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you're laughing? sylux is bent on revenge and you're laughing?
December 15, 2025 at 7:22 PM
great series
December 15, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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currently, $5 nets you reviews for:

monster hunter wilds
metal gear rising
DmC
super metroid randomizer
every mario kart
resident evil
metroid prime 1 and 2
marvel vs capcom 2
PN03

and many more!

pretty good deal if you ask me...

ko-fi.com/ziadbruh
youtube.com/@ziadbruh/membership
December 12, 2025 at 9:23 PM
currently, $5 nets you reviews for:

monster hunter wilds
metal gear rising
DmC
super metroid randomizer
every mario kart
resident evil
metroid prime 1 and 2
marvel vs capcom 2
PN03

and many more!

pretty good deal if you ask me...

ko-fi.com/ziadbruh
youtube.com/@ziadbruh/membership
December 12, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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He paid for tickets and brought his kid to a “woke and gay” awards show only to post MORE harassment towards an attendee/nominee while he was there. This is pathetic.
December 12, 2025 at 12:24 PM
i’ve articulated this less tactfully in the past but the condescension i see directed at clair obscur feels like it’s overselling JRPGs as a genre a bit. what exactly is the standard this game is supposed to be falling short of?
The thing that's never sat with me re:criticism about Expedition 33 being "baby's first JRPG" is that the people who actually made the game couldn't be more consistently reverent about their influences.
Accepting the 'Game of the Year' award for Clair Obscur Expedition 33, director Guillaume Broche thanks Final Fantasy series creator Hironobu Sakaguchi who "made me fall in love with games and inspired me to become a game dev."
December 12, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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The thing that's never sat with me re:criticism about Expedition 33 being "baby's first JRPG" is that the people who actually made the game couldn't be more consistently reverent about their influences.
Accepting the 'Game of the Year' award for Clair Obscur Expedition 33, director Guillaume Broche thanks Final Fantasy series creator Hironobu Sakaguchi who "made me fall in love with games and inspired me to become a game dev."
December 12, 2025 at 2:35 PM
posted THREE VIDEOS JUST NOW, including my DISASTER ARMS review

sorry it took so long, please check my stuff out and share
December 11, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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alright i've had enough
December 4, 2025 at 7:01 PM
my recommendation:

- swap shot and morph ball, swap visor and missile
- lower cursor deadzone to 3, even lower also works
- crank up camera sensitivity

enjoy glorious wiimote gaming
December 4, 2025 at 2:26 PM
booted up prime 4 and can finally answer the REAL question on everybody’s mind: yes, you can use prime 3 style pointer controls and gradually adjust the camera deadzone, allowing you to completely remove it just like on wii. i’m gonna play the whole game like this
December 4, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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It was a messy year here at Menu Combat, it means a lot that you all listened this year despte that. Special thanks for @ziaddd.bsky.social for ushering this seasons most listened to episode. Heres to another year of JRPG conversations! Tell me your fave moment this year
December 3, 2025 at 5:29 PM
also i’m laughing at the hyrule field comparisons. in prime 4’s context that’s obviously meant in a disparaging way, but if you asked those same critics to comment on ocarina of time’s hub world they would probably buckle under the pressure and resign to a “it was impressive for its time” take
December 3, 2025 at 11:19 AM
i do expect prime 4 to be mid but it is sorta insane how none of the reviews i’ve seen actually try to describe the combat, puzzles or level design

eurogamer review repeats the “the bike feels great to control” line three times without actually describing how it controls
December 3, 2025 at 7:24 AM
seven years will change a man
December 2, 2025 at 8:44 PM
December 2, 2025 at 2:56 PM
it's embarrassing that gamers take more issue with epic snatching up exclusivity deals than with this being sold on steam
December 1, 2025 at 3:25 AM
“open-minded game design generalists” when you ask them to play a singleplayer game with no story, combat or progression mechanics
November 29, 2025 at 10:54 AM
@moriyoshijon.bsky.social Hi Jon, I'm a game design student currently working on my MA thesis -- I have some questions about 8-4's translation work on Masahiro Sakurai's YouTube series. Can I DM/e-mail you for specifics?
November 28, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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Fujiwara’s followup to his influential breakout hit!

Here’s my 1cc of GHOULS ‘N GHOSTS!

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November 26, 2025 at 5:56 AM
i’ll reel in the condescension a bit but what i GOTTA say is that if you’re really jumping on steam machine at $700+, you’re probably even more susceptible to marketing and branding than any so-called consoledrone

PS5 pro prices for a system trailing the base PS5 is crazy work
November 25, 2025 at 1:07 AM
when i walk to the music store to buy a 1/4 to 5/8 mic adapter for my shure SM57 and elgato wave arm
November 24, 2025 at 7:40 PM
baffled by this SBH MGS delta video. correct me if i missed shit (skimmed after 1/3) but you can’t start your argument with “delta finally makes the classic cam work,” refuse to elaborate & go on to glaze how intentional the *unchanged* classic angles feel as a + point for delta
November 22, 2025 at 11:10 PM
November 22, 2025 at 5:19 PM
why is every shmup plot like “one autistic girl against her five evil neurotypical sisters”
November 20, 2025 at 12:55 PM