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Nick Schirillo @bobinchese.bsky.social · 19h

Dragon > Rest in Peace

Nick Schirillo @bobinchese.bsky.social · 23h

Wish I had solidified this thought last week when people kept messaging me "but UB doesn't have to be bad for organized play, look at all the extra people!".

Nick Schirillo @bobinchese.bsky.social · 1d

Comp play is overwhelmingly defined by the worst cards, biggest design mistakes and power level outliers. Which makes the shotgun approach really bad. But when you're focusing on casual play that doesn't matter cause the bad stuff just won't show up very much and everyone gets their special thing.

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Nick Schirillo @bobinchese.bsky.social · 1d

I haven't played but it rules that Toby Fox made millions of dollars on his weirdo RPG and decided to just run it back fuck the profit motive.

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Nick Schirillo @bobinchese.bsky.social · 1d

It's wild that so much of the video game industry is this but also we have "here's every ounce of my heart soul and passion for the last 5 years for $15"

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Nick Schirillo @bobinchese.bsky.social · 1d

Comp play is overwhelmingly defined by the worst cards, biggest design mistakes and power level outliers. Which makes the shotgun approach really bad. But when you're focusing on casual play that doesn't matter cause the bad stuff just won't show up very much and everyone gets their special thing.

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Nick Schirillo @bobinchese.bsky.social · 1d

I think we played before I had the terrors in here (and getting stuffed by big bear and similar decks because I didn't have a clean OTK is one of the main reasons I switched).

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Nick Schirillo @bobinchese.bsky.social · 1d

On release you could choose to either double jump or immediately glide based on how long the button was held. People got upset about this so they changed it very quickly which I get but it makes a lot of the later game platforming flow much worse.

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Nick Schirillo @bobinchese.bsky.social · 1d

Not only that most jobs require very little direct practical experience.

"Software dev job where you will spend all day every day writing golang, knowledge that golang existed prior to this interview not required, total comp 300k"

So yeah you gotta compete against a lot of people and that's hard.

Nick Schirillo @bobinchese.bsky.social · 1d

Kinda fucked up that Exeggcute is 6 eggs but evolves into Exeggutor who only has 3 faces.

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Nick Schirillo @bobinchese.bsky.social · 2d

Oh also if you were into that GW deck I'm pretty sure it's unplayable into ~all the expensive spells decks including this one so I would recommend trying switching it up.

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Nick Schirillo @bobinchese.bsky.social · 2d

Reanimator 🏆 let's go!!! Still fiddling around with the SB but I think the red mana gives you pretty substantial. Terror because it's castable in long games + OTKs through interaction like Floodmaw and Torch because 1 mana spells are busted and exiling Vivi is excellent. FOMO also wrecks with Ardyn.

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Nick Schirillo @bobinchese.bsky.social · 2d

My main takeaway from LLMs is a staggering number of people have jobs that at no point require them to be actually you know correct about stuff.

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Nick Schirillo @bobinchese.bsky.social · 3d

Did you have Nintendo handhelds growing up?

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Nick Schirillo @bobinchese.bsky.social · 3d

It's on sale right now!

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Nick Schirillo @bobinchese.bsky.social · 3d

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I feel like you would like this. Is it a good stream game? Idk but it's really good and more people should play it

Save 30% on Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut on Steam

You're here to slay the princess. Don't believe her lies.

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Nick Schirillo @bobinchese.bsky.social · 3d

I got all the way to the top of the postgame tree dungeon without getting the mount you're supposed to have to make getting up there reasonable. I then couldn't beat that boss and quit rather than leaving to get stronger because I didn't want to do the tree again. 12/10 perfect game.

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Nick Schirillo @bobinchese.bsky.social · 3d

Every time someone says they're looking for a video game I am contractually obligated to post this one

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Save 25% on Crystal Project on Steam

Crystal Project is a non-linear JRPG where you are the maker of your own adventure. Explore the world while you find Crystals, unlock classes, learn abilities, and create a strategy capable of taking ...

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Nick Schirillo @bobinchese.bsky.social · 4d

Teddy's been getting into pokemon. His favorite is Raidachu (the evolved form of Pikachu). I hope he never learns how to say it properly.

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Nick Schirillo @bobinchese.bsky.social · 4d

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Another very good paper Mario like

Save 35% on Sea of Stars on Steam

Sea of Stars is a turn-based RPG inspired by the classics. It tells the story of two Children of the Solstice who will combine the powers of the sun and moon to perform Eclipse Magic, the only force c...

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Nick Schirillo @bobinchese.bsky.social · 4d

If you just want it for the gameplay loop that part is excellent but the story is shockingly bad for a game with so much polish.

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Nick Schirillo @bobinchese.bsky.social · 4d

"you could change the order of all the dialogue and very little would meaningfully change" is just a summary of the whole game

Ela Bambust 🏳️‍⚧️ @ela-bambust.bsky.social · 5d

One of the funniest things about Hades 2 is that of the two women you can romance, the first is actively trying to kill you & the other one clearly despises you and neither of them ever stop doing that. You could change the order of all the romance dialogue and very little would meaningfully change.

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Nick Schirillo @bobinchese.bsky.social · 4d

Growing up with a mom who was staunchly against slide climbing my whole I was shocked to find out my kids were completely capable of climbing most slides at ~2.

Nick Schirillo @bobinchese.bsky.social · 6d

People ask me fairly often how much it costs to have a kid and the answer is always "your out of pocket maximum".

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Nick Schirillo @bobinchese.bsky.social · 7d

Bluesky needs a bigger like button

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Nick Schirillo @bobinchese.bsky.social · 7d

Stop dying

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