I love that determination. I'm rooting for you!

Lemme be corny here but comparison is the thief of joy, don't let yourself down like that. Your progress thus far is amazing, and you are inspiring. You're worth it.

fuck puzzles and make dreamcast games really resonates with me

Nintendo seeing a fan game vs seeing their properties being used by the US government for fascist propaganda

Oh dang, I remember Wendy. Used Lucy as an AIM avatar when that was a thing too. Wow. Neat coming across your stuff again.

A lot of duplicate assets. It was for the benefit of mechanical hard drives, but as it turns out the impact on loading times for those was minimal after the shrink.

He hit war with peace

he really put in the work but nothing's gonna make me like PMC barefoot Popeye arms McGee

next time i loaded in everything was in Cyrillic lol

TF2, CS:GO/2, Artifact (lol), and Dota 2 (until it started giving them trouble in China). Aside from Alyx, it's been about all their game output in the last decade. Wouldn't be surprised if Deadlock did the same once monetized. Worse yet they use spec work to fill their gambling boxes.

Predicating a lot of their own games business models on gambling IS fucking over the customer for profit though.

Unfortunately for the Gaben cult this is one of those times he's actually said things about it as well and surprise, is just as bad about it

Not to mention it was a time where Konami was effectively out of video games so the whole notion was free of any hint of consequence

You've done a good job recreating this piece. The original is confusing having looked at the artist's work in general, given the perception versus intent. Hope they grow out of it.

NES, SNES, and their Famicom counterparts need to be given separate entries as the Famicoms definitely have the sauce in a way their western counterparts are wet farts

Hori RAP N my beloved