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Noah @smellycandle42.bsky.social · 1h

Anyway there's a lot to like about it, but I feel like the turn-based/real-time hybrid just doesn't work. It ends up as either very boring action RPG combat or a convoluted first strike system. I've yet to be convinced it adds anything to the game.

Noah @smellycandle42.bsky.social · 1h

Finished the prologue in Trails in the Sky. Hot take but I kind of feel like the pre-prologue should have been the prologue and the prologue should have been chapter 1.

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Noah @smellycandle42.bsky.social · 3h

Having a Mandela moment in learning that Nana and Popo of Ice Climbers fame are apparently not siblings. I have been bamboozled, hoodwinked, led astray. I haven't been this disillusioned since learning Timmy and Tommy are not Tom Nook's nephews.

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小島秀夫 @hideokojima.bsky.kojimaproductions.jp · 9h

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Noah @smellycandle42.bsky.social · 9h

He loves talking about how important it is to go by facts instead of vibes but you can go back to his Twitter account and find dozens of posts about how it's not politically convenient to call a genocide a genocide, even if it is true. He's a freak, no two ways about it.

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Noah @smellycandle42.bsky.social · 11h

As long as there's an auto-advance, I don't mind. If I have to manually advance the text, I might get impatient.

Noah @smellycandle42.bsky.social · 1d

It's called the Asus ROG Xbox Ally X because when you see it, you turn X degrees and walk away

Noah @smellycandle42.bsky.social · 1d

A really funny thing about the worst games thread going around is how many of the truly awful games in there have a 59 on Metacritic

Noah @smellycandle42.bsky.social · 1d

Yesterday, some right-wing ghoul who was suspended for doxxing was immediately unsuspended, seemingly at Elon's request.

Noah @smellycandle42.bsky.social · 1d

I went out of my way to finish Street Fighter 1 and I can assure you, even for historical curiosity, it is not worth it. Awful game that somehow gave birth to something good.

lex luddy (ichiban appreciator) @lexluddy.xyz · 2d

What's the worst game you finished/rolled credits on?

(games media folks, it can't be something you were assigned to review; this has to be something you subjected yourself to of your own free will)

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Noah @smellycandle42.bsky.social · 1d

Forgive people, sure, but I'm so tired of the demand that we need to give people a pat on the back for doing to bare minimum of "not being racist", and I'm not even sure most former conservatives have crossed that bar yet

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Noah @smellycandle42.bsky.social · 1d

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tom @tomwalker.bsky.social · Feb 16

Guy on r/streetfighter picked maybe the worst tattoo you could possibly get from the series lol

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Noah @smellycandle42.bsky.social · 1d

I've tried a few gachas but I've never spent any money on them, less out of principle and more because they're just not very interesting. Take the gambling out and you have a boring game.

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Noah @smellycandle42.bsky.social · 1d

For a while, I believed people liked gacha games for their non-gacha features and begrudgingly tolerated the monetization. Some people are like that for sure. But it's increasingly obvious that the gacha (read: gambling) is what a lot of people like about them.

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Noah @smellycandle42.bsky.social · 1d

Nobody seems willing to admit it but I really don't think you can separate the increasing coverage of gambling on video game websites from the mainstreaming of gacha and loot boxes.

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Noah @smellycandle42.bsky.social · 1d

I can totally believe this happened because one time in junior high on one of the last days of the year, our teacher went on YouTube and searched "the lion king full movie" and clicked on part 1. Instead of following the playlist, she clicked on whatever came recommended, which led to a fan dub

rock robster @plounce.bsky.social · 2d

today's coworker had kindergarteners watch 15 minutes of kingdom hearts cutscenes bc she typed in "toy story 3 full movie". she cleaned the entire classroom with no reaction to sora being on the tv and only switched it once she was done. which was also right after the word 'xehanort' was said

Noah @smellycandle42.bsky.social · 2d

Oh cool, an item that permanently raises a party member's stats. I'm sure I'll figure out who I'm going to use that on before completing every single quest in the game

Noah @smellycandle42.bsky.social · 2d

Actually, better explanation: Eurocom previously did the Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets game, which Struzan did a poster for. Maybe that put them in contact?

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Noah @smellycandle42.bsky.social · 2d

It's odd that it's his only game artwork but it's kind of a natural fit. Spyro has the sense of adventure like the Spielberg movies he did but also cartoon animals like his Muppets work.

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Noah @smellycandle42.bsky.social · 2d

October 14 is now Bluesky's second day of infamy after February 11

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Noah @smellycandle42.bsky.social · 2d

Hearing reports that Drew Struzan has died. What a loss. He's known for so much but you can look through his portfolio to find even more than you realized.

Noah @smellycandle42.bsky.social · 3d

Not even the right aspect ratio, smh

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Noah @smellycandle42.bsky.social · 3d

Achewood panel with Roast Beef thinking the phrase "Oh my god that is the worst possible answer in the universe"

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Noah @smellycandle42.bsky.social · 4d

Going off the criteria of "playable in the remaster collection" then it is mainline. I just made up this criteria right now however

Noah @smellycandle42.bsky.social · 4d

A fun fact is that Steve Hackett has released a lot of live albums that you can listen to on the music streaming platform of your choice