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Mel @melmellon.bsky.social · Oct 21

hey im mel

i have no real aim with being on here honestly-- ill mostly be be here to interact with friends and read news

i'm
@/melcord on discord
@/melblur on tumblr
@/melmellon on spacehey
@/melloggd on backloggd
@/7grandmel is my siivagunner blog on tumblr

one day ill make something cool!

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Mel @melmellon.bsky.social · 19h

did sf6...fall off...

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Plunky @plunkyshorts.com · 1d

Plunky #animation

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Triple-Q @triple-q.bsky.social · 1d

"A website that catalogues the fonts used in video games.
Fuck, it's genius... why didn't I think of that...!"
www.gamefontlibrary.com

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Mel @melmellon.bsky.social · 1d

update: Chris Scullion forever remains the best to ever do it 🩷

(even reminding you of the big exodus of Platinum creatives that happened recently!)

www.videogameschronicle.com/review/ninja...

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Jon Cartwright @jon.gvg.io · 6d

RIP Tomonobu Itagaki

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Mel @melmellon.bsky.social · 1d

good lord i always forget how horrendously washed out the NSane color palette is

Mel @melmellon.bsky.social · 1d

Read about Tomonobu Itagaki. He was a fucking rock star and his philosophy on video game design still make Ninja Gaiden and Ninja Gaiden 2 absolute one-of-a-kind action games 20 years on.

A new game in his franchise years after his leave is no reason to forget about the foundation he built.

Mel @melmellon.bsky.social · 1d

Don't get me wrong, I have no ill will toward Team Ninja & c.o. reviving Ninja Gaiden; I think doing so with a new trilogy and new protagonist to pass the torch is a nice symbolic gesture.

But such gestures mean nothing if the industry keeps downplaying the creative voices that built them

Mel @melmellon.bsky.social · 1d

Kojima's name at least had a chance of showing up in MGSΔ reviews... is the 2000s Ninja Gaiden discourse just forgotten now? Itagaki openly disliked what the series was doing after leaving, and NG3 became a directionless mess of a game in trying to be a reimagining. Ninja Gaiden was his baby.

Mel @melmellon.bsky.social · 1d

I've read multiple reviews of Ninja Gaiden 4 now and it continues to upset me that Tomonobu Itagaki doesn't get mentioned despite his passing only a week ago. His groundbreaking game franchise is being revived without him, and yet reviews can only emphasize how good of a product the new one is.

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Lumin @ Climax of Night @screwy.bsky.social · 1d

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Yuri Posting @yuriposts.bsky.social · 2d

Artist: takao (88499191)
Media: do it yourself!!
Source: https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/102548465

Danbooru tags: 2girls :o ahoge bandaid bandaid_on_face bandaid_on_nose black_eyes black_hair black_shirt brown_hair closed_eyes colored_inner_hair commentary do_it_yourself!! english_commentary hair_between_eyes highres laughing looking_at_another messy_hair multicolored_hair multiple_girls overalls shirt short_hair short_sleeves suride_miku t-shirt takao_(88499191) white_background white_shirt yua_serufu yuri

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Mel @melmellon.bsky.social · 1d

i would do youtube premium as my only subscription if youtube as a service provider wasnt so evil on so many levels

per-creator subscriptions ala patreon (not the best in of itself granted) are much more preferrable