#sugar and rockets

[hardcore-gaming-101]

Intelligent Qube

Puzzle games normally tend to be bright and cheery affairs, presenting their abstract gameplay with vivid colours and upbeat music to make the act of puzzle solving an openly welcoming and exciting time. That’s certainly not the case when it comes to Intelligent Qube, a PlayStation-era puzzler conceptualized by Masahiko Sato (a professor at the Tokyo University of Arts with a background in advertising). 

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[kagooleo]

low blood sugar lance

[gods-favorite-autistic]

Monty feeding a sugar glider a bullet is for sure a highlight of the episode so far

[the-ninja-legacy-whip]

So can Zane tell the difference between a dream and a vision? Or could he mistake one for the other?

Yeah, as to Zane, a 'dream' and a 'vision' have different vibes to them. As Zane's visions always come true, though don't occur very often, when he gets them he kinds 'lives' in them, or they 'feel more real' to him. Usually with a sense of de ja vu afterwards...or a sense of foreboding, given how extreme the vision is.

His dreams, meanwhile, tend to be 'fuzzier', or include elements of plausible deniability in them, unlike his visions which are very much within the realm of possibility. He tries to explain this difference to Pixal who's just like ????? at ALL of it (until she gains some of her own humanity and then comes to at least Understand what a dream is)

[itneedsmoregays]

[1794]

"huh, I think I know someone who's released ten movies since 2000"

[hardcore-gaming-101]

I.Q Remix+: Intelligent Qube

It’s a challenge to figure out how to follow up on a puzzle game. The temptation’s always there to introduce more mechanics, to increase the complexity and provide a suitable challenge for experts of the original, but that can just as easily throw off a perfectly maintained balance. Intelligent Qube‘s designer Masahiko Sato once discussed how he originally planned to feature more complex cube shapes, until he realized that it made the game too complex and unpredictable.  Another option is to rework the presentation, using the same classic gameplay but bringing in new sights and sounds to revitalize things (2018’s Tetris Effect is a famous example of this working like a treat). But that’s a big risk to take when Intelligent Qube‘s tone and feel is so uniquely crafted by its stark visuals and haunting soundscape.  Perhaps it was due to the jump to the next generation, as a title that came just weeks after the PS2’s Japanese launch, that it was decided to try both with the next game in the series. I.Q Remix+: Intelligent Qube provides a new take on the gameplay and visuals, and while the attempt is noteworthy, it also results in a weaker game and the most visually abrasive title by far.

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[bberetd]

and that’s a wrap, 61.5 characters done! ready for the next art challenge that spawns on the internet 🫡

[thatgeekwiththeclipons]

Happy 56th Birthday to Academy Award Winning, BAFTA Winning, Golden Globe Winning, Independent Spirit Award winning filmmaker Wes Anderson! ^__^

[sphylor]

whyyyy do i have to work why cant i just play minecraft all day instead >:///

[duranduratulsa]

On the turntable today...

Serious by Duran Duran (12" Single) (1990)

Snapshot by Sylvia (1983)

Rocket/Pour Some Sugar On Me by Def Leppard (12" Single) (1989)

Under Lock And Key by Dokken (1985) (Autographed by Don Dokken, George Lynch and Jeff Pilson w/ a picture of me with Don Dokken)

(How Can You Love) In Stereo by Mark Spiro (1985)

Countdown America with John Leader 2/16/1985

#duranduran #serious #sylvia #SylviaHutton #snapshot #defleppard #rocket #poursomesugaronme #Dokken #underlockandkey #dondokken #georgelynch #JeffPilson #autograph #MarkSpiro #instereo #howcanyouloveinstereo #CountdownAmerica #johnleader #countdownamericawithjohnleader #records #album #LP #12inch #12inchvinyl #vinylrecords #vinyl #80s #90s

[juh-wasnt-deactivated19691231]

holy shit are they finally putting rocket fuel tutorials on my dash

[snoozingbear]

yayyyyyyyyyy spending money

[calico-kiwi]

shout out to one of my new best friends who’s letting my absolutely decimate his sleep schedule to play minecraft with me, he a real one

[theres-whump-in-that-nebula]

Uh okay yeah maybe shouldn’t have drank coffee in the middle of the day. I’m gonna be knocked out cold in just a few minutes ashdhdjdbdjdnjdjd