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Brian Thomas
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2025 Gaming Thread:
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Incredible Christmas mystery. Quite the page turner and with its shorter length, I was able to read it over the weekend!

Benjamin Stevenson has quickly become one of my favorite authors.
December 22, 2025 at 4:48 PM
You've been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you.

Who's coming to save you?

I like my chances.
December 21, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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why did they redact this
December 20, 2025 at 8:19 PM
2012 - Dishonored
2025 - Dishonored

Arkane Lyon made me an immersive SIM fan for life.
Quote this with what you would have said your game of the year was at the end of 2012, if you had one, and what you would say your favourite game of 2012 is now, if it differs

Localisations and early access count, remasters don't. Remakes depend

Refresher list: backloggd.com/games/lib/po...
December 21, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Of fucking course they were. Such shitheads thinking that internet investigators wouldn’t find the receipts
The White House has been caught.

The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.

In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
December 20, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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For me, the main snag with Prime 4 is having an 'overworld' within a Metroid game.

It causes the individual areas to be disconnected from each other requiring intrusive 'go here now' direction at points, where with the previous connected worlds you'd scour the map and be able to direct yourself.
December 20, 2025 at 7:48 AM
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December 20, 2025 at 12:21 AM
You know what sucks? The more I played of Metroid Prime 4, the less I enjoy it.
December 18, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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Been thinking on the use of GenAi for mood boards. Ethics and legal risks aside, I truly believe using GenAi as references deprives one of many pivotal things.

Here’s a blurb on what I mean:
December 17, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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Again I say: how fucking interesting that remote work technology is bad and not worth adopting despite all research pointing to productivity gains, but genAI which offers NOTHING is so important to adopt and force on people who have no use for it despite all the horrible things genAI does
December 16, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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If you need some catharsis today, I talked to Bruce Straley about generative AI in gaming:

"I don’t know who wants it, I don’t know who’s asking for it, I don’t know who’s pushing for it, but I don’t think it’s the way as a human species we need to be evolving.” www.polygon.com/bruce-strale...
‘I don’t think prompting is art.’ The Last of Us director tees off on generative AI
Bruce Straley doesn't think gen AI has a place in game development
www.polygon.com
December 16, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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we can kill them all if we just work together and ✨believe💫
December 15, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Easily the best mouse I’ve ever had, worth every penny for my design work.
Logitech MX Master 3S Wireless Mouse is $79.99 on Amazon buff.ly/gudhRYM #ad
December 15, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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Solves a lot of problems.
December 13, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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showing a trailer at the Game Awards costs anywhere from $450,000 to a cool $1 million.. here's my old-ass Tiny Tires trailer for free ❤️ #indiegames
December 11, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Xalavier has seen the Matrix and is about to make the best sports game this decade.
I'VE PLAYED BACKYARD BASEBALL AND I SEE THE LIGHT

I SEE THE FUCKIN' LIGHT

SPORTS GAMES - ALL GAMES

WE COULD BE SO MUCH MORE
December 13, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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Looking back it's crazy how much BIG HOPS has changed over the years...
December 13, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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December 13, 2025 at 8:50 AM
In 2017: Super Mario Odyssey

In 2025: Super Mario Odyssey
Quote this with what you would have said your game of the year was at the end of 2017, and what you would say your favourite game of 2017 is now, if it differs

(The grid is to jog memories, you can pick things that aren't on it. For a more comprehensive refresher: backloggd.com/games/lib/po...)
December 11, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Ain’t no way Miyamoto signed off Sol Valley being a fun game mechanic.

Traversing/exploring is tedious and mundane to the point where it feels like Sol Valley was included just to have the bike in the game.
December 10, 2025 at 5:34 PM
My PlayStation 2025 Wrap-Up

Yeah that’s about right.
December 9, 2025 at 6:26 PM
I was slightly worried after getting out in the “open world” of Prime 4 but going through this Ice Area is ✨perfect✨ Metroid vibes.
December 8, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Film you’ve seen more than six times. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel.
December 8, 2025 at 3:05 AM
I sincerely hope that Netflix doesn’t fuck with these studios and let them do their thing
A WB spokesperson confirmed that the nine WB Games Studios will join Netflix including NetherRealm, Rocksteady, Avalanche Software, and TT Games.

www.gamedeveloper.com/business/yes...
December 5, 2025 at 2:32 PM