#GAMING

[prokopetz]

"It's better to do one thing well than two things poorly" is definitely a solid rule in game design, but I have to admit a weakness for old console games that were basically two different games stacked on top of each other. Zelda II: The Adventures of Link (top-down exploration overworld which becomes a side-scrolling action platformer in dungeons), Blaster Master (side-scrolling metroidvania which becomes a top-down arcade shooter in dungeons), and The Guardian Legend (top-down action RPG which becomes a vertical shoot-'em-up in dungeons) are all titles I remember fondly, but I think my favourite example of the type is the Super Nintendo version of Jurassic Park, which has a brightly coloured Legend of Zelda style top-down overworld, then when you go inside buildings it becomes a survival-horror first person shooter. It's a game-mechanically incomprehensible choice which actually makes perfect sense in terms of emulating the source material, and it's a small disappointment to me that nobody's ever made a serious effort at elaborating on it.

[one-time-i-dreamt]

I had accidentally kept my Stardew Valley game open when I went to sleep and when I checked it in the morning, my character suddenly had a ton of kids and it was 2 in-game years later.

[retrogamingblog2]

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[koyoriin]

yozakura the fleeting 🌸

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[redzombie]

egger

[afterdark-vp]

[katanasonata]

No words. Just Link.

[alpha-beta-gamer]

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[shuunnico]

Stellar Blade Censorship

Once again, something risque gets censored and people rush in to say "omg who cares" or "stop being horny".

I'm not big on the game. But the devs had a vision and it was censored. Sony is notorious for stupid censorship of games produced outside of the EU/America and this is another case of it.

Remember what they did with DMC5? Among other games.

We are at a point where corporations are trying to pressure out anything NSFW, like Gumroad evicting anything too risque at the behest of Mastercard and Stripe.

And this is the exact same sentiment. I do not care if it's only adding a bit of fabric to her outfits or the gore is toned down. It is still censorship and against the devs' artistic vision.

The fact that people are willing to let this slide because a personal bias or prudishness is absolutely shameful. If you don't like the art, that doesn't mean you should approve of the art getting censored for no damn reason.

It seems so easy to make people defend censorship. All you have to do it cover a bit of skin and they'll shrug, yet they'll be surprised when their NSFW artist friend gets nuked off of a site.

Stop defending censorship of art for the sake of corporate approval/sensibilities.

[prokopetz]

I feel like indie video game devs are secretly conducting some sort of unethical mass social experiment to identify the exact most tedious and aggravating thing people will willingly watch a streamer play.

[nicoo-o-o]

Uhh yea I’ve had this account for YEARS BUT I SHOULD FINALLY START TO POST. Especially with TikTok getting banned soon lolll BUT IM EXCITED TO START POSTING HEREEE :) I made this for SPM’s anniversary!!

[retrogamingblog2]

[catchymemes]

[koyoriin]

hi everyone! FFXIV & PSO2 commissions are now open; both regular and summer versions! this time, i'm also accepting characters from elden ring, dragon's dogma 2, and monster hunter! i will keep the form open over the weekend until sunday afternoon PST!