When did I become such a Takelord... I need to draw more stuff bc I'm getting annoyed with how many of my posts are just my opinions about media

Can't be overstated how much nerd-media internet in the early 00s had this exact voice. Mixture of South Park, EGM editorial and Seanbaby. Millenials trying on Gen X's sardonic detachment like their dad's oversized coat. All it's missing is a comment about which female character is "dead smexy"

Sunny cold as fuck morning in November in the PNW feels like the kinda thing they'd charge you money for if they could

I know you like the colorful cartoon game where you hit monster with big sword on tiny screen. But what if: we spent 80000 million billion dollars to make it look bodycam footage of wrestling a dog in an unlit room? And get this: you would only need a GPU powered by an electric car battery to run it

also the stunted behemoths in the same series of episodes are cute... look at this little guy....

Happy #godzilla day!

Caught up on the last title update in Wilds. You know how they make airline pilots take a bunch of drug tests to ensure they're fit to fly? I think if you're a game developer they should monitor your FFXIV playtime. Make sure your faculties aren't impaired, you aren't hallucinating orange circles

Dreamt that people could live to be 150 years old with the right care. You shrivel and shrink to something resembling a newborn parrot; pink and eyeshut, limbs withdrawn into stubby flippers. The sight of one such person moved me to tears. How well she must be loved, I thought, to get so old...

40 year saga of dudes giving their lives to a dying craft, only understanding love in the context of that craft, making terrible mistakes in their personal lives, being dragged back from the brink of self-imposed annihilation by the people who love them: their audience and their family.

DESCENDING STORIES: SHOWA GENROKU RAKUGO SHINJU (2010-2016): Damn, man

Monsters

bogleech.com/mortabook/ FROM NOW UNTIL NOVEMBER 12, the public can purchase Mortasheen for the first time ever. Purchase options at the link. I have worked on this setting for over 20 years, the game system has been in develoment for over 15 and it took me over 5 to just make this first book.

Nice reply "owning" me, unfortunately you parsed 2 levels of irony but missed completely the third, wherein it's clear I'm making fun of the persona your reply intended to critique. That being said I'm still hurt to an almost unimaginable degree

When we talk about "twitch-based gameplay" there are two components to reaction time that we tend to conflate: -Time between seeing a scenario, and deciding how to respond (blocking mixup in FG) -Time between committing to your decision, and performing inputs to realize it (Shooting gallery/DDR)

Wonder if any action games lifted revenge values/desperation moves from KH2. Feels like the best idea that series had, an antidote to the "the answer to ever problem is to combo it relentlessly and dodgeroll/parry through anything thrown your way" doldrums. Enemies need comeback mechanics too!

Troll-eater knight (2023)

let's party!

Used to be you post "I just got banned from Arby's for dropping all my Piss Crystals." Next day they write you a $5000 check to print a little hardcover of your posts to sell at Urban Outfitters. Next day you spend $6000 on legal fees from a protracted rights dispute with the publisher. Folhas secas

métamorphose

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Ok im takin the bait. Patrick Star with all the hooks in his mouth over here. If your beef with HEAT (1995) is that it's a total boy's club you lack the Fujoshi's Insight

Lake Dredger (for "The Crooked Moon")

YOOOOO

@demonrice.bsky.social Just wanna shout out how sick your art is, yr FFXI stuff looks so cool it makes me wanna pick that game back up even tho I don't got MMO time in my life anymore. I gotta like, stop and remind myself that it's your art I'm reacting to

Taking a hot bath, then we gonna drink mulled wine on the porch while it rains. Back in the high life again

Hard to say. I think the necessity of help/knowledge/critique outside the craft itself is what gives rise to community & stewardship of history in creative fields; you see some of that in the FGC. On the other hand the platforms/tools ppl use right now-- YT/Discord/Fandom-- are laughably inadequate

I think one of the most obvious utilities of video games is to teach the player to take failure with grace, learn from mistakes, persist and practice, experiment with new approaches when one isn't working. Without that it is very easy to make a 70+hour dissociation aide that turns yr brain into soup

Considering how they were both co-developed by Japan Studios within 1-2 years of each other, I think the mechanical & aesthetic DNA shared between Bloodborne and Soul Sacrifice/Delta might be more than coincidence. IGDB doesn't have credits for SS/D though, so I'd have to cross reference in-game

Some newcomers to the series get overwhelmed by the sheer number of sequels and spinoffs to Pirates of the Caribbean after the original trilogy, ESPECIALLY the unreleased entries seen only dreams. A few months ago I put together a recommended watch order to help you "bring [you] that horizon" to you

Evil Birds 2: The Demon Bird (1994)

Reptile Tier List SSS++: Crocodile, Alligator SSS+: Snapping Turtle, Chameleon, Gecko SSS: Tuatara, Monitor, Legless Lizard, Tegu, Python, Gharial SS: Iguana, Skink, Boa, Viper, Horned Lizard, Anole, Blind Snake, Softshell Turtle S: Sea Turtle,Tortoise, Gila Monster, Sea Snake, Turtle A: B: C: D: F:

On it boss!!

Got God Eater 3 on steam bc it's like 4 bucks right now and it gets 60fps on PC. Not a good game, but a fun bad one. Feels nice to hit shit with big anime weapons. Story is anime lorem ipsum but you can skip all of it so it's better than Wilds. Wish they were making a GE4 instead of Code Vein 2

Hey man its Trevin from Prealgebra. What have you been up to, cool ya Im in real estate now. I converted to Jehova Witness to marry this girl 10 years younger than me. Anyway I wanted to apologize for calling you an f slur for liking anime. She introduced me to this show called "Solo Levelling," and

喰らえ、エルドリッチ・アボミネーション……【ＦＵＣＫ－ＯＦＦ　ＤＥＡＴＨ　ＬＡＳＥＲ！】

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Performative revulsion at "amateurish, outsider" fetish art is tiresome. Someone sees a piece of media, it creates an itch in their brain, they try to scratch it with the limited tools they have at their disposal. A more intuitive, fruitful interaction with art than spending money on it

Lugia and friends

That being said: try out a few modern romhacks! There's no shortage of people actually exploring the mechanical side of these games, instead of selling you a 50-hour tutorial for a game that doesn't exist. Some recs: -Unbound -Radical Red -Emerald Seaglass -Rogue Emerald -Odyssey -Elite Redux

Fundamental tension of game: what player wants to do, vs. what game allows them to do. 2D Sonic player wants to go fast, but the level design confounds that desire, creating the productive friction of play. Pokemon player wants to play Pokemon, but Pokemon does not want them to play Pokemon; this re

Lilith Zone redefined gaming with CRYPT WORLDS, perhaps the most influential art game of the 2010s. In this Rare Interview, she talks process, liminal spaces, and the kernel of beauty in our earliest memories. Watch Now: youtu.be/cVnD6IYSgJA #AltGames #ArtGames #IndieGames #GameDeveloper

Shoes in dryer

What does "ethical Monster Hunter" even look like... like you can't just flash an "I consent! <3" sticker on the megafauna you're beating to death to turn into a hat

I remember encountering this illustration and the accompanying text on Wayne Barlowe's portfolio site as a kid, and feeling my brain light up like a chain of firecrackers. The native, pre-Fall denizens of Hell! Imagine!!

RIP Itagaki. Today's as good a time to remind everyone that the original version of Ninja Gaiden II (2008) was never ported to other hardware without dramatic changes to its balance and the cadence of combat... but Xenia is trivially easy to get running on a desktop computer made in the last decade

The article has a solid list, but a few more for the pile: The Long Goodbye (1975): 7.5/10 Killer Joe (2011): 6.7/10 Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (2000): 7.7/10 Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992): 7.4/10 Tropical Malady (2004): 7.1/10 The Return of the Living Dead (1985): 7.3/10 Excalibur (1981): 7.3/10