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KBABZ (aka Kal)

KBABZ (aka Kal)

@kbabz.bsky.social

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She/they, #KFBF, freelance wiki guide writer for @IGN. Big fan of Insomniac Games, Horizon, Ghost of Tsushima, Crash, Spyro, Star Wars, Burnout, Mass Effect, Uncharted and more! KBABZ2hard4theRadio

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KBABZ (aka Kal) @kbabz.bsky.social · Jun 16

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Todd in the Shadows @shadowtodd.bsky.social · 16h

"Vanilla ice cream" as a synonym for "boring" completely falls apart when you literally show the vanilla ice cream cone, which looks fucking delicious

How did we let "vanilla" come to mean "boring" anyway. Vanilla rocks

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wienerschnitzel @brainlad.bsky.social · 16h

I think specifically they're calling them "vanilla" but they never spell it out.

KBABZ (aka Kal) @kbabz.bsky.social · 2h

Garchomp is in Pikmin?!

KBABZ (aka Kal) @kbabz.bsky.social · 2h

There's dragons in Pikmin???

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Kat Bailey @katbailey.bsky.social · 3h

Job update time! Today was my first day as Larian Studios' new Storytelling Lead! It's wild to be back in an office fulltime for the first time in more than a decade -- and in another country to boot -- but it's wonderful to find community so far from home.

KBABZ (aka Kal) @kbabz.bsky.social · 3h

CONGRATS KAT!!!

KBABZ (aka Kal) @kbabz.bsky.social · 3h

*THE women

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Jared Petty @pettycommajared.bsky.social · 9h

We found him. We found Mediocre Man Patient Zero.

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 22h

guys. GUYS.

a cyber track with a custom wrap

closer view

KBABZ (aka Kal) @kbabz.bsky.social · 12h

yeah that, whoever that is

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D A Z E E L @thedazeel.bsky.social · 16h

Can’t believe Crash Team Racing is now 26 years old.

KBABZ (aka Kal) @kbabz.bsky.social · 16h

Me with Yotei for real. I can't wait to replay the game in HDR with Japanese Cinema turned on!

KBABZ (aka Kal) @kbabz.bsky.social · 18h

Rivet not apologizing for me is a "Doylist" thing. That is, I suspect it's because the third act was significantly scaled back, compromising that story beat.

The dimensions stuff... the story could have worked without that, so to change it just feels disrespectful to the lore for no reason.

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Jared Petty @pettycommajared.bsky.social · 20h

KBABZ (aka Kal) @kbabz.bsky.social · 19h

Is that like a Far Cry ending?

KBABZ (aka Kal) @kbabz.bsky.social · 19h

It's a small change but this structure completely fucks with the Lombax lore. Because now EVERY SINGLE DIMENSION has Lombaxes who were forced to flee and leave someone behind, just an endless loop of an endless amount of them (infinite dimensions, as stated by IRIS). It didn't have to be like this.

KBABZ (aka Kal) @kbabz.bsky.social · 19h

Rift Apart makes it so that EVERY dimension is just an alternate of the familiar one. We visit three of these (Rivet's, Blizar Prime and Cordelia), but they're mirrors, almost exactly so. Famously, Rivet's has alternates of Ratchet, Clank, Nefarious and Qwark. Is every dimension like that?

KBABZ (aka Kal) @kbabz.bsky.social · 19h

As for the parallel universes, that isn't what was established in the PS3 games, "infinite dimensions" were. The second half of the Tachyon fight took place in one of these, but we're not led to assume that it's an alternate of Ratchet's dimension, it was totally unique (mostly by being empty).

KBABZ (aka Kal) @kbabz.bsky.social · 19h

More than that, Rivet never truly grows out of the "parallel Ratchet" trope and still exists within that box. It's rather different from other Lombaxes like Angela and Azimuth, or even Kit who is the Clank equivalent but is a very different character.

KBABZ (aka Kal) @kbabz.bsky.social · 19h

Okay, strap in, this is a lot to unpack!

The Rivet critique stems from her insulting Ratchet over his hesitance to meet the Lombaxes, something that she doesn't properly address and apologize for. I feel this stems from the story's third act having to be cut back.

KBABZ (aka Kal) @kbabz.bsky.social · 20h

There's always been something non-consensual about the way Nintendo games just thrust the player character into the story and gameplay. Z-A just has Taunie derail whatever you were in town for, and E. Gadd never ONCE asks for Luigi's consent in Dark Moon!

KBABZ (aka Kal) @kbabz.bsky.social · 20h

SO EXCITE!

KBABZ (aka Kal) @kbabz.bsky.social · 20h

I agree. I'm always very happy when a game is "More of the Thing I Loved". I feel this may be a symptom of just how many 10/10 games we have (and rising prices) that an 8/10 sequel is not worth the time or money anymore.

KBABZ (aka Kal) @kbabz.bsky.social · 21h

I have many critiques of Pokemon, but the outfit design has never, EVER missed.

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Jordan Starkweather✨ @jackal27.bsky.social · 1d

Y’all have GOT to stop uncritically sharing Stealth’s posts without checking your sources!

I can’t find a source for when and where Miyamoto supposedly said this or who translated it ANYWHERE and yet my timeline is flooded with takes on it.

KBABZ (aka Kal) @kbabz.bsky.social · 22h

It's the new "A delayed game is..."

KBABZ (aka Kal) @kbabz.bsky.social · 22h

GDI. Un-liked, hate this reality