It won't matter. Whoever they defenestrate is just gonna hit the rubber bush and walk it off anyway.

I need Y3 Remastered to outsell Kiwami in it's launch period. I need that. I want Sega to throw someone out a 10th story window.

I think, if you're aware enough of yourself to know you do shit that bothers people, you gotta own it. Like, I'm prone to crash outs, but if I didn't own that and openly admit that or make fun of myself for it, it'd be a taboo subject. People wouldn't feel comfortable stopping me in my tracks.

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Rotisserie Chicken is literally one of the cheapest meals you can get these days. And you can eat it for multiple meals. You’d know this if you ever went to an actual grocery store

Me: "I got a new way of gettin' people. You ask 'are we friends?' They'll prob say yes. Then you go, 'what about more than friends?' You wait for them to start responsing and you cut 'em off with 'then why are you fucking me?'" Friend: "What if they say, 'yes?'" Me: "Oh, then congratulations!"

Pandemic Shulk: "That's vaccinated Dunban over there!" Vaccinated Dunban: "I feel pretty good!"

another important part is Suda pays tribute to Tatsushi Fujita, who was an environment artist for Grasshopper as far back as killer7. It's super awesome for Suda to pay tribute not just in this message but for the release of Romeo and the new game. It reminds everyone that games are made by humans.

Romeo is a Dead Man is gonna be one of those games that modernizes all the parts of games that I wanted modernized, and keeps everything cool about older games, isn't it.

If you don't see how this is one of the coolest interfaces ever, you did not grow up in the PC 98 era.

YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!! VIDEO! GAMES!

HAHAHA, YEAH!

So obviously there's a ton of cool stuff in here, but among them are Apico and Mudborne, two sim games about Bees and Frogs, respectively! I played a bit of Apico when it first came out. It's really fun! You actually learn about bees and stuff. It's cool!

Our conversation on remakes in this made me pretty happy. It is RARE in this industry to have an opportunity to compare two remakes with vastly different approaches that came out very close in time to each other, belonging to the same franchise, worked on by some of the same people.

New Burnout Culture! And it’s a good one. We talk a lot about why Romeo Is a Dead Man feels so good, and the idea of sanding down remakes for new audiences

❗NEW EPISODE OF BURNOUT CULTURES❗ Oh this one is spicy. Topics this week include: Nintendo Partner Direct Dragon Quest VII, and remake culture Romeo is a Dead Man (Hayes and Cullen both played it for review!) open.spotify.com/episode/3mc6...

I don't see why he can't just take her home and check the lights on the way in.

Sometimes it takes someone tapping my shoulder and going "woah woah woah, check yourself," for me to realize I'm in a mania feedback loop. Sorry again.

I'm a deeply flawed individual, but I bring joy to the world.

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It only becomes more clear as time goes by that all of the series issues have only tripled since the exit of Nagoshi and the original Amusement Visions staff in 2021. An already growing wave turned into a flood once they were gone.

If you think that Yokoyama image that's going around is absolutely wild, I highly encourage you to go read more of his interview quotes in the last few years for a rollercoaster of a ride. And if you REALLY want to be even MORE confused, go check out interviews from 10-15 years ago.

HOW DOES IT KEEP GETTING WORSE

My latest review Grasshopper Manufacture is back to show the industry what ART is

Hmmmm....maybe it's time for another video....

My friends introduced me to YAPYAP today. It's a game where you cast spells by saying them out loud, and the goal is to invade a wizard's tower and cause as much property damage as possible within a time limit.

The top image is @octorobin.bsky.social . I don't even need to know it was her who said it, because she's explained the score cube to me.

Survival crafting games will let you build amazing houses, but god forbid they ever give you decent furniture options. Y'all GOTTA get an interior decorator to look over your in-game setting and aesthetic, so they can consult you about furniture ideas.

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I think it bears repeating that I don't sub or vague post about people I know. I'm almost always posting about shit I see on in the Internet in mass. When I wanna talk shit about someone, I just tell it to @cullenforever.bsky.social 's face directly.

Some folks don't like art. They just like keeping busy. Probably to avoid thinking about the stuff that inspires art in the first place. Damn shame.

Hey everyone, just wanna let you know that ROMEO IS A DEADMAN releases the same day, is $10 cheaper and is an original game.

If I sound like a downer sometimes, it's because I'm 38 and I see everything coming at least a year away.

Forums are nostalgic to people of exactly my age, but I think they just have a different combination of the weaknesses of chat clients and social media. I think what ppl miss is having a small, close-knit community, and that's increasingly hard to replicate as corpos own it all.

They asked me to answer some questions regarding the Kiwami 3 stuff for an Aftermath article! I was very nervous, but I think Isaiah made me look good. It's a great article, go check it out!

The movement to remove voice actor who has admitted to sexual assault has Yakuza fans at their breaking point: aftermath.site/yakuza-kiwami-...

Big thanks to @solfleet.bsky.social, @ashlikeadragon.bsky.social, @gcvazquez.bsky.social, and @cyricz42.bsky.social for chatting with me about this!

Big feature about the #RemoveKagawa movement and fans feeling that the bloom has been off the rose for the Yakuza/Like A Dragon games, with this latest controversy being a last straw for many.

playing yakuza kiwami 3 felt like paying a visit to a cemetery. my review for @gamespot.com www.gamespot.com/reviews/yaku...

I often hear people, even people I respect asserting that the RGG series is all wacky all the time and has always been and it's like Yeah bro you can tell they were having a laugh a minute writing the scene with Nishikiyama and Kiryu in the woods in Yakuza 0. Not a serious bone in that office.

Also Nugget in 0 and the Old Lady 1000%

100%. i think every time nugget went viral or some fun but stupid shit like that it became like, how can we do this again. but it feels like they keep going for that spectacle and not. yknow. anything meaty and heartfelt. frustrating as hell

What the article actually says: Discord will require age verification to access 18+ designated servers. Bad: Users who want to verify they are adults will need to submit ID that is processed through a 3rd party vendor or do facial estimation via submitting a selfie.

THAT IS PROBABLY EXACTLY WHAT FUCKING HAPPENED.

Some of the best Yakuza substories had recurring characters getting into shenanigans, or were as simple as a little girl selling a box of matches in reference to a well-known tale. Modern Yakuza substories are boiler plate, "Hey you! This is a wacky scenario! Let's fight!"

See, a lot of you are on the denial stage of grief for the death of a franchise. I am far past acceptance. I have had time to think and realize there was no love lost. The games in that series I like are still there, and I still get to hate on the garbage they're doing now. It's win/win.

The people I feel the worst for are the true believers who wanted to assert that the series' positive values were an indicator that the shortcomings in this regard were an innocent ignorance or misunderstanding. Because those folks are the ones that were rooting for LaD the hardest.

YOU MAY FIND YOURSELF IN A BAD REMAKE AND YOU MAY FIND YOURSELF WITH THE BEST STORIES CUT FROM IT AND YOU MAY FIND YOURSELF HOLDING A GAMEPAD AND FEELING SAD AND YOU MAY ASK YOURSELF "HOW DID I GET HERE?" youtu.be/n-vATfyvh1E