rh♦mbical
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🐌MR. SLUG 3 OUT NOW! 🐌 https://rhombical.itch.io/ms3
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🐌MR. SLUG 3 OUT NOW! 🐌 https://rhombical.itch.io/ms3
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@rhombical.bsky.social
· Oct 22
MR. SLUG 3 IS OUT NOW!
(for windows, macOS version coming soon)
Download at rhombical.itch.io/ms3
🎃🐌🎃
#MS3
(for windows, macOS version coming soon)
Download at rhombical.itch.io/ms3
🎃🐌🎃
#MS3
just had my fastest run ever out of temple, a 17 flat, followed by 8 lake skip fails and a bad reflection. lost a whole minute and killed the run.
December 6, 2025 at 2:04 PM
just had my fastest run ever out of temple, a 17 flat, followed by 8 lake skip fails and a bad reflection. lost a whole minute and killed the run.
for me procedural rhetoric is inadequate specifically because it does not account for the existence of glitches. so don't lecture now about "the brokenness of machines". that was never your beat.
December 5, 2025 at 10:25 PM
for me procedural rhetoric is inadequate specifically because it does not account for the existence of glitches. so don't lecture now about "the brokenness of machines". that was never your beat.
at one point i wanted to make guitar pedals and i'm glad i didn't pursue that because the industry is full of weirdos
Electro-Harmonix just sent out this email
this company makes guitar pedals. their most famous one is called Big Muff
this company makes guitar pedals. their most famous one is called Big Muff
December 5, 2025 at 10:08 PM
at one point i wanted to make guitar pedals and i'm glad i didn't pursue that because the industry is full of weirdos
Reposting cause this one's not doing so hot (has the speedrunning content bubble burst?)
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Still Running (Vol. 2): Speedrun Studies in 2023
In my initial speedrunning literature review I identified two “strains” of speedrun studies, the first being the theoretical/philosophical
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December 3, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Reposting cause this one's not doing so hot (has the speedrunning content bubble burst?)
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still $100 on the table and for sure this time can go down speedrun.com/Mr_Slug_3
December 3, 2025 at 9:55 PM
still $100 on the table and for sure this time can go down speedrun.com/Mr_Slug_3
The first MS3 world record has been claimed by softi! very clean run with these strats. super impressed by the bone usage.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-dy...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-dy...
Mr. Slug 3: Slimin' Quest Any% 1:33.69
YouTube video by 1softi
www.youtube.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:40 AM
The first MS3 world record has been claimed by softi! very clean run with these strats. super impressed by the bone usage.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-dy...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-dy...
realized that there's roughly the same time gap between tooie and nuts & bolts and celeste and MS3 (not that there's any relation, time is just weird like that)
December 3, 2025 at 12:21 AM
realized that there's roughly the same time gap between tooie and nuts & bolts and celeste and MS3 (not that there's any relation, time is just weird like that)
For the night crowd!
ATTENTION ALL SPEEDSLUGGERS🐌
I'm hosting a speedrun contest for Mr. Slug 3 Any% with $200 CAD in prizes this December!
See www.speedrun.com/Mr_Slug_3 for full rules
I'm hosting a speedrun contest for Mr. Slug 3 Any% with $200 CAD in prizes this December!
See www.speedrun.com/Mr_Slug_3 for full rules
November 29, 2025 at 12:20 AM
For the night crowd!
ATTENTION ALL SPEEDSLUGGERS🐌
I'm hosting a speedrun contest for Mr. Slug 3 Any% with $200 CAD in prizes this December!
See www.speedrun.com/Mr_Slug_3 for full rules
I'm hosting a speedrun contest for Mr. Slug 3 Any% with $200 CAD in prizes this December!
See www.speedrun.com/Mr_Slug_3 for full rules
November 28, 2025 at 5:00 PM
ATTENTION ALL SPEEDSLUGGERS🐌
I'm hosting a speedrun contest for Mr. Slug 3 Any% with $200 CAD in prizes this December!
See www.speedrun.com/Mr_Slug_3 for full rules
I'm hosting a speedrun contest for Mr. Slug 3 Any% with $200 CAD in prizes this December!
See www.speedrun.com/Mr_Slug_3 for full rules
Reposted by rh♦mbical
It's the return of Still Running, looking at speedrun studies from 2023!
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Still Running (Vol. 2): Speedrun Studies in 2023
Support my writing on Patreon or Ko-fi!
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November 26, 2025 at 5:09 PM
It's the return of Still Running, looking at speedrun studies from 2023!
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its gotten to the point where our 45 minute banjo-kazooie retrospective videos are devoting time to retrospectives on previous banjo-kazooie retrospective videos
November 26, 2025 at 9:53 PM
its gotten to the point where our 45 minute banjo-kazooie retrospective videos are devoting time to retrospectives on previous banjo-kazooie retrospective videos
It's the return of Still Running, looking at speedrun studies from 2023!
rhombical.medium.com/still-runnin...
rhombical.medium.com/still-runnin...
Still Running (Vol. 2): Speedrun Studies in 2023
Support my writing on Patreon or Ko-fi!
rhombical.medium.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:09 PM
It's the return of Still Running, looking at speedrun studies from 2023!
rhombical.medium.com/still-runnin...
rhombical.medium.com/still-runnin...
ig reel with uncharted 4 gameplay saying its better than gta, as if a naughty dog game is some sort of hidden gem
November 23, 2025 at 5:43 PM
ig reel with uncharted 4 gameplay saying its better than gta, as if a naughty dog game is some sort of hidden gem
i had an old prototype that was basically snake + pokemon-style type matchups that didn't really work gameplay-wise. was trying to imagine how i could retool it into a 3D action game and realized i just reinvented pikmin.
November 22, 2025 at 7:38 PM
i had an old prototype that was basically snake + pokemon-style type matchups that didn't really work gameplay-wise. was trying to imagine how i could retool it into a 3D action game and realized i just reinvented pikmin.
was messing around with a prototype in godot a few weeks ago and idk. i think getting MS3 across the finish line might be the end of my gamedev journey.
November 22, 2025 at 7:35 PM
was messing around with a prototype in godot a few weeks ago and idk. i think getting MS3 across the finish line might be the end of my gamedev journey.
been posting too much today, but i just wanna say that i think the pachinko level from sms is fun. it's not Good but it's like a fun idea. I'm glad it's in the game. sandbird is cool too, i never got the hate on that one. there's no other mario level that gives me the same sense of vertigo.
November 21, 2025 at 4:43 AM
been posting too much today, but i just wanna say that i think the pachinko level from sms is fun. it's not Good but it's like a fun idea. I'm glad it's in the game. sandbird is cool too, i never got the hate on that one. there's no other mario level that gives me the same sense of vertigo.
25 years of tooie. damn. if you were born on the day it released you are now older than i was when i wrote metaphor and mechanization.
November 21, 2025 at 12:30 AM
25 years of tooie. damn. if you were born on the day it released you are now older than i was when i wrote metaphor and mechanization.
i might be on my own on this but i find botw's UI sound design really annoying. its like robotic bird chirping. maybe i'm just projecting via bad sense memories but it really stood out to me when i was watching break the game.
November 20, 2025 at 6:32 PM
i might be on my own on this but i find botw's UI sound design really annoying. its like robotic bird chirping. maybe i'm just projecting via bad sense memories but it really stood out to me when i was watching break the game.
Still Running returns on the patreon!
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November 19, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Still Running returns on the patreon!
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maybe i just don't get it but i feel like nintendo is massively diluting their brand with these movie ventures
November 17, 2025 at 6:21 PM
maybe i just don't get it but i feel like nintendo is massively diluting their brand with these movie ventures
i know that best ever lists are engagement bait but, mother 3 at #80???
November 15, 2025 at 8:22 PM
i know that best ever lists are engagement bait but, mother 3 at #80???
read a bunch of ludomusicology this year that all said how unique videogames are because of nonlinear audio, specifically in the way that music needs to loop indefinitely because duration is non-fixed, and at the time I was like ok sure
November 14, 2025 at 11:23 PM
read a bunch of ludomusicology this year that all said how unique videogames are because of nonlinear audio, specifically in the way that music needs to loop indefinitely because duration is non-fixed, and at the time I was like ok sure
repeating myself from 7 years ago but imo the most unremarked upon difference between banjo tooie and kazooie is that bk is a retrospective fantasy of pre-war innocence and then for some reason rare was like, oh no War exists in this universe.
November 14, 2025 at 10:40 PM
repeating myself from 7 years ago but imo the most unremarked upon difference between banjo tooie and kazooie is that bk is a retrospective fantasy of pre-war innocence and then for some reason rare was like, oh no War exists in this universe.
oh man the synchronicity of that excellent oma post and my guilty pleasure youtube channel doing a video about the "misrepresentation of sarasaland"
November 13, 2025 at 10:44 PM
oh man the synchronicity of that excellent oma post and my guilty pleasure youtube channel doing a video about the "misrepresentation of sarasaland"
this post is indistinguishable from decades of game studies writing
In Super Mario Galaxy, the stars on the letters of the logo spell "u r mr gay", while for the movie it says "he mr gay". This is because you are watching Mario, not playing him.
November 12, 2025 at 10:02 PM
this post is indistinguishable from decades of game studies writing