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spoonshiro

@spoonshiro.com

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Old man gamer, lover of retro games (especially RPGs), computer geek, writer, retired streamer. Guy who's reviewed over 500 RPGs and always hunting for more awesome ones. https://www.spoonshiro.com https://www.rpgreats.com

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spoonshiro @spoonshiro.com · Sep 9

September promo post

I've reviewed over 500 RPGs on RPGreats and nerd about retro games of all sorts.

A few favs:

* PC games on Linux
* Mario, Zelda, Metroid
* Fallout
* Dragon Quest
* Final Fantasy
* Classic Phantasy Star
* Ultima
* XCOM
* Baldur's Gate
* Undertale/Deltarune
* Mother/Earthbound

RPGreats

RPG reviews from actual RPG fans, not influenced by advertisers, crooked content networks, corporate shills or fanboyism!

RPGreats.com

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spoonshiro @spoonshiro.com · 46m

I mean it stops any hope of anyone following them back so maybe they'll quit posting Occupy Democrats griftershite and go get real jobs

spoonshiro @spoonshiro.com · 1h

The political cloutchasers now just give Invalid Handle errors when you click their profiles

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Rob MacWolf, Werewolf Hitchhiker @robmacwolf.thevoice.dog · 3h

When we write or draw porn or erotica, we get banned from having a bank account and our livelihoods get seized even if we give it away for free.

When billionaires steal what we've written or drawn to churn out a slop-approximate of porn, they're allowed to charge for it.

Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 6h

Oh good, ChatGPT is getting "erotica for verified adults" later this year

We made ChatGPT pretty restrictive to make sure we were being careful with mental health issues. We realize this made it less useful/enjoyable to many users who had no mental health problems, but given the seriousness of the issue we wanted to get this right.

Now that we have been able to mitigate the serious mental health issues and have new tools, we are going to be able to safely relax the restrictions in most cases.

In a few weeks, we plan to put out a new version of ChatGPT that allows people to have a personality that behaves more like what people liked about 4o (we hope it will be better!). If you want your ChatGPT to respond in a very human-like way, or use a ton of emoji, or act like a friend, ChatGPT should do it (but only if you want it, not because we are usage-maxxing).

In December, as we roll out age-gating more fully and as part of our “treat adult users like adults” principle, we will allow even more, like erotica for verified adults.

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spoonshiro @spoonshiro.com · 2h

Only difference is they don't hide it anymore

spoonshiro @spoonshiro.com · 2h

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spoonshiro @spoonshiro.com · 4h

Stuff I want to retrospect in the future:

Castle of the Winds
Shadow Hearts
Suikoden
Chrono Trigger
Marvelous: Another Treasure Island
SimTower

spoonshiro @spoonshiro.com · 4h

May just trade in my PS3

Don't see any real reason to go back to it tbh

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spoonshiro @spoonshiro.com · 4h

The only anime/manga I keep up on anymore is Berserk and Vinland Saga and they get one new issue like every 5 years so w/e

spoonshiro @spoonshiro.com · 2d

"Why don't you watch anime anymore?"

(Interminable action series with shit character designs, no plot and constant contrivances to drag fights out longer)

(Series whose whole message is "Eugenics is good actually")

(The same lame 40+ year old tropes repackaged again)

"Just not interested"

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spoonshiro @spoonshiro.com · 4h

Meatheads missing the whole point of having power

Cuz they'd rather just destroy what they hate then benefit anyone else

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Matty! @mattythemouse.bsky.social · 4h

Good Superman comics aren’t about how strong he is. Good Superman comics are about what it would look like if somebody had infinite power and a perfect moral compass.

Reducing Superman to whether or not he could beat somebody up is missing the point of Superman

DC Updates @updates4dc.bsky.social · 3d

Invincible and The Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman says Omni-Man could easily take down Superman, adding, “Superman sucks.” (via Collider)

#OmniMan #Superman #Invincible #TheWalkingDead

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spoonshiro @spoonshiro.com · 4h

Well if you can't shame horrible, shameless losers then who can you shame?

Hi there,

Your Bluesky account (@spoonshiro.com) has created a list called "The Incel Graveyard Shift" that may violate our Community Guidelines. We've temporarily hidden this list from other users because it contains one or more of these issues.

spoonshiro @spoonshiro.com · 5h

Yeah I bought one of those. It had like, what... maybe 3 or 4 games that required it?

Not my best gaming investment for sure.

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spoonshiro @spoonshiro.com · 6h

If you're not 1000% compliant with whatever 8chan tells them to think you're a phony apparently

spoonshiro @spoonshiro.com · 6h

They do! I get good deals on used games from them sometimes.

spoonshiro @spoonshiro.com · 6h

But if you still want something else that draws inspiration from the classic Zeldas, I'd say check out Cadence of Hyrule. It puts the game into a rhythm-based multiplayer roguelite format, and it's actually a surprisingly entertaining combination.

The overworld, featuring Link attacking enemies, treasure chests and a second player as Zelda.

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spoonshiro @spoonshiro.com · 6h

What it really comes down to at the end of the day is money talks. If something sells incredibly well, they're going to make more of it to keep the cash coming in. Simple as that.

spoonshiro @spoonshiro.com · 6h

Thus far it's sold a little over 4 million copies - respectable enough for a lower-budget game, but it's hardly going to upend the tens of millions BotW and TotK sold. So fans of the classic format will probably have to wait a while for another.

spoonshiro @spoonshiro.com · 6h

Echoes of Wisdom is a fun little game. It goes for a midpoint between the classic Zelda format and the more open-ended emergent style of the newer games, and while it's not amazing at either, it's a pretty good combination of both.

spoonshiro @spoonshiro.com · 6h

He's got a final form too, where you grab hold of Null's arms and Link chops away at em. Once he's weakened enough you tear the Prime Energy from his body and make a wish upon it to vanquish him for good.

spoonshiro @spoonshiro.com · 6h

The fight is also interesting in that Null takes on the forms of many of the previous bosses to attack; a bit like Lavos from Chrono Trigger, though they do have more HP so the first half of the battle isn't totally trivial at least.

spoonshiro @spoonshiro.com · 6h

In a rarity for the series the big bad is not Ganon, but the primordial force known as Null that wants to plunge everything back into chaos. Interestingly he looks like a twisted version of Tri.

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Cheap Ass Gamer @cheapassgamer.com · 6h

Pre-Played The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom (S/S2) $34.99 via Gamefly. Includes Everything the Game came With except the Shrink Wrap. https://ow.ly/haam50XbfMW

Free Switch 2 Upgrade.

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spoonshiro @spoonshiro.com · 6h

After battling your evil double Link is freed and you return his weapons. This means you can't use Swordfighter form for the last leg of the dungeon, but on the upside Link fights alongside you as an AI-controlled ally, so that's fun.

Link and Zelda battle enemies within the body of Null.

spoonshiro @spoonshiro.com · 6h

Finally you head to the ancient ruins, where the big bad Null is searching for the Prime Energy, in the form of three golden triangles.

Zelda's evil Echo arrives there first, but only receives one part. The other two go to Zelda herself, and the last to Link.

The "prime energy" sought by the game's villain, Null.

spoonshiro @spoonshiro.com · 6h

Hebra Mountain is home to the yetis, and Lanayru Temple is home to a weird boss called Scorchill, who alternates between fire and ice themed forms and attacks. Which you can counter with your own fire and ice themed echoes!

Scorchill launches an enormous pillar of flame.