiS2 has all but evaporated from collective memory, given that it’s both better than the first one and increasingly more relevant over time. i guess it just doesn’t lend itself to prequels and sequels like LiS1 did?

michael cera is halo

i’ve recently seen posts about how it’s now basic to vocally be a fan of Miami Vice (2006) and i can’t stress enough how much “too many other people like a thing so now it’s not cool for me to like it anymore” is a completely fake problem

i dunno if i’ve ever talked about this on here but i hold Majora’s Mask in EXTREMELY high regard. it’s a top tier Zelda. “but it’s mean/stressful/obtuse/scary!” yes, exactly!

the only good way to do a Scrubs reboot is not at all. the second least bad option would be to do one with every cast member except for Zach Braff

over the past few days, i’ve watched movies that separately starred Roy Scheider, Richard Dreyfuss, and Robert Shaw. my subconscious is pushing me in a certain direction and i think i should listen

the NBA allegedly forcing the Sixers to get rid of Sam Hinkie really sucks because it’s allowed people to keep pretending like he was doing a good job and just needed more time

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the most iconic Weird Al song differs by generation. the best Weird Al song, regardless of generation, is Dare to Be Stupid

college greek life, homeschooling, and From Software games are three things where you can’t trust analysis from people who are or have been deeply immersed in them. in those specific cases, outsider perspectives are more worthwhile

devout Catholics can kick rocks but lapsed Catholics are cool. that’s where like half of Springsteen’s music comes from

one of my favorite Trails things is when some stinky evil bad guy who you’ve fought 14 times in the past is like “hey so i’m evil but i’m not being evil right now. is it cool if i roll with you for a few hours? i’m gonna be evil again later btw” and the protag is always fine with it

a while back someone told me they didn’t think ocarina of time was that great and in their bio it said they were 20 years old. i’m still a little offended to be honest

the Nintendo Switch 2

gamers of the night roll call

i fuckin hate the guy’s face in Shadow of Mordor so much dude

nw

just realized the 2D God of War game shadow dropped several days ago and i haven’t heard a single person say if it’s good or bad

Biathlon is one of my favorite Olympic sports because the gulf between “how hard is it to do” and “how dynamic is it to watch on television” is several miles wide

yeah i think the fact that Phantom Pain isn’t a particularly satisfying Metal Gear story has overshadowed the part where it’s maybe the best-playing stealth action game ever made

“hideo kojima isn’t a good game designer and should’ve made movies instead” is a take you still see sometimes and frankly i think you are high on dust if you don’t think MGS 1-3 are incredibly tightly designed games

likely thing for me to say but as i continue to deal with related things in my personal life, i just get more and more impressed with what Xenoblade 3’s story wants to say and how well it says it

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the Olympic bobsled guys should be allowed to fly off course and shit like F-Zero GX speed runners

The Rizzler posted an IG photo set from NBA all star weekend and I’ve never been more stressed than I was just now scrolling through it to make sure he didn’t take any pics with the IDF guy on the Blazers (he didn’t)

ME: Okami was made by Clover Studio, and when that got shut down some of those guys formed Platinum, but now there’s a new studio called Clovers working on an Okami sequel. It’s kind of a cool story LAUREN MAYBERRY FROM CHVRCHES: That’s really interesting ME: I agree!

envisioning “Cajun Beavis”

smoking some shit that’s got me feeling like the white Bret Saberhagen

can i get a Tuesday lunch report from the homies?

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kotaku is a good website staffed by good people and it is really maddening and perplexing to me the way right wingers think a perpetually understaffed video game blog is responsible for everything they hate

i’ve figured out the precise correct balance of electoralism versus revolutionary tactics for American socialist parties but unfortunately i can’t share it with anyone due to a witch’s curse

hating Emerald Fennel has now become the default mainstream opinion online so i’m gonna become a huge fan to balance it out (never seen one of her movies and never will)

native english speakers who use japanese names for things that have perfectly fine localized alternatives are harmless but they also need to settle down and act regular

everyone zeroes in on the MM1 NES box art but there’s a strong legacy of fucked up looking box art Mega Mans outside of that one

i choose to believe the three kingdoms era actually sounded like this youtu.be/I9Ao0XAaCiI?...

you’re just never gonna get me to accept “videogames” as one word i’m sorry. you don’t say “boardgames” or “cardgames” or “tabletopgames”

we’ve long since evolved past the need for the Bruenigs