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The Game Professor @gameprof.bsky.social · Sep 5

Well now you have lol, and it's a very cool video!

The Game Professor @gameprof.bsky.social · Sep 5

Another fun idea from @redangelx3.bsky.social, exploring Greek concepts of love through the lens of Hamtaro.

youtu.be/kz8XAuQwoMc?...

From Hamtaro to Plato: Exploring Love Through Hamsters and Philosophy

YouTube video by Red Angel

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The Game Professor @gameprof.bsky.social · Aug 10

Oh Red, I feel like you'd really love it lol. It's very good.

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The Game Professor @gameprof.bsky.social · Aug 3

My understanding is that it simulates a desktop, which like... it functions to move the story forward, but fully lacks the feeling that you're actually messing with the game's files. Feels completely within the game's fiction.

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The Game Professor @gameprof.bsky.social · Jul 29

Been meaning to play Digimon games for ages (as a huge Tamers fan), and the way @redangelx3.bsky.social talks about this one makes me want to give it a go.

youtu.be/ej85zR380G4?...

ILIA: Digimon Survive Review

YouTube video by Red Angel

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The Game Professor @gameprof.bsky.social · Jul 21

Absolutely. My favorite horror trilogy by far, but just flat-out inaccessible to modern gamers. Don't understand why we haven't gotten a remastered trilogy release yet.

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The Game Professor @gameprof.bsky.social · Jun 15

Oh for sure! It'd absolutely be in a top 20 for games I think are the best of all time from a more objective perspective, maybe even top 10, but my personal favorites lean much more toward games that engage me emotionally.

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The Game Professor @gameprof.bsky.social · Jun 15

Portal is that for me. Like, it's perfect. I couldn't improve it if you gave me an infinite budget. And I do love it, but it's not like a top 10, or probably even top 20 for me. But it is flawless.

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The Game Professor @gameprof.bsky.social · May 15

I'm not the kind of person who hates everything Final Fantasy has put out since X or anything, but I do hope the success of games like Metaphor: ReFantazio and Clair Obscur encourages the series to try turn-based combat again. I do kinda miss it.

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The Game Professor @gameprof.bsky.social · May 15

😭😭😭

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The Game Professor @gameprof.bsky.social · May 15

Yeeeeeaaaaahhhhhhh

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The Game Professor @gameprof.bsky.social · May 15

I don't know if this means you agree or disagree lol

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The Game Professor @gameprof.bsky.social · May 15

YEAH. It's so much!! Too long, too drawn-out, completely out of touch with anything that's happening or what it means, just baffling. I didn't think I'd hate it THIS much.

The Game Professor @gameprof.bsky.social · May 15

I knew I might not like what they do with this, since the only thing I disliked about Remake was the meta Whispers stuff. But I wasn't prepared for how bad even the basic handling of it all would be. This is souring me on the entire game in retrospect.

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The Game Professor @gameprof.bsky.social · May 15

I'm still in the process of the final fight of FFVII Rebirth (finally), but

I fucking hate this. I'm flabbergasted just how wildly they've missed the mark here. I expected them to pull some nonsense, but I didn't expect them to dramatically botch the most important moment of the whole damn story.

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Ian @woolie.meowmeow.city · May 9

Sephiroth is our next Surgeon General. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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"Humans are out of alignment with the Earth and depleting its life force," she wrote the next month. "And human bodies are now exhibiting signs of blocking the flow of energy through them. This is insulin resistance. We are the Earth."

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The Game Professor @gameprof.bsky.social · May 1

Well that's... sorta devastating. A lot of the best gaming content was made there, from insightful articles to hilarious videos. I hate how games media is being dismantled like this.

Heartfelt thanks and sorrow to the people affected. Y'all deserved better. ❤️

Zack Zwiezen @zackzwiezen.com · May 1

Breaking: Polygon sold to Valnet and hit with massive layoffs

Here's @ethangach.bsky.social report.

kotaku.com/polygon-sold...

Polygon Sold To Valnet And Hit With Mass Layoffs

One of the biggest gaming sites around was just blown up

kotaku.com

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Bryant Francis @bryantfrancis.me · Apr 30

This is an exceptional piece for this moment in games.

Kill the CEO in your head

High-profile failures in the video game industry have changed how we talk about games for the worse

www.readergrev.com

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The Game Professor @gameprof.bsky.social · Apr 30

I'm telling you all to go see The Legend of Ochi. It was delightful. Felt out of time, like an old VHS I'd have found lying around. Really magical experience, I loved it.

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The Game Professor @gameprof.bsky.social · Apr 24

Heyyyyy maybe the animated category will actually have real winners now instead of just, "I didn't watch that kiddie shit, just check the Disney one."

The New York Times @nytimes.com · Apr 24

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced a new rule this week that most filmgoers might’ve already assumed was in place: From now on, members of the academy will be required to actually watch all the nominated films in each category they vote in.

A New Requirement for Oscar Voters: They Must Actually Watch the Films

The new rule, announced this week by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, was greeted with laughter and disbelief that it had not been required all along.

www.nytimes.com

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The Game Professor @gameprof.bsky.social · Apr 18

New Devil May Cry show is pretty good? Fun time, until it's kinda heartbreaking and surprisingly political and timely. Enjoyed it.

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The Game Professor @gameprof.bsky.social · Apr 15

I didn't think I'd be the type to like Blue Prince, but damn if I'm not 20 hours and 60 pages of notes in and having an absolute blast.

I thought the note-taking would be tedious & obtuse, but the feeling of finally realizing the key to a bunch of random things you've been noting is second to none.

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The Game Professor @gameprof.bsky.social · Apr 15

Fiberoptic is NUTS. I still remember realizing that the upload speed was equal to download; videos that took 10 hours to upload before took like a minute. Love it.

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The Game Professor @gameprof.bsky.social · Apr 15

Hey, so did I! Not too surprised by what I found there, but very surprised by what I found afterward lol

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The Game Professor @gameprof.bsky.social · Apr 14

As someone who grew up with Humongous Entertainment games, no they absolutely the fuck should not... but also yeah I'd play it lol