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Brandon @branzellan.bsky.social · 11h

Out of mine too. I could swing the $600 IF I returned my Steam Deck but the X would take selling or trading some other stuff. If I were more confident in Xbox I'd probably try to bite but I'll wait for impressions or future developments

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Brandon @branzellan.bsky.social · 11h

He's the worst kind of person, an asshole that's trying desperately to be one. He clearly just wants people to dislike him. Well done I guess

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Brandon @branzellan.bsky.social · 13h

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv... no shit. The plunge in general intelligence over just the last half decade is palpable.

America Is Sliding Toward Illiteracy

Declining standards and low expectations are destroying American education.

www.theatlantic.com

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Brandon @branzellan.bsky.social · 13h

I hate this fucking prick so much. It appalls me that the sitting vice president just openly says stupid, racist shit like this. I truly wish nothing but the worst for him. These are truly some of the lowest people alive. Vance is sewage.

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Brandon @branzellan.bsky.social · 17h

Tried to play Yotei again and it is just so intensely boring. So many of these dull flashback scenes that try to develop the world but just end up pointless. There's a whole flashback where you're looking for horses as a kid that just ends up telling you what button to push to whistle

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Brandon @branzellan.bsky.social · 20h

Right but that flexibility you mention in a lot of stuff being optional is key. I think by that metric you could call any list of objectives "chores" if you don't find it engaging. I found everything in Zelda actually engaging; I didn't do anything I didn't want to do.

Brandon @branzellan.bsky.social · 20h

"In many titles, if a player wanted to unlock a cosmetic item, but felt too bored by the game's mechanics to acquire it via gameplay, they'd likely be able to purchase it from the in-game store."

This might be a problem

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Brandon @branzellan.bsky.social · 20h

This video is absolutely IT man

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Brandon @branzellan.bsky.social · 20h

Here it is. This is the video that everyone, especially game developers, need to watch ASAP. It goes over how the industry shifted toward instant gratification, how open world game design feels like a chore/list of places to go, and why FROM titles as well as newer Zeldas eat everyone else's lunch.

Ethan @ethanmyer.bsky.social · 20h

Pretty great video about the ills of mainstream gaming, how we got here and why games like Dark Souls are the antidote.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbZB...

Dark Souls III Will Rescue You

YouTube video by Scope Creep

www.youtube.com

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Brandon @branzellan.bsky.social · 20h

This stands in stark contrast to AMD’s reportedly smooth partnership with Sony. In the video, the host explains that AMD’s engineers “like working with with Sony engineers. They get lunch together, and they help solve problems together.”

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Brandon @branzellan.bsky.social · 20h

powerupgaming.co.uk/2025/10/14/a... "Both Microsoft and Sony have signed long-term deals with AMD to design chips for their upcoming consoles, but insider reports say AMD’s engineers harbour deeply negative sentiments for Microsoft’s team in particular."

Get cozy, new drama just dropped lol

AMD Insider Says Microsoft Engineers Expect Them to 'Do All the Work' - Power Up Gaming

Both Microsoft and Sony have signed long-term deals with AMD to design chips for their upcoming consoles, but insider reports say AMD’s engineers harbour deeply negative sentiments for... Continue rea...

powerupgaming.co.uk

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Brandon @branzellan.bsky.social · 21h

Man I agree completely. If they can nail the multiplayer I'm like, you know, alright sure that's where I'll spend most of the time, but Halo *could* have been the Star Wars of videogames. It has the lore, settings, art, musical themes, villains, etc. I just don't think they capitalized on it.

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Brandon @branzellan.bsky.social · 21h

The atmosphere and slow build is incredible. Never mind what happens toward the end of it lmao

Brandon @branzellan.bsky.social · 21h

Got the iPhone 17 Pro Max and the orange really is beautiful.

Orange can be such a great color when not associated with orange "presidents"

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Brandon @branzellan.bsky.social · 21h

But, House Beneviento in Village is probably the most frightening overall stretch in the entire series. I don't scare easily in videogames but that shit had me about to throw my game console in the pond

Brandon @branzellan.bsky.social · 21h

Resident Evil 7 is absolutely terrifying and 9 is looking even worse.

Tanzer @tanzerart.bsky.social · 1d

What Resident Evil game do you consider to be the scariest in the series? For me personally it's a toss up between REmake and RE7.

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Brandon @branzellan.bsky.social · 21h

Resident Evil 7 is absolutely terrifying and 9 is looking even worse.

Tanzer @tanzerart.bsky.social · 1d

What Resident Evil game do you consider to be the scariest in the series? For me personally it's a toss up between REmake and RE7.

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Brandon @branzellan.bsky.social · 21h

I don't have the best feeling about Fable. Maybe it's fine but the delays so far don't encourage hope

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Brandon @branzellan.bsky.social · 21h

Modern film posters are a tragedy.

Noah @keldorjedi.bsky.social · 21h

RIP Drew Struzan. A real titan of the industry whose art has drawn millions, if not billions of people to the movies. He truly was one of a kind, and he’ll be deeply missed.

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Brandon @branzellan.bsky.social · 21h

youtu.be/zKMtuc0P6VU

Drew Struzan creates Star Wars: The Phantom Menace poster art

YouTube video by AdrianWCarr

youtu.be

Brandon @branzellan.bsky.social · 21h

This is still my all time favorite movie poster. The first time I saw it I almost got emotional. Maybe I did. It has been a while. It's just impossibly gorgeous.

Brandon @branzellan.bsky.social · 21h

Drew Struzan was a very important person in my life, even though I didn't know him. His posters would get me more excited than trailers a lot of the time and I had many of them framed on my wall growing up. I really wish he could've did the sequel trilogy posters.

See you on the other side brother.

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Brandon @branzellan.bsky.social · 21h

However, I do think the Halo 1 remake is possible next year or the year after. Maybe they'll launch the next "console" with that

Brandon @branzellan.bsky.social · 21h

2027 Xbox launch is *probably* enough time to get Halo out, assuming it launches in November, but with the apparent problems they're having at Halo Studio I'm not counting on it

But man, that next Xbox needs to launch with some banger.

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Reposted by Brandon

Ethan @ethanmyer.bsky.social · 22h

www.reddit.com/r/Eugene/s/L...

From the Eugene community on Reddit: Bernie Sanders, "No, Speaker Johnson: The No Kings Rally on October 18 is not a “hate America” rally. Quite the contrary." See you 10/18 at Wayne L Morse courthous...

Posted by Several-Candidate115 - 3,238 votes and 244 comments

www.reddit.com

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Brandon @branzellan.bsky.social · 21h

If the next Xbox launches with the new Halo (it won't) I will live that up so much

Retro Blast 🎃 @retroblast.bsky.social · 1d

I miss the old days of HALO so much lately, y'all.

It's hard to convey just how special that time between HALO 1, 2, 3, ODST, and Reach was.

I miss couch co-op, Forge craziness, laughing together, playing slayer with friends... but it's all bittersweet now.

Do you have any fond HALO memories?

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