Which is why I have a bit more respect for people with honest “dumb” opinions that they can actually explain over people with “smart” opinions that they don’t have a real connection to

This isn't about anything specific so you can just apply it to whatever you want, but increasingly feel like the problem with *waves hands* everything is that no one actually believes in anything they say anymore.

Cuz they soften the original games rather than sharpening & developing them. I LOVE iteration & think it's extremely important but it rarely actually happens in a meaningful non QOL way

There is a difference between avoiding an indie because you have IP brainrot for bigger games vs. avoiding an indie because you know it is banking on the hope that you have IP brainrot for a bigger game that its pulling from

If you put Smash roster discussion on my feed. Just know you are muted and it is not personal.

Yup! I remember telling someone that JRPGs are niche using a similar example. Then it clicked for them lol. People seem to think a couple games in a genre being mainstream means that the GENRE is mainstream. That’s not how it works lol

I like how the FGC is in a permanent loop of theory-crafting about why the genre isn't as big as say MOBAs or etc. Then also theory crafting as why not all FGs are a popular as SF, Tekken and MK lol. Like sometimes it just is what it is lol.

‘Where is the Love’ by Black Eyed Peas is such a Make a Song With a Message™️-ass song And I mean this in a good way lol

Gonna start calling the COVID/pandemic era “Y2K2”

it makes me feel nothing. time will not triumph over me. i am past feeling overwhelmed over the inexorable passage of time. i embrace it

Saw somebody start a video off by saying “Before you type a comment please understand, this is not a community, this is a dictatorship, I will delete your comment and block you if you think we about to argue” And honestly, same.

Doesn’t get talked about enough tbh

examine yourself about this semi regularly

Almost a year in and I gotta say. Switch 2 has been so pleasant to use from a build perspective Haven’t felt like this about a Nintendo system since 3DS. I find myself preferring to play on it just because of how good everything functions and feels

I am pro-analysis when it comes to art But I think sometimes people get so caught up in the analysis that I never really hear about the role art even plays in their lives Are you enjoying yourself? Is it a healthy part of your day? Has it improved your outlook on life? That sort of thing

There is no Boob Guy™️ that hates titties that sag. Guys who are boob neutral maybe. But the Boob Guy™️ should not be generalized with other men

Watched the new episode of The Boys And when Mother’s Milk explained the origins of his name I literally said “That’s hard” out loud

2 Player NES games

Now streaming! We answering some questions and addressing the allegations! Come through! twitch.tv/heyjiikae

“As long as you clarify that its just your personal opinion people won’t be mad” One of the biggest lies on the internet lol

So I decided that it’s time to do another off-topic stream. Gonna talk about life, games, music, everything. If you have any questions or topics. Lemme know in the replies and I’ll answer em on stream. Gonna aim for 6:30p EST

Properly playing Virtua Fighter in my car on work break and now feeling like I need to go back and unlike all those posts about bigger handhelds being bad

I have now reached the phase of being a PC player where I just use windowed mode for everything Not even for performance reasons, more so because it gives me easy access to controlling my PC lol.

I feel like the only consistently true “Gen Z” thing that I have come to notice is that compared to other generations, they really do have a tough time with historical understanding about things from before their time It’s not even their fault either

This isn't about you, unless it is

My memory of what it was like to browse the Xbox Live Indie Games store page in 2010

Yeah I’m definitely reaching a point of fatigue with most podcasts Partly because a lot of them have gotten redundant. And partly because I just can’t get in the mood for them like before.

Ryoko, Commission for @skullbusiness.bsky.social

Whenever people make a distinction between art and entertainment, there’s always this underlying implication that there’s a problem with something just being entertainment Never an explanation for why either lol.

I’m late as hell on this but I just found out that Switch 2 has handheld mode ethernet adapters (Switch 1 also) Definitely gonna buy one

Rest assured whenever a new 2D fighting game comes out Street Fighter 6 players will be there day one tryna do throw loops even if it doesn’t make sense to do 😭

Fighting game players who start playing extra hard against you when they see you about to rank up You need to heal...

The new yard signs I’ve been seeing in front of Republican houses lately have been saying “Pray for Trump” LMAO

To this day, one of the craziest modern-ish gaming features to me is that you can record gameplay that already happened

I sold BRICKS of MARIO pills, so NO QUESTION they tryna BLOCK MY COIN

a cool thing about building community is that it has ripple effects you’ll mostly never see but they’re there, and they matter

The funny thing about people that believe that arguing=praxis is that some of them spend so much bandwidth on arguing that they ignore coalition building Which is easier and accomplishes a similar intention anyway (getting new groups on your side)

sorry to add to the discourse but I think the "everyone should have stayed on twitter" mindset is at least partially based on the misapprehension that 1) arguing on the internet is praxis and 2) leftists are obligated to spend their time doing this

This is a good analogy actually

Someone recently told me while I was streaming that they can tell I’m not as passionate about a lot of the trending topics in gaming anymore And I think a big part of it that I’ve realized is that I have been active on the internet for a very long time now

Have y’all ever considered letting the micro blogging social media site just be a micro blogging social media site? And not view it as some central hub for political discussion and not put so much value in wanting to make it influential on real world politics?

Been back on the grind consistently in Virtua Fighter 5 for like a month now and… I just hit a major breakthrough that boils down to: “Ok, now play faster” lol

Smartest people in the world know when to say “I get the gist of what you mean, no worries” Pseudo-intellectuals will split hairs about wording so they can pretend they don’t get someone’s point and “win” discussions

It’s a way of talking that no one actually tolerates in real life If someone in real life required people to be cartoonishly specific and meticulous about any little statement they made. People would eventually come to the conclusion that they aren’t very smart lol.

You can't just post, you gotta coat it unlike 3 or 4 layers of covering your ass lest you get misinterpreted and even then folks think you're posting about them and all hell breaks loose

It is actually insane that some people look down on tournament organizers who try to make a profit

Maybe I’m tripping But between this game, Star Fox Remake, Pragmata and Invincible VS recently, I feel like we’re entering a new era of varied pricing.

I have a crazy opinion about American fighting game developers but I need more time.

this was a good read. i think a lot of games writers (among other mediums) rely very heavily on aesthetics and interconnectivity rather than making it mean something through narrative significance. everyone wants to make peak without realizing what makes peak peak. ty for putting this on my tl