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every time I see people trying to move the AI overton windows in creative fields it feels like someone insisting I bite into a rice crispy treat with an undisclosed amount of sawdust in it

Galactic Racer is the best Wipeout game I've played in a criminally long time

I acknowledge that there's another lower-priced tier, but it still severely undercuts Restoration Games' stated ethos of making OOP board games accessible again when they price their lead offering higher than an original copy of said infamously expensive OOP board game

if my current projects and playthroughs are any indication, the N64's library has aged better than you'd think but not thanks to most of the games you would reasonably assume

one of the most frustrating things about TCG/CCGs is finding a community where people actually talk about the game in depth I'm spoiled by Netrunner where people are amped to talk strats, build decks, and run sets to test in TCGs it's weirdly difficult to find substance, at least in my experience

editing my Resi Movie Opinion: in adapting the mechanics/structure of the series over any given plot, Cregger demonstrates a better understanding of genre than almost anyone working in the IP mines ever has to be clear it's still just "a good movie", but that's an achievement for game riffs!

there isn't much more authentically Resident Evil than running circles while fumbling with a weapon, missing with said weapon, getting stuck on locked doors/impassible terrain, and saying "fuck" at least twice a minute as shit gets unimaginably worse

"you'll get to work in games more!" "no shit, that rules!" "you'll eventually leave willingly and get a normal job!" "aw man. do I at least get to travel for more esports stuff first?" "buddy, they won't even get to"

god I wish I could recommend the Homestar Runner card game, but it's kind of a hot mess rulebook issues aside (not usable as-is, only some issues are corrected in the digital version), you just kinda pass around cards until someone's pants are just too full of incriminating evidence and they lose

this isn't like, a serious issue or anything, but it's super weird that the rulebook for Machi Koro Life opens on how sick crypto is

hey it's like half the reason I dropped! in order to write meaningful crit you need to spend time with the same game for a while. turns out a lot of board game people don't care for that! now that the bubble has popped it may be more viable, except that also took the already-limited money with it

to Arndt's point, almost all of my negative interactions were with overinvested fans that made liking the Thing their whole personality and saw my words as violent I hold no ill will, to be clear! posting things on the internet opens you up to it. fan backlash is harmless, you didn't make the thing

hey it's like half the reason I dropped! in order to write meaningful crit you need to spend time with the same game for a while. turns out a lot of board game people don't care for that! now that the bubble has popped it may be more viable, except that also took the already-limited money with it

I can think of exactly one case where I was explicitly blacklisted by a publisher for criticism. most understand it's the cost/risk of doing business, and I've had very few negative interactions as a result of the work I'd produced, regardless of pos/neg coverage

and people think '08 was a bad year??? I didnt even include L4D1, Spelunky Classic, or a bunch of other XBLA bangers. there was plenty of good stuff in the late aughts if you were willing to look outside brown'n'bloom!

discourse around the N64 library is kind of impossible for me to participate in, but not because of nostalgia blinders as much as I look at all the things people criticize and respond with "I know right? it rules"

I can't believe I'm saying this, but if calling it a remaster is what it takes to get reprints of old editions of games that deserve it? fine, cool, go full video games industry if you gotta Arkham 2nd Ed is an all-timer and should be perpetually in print, this is a good thing

that splatoon raiders game is really something, or more accurately a lot of little things feels less like a traditional looter shooter and more like a super abridged Monster Hunter, but minus crafting? problem is I'm not 100% sure the progression and structure fully gel for me. still fun though!