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I look at the horrors and think "at least they have volume sliders, unlike many websites today."

Thank you, /r/ProgrammerHumor, I love you endlessly.

Redditors competing to make the worst volume sliders possible...

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the history of Wizardry as a series is really funny to me.

you know how Metroid is more popular in the United States? imagine if it were so popular in the United States, and so neglected in Japan, that Nintendo stopped making them after Fusion. But there were fucking forty Metroids Prime.

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Rosado Project Starflower Lilly MK3 1/10 Scale

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all these retro style games that are like "NO tutorials NO handholding" apparently forgot about the little books that used to come with your game that detailed all the mechanics, controls, special moves, lore, maps, collectables, means of unlocking additional content, character bios, etc

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My favorite thing is seeing how different translations convey eccentric phrases and figures of speech.

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Apsup’s Top games of 2024

At the start of the year, I decided to start putting down games I finished, to make a little list I can look at the end of the year. I probably forgot to update it couple times, and it doesn’t have anything I didn’t “finish”, which means no matter how much I played Granblue Versus, it ain’t on the list. Ultimately it was something meant just for me, and now I’m using it to make Top 5 list. Bit late to the GOTY party, but that’s because everyone else is early, December still counts. Not an ordered list, I’m not comparing these to each others.

1. Trails Through Daybreak

I’m Trails fan, there was a new one, it’s really good. Loved the cast, and am looking forward to the sequel in few months. While I didn’t dislike the combat, I don’t think it was strongest combat in the series, and thankfully apparently next game improves on that.

2. Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth

I’m Like a Dragon fan, there was a new one, it’s really good. While not at good as the previous game, 7 was the best in the series, no shame falling short of that. And this game introduced Yukata Yamai, whom I liked and hope he could stick around in some form.

3. Sakura Wars

The fact that this doesn’t have official translation and western release is a shame, a disappointment, a crime. Cute girls and mechs, (quite simple) tactical combat, power scaling based on how much the girls like you, anime opening at start of every chapter, “in the next episode” -sections at end of every chapter. Sakura Wars is good and deserves more.

4. Ace Combat 3

I wrote a whole post trying to convey the impact of this game hitting my face, I’m not repeating that here. Ace Combat 3 is amazing. Every Ace Combat fan should play it, and anyone who isn’t Ace Combat fan, should fix that.

5. Demons Roots

I’ve seen people call Demons Roots the best written jrpg in last decade or something like that, and I don’t think it’s quite that. But it’s good enough that I understand some people getting that far in their praise. It’s just not “good for rpg-maker eroge”, it’s genuinely good. I do recommend it, just be an adult and know what you are getting into, it’s still rpg-maker eroge.

Bonus: Deadlock

In the handful of months it’s been out, Deadlock has become my third most played game, based on playtime, on Steam. I don’t understand this. I’m afraid it will be my second Dota 2, game I’ll pour hundreds of hours into, not getting particularly good at, but just playing match after match, chilling. I can’t even say if it’s “good” or if I “like” it, in this case those terms feel meaningless. But I have to give some respect on the time it has stolen from me.

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good morning ace attorney community

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I fully understand why "character A is astounded at the sight of character B's penis" is a specific kink that gets tagged for, but the fact that some platforms choose to tag this kink as "penis awe" is unintentionally very funny. Now I'm picturing penis experience kink tags for all those other allegedly transcendent emotions in the glossary of your Philosophy 101 textbook. Penis faith. Penis Weltschmerz. Penis apprehension of the absurd.

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Why does Upper Class Married Homosexual get six pages, when middle class ones get only 1 and working class gets two?

Actually skimming the list, I think they get more pages than any other category.

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Good morning

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aparently in the latest fantastic 4 comics johnny storm has been in a relationship with an alien, and that would be pretty standard affair for marvel heroes, right.

except someone at marvel with fucking balls of steel and the biggest brain in the known universe made the alien look... actually alien

this is the greatest thing ive seen in my life, is almost enough to make me want to read the comic

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I did not have "a line about hanging with cocks out" in my Trails through Daybreak bingo card. Game keeps surprising me, in various ways.

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Playing Trails Through Daybreak, in the intermission, and I’m thinking “where is this bit going” and then a cutscene delivers the punchline and shows where it’s going. And I just had to pause and get up and pace around a bit swallowing the whole thing. This God Damn, fucking, dumb-ass game (extremely affectionate)

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I should have guessed it, but I was not ready on how much players would be drawn into the slapstick potential of Fabula Ultima offering a Big Book as a melee weapon. (Though in some cases it's not just the funniest option, but also optimal one)

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Despite still having not played it, I decided to buy the new books for Fabula Ultima. I’m really liking the Game Master’s Booklet. It’s a short booklet that’s half of advice for Game Masters and half of tables and random generators of few different kinds.

I was all in when one of the first advice had bit of “The information you give is never as clear as you would want.” It’s kinda obvious but it’s still good thing to remind people from time to time, ttrpgs are all about talking and good communication can be hard.

And generally the book’s philosophy for GM;ing is something I generally agree with. GM should have plans, make preparations and think ahead, but be willing to pivot and react to what happens on the table. And while I say I agree with the idea, it’s also something I at time struggle with in play.

I also got the Techno Fantasy Atlas, containing ideas, rules and material for more scifiesque campaigns. But I’ve only glanced at that so far, nothing to say about that yet.

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who was the guy who said every indie game is named either "empoisoned" or "swumbles big jumble" . i swear this is a real thing someone said