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Dan Pearce @gamedesigndan.bsky.social · 2d

I think a fundamental problem here, and why people are bouncing off, is that the new, too sleek, too polished visuals don't take me back to the original, or even look how I pictured them in my mind's eye. They severe me from that and remind me that it's 2025. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUvS...

Halo: Campaign Evolved vs Halo Combat Evolved Side by Side Graphics Comparison

YouTube video by GameSpot

www.youtube.com

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Dan Pearce @gamedesigndan.bsky.social · 2d

This relates to the AI shooter video everyone was dunking on. The aesthetic of this moment in time is oversaturated, over polished, plastic, dull, and uniform. It's getting easier and easier to recognise how many things exist to be agreeable for maximum ROI. It's turned from inoffensive to repulsive

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Dan Pearce @gamedesigndan.bsky.social · 2d

It's less "look how far we've come" and more "look what we lost."

15~ people made a game with a singular vibe and control innovations that changed the industry and now a production anywhere between 10x-20x the size exists solely to reanimate its corpse as one of the last few commercial safe bets.

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Lightning⚡ @lightningxce.bsky.social · 1d

See also:

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Lightning⚡ @lightningxce.bsky.social · 1d

Hell yeah.

SA2 absolutely has a special place in my heart, and probably means more to me than Halo 1 does at this point haha

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Lightning⚡ @lightningxce.bsky.social · 2d

me when i'm exhausted dealing with adobe's bullshit

Lightning⚡ @lightningxce.bsky.social · 2d

dfghdfgh

Lightning⚡ @lightningxce.bsky.social · 2d

((but also yeah, very, very good to be suspicious of Microsoft at this point with... literally anything))

Lightning⚡ @lightningxce.bsky.social · 2d

(this isn't AI, Jen literally re-recorded her lines, and is shown doing so)

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Lightning⚡ @lightningxce.bsky.social · 2d

:)

Lightning⚡ @lightningxce.bsky.social · 2d

Also how the FUCK do you re-release Halo 1 for the SECOND time WITHOUT MULTIPLAYER.

FOR THE SECOND TIME.

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Lightning⚡ @lightningxce.bsky.social · 2d

Can't believe I live in a time where I get to see my favorite game ruined.

Twice.

By the same company.

Hopefully I will be proven wrong.

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Lightning⚡ @lightningxce.bsky.social · 3d

I
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Lightning⚡ @lightningxce.bsky.social · 3d

Even a bad story is a story people tell each other.

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furry hater @furry-hater.bsky.social · 4d

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Lightning⚡ @lightningxce.bsky.social · 4d

lmao yeah the non Dreamcast ones are a bit fucked

Try this if on PC: gamebanana.com/mods/381193

SA2 Volume Controls Mod for Sonic Adventure 2 | SA2 Mods

Volume Controls finally come to SA2!... A Sonic Adventure 2 (SA2) Mod in the Other/Misc category, submitted by Shaddatic

gamebanana.com

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Lenny Woodsmen @lennywoodsmen.bsky.social · Jan 2

maria sickness :,(

#comics #webcomics #sonic #soniccomics #art #artsky #sonicart #fanart

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din @din.icedragon.io · 10d

🤔

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MAGFest - The Music and Gaming Festival @magfest.org · 13d

Spinning onto the stage at Super MAGFest 2025 is Johnny Gioeli of Crush 40: Live Band Experience!

For 27 years, Johnny has traveled all over the world performing Crush 40’s greatest hits, usually solo or with a guitarist. Don't miss out on the full band experience at Super MAG!

A photo of Johnny Gioeli of Crush 40 grinning with his arm extended toward the crowd, a microphone in his hand.

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Alex Kain @tdcpresents.bsky.social · 15d

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Lightning⚡ @lightningxce.bsky.social · 14d

Yeah uh, nah, they're doing it lmao.

Literally just verified it with my eyes by going to the store lol

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 18d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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NPR @npr.org · 25d

Today marks the first day in public media’s history without federal funding. And we’re not going anywhere.

Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself.

Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj

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Lightning⚡ @lightningxce.bsky.social · 25d

Fucking YIKES????

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Wario64 @wario64.bsky.social · 25d

the website to cancel Xbox Game Pass subscriptions is overloaded

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