I love logging onto bsky, seeing some videogames discourse the americans have been up to while I'm asleep, thinking "huh this seems really shallow and worthless" and then scrolling a bit and being like "yeah I was right". Amazing that sleeping through it is just as effective as engaging

Personally I think the highest review score should be 9.9 and we should only give it to games that will piss some people off. most of these games are well made and in my opinion good (not you Bioshock) but these are the most asinine, generic picks possible I know review scores are fake but still

I have a pet theory that people want more iterative sequels to games, like we used to get tonnes of in the PS2 era, and that this would be a good strategy for indie devs. That said, I don't know if there's a lot of evidence for it. Might have to have a closer look around.

No shade to this person but this list would be so long it would take several tweets at least. If you play games other than recent AAA releases there are so many artistically "good" games that it's hard to even remember them all. Depends on what you consider artistically good, but still.

This is going to devastate so many studios filled with good people. Leveraged buyouts should be illegal.

I have fallen behind on posting my silly mario kart clips so I'm starting a thread right here. If you hate Mario Kart you can mute this thread and if not, prepare for clips of me bagging shamelessly Behold, one of my most skillful clips, in which I use a bullet bill in second place

When you're mean to me, this is who you're being mean to

💌 Heartstrings chapter 21 is up! 💌 read: heartstringscomic.com/comics/475

I'm going to make my own Persona game one day. it'll be called Bearsona, cost less than the Persona 5 skins in Overwatch 2, and be less homophobic than the actual persona games

It is absolutely hilarious for Nintendo to finally do Virtual Boy re-releases after skipping the 3DS, and to make it require a peripheral. If you wanted to purposefully avoid people playing and re-evaluating these games, this is how you would do it. You had a whole console that could do this!

Happened to get my first bubble tea in ages while the Demon Slayer collab at Chatime was happening. I have never seen Demon Slayer but Tanjiro's Earl Grey Matcha is pretty good. It tastes pretty strongly of earl grey but has a nice matcha flavour at the end of each sip.

Even if it wasn't destructive to our power grids, bad for local water supplies, built on theft, not actually 'intelligence', and incredibly wasteful of land and GPUs, I still wouldn't use AI because it doesn't even make you more productive! It's all smoke and mirrors.

MK stands for Mario Kart, Mortal Kombat, or Meta Knight. AC stands for Animal Crossing, Assassin's Creed or Armored Core. Eventually any two letters will refer to a video game of some kind. GF doesn't stnad for girlfriend, it stands for Gotcha Force

Being in the games industry right now

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I've started studying Game Development at a local college, and last week the lecturer was talking about Yahtzee and how he'd moved to Second Wind and displayed the Second Wind Youtube channel and I was like... does he know? A lot of people only watch Yahtzee. But I still had a laugh about it.

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Israeli attacks have killed at least 71 Palestinians seeking humanitarian aid, while hospitals recorded seven more deaths from famine and malnutrition aje.io/1p0bp5

“One in three Gazans goes multiple days without eating, the World Food Programme said this week. Malnourished mothers can no longer produce milk to breastfeed their children, the injured are unable to heal and hospitals have run out of nutritional supplements to treat gaunt babies.”

She looks pleased with the plush

I have beaten the horse game. No need to do anything after this probably.

Here's me. 'The ABCs of holocaust denial'

Do I know anyone on here with Pokemon Violet willing to trade over some version exclusives? Thought I would finish up my Scarlet Pokedex to enjoy the Switch 2 update, but the trading codes are all dead and I don't own both games.

Waluigi... You have failed me.

This game is so silly sometimes. This is so broken lol

Posting anything online while trying to not be misunderstood

One of my least favourite things is remembering a fun part of book or comic that I read, and trying to remember which one it was. I read a lesbian romance novel where a wedding guest accidentally convinces the bride that she should ditch the wedding, but was it good, and what was it called? No clue

Haha you can do mirrored free roam in Mario Kart World if you go into the stained glass Peach window. I'm sure everyone else figured this out already but neat.

Sometimes, cow, and bigger cow

Truly, the world is full of horrors beyond our comprehension (Why are his teeth so big)

Today is Microsoft's Xbox Showcase and I really think not tuning in is both the right call and the literal least you can do to show Microsoft and Xbox that you are NOT OKAY with them aiding Israel with an ongoing Genocide.

At some point I will finish this game and you will all see the most terrible shitpost ever. I will inflict my game upon the world. That said, the game's delayed a few more weeks because of Mario Kart World tomorrow. And I still have a couple of weeks of work left on it!

I have many problems with Expedition 33 from a story and gameplay perspective, but more importantly, Lune is very cool and I am a fan.

Something I think is underrated about the Switch 2 is that Nintendo is still only supporting one console. Nobody really thought that Nintendo would split their handheld and console again, but the fact that they aren't means all their best games will be on one platform, just like the Switch 1.

Personally I think the new game from the Stray Gods studio looks good - if you think so too, consider backing in the next 48 hours, as it's not meeting it's funding goal as of now. They need time to make their second game as good as it can be. Help it happen!

Fourteen Thousand. The long campaign to dehumanize Palestinians is, fundamentally, about this. To provide cover for the annihilation of a people and their culture, from the youngest to the oldest, to shrugs from the most powerful nations in the world.

I played Together in Battle, and thought it was quite good, but had mixed feelings on the procedural relationships. Overall, an intriguing game with worthwhile tactical gameplay.

This week's Unpacked episode is all about the corporate games media model and how abusive executives have torched beloved brands and made audiences believe falsely that you're only successful if you drive millions upon millions of views, driven by a broken SEO model.

So often I go to write a reply to a tweet and realise I'm basically just saying "Yeah, I agree so hard" and so I just delete the tweet and leave it at a like. Not all likes are endorsements but if I like your tweet, it often means I agree and had no insightful comments.

Anyone else hate seeing this little menace? I know it's my fault but I'm always like damn, who did this?

“As of today, I think it’s safe to say that all the progress that was achieved during the ceasefire has been reversed.” @ichotiner.bsky.social speaks with a relief worker on the ground in Gaza as starving people in the territory become increasingly desperate. nyer.cm/igSh6NP

This happening at the same time as the Star Wars Fortnite season is probably the closest we'll ever get to Korone in fortnite

This sucks. Huge loss for games criticism and awful for all the people who lost jobs.

Usually I would play and write something about Oblivion, but due to the Xbox boycott I won't be doing so. Cancel your game pass, don't buy any Microsoft published or developed games. aftermath.site/microsoft-bd...

One of the most underdeveloped controller features is allowing you to save data on your controller. I remember the Wii let you save your Mii on your remote and take it to friend's houses with you, and this would actually be a rad feature for many things with a tiny bit more storage.

Thread of games I finish this year, since one of my goals is to finish up some very big games from my backlog: First up, Temtem. I got really depressed and played the whole thing, and it is quite a compelling game once you get through the early game, which isn't great. Pretty good overall.

I only wish my rude slack messages to management had been posted in more channels, and were even more rude. I know a bunch of good people wrote for Gamurs and it's sad they're losing jobs and work. A pretty amazing lack of foresight from the higher-ups.

I understood enough Japanese to overhear a mother say to her child "soko wa natto ja nai" and basically understand. If people only use basic sentence structure then I'm good.

More detailed analysis, and I have to say, this sucks arse. Shameful that trans people were banned from input on this case, terrible decision. Trans people do still have rights against many kinds of discrimination. But this legalizes some kinds of discrimination and encourages it overall.

The exact ramifications of this are not currently known. It's not good, but the full report is still being read more closely. Worth highlighting that JK Rowling donated £70,000 donated to this case's crowdfunding. She has directly donated to a case against our rights. Stay strong, UK Friends.