20 characters seems low for the launch of a 4-on-4 game like Marvel Tokon, a lower count than a 3-on-3 fighter like Dragon Ball FighterZ (though that game had multiple versions of the same characters). But I won't go too hard on it; it's not *bad*. www.gematsu.com/2026/02/marv...

One of the most miserable things about living in this era is having to watch the stupidest & most arrogant people in the world have to relearn The Why of literally everything good that we collectively do the hard way. The answer is always ‘Because a bunch of people died, fuckwit.’

I posted on @damagecontrolblog.bsky.social about how Sega and Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio gave one of the worst excuses I've ever seen to casting a sexual harasser in Yakuza Kiwami 3. www.dcgameblog.com/2026/02/exam...

Ten years on 2XKO, 12 at Riot and I got laid off with 30min notice lol Gonna take some time.

Frosty Faustings 2026 Official Event Key Art❄️

TWWR Round up 02/09/2026– I Won’t Leave Your Side Sometimes you have that person who won't leave your side-- for better or worse. www.twwronline.com/2026/02/09/t... #Furry #Webcomics #Writing #Xenofiction

Very grim that they're cutting the 2XKO development team's size in half not even a month after the official launch on consoles. I'd be shocked if the game is successful after this, now that Riot's cutting it off at the knees. www.gamedeveloper.com/business/rio...

Hundreds of millions spent on human misery

ICYMI I updated last night's Strider livestream announcement on Damage Control Blog with embedded video from Twitch. I made it to the last stage in Strider, but got overran. I also played the 2014 remake for a bit.

Part 1 of my Strider livestream is now on Damage Control Blog's YouTube channel. I get acquainted with a game I've never played, and it shows. Strider is fun and definitely a product of the late 1980s!

if i know discord for anything is that they can and will pussy out if people bully them enough for something. get fucking loud about this

Hey, this seems very not great. www.gamedeveloper.com/business/con...

Italians, your white card has been revoked. Stefani Germanotta is a perfidious latin

*Green card application in process and work permit, married to US citizen *Lived in US for 20 years, no criminal record *In detention for five months with no charge, despite judge approving release *He disputes ICE claim that he signed forms agreeing to deportation

I couldn't quite get it done. And at the end, played a bit of the 2014 Strider remake. I made it to stage 5 though, so maybe next week will be my week.

Mando and Grogu are on their way to enjoying a nice Cerveza Cristal, given the tone of this teaser. Quite a choice for a Big Game Spot, though. www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNAY...

Tonight I battle Soviet-themed space invaders in Strider. Fingers crossed I finished this game tonight. twitch.tv/damagecont... #TwitchAffiliate #TwitchStreamer #Livestream

Seems like the dozens of ardent Melania fans all saw that documentary on the first weekend. Amazon’s not going to profit off it, but it’s clear why this *really* existed. variety.com/2026/film/bo...

Tonight I (hopefully) beat Strider on Twitch for Damage Control Blog I made it to stage 3 last week in about an hour. We'll see how my battle against the Soviet-styled alien space forces goes. Join me at 8 ET for something that's not Superbowl related!

ICYMI I wrote about why Valve's delay of the Steam Machine (and assorted hardware) is a very bad sign for the near future of computer and gaming hardware for a @damagecontrolblog.bsky.social post. www.dcgameblog.com/2026/02/cogn...

You could have told me that this was JP from Street Fighter 6 instead of Magneto in an alternate skin in Marvel Rivals, and I would have believed you. They should be bullied into making a new Marvel vs. Capcom game for this, or even just a new X-Men vs. Street Fighter game.

ah i can answer this trick question actually. novels are not a race

The current regime took a week to abolish USAID, which is three times as old and was not in the news every day for brutalizing children

crickets from the free speech crowd, of course

A desperate plea sent to me by a Minneapolis resident who's been on the front lines since the beginning of the ICE occupation:

I can't help but feel a little sad about Super Sentai ending, even though I haven't come close to watching all of them. Toei said they might do movies and specials over the next decade, so it's not too late for, I don't know, Shin Gorenger.

just building this awful camp system is a crime against humanity imo

I’m surprised they haven’t said anything about simulcasting Project R.E.D./Super Space Sheriff Gavan Infinity. There’s still time for them to announce it, because I’d be shocked if they uploaded the trailers to the English Toei Tokusatsu account and then didn’t officially subtitle it.

hard to think of a better example of "you may not believe in class war, but billionaires know they're in one" than this

This entire administration exists solely to kill and torture brown and black people and to protect and promote the Epstein Class. That's the entire job of this Federal government. Why should we fund this

I posted on @damagecontrolblog.bsky.social about how the delay of upcoming Steam hardware this week, including the Steam Machine, is bad news for the future of Valve's hardware and the immediate future of gaming hardware. www.dcgameblog.com/2026/02/cogn...

Going from the guy who diminished Tumblr by banning all the adult content to CEO of the Washington Post in about a decade's time is incredible. The worst people around continue to fail upward.

Easily the most fun fight in Neva. The rule of cool states that if your character (Alba) uses a sword, then she's eventually going to have a sword fight against someone else. Alas, the YouTube algorithm gods don't like this video much.

ICYMI I wrote about how the newest Nintendo Direct: Partner Showcase was a solid presentation of upcoming third-party games for the Switch console family, though hardly spectacular, for a @damagecontrolblog.bsky.social post. www.dcgameblog.com/2026/02/cogn...

This is bleak: Jes Staley, currently CEO of Barclays, reassuring Epstein that popular revolt against financial elites is unlikely because capitalism and pop culture have defanged social movements, leaving people more invested in consumption than justice.

If there's one benefit from all the Republican criminality and corruption it's that you never have to treat them like good faith interlocutors again. Every currently living Trump accomplice should be treated at most to a reflexive "Eat Shit" for life, and that's better than they deserve

This is impressively one of the worst excuses for casting a known sex pest in a role that I've ever heard, and there have been several. www.ign.com/articles/we-...

The Final Fight 30th Anniversary Edition romhack is a few years old, but I only just saw this piece of artwork for it. It's so fucking incredible.

I mentioned before how Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicle's story is more resonant now than when the original Final Fantasy Tactics released (or even the PSP game), but that only becomes more apparent later in the game. It's also fun and challenging, of course, with tricky battles.

Guile... Guinan... Guilenan

this is why you should *never* hit someone with an rpg. it’s dangerous, it’s shitty, and it’s wrong

It's nice that he's playing himself, I guess. www.ign.com/articles/mas...

I posted on @damagecontrolblog.bsky.social about the newest Nintendo Direct: Partner Showcase, which was *fine* as a showcase for displaying how solid the Switch 2 (and Switch) third-party support is, though light on surprises. www.dcgameblog.com/2026/02/cogn...

Clapping my flippers together and honking like a harbor seal when a Super Bowl ad for a condiment or gambling app featuring two celebrities unexpectedly reveals a third celebrity as its punchline. Bouncing a ball around on my snout. My wife has to throw me a herring to get me to calm down.

The weekend is here! What are your plans? We hope to finish Strider on Sunday. Offline we'll be continuing with Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles and Soul Nomad & the World Eaters. One of us will be watching Hidden Figures, and another the Superbowl. #Weekend #Twitch #VideoGames

Mongolia and Haiti correctly identified that the Winter Olympics are primarily a chance to design baller cold weather uniforms

ICYMI I wrote about Neva for Quarantine Control on Damage Control Blog Geoff B wrote about season 2 of Fallout. CWTyger took a break for the week after writing Wednesday's Lufia II retrospective. Check us out!

ICYMI The Quarantine Control series on @damagecontrolblog.bsky.social reached the 305th entry. @silverhuskey.bsky.social wrote about her Neva playthrough, CWTyger took a rest, and I wrote about season 2 of the Fallout series. www.dcgameblog.com/2026/02/quar...