I should’ve remembered tears of the kingdom wasn’t in the list

As someone who put ME:1 second - I didn’t mind the Mako. the lack of auto saves are a pain in all sections, but make the mako much worse given how fiddly its sections can be. It was possibly the worst part of the game, but it didn’t make it worse overall for me to have to use it sometimes.

Given its 1998 release date, we can compare:

2007: a gaming forum voting 9 year old Ocarina of time the best game ever.

2026: Bluesky votes 9 year old breath of the wild the best game ever. (I know it’ll be the sequel, but they’re the same game to me so whatever)

I would argue that this is a great placement for a solo dev project’s small game.

Saw this interview on a TV at lunch, amazing how the Zoom Chic makes her look amateurish and she didn’t realise

Much nicer on the eyes with the background and text contrast. Red should probably be a little bit lighter but it’s not too bad.

They use a tool to check if it passes standards, I don’t remember which one but it’s on a website so this one probably works similarly. I think 4:1 is the minimum we use for text on backgrounds

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I am not a graphic designer and I have no real idea of colour theory, but I do implement the work of graphic designers on a daily basis. We basically never use flat black as a background for text. It’s always dark grey with white or pale coloured text (for accessibility contrast reasons)

Good format but I would probably change the colour scheme so it’s less harsh

There’s a wall down the Salford side of the Irwell that has great graffiti art on it that I used to walk past on my way to work. Really beautiful stuff, but you’d also get knobheads throwing random tags on other people’s work which always sucked. Like any art, good stuff needs time and effort.

ME1 is one of my favourite games, but I think Disco Elysium is a piece of art that really proves how and why games flourish as a distinct art form.

That said ME1 I was so engaged in the main story I rushed to the end and had to play it again straight after to get all the side content

I ummed and ahhed over Deus Ex v BG3 but went Deus Ex as I think about it a lot still after playing it once 5 years ago, and prefer certain parts of D:OS2 over BG3. Also SDV v FNV was a tough one, not sure if I chose right there.

1 and 2 were an easy lock though and Disco is my personal GOAT anyway

I haven’t updated my twitter app on my phone since 2022 and it finally stopped working January 2024, so I stoped using it regularly. Stopped using X entirely last year when I logged on and it showed me people mocking a woman’s suicide at the top of “for you.” Truly mind poisoning.

I need to search my steam so I can see which of these I played in 2023, before I vote. (Now is going to end up BG3 like everyone else)

For my personal sanity I’m going to pretend that’s a typo and they’re 16.

I think it’s a good sign for growth that Bluesky can capture the “teenager having a political awakening” crowd and all their obviously insane and wrong takes that result.