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I almost always play some action games after finishing an RPG. Playing two RPGs in a row is exhausting. Play some MegaMan or a shmup or five. Have you played Gal Guardians?

2026-02-22 22:25:53 UTC

About 10-15 years ago, I stumbled upon a website which published essays dissecting some games including Final Fantasy VI and Chrono Trigger. I remember only reading the FFVI essay(s) which broke down the game to its fundamental parts, analyzing the plot flow, the characters and their themes, and so on. It was extremely insightful, but I'm having trouble finding it. I recall the owner(s?) of the site published books containing the essays. The effort was an excellent resource for game studies, and I lament both its lack of use in the field and my current inability to find it. Does this ring any bells for anyone?
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2026-02-22 00:30:48 UTC

Made bank at GameStop on a purchase from some seller. Bought a copy of Nier Automata for the Switch. Looking forward to playing it. Does it live up to the hype?

2026-01-20 01:19:53 UTC

@noyoushutthefuckupdad and @coolboymew, is A Certain Magical Index worth watching?

2026-01-17 17:09:47 UTC

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Honeydip sounds a bit like Explosions in the Sky

2026-01-14 22:46:29 UTC

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yeah, I looked it up. Definitely not worth the price tag. Games are about as deep as the glasses and pitchers in that Root Bear game.

2026-01-14 21:44:17 UTC

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I forget what this thing is called. It's a neat little toy, but it's no Game Boy.

2026-01-08 03:39:43 UTC

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do you mean a speedrun for vanilla or for this hack?

2026-01-08 03:26:31 UTC

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no thanks. This is a one time thing. The level of frustration got a bit too close to "un-fun" territory.

2026-01-08 03:21:20 UTC

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freeing the babies
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2026-01-08 03:20:52 UTC

Finished Super Metroid Rotation (hack)!!
Boy, what a ride that was. Turning the world 90° clockwise really makes a difference in how the game is played. Wall jumping is necessary from the start and many longer horizontal rooms (and this game dramatically highlights their presence) become traps, often lethal ones. The thing that killed me most often was magma. There must be something about the way magma is programmed where it rises to such-and-such a y- value, because many of the normally horizontal rooms containing magma had it nearly to the top in this sideways version of Zebes. As a respite, the grapple beam is rendered useless making for an early and easy visit to Phantoon, and all of the bosses excepting one were ridiculously easy with the new layout. Kraid was about the same level of difficulty without adequate platforms to mount for easy firing. Like the magma, Ridley must be programmed to hover around a particular Y-axis; as a result, he merely floated around eye-level for Samus and was a sitting duck.
Overall, not a terribly exciting hack, but it's quite a unique and well-executed idea. 5/10. Not recommended for anyone but unusually masochistic fans of platformers.
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And, yes, I always free the babies.
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2026-01-03 04:03:12 UTC

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> 8-bit console emulation
How feasible is this? Like, can it run Metal Slader Glory or Shantae? How's the button ergonomics? Is it the exact same size as a regular VMU?

2025-12-24 02:18:18 UTC

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I remember renting and playing Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon without a memory pack. I got through the first Impact fight a handful of times before we finally bought one.

2025-12-23 22:32:37 UTC

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2 is second best 2D Metroid. What are you talking about?

2025-12-23 22:21:17 UTC

Finished Super Junkoid DX!
What a ROMhack! As mentioned elsewhere, it's as if Super Metroid and Yume Nikki merged into one game. Both games use environment and visuals to establish mood and build a cohesive world of functional symbols inviting the player to draw conclusions about the plot and characters. This game capitalizes on that, especially with how it's done in Super Metroid. This was very dark in its aesthetics akin to something like Hollow Knight and very creepy in its visuals. Replay value is quite high due to gameplay alone, but the game hints at two possible secrets which come from not killing a particular enemy early on in the game and from completing the game without a particular item. That's a challenge for another day, but I intend to research things to learn more.
10/10 Highly recommended. This is a video game that takes advantage of the medium in ways all devs should attempt to emulate. Excellent way to finish the year.
#GameComplete
#2025SoFar
#SuperMetroid
#Metroid
#SuperJunkoidDX
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2025-12-19 02:29:38 UTC

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Link?

2025-12-19 02:25:52 UTC

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> 20 or more new Commodore 64 games are released a year.
Are they worth playing, though?

2025-12-11 01:46:59 UTC

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I'm grateful to God that I never had motion sickness from playing video games. And, yeah, I think the fact that it was on such a small screen has much to do with it. The GB Donkey Kong games are like that, too.

2025-12-11 01:26:43 UTC

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Pre-rendered problems. Some games that used pre-rendered sprites and backgrounds have not aged too well visually, no, but I find a certain charm to all of them.

2025-12-11 01:22:45 UTC

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2025-11-29 03:51:33 UTC

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The fairy's name is Ribbon.

2025-11-22 20:15:57 UTC

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Bomberman 64 is hard as balls to 100%. I tried some years back and got to the final, hidden levels. When I had to get the gold cards from a boss without the remote control bombs, I set it aside and haven't picked it back up yet.

2025-11-22 04:41:55 UTC

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Played some Tetrisphere a few months ago. What an amazing OST. The game is also easier than I remembered.

2025-11-22 04:40:42 UTC

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Which one?

2025-11-18 20:29:16 UTC

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I'm terrible at Panel de Pon, but I'll gladly take you on in PuyoPuyo

2025-11-18 20:28:30 UTC

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what is this?

2025-11-18 20:21:49 UTC

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I've played the game on and off at various times throughout my life. This came after "practicing" on emulators on a wide screen TV (terrible for such a game) and SNES9x on PSP. Fed up with the faults of the emulators (4:3 resolution is best for Gradius III), I decided to fire up my old cartridge. I was quite shocked by the results.
Two or three bottlenecks always got me: the fire dragon boss (which can really screw over the player), the speed up stage (and the transitions before and after), and the penultimate stage, especially when the walls fly at you in sequential chunks. My nerves began acting up with excitement around that last one during the run.

2025-11-18 19:59:03 UTC

Did something today which I never thought I'd be able to do: I finished Gradius III for SNES on Normal mode without dying. It kicked me into Hard mode afterwards, and I managed to survive till just after stage 4 (the Moai stage) for a total of over 700,000 points. Not sure what the leaderboards look like for this game, but I'm very pleased with this.
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2025-11-03 00:37:12 UTC

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You should see the comments:
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2025-10-28 03:02:38 UTC

Finally got a copy of Golden Sun: Dark Dawn. I am now in the process of playing through all of the Golden Sun series. I remember slogging through the first game when it came out and getting stuck often. I also remember getting stuck on and dropping The Lost Age. Now that I'm older and wiser and know how RPGs work in general, I am quite please to discover the depth of the gameplay mechanics. The series basically makes a full, complex system based on FFVI's summoning mechanics. I've also been on a pre-rendered sprite kick lately after playing through DKC1, 2, and 3, so the aesthetics are pleasing.
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2025-10-20 01:45:12 UTC

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Never. Nu-metal is trash through and through.

2025-10-02 11:29:07 UTC

@coolboymew what's the name of that recent anime where the cats are aliens?

2025-09-16 20:53:43 UTC

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I dropped XKCD long ago, but I like this expansion/commentary on the original comic.
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2025-09-13 15:20:35 UTC

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I, too, have a great relationship with my mom. I try to call and talk to her daily. I, too, would be in prison or dead were it not for Jesus and for her.

2025-09-04 02:17:06 UTC

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The trouble is that, contrary to that poster's false statement, they don't take away most of those excuses. They are only superficially legal. They're neither skilled nor productive. They are most certainly not law-abiding, and they are barely "English-speakers".

2025-08-20 06:09:22 UTC

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> a potential story mode that was maybe hinted at in the end
Dark Matter (and 0) would be nice relics to show off, but I think Sakurai would be better off doing something new. He has amazing ideas, but the Nintendo culture stifles him to work within established franchises.

2025-08-20 06:04:27 UTC

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> pouring a hundred mindless hours
This phrase alone speaks volumes. I never understood why people measure games by hours, much less why they measure a game's quality by it. Over the course of my life, I've probably played Super Metroid for over 100 hours. Likewise for the first six MegaMan games. I don't see the point in measuring their worth by length of time played. One can spend 100 hours playing Jump Rope Challenge. That doesn't make it a good game.

2025-08-20 06:01:14 UTC

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> the jew song
The what now?

2025-08-20 05:51:51 UTC

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How? Why? It's essentially the same game as on the Gamecube. Same core mechanics, same aesthetics. Why should I pay money for pretty lights attached to an experience I can have for free?

2025-08-20 05:46:58 UTC

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> so pretty much every other game is a key card
Yeah, I still don't see the reason to buy a Switch 2. My gaming habits remain in the past, and a console with spy-potential hardware and a library of mostly digital-only games does not appeal to me. Like I said, I can play Kirby Air Ride on my Gamecube just fine.

2025-08-20 05:32:00 UTC

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???
I'm talking about the fact that the Switch 2 "game cartridges" are merely keys to unlock the download of the game on the box. They're not actually game cartridges. Am I wrong in this?

2025-08-20 05:21:22 UTC

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Buy the cartridge, but it's merely a key to unlock the download of the game. That nonsense.

2025-08-20 04:27:55 UTC

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Huh. Interesting. I'm glad J.G. Quintel mocked him so mercilessly in Regular Show.

2025-08-20 04:22:35 UTC

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It looks pretty, but it's still basically an expansion pack of a game I already own. Can't own Air Riders.

2025-08-20 04:19:54 UTC

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Aside from throwing his stale, 40-years-long weight around, what does Mitchell do for a living?

2025-08-08 23:06:08 UTC

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Positively maternal.

2025-08-04 04:55:26 UTC

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Excepting the Satellaview game and the remake of Monsho no Nazo for the DS, I've played through every game up through Awakening. I have Fates and Echoes, but Echoes has faggotry and Fates never held my interest.
As for the TRPG gameplay, it varies with each entry. Earlier titles rely more on strategy and tactics, and Thracia 776 is especially brutal in this regard. Gaiden and Sacred Stones allow for grinding and are fundamentally different than all other games in the series before Awakening. If you need a game with which to start, do the seventh game, the one for the GBA (the first release outside Japan). I've also heard that Tear Ring Saga is a good primer as well.
@noyoushutthefuckupdad I have a strong distaste for FFT/Ogre Battle style TRPGs. They're basically RPGs on a grid while Fire Emblem relies more on strategy and grew naturally out of Intelligent Systems Wars series. The stats and calculations are much simpler in FE than in games like FFT, Ogre, Battle, Disgaea, etc. where the direction a character is facing makes a difference in how much damage they do or receive and battles play out at a snails pace. FE's pedigree can be traced back to Shougi while other TRPGs are something else entirely.

2025-08-04 00:20:16 UTC

Finished Fire Emblem: Sword of :seal: s!!
I immediately started playing it after finishing what's done of the Elibean Nights hack. The hack made much of the dialogue in SoS make more sense and gave a visual memory to recall for key character backgrounds.
The game itself gave me some frustration in certain chapters with some characters dying, but it was, overall, surprisingly easy. Perhaps it's that I'm older or perhaps it's that the game was, indeed, designed to be easier for newcomers like its prequel successor. Speaking of which, the character and plot depth is a bit shallower here than it is in Rekka no Ken. Iirc, Fuuin no Tsurigi started life as a remake of Ankoku Ryuu to Hikari no Tsurugi, and it shows. The pattern of recruitable characters and some regions and environments show a slight resemblance to their Akkaneian analogues. The devs took advantage of the new Elibe continent. This was, essentially, a playground for them to make a more compelling scenario in Rekka no Ken. Also, I ship Lilina and Roy whenever I play through this one. It makes the most sense, canonically.
Overall, 6/10. A bit on the shallow/bland side for a Fire Emblem game--like the Marth games but, thanks to its prequel successor, a bit more fleshed out.
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2025-07-24 19:50:26 UTC

https://www.animecornerstore.com/faq.html#1-1 :3deyes: :3deyes: :3deyes:
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2025-07-11 04:08:25 UTC

Finished Metallic Child!
Current day devs should take notes: this is how you bring older game ideas back to life. Everything about this game's narrative elements and aesthetics screamed Mega Man with whole new sounds. The devs are clearly fans of Rock, but they went their own way in designing a fun, engaging, and aesthetically pleasing game.
The gameplay itself was something I've not seen elsewhere: rogue-like dungeon generation with beat-em-up combat and a deceptively simple power-up system. Rona's moveset was highly varied and made it fun to knock enemies around and get knocked around by enemies.
Of very special note is the game's presentation. The player is addressed personally as a human on Earth with a camera view of a space station wherein the plot and gameplay unfold. At the start of the game, he (or she, whatever) is given complete remote control of Rona, a taboo action but one necessary to revive her and save the Earth from a collision with the space station. The level of immersion this facilitates is more than most games of this or any caliber can muster and puts any FPS game to shame with its ingenuity and emotional impact.
Oh, one more thing: there are two shmup stages and they were loads of fun and very pleasant surprises.
9/10, strongly recommended. The only drawback is the game's relatively short length. However, the ending left things open for a sequel I hope materializes for a console I own.
#GameComplete
#2025SoFar
#MetallicChild
#Switch
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2025-07-04 02:01:46 UTC

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I'm not sure I understand this image. What does it mean by "dualism"? Why does it call the dualist a relativist?

2025-07-03 23:10:15 UTC

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Top 5 Ten-key Test-takers

2025-07-03 22:55:49 UTC

Finished Mega Man X Alpha!
First hack I've ever played of Mega Man X, and it's not bad. The major changes are to stage layouts and boss weaknesses. There aren't many surprises, but the difficulty is ramped up. Part of that difficulty may have come from playing the game emulated: I don't have a SNES controller that works with my Linux machine without lag and had to play with a PS4 controller (no claw hand and the R1 button was finicky making dashing more difficult than necessary). Most of my deaths came from not holding down R1 hard enough and jumping into a hole.
Music was the same and enemies and bosses didn't react differently. However, boss rooms were redesigned with difficulty in mind. For example, Chill Penguin's boss room now has two bottomless pits on either side and low sections on the ceiling making dodging his attacks and avoiding instant death much more difficult. Each boss room has something like this even in Sigma's fortress.
Overall 6/10. The game was fun and it was a good early attempt at MMX hacking, but it wasn't Puresabe tier.
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2025-06-23 03:21:09 UTC

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I didn't get Goldeneye when it first came out because I had no interest in FPS games and other games had multiplayer that was more fun. Also, Final Fantasy VII is a 3D RPG and it sucks.

2025-06-23 00:38:46 UTC

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How 'bout now?
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2025-06-22 03:20:57 UTC

Anyone know the source for this music and background? Is it Metal Gear? 007?
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2025-06-12 21:29:07 UTC

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Super Star was the last excellent non-DreamLand game. They should have stopped Kirby after 64.

2025-06-11 23:31:49 UTC

Been playing Crypt of the Necrodancer lately. Working on finishing the game as Aria. It's hard like nobody's business. Nearly made it today but died against Death Metal; had him down to one heart. Getting the hang of it. The mix of luck and skill borders on perfect with this game. Shame the company's woke.
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2025-06-04 15:44:51 UTC

Dang.
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2025-05-24 03:01:04 UTC

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what kind of game is this? I like the premise except for the "beloved" Dante being a woman now...

2025-05-17 03:12:19 UTC

Finished The Adventures of Lolo!
Picked it up again on a whim. Haven't played it in years. Still holds up, but has gotten easy.
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#Lolo
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2025-04-24 19:35:04 UTC

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Nevermind. When I first tried Ares, there was no N64 option in the emulators menu. Now it's there. Up and playing Pokemon Puzzle League, Tetrisphere, and LoZ:Sands of Time hack! Thanks!

2025-04-24 18:09:54 UTC

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I looked into that one, but it doesn't come packaged with an N64 emulator. How would I go about installing the core for the N64?

2025-04-24 17:30:58 UTC

@coolboymew @sun @noyoushutthefuckupdad @npub1k3h…23wk @npub14q2…p4hs do any of you have experience with N64 emulators on Linux? I'm having some trouble with controller mapping on one emulator (Mupen64Plus) and sound issues with another (Simple64).

2025-04-16 23:01:57 UTC

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just got an extreme case of schadenfreude

2025-04-16 16:17:07 UTC

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please explain how a creature with functional male genitals is female.

2025-04-14 21:50:28 UTC

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The whole aesthetic looks different. It used to be a few different shades of purple; now it's all monochrome black and white. Also, a window used to appear when I selected to reply to a post, but now the main page goes blurry and the reply appears in an overlay (pic related).
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2025-04-14 21:13:25 UTC

@sun, are you doing stuff on the backend or something? The desktop SPW soapbox looks different.
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2025-04-13 04:37:57 UTC

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sauce?

2025-04-11 20:55:57 UTC

@sun, when I tag someone from SPW, I get a notification that says "Throttled". Am I on probation or something?

2025-04-11 20:55:20 UTC

Finished EarthBound for, like, the fourth or fifth time!
The game still has a ton of charm and is much, much easier than I remember it. I realized that Nintendo made an RPG that is stimulating and fun to play by tweaking the combat and overworld movement in unique ways. SaGa and Final Fantasy had the overworld enemies and Active Time Battles respectively, but EarthBound took what worked of those and made them better with the green/red swirl mechanic for sneaking up on enemies and the rotating HP numbers as a timer. The combat visuals are still amazing and delightful. It was absolute genius to make the final boss a background thus equating him and his evil influence over people and objects with the backgrounds when fighting them.
Playing it emulated helped speed things up with battles and movement and such. The game could have been the base for so many future games, and the engine could have been a base for so much more. It's such a shame the sequel was such a disappointment.
Overall 8/10. The charm, the visual appeal, and the base engine have all aged very well.
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2025-04-09 01:36:22 UTC

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Precure?

2025-04-07 19:09:22 UTC

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Sounds like you were smarter than the teacher.

2025-04-06 02:31:39 UTC

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1. You're describing the theory behind it while the praxis is much less intuitive. The imprecision of the controls often results in a misaligned attack and, as a result, much more frustration and wasted time than if the game had had traditional controls. This destroys immersion and distracts from an appreciation of the narrative elements of the game.
2. The gameplay of SS is not conducive to the (relatively) relaxed and sedentary posture with which the vast majority of the medium has conditioned gamers. Again, this destroys immersion: the player must focus so hard on doing certain motions with body parts other than the hands and fingers (as he would with nearly all other video games) that it distracts from other aspects of the game.

2025-04-06 00:52:16 UTC

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I am now certain that you have no idea what you're talking about. Adding an unintuitive controller gimmick has nothing to do with the depth of a game. "New" does not equal "complex", and complex gameplay does not make for a well-designed game, much less a well-designed video game. The video game medium has the capacity to tie together ludological elements with narrative elements in ways that traditional games do not. Majora's Mask does this to the umpteenth degree; it has intuitive controls established by its predecessor and needs no improvement ludologically or narratively. Ocarina of Time ties together its ludological and narrative elements together very well, though to a lesser but very important degree than Majora's Mask. Skyward Sword, on the other hand, does fails at doing this mostly because of its cumbersome controls. (It also has a poorly executed preoccupation with world-building for a series with several already established tropes and character types, but that's a different--though related--matter.)
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2025-04-05 22:17:13 UTC

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> motion controls made it the deepest Zelda overall
What do you mean by this and how on earth did you come to this conclusion?

2025-03-30 20:19:19 UTC

@sun, when I go to tag someone on desktop, I get a little notification that says "Throttled". Is this normal or did am I on probation or something?

2025-03-26 03:51:44 UTC

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The lunar and pentagram jewelry is a major red flag. Two-tone hair as well. This is one of those "I bathe in my own period blood" wannabe pagan landwhales.

2025-03-25 02:55:22 UTC

Finished Astalon: Tears of the Earth!!*
What a great game. It presents itself as an early 90s FamiCom/NES game that never was, complete with era-appropriate OST, visuals, and artwork from the Dragon Half mangaka. The latter is what piqued my curiosity as it looked like yet another boring RPG. This game is far from a dull grindfest, though. It has very sparse roguelite elements, but the meat of the game is in exploration of its diegesis: an enormous tower with abundant secrets, shortcuts, and goodies to find.
The game shows its pedigree in the single-screen presentation - it clearly takes cues from games like Legacy of the Wizard and Castlequest - and in its gothic-horror aesthetic in the amazing visuals and the music. The devs made excellent use of the background to establish mood and make the world feel bigger than platforms, hazards, enemies, and ladders. Their love of the first three Castlevania games is obvious, and there's even a "secret" character who looks, moves, and attacks like some long-lost Belmont cousin. The game is only difficult if you plan on doing a speed-run or no-death run: the roguelite elements and the abilities your characters obtain makes the climb up the tower progressively easier and increasingly fun. It feels great to move and attack in the game, and the division of abilities between 3-5 unique characters is a mechanic I miss from titles like Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon (for N64) and Majora's Mask.
The only thing holding the game back is the sparseness of the plot. From the outset, the game does LOTS of world-building, but only uses a fraction of the narrative elements it mentions. It's full name is "Astalon Episode II: Tears of the Earth", so I looked into its prequel. It doesn't exist :02shrug: At least, not as an official release. I read something about the devs designing the first episode in the style of the Game Boy with a plot focused on the father of one of the protagonists and about a possible "Episode III". However, one of the main devs seems to be in Ukraine, so I may not want to hold my breath for a new release. If the other games ever come to fruition, it would not be beyond me to consider them all as one over-arching game and to give them a 10 of 10 if quality were consistent.
Overall, 9/10! The only thing holding this game back from being flawless in my eyes is the spoiled opportunity with the narrative elements. Even so, it's an excellent game and worth every penny if bought in hard copy.
*Inexplicably, my Linux machine does not want me taking screenshots of the game; all attempts merely snap my desktop. Oh well...
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2025-03-20 00:54:49 UTC

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Forgot the link for context: https://archive.ph/LESNu

2025-03-20 00:47:43 UTC

> Bible cinematic universe
I have mixed feelings about this. On the one hand, it's nice that more people will be exposed to Biblical history in a way that appeals to 21st century consoomer tastes. On the other hand, something something consoom product, and I've seen what this kind of business approach does to niche hobbies. Having the same thing done to the most important set of documents in all of history - the word of God Himself - sounds a bit sacrilegious and like it will bring wolves into the sheep pen. On the other hand, the LORD's word will not return to Him void, and the gates of Hell will not overcome the Church.
Thoughts?
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2025-03-19 03:24:38 UTC

Anyone know Japanese well enough to translate this?
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2025-03-19 00:17:45 UTC

@npub1ffs…rk76 @coolboymew @noyoushutthefuckupdad is Godannar good and does it have any explicit nudity in it? If yes and no respectively, I intend to try it out.
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2025-03-18 00:49:00 UTC

Here's the text of the Texan senate's final (?) version of the "anti-anime" bill:
https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00020E.htm
It mentions the following edition to the law:
> A person commits an offense if the person knowingly possesses, accesses with intent to view, or promotes obscene visual material containing a depiction that appears to be of a child younger than 18 years of age engaging in activities described by Section 43.21(a)(1)(B), regardless of whether the depiction is an image of an actual child, a cartoon or animation, or an image created using an artificial intelligence application or other computer software.
> An offense under this section is a state jail felony, except that the offense is:
> (1) a felony of the third degree if it is shown on the trial of the offense that the person has been previously convicted one time of an offense under this section or Section 43.23, 43.26, 43.261, or 43.262; or
> (2) a felony of the second degree if it is shown on the trial of the offense that the person has been previously convicted two or more times of an offense under this section, Section 43.23,
43.26, 43.261, or 43.262, or any combination of those offenses.
The important section alluded to is Penal (heh) code section 43.21 (a) (1) (B). This section (with immediate context) reads as follows:
> (1) "Obscene" means material or a performance that:
> (A) the average person, applying contemporary community standards, would find that taken as a whole appeals to the prurient interest in sex;
> (B) depicts or describes:
> (i) patently offensive representations or descriptions of ultimate sexual acts, normal or perverted, actual or simulated, including sexual intercourse, sodomy, and sexual bestiality; or
> (ii) patently offensive representations or descriptions of masturbation, excretory functions, sadism, masochism, lewd exhibition of the genitals, the male or female genitals in a state of sexual stimulation or arousal, covered male genitals in a discernibly turgid state or a device designed and marketed as useful primarily for stimulation of the human genital organs; and
> (C) taken as a whole, lacks serious literary, artistic, political, and scientific value.
> (2) "Material" means anything tangible that is capable of being used or adapted to arouse interest, whether through the medium of reading, observation, sound, or in any other manner, but does not include an actual three dimensional obscene device.
> (3) "Performance" means a play, motion picture, dance, or other exhibition performed before an audience.
> (4) "Patently offensive" means so offensive on its face as to affront current community standards of decency.
> (5) "Promote" means to manufacture, issue, sell, give, provide, lend, mail, deliver, transfer, transmit, publish, distribute, circulate, disseminate, present, exhibit, or advertise, or to offer or agree to do the same.
> (6) "Wholesale promote" means to manufacture, issue, sell, provide, mail, deliver, transfer, transmit, publish, distribute, circulate, disseminate, or to offer or agree to do the same for purpose of resale.
> (7) "Obscene device" means a device including a dildo or artificial vagina, designed or marketed as useful primarily for the stimulation of human genital organs.
> (b) If any of the depictions or descriptions of sexual conduct described in this section are declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unlawfully included herein, this declaration shall not invalidate this section as to other patently offensive sexual conduct included herein.
Strictly speaking, boobs, butts, and muscles are de jure "still okay", which leaves three glaring problems with this law as written (aside from the practical issues of its conflicts with free speech, free press, and freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures)
1. Why only the genitals? If "decency" is the goal here, why not include secondary sexual characteristics of characters appearing to be legal minor's? Most pornography stresses a focus on the foreplay toys of the body. And if a "description" of a sexual act qualifies, what about stuff like World War Blue or early episodes of Shimoneta where the characters skirt the line so closely in innuendo and descriptions that it's almost worse than merely depicting the act?
2. The distinction between "art" and an "actual three dimensional obscene device" is arbitrary. If some jew sticks a vibrator on a stand and displays it in a museum and a child stands next to it long enough for someone to think the child is part of the display, does that count? Too absurd, perhaps, but certainly someone will push this envelope rather far and get away with it because "art".
3. Which brings me to the qualifier in 43.21 (a) (1) (C). This is the big one. The "material" must have "serious literary, artistic, political, and scientific value." The "and" is extremely important here. Solomon's Song of Songs describes (euphemistically) two young lovers (at least one of whom may have been a minor by Texan standards) engaging in manual and oral sex and extensive descriptions praising the beauty of each others' bodies. The text has serious literary and artistic value, but I have yet to see any scientific literature on it much less political speeches quoting it. Will Texas remove the Song of Songs from all Bibles in the state?
Yes, this is a slippery slope where our anime collections could put us at odds with the law. Yes, I think that works like Dragon Half and Ranma 1/2 and Dragonball should not be attacked by this. I also think that the manner in which our laws are written needs to be revisited altogether (for the better, of course) in addition to pushing back against stricter (and even more poorly written) editions to those laws.
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2025-03-16 16:27:02 UTC

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look at the image you posted. What is it missing? What letter is missing? What part of the girl is not shown.

2025-03-16 16:25:26 UTC

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missing the other S

2025-03-12 21:10:45 UTC

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Thank you for challenging me on this. I have been urged to see Gone With the Wind for years now. I shall put it on my mental watch list.

2025-03-12 19:50:31 UTC

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I haven't seen Gone with the Wind, but I imagine no writer can "do the past justice" in a way that accurately depicts it. That's an historian's job, not a story writer's.

2025-03-12 18:04:46 UTC

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> The meaning of BIGOT is a person who is obstinately or intolerantly devoted to his or her own opinions and prejudices

2025-03-12 00:43:19 UTC

Watched The Blues Brothers for the first time. I must have seen some uncut version, because it was over two hours long. Some thoughts:
- The whole film is an excellent example of cartoon-as-live-action. Everything from the musical numbers to the slapstick, to Belushi's and Aykroyd's aggressive stoicism is richly silly enough to be animated, but works so well as live-action that I'll excuse it.
- I know it's about blues and similar music genres, but the amount of negro worship borders on egregious
- That said, the movie handled the American NatSocs comlaritively tastefully. They were comparable as antagonists to the police forces in silliness (they were both fairly serious when untouched by the brothers' antics) and were even given a platform to offer actual far-right views. Nothing particularly bad happened to them, especially when compared with other antagonists and especially with the NatSocs in garbage like Inglorious Bastards, Schindler's List, and other jewish wet dreams.
- The fact that Cab Calloway could still do what he did on stage at his age was impressive, and I'm glad I've seen enough cartoons from the 20s and 30s to appreciate it.
- It's a shame the Gospel took a backseat to the gospel in the James Brown church scene, but I guess we can't have any positive depictions of genuine Christianity in our subversive Hollywood movie.
- The restaurant scene was hilarious, and I sometimes wish I could be that powerfully obnoxious to someone wicked without negative consequences.
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2025-03-04 01:16:11 UTC

This is a clear explanation of the jew media push for Ukraine.
https://xcancel.com/SaltyGirl09/status/1896566900110545050
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2025-03-02 22:18:52 UTC

Anyone have that screenshot from 4chan talking about how wokism retreating is merely a veneer for the ideology to actually move underground more subtly? I recall someone made a "don't make me tap the sign" Simpsons bus driver version of it; that would work, too.
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2025-02-25 18:23:53 UTC

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I'm so glad this manga is maintaining momentum.

2025-02-24 00:36:37 UTC

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after watching Accel World, I found SAO extremely lackluster. Barring a handful of exceptions, I'm not a fan of these shows which revolve around games and consider them a type of isekai, a genre of which there is an unfortunate glut in the past 15 years. (Why can't these writers just write a fantasy?!) I'll take your recommendation and check it out, though.

2025-02-24 00:00:02 UTC

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this looks like fun. Is it fun? What's it called?

2025-02-22 01:05:34 UTC

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> Joystick is a poor replacement for the mouse
I beg to differ. The control stick allows for much more precision, especially with analog speed.

2025-02-22 01:01:59 UTC

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> plug-in USB Nintendo pro controller to linux machine
> download https://github.com/AntiMicroX/antimicrox
> map controller's sticks to mouse movement (left stick) and mouse wheel (right stick)
> A is left click, Y is right click, L1 is ctrl+C, R1 is ctrl+V, etc.
Problem solved

2025-02-22 00:56:11 UTC

@sun I think it has something to do with TorGuard. Some servers work to a certain extent (notifications yield an error and prompt a page refresh), others not at all.
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