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Shadaloo Dumpster Fire @dankpasta.bsky.social · 3h

started watching some old model railroading doc the algo threw at me and holy shit this is the most british man to ever exist

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Jin @crimsond3mon.bsky.social · 4h

Boob Saibot

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ミルキージェームズ (Remastered) @milkman.bsky.social · 11h

This story is one of my favorite ever features I got to out together on one of my favorite games. My mission is to get #PSO (OG version) onto something modern. Follow @designroom.bsky.social for more shenanigans. www.polygon.com/interviews/2...

Phantasy Star Online devs on the story, the graphics, and the angry fans that used to call the office

We continue our retrospective interview series for the game’s 20th anniversary

www.polygon.com

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Jin @crimsond3mon.bsky.social · 14h

I want an AC1 decomp so I can play that nonsense at 60fps

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How Much in Bison Dollars? @hmibisondollars.bsky.social · 14h

Hi. I'm the silly fighting game money joke guy. Get that bread, but please understand where that bread is coming from. Like, just consider it. Just a little.

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Jin @crimsond3mon.bsky.social · 15h

Exactly. Even pre-patch SoR4 was a good-ass game despite some crazy shit on Mania like 5-1 Triple Big Ben.

I wouldn’t be surprised if this game did the same and I really seem some potential here to be a spiritual Shadow Over Mystara with even more to offer.

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Jin @crimsond3mon.bsky.social · 15h

Despite what’s been said in that review, I’m gonna try it myself.

If I don’t fw it let me at least realize it without taking someone else’s word for it.

TESTAMENT✙ENJOYMENT @testamentenjoyment.net · 18h

Spoilers for Absolum, but you actually might want to spoil yourself on this, because this is some of the worst meta-progression bait I've ever heard of

(Also a great review overall, one that's for once made from the perspective who gave beat 'em ups a deeper shot)

If you don’t believe that Absolum prioritizes the grind above all else, then I’ll have to pull out my trump card and talk about the last boss of the game. Don’t read the next paragraph if you don’t want that spoiled. Or do, honestly, because I recommend knowing this ahead of time so you don’t make the same mistake I did.

Once you complete the game once, you find out that actually you need to beat the game again to fight the real final boss. Kind of obnoxious already, but sure. I immediately started another run, but died early due to the game introducing a new extra-hard challenge that I wanted to try out. No problem, I had unlocked one extra from the progression system. I decided to carry on and actually ended up all the way at the end to fight the final boss.

Just before the fight, a merchant warned me that the boss had a fatal scream and recommended that I purchase an absurdly expensive extra life. I kind of figured that merchant was referring to some difficult to dodge attack and braced myself for it. No such luck - the final boss seemingly just instantly and unavoidably kills you at the start of the fight, so my run where I was otherwise super powerful and at full health ended right there. This more or less killed my interest in playing further.

The goal of this decision seems clear enough: the developers didn’t want you beating Absolum too fast and this insta-kill gimmick was a good way to keep you in the hamster wheel. Wouldn’t you know it, my very next permanent upgrade gave me another extra life on top of the two I had, so my next run would have definitely been the run! If I were the kind of person who got addicted to the progression system, I could easily see myself getting sucked by this bait, hook line and sinker. Sadly for Absolum, I am not that kind of person. I don’t have an addictive personality. Most of the psychological tricks that modern video games employ don’t work on me – I don’t need things to be addicted to, I want things that enrich my life or give me some personal satisfaction.

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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 15h

To be clear, it's not that bitter online dorks assumed it was about them. It -is- about them. They just don't like that it is calling them out for what they are.

Mike Drucker @mikedrucker.bsky.social · 16h

It’s kind of crazy that Nazis and the KKK have recently become controversial bad guys because a bunch of bitter online dorks assumed it was about them

DiscussingFilm @discussingfilm.net · 1d

Ubisoft canceled an ‘ASSASSINS CREED’ game set in the post-Civil War era

• Featured a Black Assassin who was formerly a slave

• Players would fight the emerging KKK

• Leadership canceled it after concerns with U.S. political climate & Yasuke backlash

(Source: www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...)

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Jin @crimsond3mon.bsky.social · 15h

Sadly due to the nature of the work they don't have a full-on HR department. I'm hoping my former manager that I'm cool with can do something.

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headfallsoff @headfallsoff.com · 17h

video games can just look like this

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Jin @crimsond3mon.bsky.social · 16h

Yeah, I was awestruck. I don't know if it can be fixed either so I'm honestly worried.

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Jin @crimsond3mon.bsky.social · 16h

Me, and 7 other employees were not paid for promised days off, and now most of us are forced to join another team due to our original position transferring to another state. I'll be without cash for the next two weeks lifting sofas and beds myself, so I really need help for bills.

paypal.me/CrimmyD

Pay Anthony Snell using PayPal.Me

Go to paypal.me/CrimmyD and type in the amount. Since it’s PayPal, it's easy and secure. Don’t have a PayPal account? No worries.

paypal.me

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Jin @crimsond3mon.bsky.social · 17h

Oh. So my old boss was a scumbag and didn't pay us after promising paid days off during a forced transfer to another state.

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orin @knbyo.bsky.social · 17h

i made a cmv out of random clips i had lying around. i should have gone to bed like three hours ago. oh well

[leftovers.] - multi-game cmv - YouTube

as the title suggests, i had a bunch of random combo clips from over the years sitting around doing nothing. so i figured i'd do something with 'em.games fea...

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Melly Fiore @mellyinchains.bsky.social · 1d

the world gets easier to figure out when you realize 95% of Big Fighting Game Names stand for absolutely nothing except for a fatter wallet

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(Three Kingdoms 1994 fansubs) Gentlemen of the Hàn @hanzhonglang.bsky.social · 18h

Yu Ji as shown in 1994 Romance of the Three Kingdoms

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Jin @crimsond3mon.bsky.social · 18h

ROOFTOP RUN!!!

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Spookyshake @apricotmilkshake.neocities.org · Feb 3

i woke up with the thought "i compare sonic and terry a lot. what if there was a metal terry" and so i got to work. excuse to practice robot drawing

A drawing of a sharp, Metal-Sonic-like robot Terry (let's call him Metal Terry). His features are sharp and exaggerated like a virtua fighter model. He has no mouth and his eyes are a screen displaying angry blue eyes, and he wears a metal-plated cap. Looking from behind, in place of a ponytail, he has an on/off thruster for flight or jumps, with the created flames mimicing hair.

Metal Terry mimics Terry's hat spin, albiet more stiff and robotically, only spinning the motor of his finger.

Metal Terry has holes in his palms to release sparks from his hands, allowing him to artificially mimic moves like Power Wave, which he is shown performing. His palm is open and not actually touching the ground.

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shadg @shadg.bsky.social · 19h

Absolum is out now. It is a roguelite action game I've been playtesting for the past few months, and I think it's damn good. It'd mean a lot to me if you checked it out. :)

Save 10% on Absolum on Steam

Fight as the outcast heroes of Talamh in a fierce battle to retake magic from Sun King Azra’s grasp in Absolum, an original roguelite beat ‘em up by Dotemu.

store.steampowered.com

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Jin @crimsond3mon.bsky.social · 1d

Somewhat related but now I REALLY wanna go through Cyborg 009

Jin @crimsond3mon.bsky.social · 1d

Time Stranger my GOTY

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Aya Sami @kurosami.bsky.social · 1d

Punimon tower

A screenshot of three Punimon stacked on top of each other from Digimon Story Time Stranger

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Jin @crimsond3mon.bsky.social · 1d

Time Stranger my GOTY

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👑TTTTTsd👑 @tttttsd.bsky.social · 1d

www.twitch.tv/tttttsd More Classicvania games! This time featuring the most amount of work I've done for a stream bit in a while! Fully function MT-32 MIDI sound!

Twitch

Twitch is the world

www.twitch.tv

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Jin @crimsond3mon.bsky.social · 1d

We get some of the finest in VG Music Tonight

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Kayin @kayin.moe · 1d

I kinda sometimes hate how the term engagement bait is used cause yeah sure sometimes shit is done cynically for numbers, but other times it's like YO MOTHERFUCKERS LETS TALK FAVORITE GAMES I AM A SOCIAL BEING WHO WANTS TO TALK, IT'S CALLED AN ICE BREAKER

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