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Sixfortyfive @sixfortyfive.bsky.social · 5h

They would literally rather kill the sick than heal the sick.

You'd think that this could garner some proper outrage beyond business as usual political pablum about "increased insurance premiums" or whatever.

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Sixfortyfive @sixfortyfive.bsky.social · 9h

Nothing beats Japanese Dreamcast games on genre labels.

The back of Rez's box classifies it as "Midnight High Shooting."

headfallsoff @headfallsoff.com · 9h

i’m mostly unbothered about genre names in that i think context clues basically always work, until i try to find a single game using steam tags and then i become Classification Stalin

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Sixfortyfive @sixfortyfive.bsky.social · 23h

Remember when crossovers were a big deal

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Sixfortyfive @sixfortyfive.bsky.social · 1d

I've felt for a while that the key difference between the US and, say, Dubai is that slave labor in the US is simply kept out of sight.

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Sixfortyfive @sixfortyfive.bsky.social · 1d

Sherry has the EFight Pass as a notch on her belt at least.

Sixfortyfive @sixfortyfive.bsky.social · 1d

eBay protip: If you ever receive an item that does not match the seller's description, you're entitled to a full refund via an "item not as described" claim.

I encourage buyers on the platform to use this information accordingly.

Andy Kelly @ultrabrilliant.xyz · 1d

It’s glaringly obvious when someone has used eBay’s stupid AI thing to fill in their item description. Just tell me if there any scratches on the disc, mate.

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Sixfortyfive @sixfortyfive.bsky.social · 2d

Of all the things in Segagaga, one thing in particular that flew over my head the first time I played it was that the Hong Kong '97 creator is just... there, as a cameo. Maybe he wasn't widely known for that yet?

I wonder what the story behind this is.

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Hard Drive @hard-drive.net · 2d

Still think Antifa isn't violent? Here's bodycam footage of Antifa founder B.J. Blazkowicz shooting a heroic member of ICE who was just trying to protect this great nation. Thank God we have Blazkowicz's girlfriend in custody.

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Sixfortyfive @sixfortyfive.bsky.social · 2d

On the opposite end of the spectrum, Galaxy's polish and art direction are second to none, but it's also a game that "caps" Mario's movement and abilities to such an absurd degree that it never permits the player to do anything cool.

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Sixfortyfive @sixfortyfive.bsky.social · 2d

When it comes to 3D Mario I'm forgiving of games whose flaws can be overcome by the player. 64's camera and Sunshine's collision detection can be dire at times, but that kind of "jank" can at least be learned and corrected for on the user end.

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Sixfortyfive @sixfortyfive.bsky.social · 2d

Mario 64 (mostly) nails the main point that games inspired by it don't: the main collectibles are objective *markers,* not the objective itself.

The game is balanced around that function-first design.

Odyssey is fine, but it scratches an itch somewhere between Banjo-Kazooie and Sonic Adventure.

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Sixfortyfive @sixfortyfive.bsky.social · 2d

Remember when internet usage was "banned" for children a quarter century ago and all it effectively did was add an "Are you 13?" check box to every forum sign up?

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Sixfortyfive @sixfortyfive.bsky.social · 3d

Everything good on the Internet dies, and nobody understands this better than people who have been forum-hopping for 20+ years.

The best "social media" is and always has been your Following list itself, not the platform that currently hosts it.

Kayin @kayin.moe · 4d

This is just the hard transition from the Honeymoon phase to the "We're mallrats in a mall that hates us" phase. We don't leave because security wants us to leave, they can eat a dick. We leave when the Hot Topic and Sarku Japan close

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Sixfortyfive @sixfortyfive.bsky.social · 4d

WANUS!

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Sixfortyfive @sixfortyfive.bsky.social · 4d

It's a holdover from ancient times when kicking was the main way to score. They realized that traversing the field was what actually took most of the work and that the touchdown should thus be worth the most points, but the PAT stuck around anyway bc nobody felt like completely overhauling the rules

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Sixfortyfive @sixfortyfive.bsky.social · 4d

The whole concept of the modern "extra point" is just great and fundamentally weird. You score the Main Points, then you run a ceremonial extra play for a Bonus Point.

Can't think of another sport that has that dynamic off the top of my head.

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Sixfortyfive @sixfortyfive.bsky.social · 5d

Sixfortyfive @sixfortyfive.bsky.social · 6d

Not everything requires a take.

Sixfortyfive @sixfortyfive.bsky.social · 6d

The one thing that irritates me the most about this specific xenophobic dime-a-dozen bad-takes-haver of SNES RPGs is that I'd literally have never heard about him had it not been for half the people on my feed boosting him at some point this past week.

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Sixfortyfive @sixfortyfive.bsky.social · 6d

The one thing that irritates me the most about this specific xenophobic dime-a-dozen bad-takes-haver of SNES RPGs is that I'd literally have never heard about him had it not been for half the people on my feed boosting him at some point this past week.

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Sixfortyfive @sixfortyfive.bsky.social · 7d

A huge reason why I value NES era Mario above his later 2D outings is that the NES games are completely devoid of "checklist gameplay." SMB3 secret areas give you cool and rare power-ups instead of being a requirement for 100% completion.

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Sixfortyfive @sixfortyfive.bsky.social · 7d

Unlockables and in-game progress trackers can be good, but even they sometimes run the risk of becoming rote chores.

What I want is more "SMB3 king messages" and less "Odyssey moon checklist." The former is a neat incentive/bonus that doesn't gate you from anything; the latter is homework.

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Sixfortyfive @sixfortyfive.bsky.social · 7d

I'd say that the strongest recession indicator today is your increasingly frequent media appearances.

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Kayin @kayin.moe · 7d

Just a reminder no matter what way the drama with retroachievements go, it is a service that provides nothing of value and it's super weird it even exists why the fuck do you want to let nerds simulate the dumb bloop notications of modern games for you????? Be free

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Sixfortyfive @sixfortyfive.bsky.social · 8d

My favorite variant of this is Mario's Smash 4 trophy using "Donkey Kong Classics" as his debut game instead of Donkey Kong arcade because of the ambiguity regarding that game's rights at that point in time.

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Sixfortyfive @sixfortyfive.bsky.social · 8d

Ontario Anagram

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