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Michelle Ehrhardt
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Tech & Games Expert. Editor at Lifehacker. Bylines at Gizmodo, Tom's Hardware, Out Magazine, Kill Screen. Games on Itch. She/Her.
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I want it to be known that I had plans, man
Halloween costume didn’t get here in time, so I’m afraid it’s time to go back to the old me
And she’s a Dragon Ball fan
i just think Fujimoto was so right for creating a zombie lesbian girlfriend who expresses the infinite knowledge of the cosmos and outer space as "Halloween!"
Just smacks of the kind of game-breaking “quality of life” feature devs are just kinda forced to add to old MMOs to make their lives easier as time goes on

Like, often times those are kinda necessary (trusts in FFXIV because of the small player base), but they’re always a compromise
Designer intent good, actually. Restrictions good. A lot of things branded as “player freedom” can also be seen as “abdication of design.”
Friction is good, and as someone with armored mage glams, if you wanna have a cross-class fantasy, you should have to get creative. This just smacks of a band-aid that shunts the duty for making cool looking gear sets for each diff job onto the player.
I guess the people who like all the streetwear cash shop items are probably ecstatic
Job fantasy of being a stylin’ red mage or a classic FF dragoon out the window, I guess
So FFXIV will let you “use any gear in your glamours, irrespective of class, job, or level restrictions”

Hot take but this just kicks the fantasy of a living, breathing world while it’s down. Everyone’s just gonna be wearing Halloween costumes now.
I moreso mean after that

I mean, it’s 100% gonna continue in some form but unclear how atm I believe?
(I would not be surprised if this report is inaccurate but they should still do longer Star Trek seasons and another Spider-Man toku)
Obligatory “MCU fans, please watch Kamen Rider, you would love it” shoutout
Lowkey they should just license out Spider-Man to Toei again and make a billion dollars
Super Sentai is dead, Star Trek is 8 gimmick episodes every three years, Doctor Who is in limbo, Moon Knight and Daredevil cost a billion dollars, and Power Rangers has some sick comics but is gripped by MMPR nostalgia and intrinsically linked to Super Sentai

Rough time to be a Toku fan
According to the Kyodo news agency, the Super Sentai series will end with the currently airing No․1 Sentai Gozyuger show. Reports state income from events, merch, and films could not cover production costs of the long-running series.
Kyodo: Super Sentai Series to End With Currently Airing No.1 Sentai Gozyuger Show
Toei's long-running franchise celebrates 50th anniversary this year
www.animenewsnetwork.com
The problem with the Shirobako OVAs is that they’re both very good and now I want to watch whole series of them
Me in Time Stranger when the digivolution is ugly
Stupid impressive how quickly Lou, Ross, and Jiavani clicked in tonight’s Make Some Noise. Those might have been the most consistently difficult prompts I’ve seen on this show yet.
A cute little fang will do a lot for me in a character design

Having him shoot a miku miku beam out of his face will do the rest
Took a risk digivolving my Tentomon and now I can’t get Sunflowmon out of my head
Lowkey I think part of the reason Navi never bothered me that much is little me appreciated having a buddy there during all that
So bizarre to me that the OOT title screen music has become a stock “chill vibes” track on TikTok, as if it isn’t haunting and melancholic and lonely and almost just as sad as it is comforting

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Zelda: Ocarina of Time - Opening
YouTube video by SkeithMaster
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I will admit that I probably would have gotten an AYN Thor by now if the d-pad were up top 😅
Gamers love to talk replayability, but not every game is a forever game, and that’s OK