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AshbornPhoenix @ashbornphoenix.bsky.social · 10h

I wish the gaming industry would adopt sustainable development practices with reasonable expectations of workers and the fact that isn't already the norm is so dire.

NESbot @nesbot.bsky.social · 11h

MercurySteam (Metroid Dread) employees speak out - 10-hour workdays, unclear policies, and a workplace falling apart
www.resetera.com/threads/13...

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Ash Wednesday @ashwednesday.bsky.social · 12h

Honestly I think you can boil down the state of the entire AAA industry to the following too-common beliefs:

1) Old games are bad because the point of software is new technology

2) New ideas are bad because the point of art is brand loyalty

3) Given 1+2 all games must combine old IP with new tech

MercuryCDX @mercurycdx.bsky.social · 13h

Folks are rightfully shitting on Capcom for the Resident Evil GOG stuff, about how they didn't want to re-release the old games because the new ones exist or whatever, but almost every major publisher, Japanese or not, believes the same thing.

Like I believe Sega's recent franchise revival stuff --

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AshbornPhoenix @ashbornphoenix.bsky.social · 15h

You don't hate Pixel smoothing enough.

Jon Cartwright @jon.gvg.io · 15h

Just captured some Grandia 1, here it is compared to the remaster

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tobias 🍃🎐🌱 @godbirdart.bsky.social · 15h

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Mathias Wolfbrok @mathiaswolfbrok.bsky.social · 16h

Oh look it's @jon.gvg.io's video about how remakes don't replace the originals

I wonder why it's here

youtu.be/hMeZWKOEYds

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AshbornPhoenix @ashbornphoenix.bsky.social · 16h

Genuinely at this point the only thing keeping me from becoming a "no Remakes ever" kind of person is the fact I love Tales of Destiny(PS2), Tales of Hearts R and Metroid: Zero Mission so much and don't want to be a hypocrite.

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AshbornPhoenix @ashbornphoenix.bsky.social · 16h

Hey, remember how I talk about hating Remakes being treated as replacements for what they're remaking? Guess how I feel about this.

Tak @takgoup.bsky.social · 17h

Capcom should die. Give all their IPs to less stupid people.

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Mistress Dove @themistressdove.bsky.social · 16h

"It's already the superior experience to those games" is insane to say considering RE2make just ruined the A-B route system that the original game did so well.

Tak @takgoup.bsky.social · 17h

Capcom should die. Give all their IPs to less stupid people.

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AshbornPhoenix @ashbornphoenix.bsky.social · 1d

The most predicable outcome when people come to you to see vids from specific creators that you then drive away.

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Khayyaam #LIUKANGGANG @khayyaamb.bsky.social · 1d

WHERE'S JACK GARLAND

Nova Crystallis @novacrystallis.com · 1d

Characters include:
• Warrior of Light (FFI)
• Kain Highwind (FFIV)
• Krile Mayer Baldesion (FFV)
• Terra Branford (FFVI)

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AshbornPhoenix @ashbornphoenix.bsky.social · 9d

you know one misconception with a genre I really dislike is the idea that Metriodvanias all have long backtracking when the best ones are designed with such cleaver and intricate shortcuts that backtracking on foot is never a long process,

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marcy! @bigsealmode.bsky.social · 2d

scrolling through Steam Next Fest and all these games with genAI art need to be taken out back like Ol' Yeller, just 360 no-scoped point blank, just FMJ + Stopping Power that shit all over the pavement

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AshbornPhoenix @ashbornphoenix.bsky.social · 2d

I feel like that's a larger part of my thoughts on it being a "Don't trust Tecmo Koei PC ports" machine.

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AshbornPhoenix @ashbornphoenix.bsky.social · 2d

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AshbornPhoenix @ashbornphoenix.bsky.social · 2d

I mean I like it when there are new weirdo creatures that surprise me.

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AshbornPhoenix @ashbornphoenix.bsky.social · 3d

I will say I hope Azula has a disgustingly toxic moveset and if she does that's who I'll main.

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AshbornPhoenix @ashbornphoenix.bsky.social · 3d

My biggest thoughts about the Avatar:TLA fighting game at the moment are thank god the project was taken away from Modus/Maximum entertainment, will never forgive them for what they did to TFH.

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AshbornPhoenix @ashbornphoenix.bsky.social · 4d

Fuck Harry Potter.

I don't have any piece of Media to suggest instead just fuck that series.

Mistress Dove @themistressdove.bsky.social · 4d

Fuck Harry Potter.

Go to Steam and purchase NEO : The World Ends With You for your personal computer.

P.V. Poseur @pvposeur.bsky.social · 4d

Fuck Harry Potter.

Download Plex and go watch the Dungeons & Dragons Adventures channel.

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Mistress Dove @themistressdove.bsky.social · 4d

Fuck Harry Potter.

Go to Steam and purchase NEO : The World Ends With You for your personal computer.

P.V. Poseur @pvposeur.bsky.social · 4d

Fuck Harry Potter.

Download Plex and go watch the Dungeons & Dragons Adventures channel.

Canadian Mech-X4 Donald 🇨🇦🤖🦾 @rangerdonald.bsky.social · May 3

Fuck Harry Potter.

Go watch Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog.

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AshbornPhoenix @ashbornphoenix.bsky.social · 4d

That's probably due to the fact the name was originally coined as a way to differentiate the Castlvania games where the world construction was more akin to Metroid than the previous games, and only got adopted as the genre name later. (Honestly if you ask me they should be called Maze-World games)

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