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[found-in-retro-game-mags]

Blair Witch Vol 1-3 ad (Computer Games #120, Nov. 2000)

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

No time for fashion, we have a stat bonus to collect.

[studiodrydock]

Introducing Wylde Society - a period drama sim game

✨ Game Announcement ✨

Introducing Wylde Society; a period drama sim  game! ☕

👠 Play as Vivian Wylde; witch & socialite 🏩 Build & run a magical boarding house 🍽️ Host dinner parties & elegant balls 🔮 Explore magical realms & expand your magic

Enjoy the trailer, and please reblog ✨

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[tritoch]

the warrior of light as a game-breaking force of violence

there's a moment, relatively early in dawntrail, that establishes succinctly how out of place the warrior of light (as the savior of eorzea and main character of four successive final fantasy game plots) is in what is essentially the story of fresh new final fantasy protagonist wuk lamat. and it sets up quite nicely how the framework of fantasy video game conflict pulls the warrior of light forever towards violence as the expansion goes on.

spoilers through 7.0 follow

consider wuk lamat's kidnapping and rescue. bakool ja ja holds his blade to wuk lamat's throat, taunting you. his lackeys line up against your party in neat little ranks suspiciously reminiscent of a classic final fantasy encounter screen.

and it simply does not matter to the warrior of light. you stride right through their combat setup because you are beyond that by now. the warrior of light has absolutely no respect for the "we are about to do ATB combat" lineup. the camera even jumps the line for you in one continuous rotating shot, crossing the axis of action as though to emphasize through the disruption of visual convention how far outside the game's boundaries you are.

this is how far you are above the problems of dawntrail's first half. you cannot even be bound by the normal rules of cinematography and video game combat. everyone else here lined up for a good old-fashioned scrap and the warrior of light said haha nope actually. i'm going to stroll through here like a god of war astride this tiny battlefield. your henchmen cannot even raise a hand to me. i don't even have to engage in violence directly anymore. my mere presence is enough.

in fact, not only can bakool ja ja's henchmen not raise a hand to you, he's not even worthy of your direct intervention. he kidnaps wuk lamat and steals her keystones and frees valigarmanda and kidnaps hunmu rruk and none of it warrants the warrior of light so much as raising a finger. he's wuk lamat's recurring villain, that's not your problem. you're just here to take in the scenery.

zoraal ja spends his whole life aspiring to be thought of as his father's equal and a worthy successor to the dawnservant as the "resilient son." all it takes for gulool ja ja to acknowledge you as a warrior on his level is like a five minute sparring match. the acknowledgement from gulool ja ja that zoraal ja hungered for his whole life and would eventually go full cyborg supervillain to get via regicide is something the warrior of light receives casually in a throwaway line after their level 93 solo duty on the way to more important plot conversations.

it really seems for a second, in the first half of dawntrail, like you are strong enough and the problems simple enough for this to be a clean and easy adventure. bakool ja ja? power of friendship'd. mamook? successfully reintegrated, no worries about the crimes against humanity. rite of succession? handily won. nothing can stop you. even duty finder queue times have been conquered: you can do all your duties with trusts now.

all of which only makes it better when the second half has sphene ask you and wuk lamat directly: could your strength have been enough to save alexandria? could you have found a different way?

i know some people get very annoyed we don't intervene in the gulool ja ja fight. now personally i think if you see arthur and mordred squaring up it's rude to intervene, but beyond that, it simply wouldn't have mattered. by the time zoraal ja's forces arrived in tuliyollal, alexandria and tural were already on a collision course and doomed to conflict. your hands alone could never have averted this conflict. sphene was always bound to do what she did—and certainly a gulool ja ja without his reason would not be any more inclined to peace than wuk lamat and koana were.

there's a great little moment just before living memory where estinien, champion at reading the room, is like "okay so if thancred and i stay here that frees up you up, aibou, to do what you do best and save the world and have epic fights. woo!!!" and immediately afterwards you basically have to apologize to alisaie because part of the sort of unspoken premise of this whole trip in the first place was that you were, finally, not going to plunge into mortal peril to save the world. you were finally going to take it easy. you were finally done with that. and she has to sort of ruefully be like nah it's fine bro. i was trying to get you to take it easy and not do insane risky world-saving violence. but y'know these things (interdimensional invasions) happen.

by the time you reach the very last trial, all pretense that the warrior of light could have ever been beyond these problems has vanished. you were, very emphatically, not strong enough to hold onto all that was dear without sacrifice. gulool ja ja and otis and cahciua died. yyasulani was irreversibly changed, physically colonized and culturally decimated by another dimension. you systematically shut down each part of living memory, and all its friendly, charming, loving ghosts, with your own hands. with your own clicks.

not even the vaunted strength of the warrior of light is enough to overcome sphene's inexorable logic of conflict. and so, in the end, she plucks you out of the crowd and says, explicitly for reasons of your strength, that you are going to have to do a boss fight now. you are going to have to kill her and you are going to have to do it in a proper 8-on-1 trial, and she forces you to affirmatively state that you understand you're going to kill her.

did you think you were above it all? did you think you could get away from here with your weapon undrawn, with your hands clean? that for you and you alone the logic of conflict comes undone? wrong. wrong. wrong.

your strength cannot redeem you, says sphene. your friends cannot make these sacrifices for you. if you would play the hero then you must play the hero. no half-measures.

back to the duty finder with ye.

[destined-productions]

Just wrapped up the new Collector Mode for Mighty Marbles! In this mode, you’ll chase down coins hidden in tricky spots you might skip in Standard Mode. Think you can collect them all? Now with super shiny coins! I love shiny things!

I love making this game with passion and I am so excited to share it with the world, but somehow I need to let the world know. Unfortunately the way steam works is the more wishlists the more visibility, so if you are interested it is super appreciated :)

Wishlist on steam or visit the website to find out more mightymarbles.com

[alpha-beta-gamer]

POOLS is an eerie poolcore liminal space exploration game inspired by Jared Pikes's Dream Polls artwork!

Read More & Play The Beta Demo, Free (Steam)

Extended gameplay video:

[lckydog]

pretty boy alert 🚨

[vpandav]

There are five hidden hearts in the picture! Can you find them?

The heart-finding game "Heartreasure" is coming to Steam as a PC game! 🔗 store.steampowered.com/app/3530160 👆 Support us by adding it to your wishlist!

[watersgym]

The Sims 2 magazine covers

[wardensantoineandevka]

sometimes I wanna talk more about Laudna and unpack how I personally was really disappointed after having some really high expectations of her and was really excited for an exploration of aspects of trauma and healing from it making you feel locked in place or the navigation of such a huge narrative event from a different perspective but how I ultimately personally felt her character was worse than incoherent, it was empty (hollow, even), especially under how Marisha initially conceptualized her as "over her trauma" and how that affected the way groundwork was laid

and sometimes I imagine talking about how even her mechanics are underwhelming when they could have done something interesting

but then I remember the worst I got harassed and the only time I was called a slur in this fandom was because I mildly remarked that maybe there's an interesting narrative to be had if she wasn't resurrected

so, I just waffle about it endlessly

[wildfairies]

devora wilde honestly deserves the same amount of praise and hype as neil for her portrayal of lae'zel

[luovuusedit]

First step for my Another note fan game!

The game will feature:

Items, puzzles, multiple choices, multiple endings, a special ending cutscene, game over screens (?), quick time events, and so on.

I wanted to re-use the DS sprites for the characters, but it felt wrong and lazy so, I decided to draw them in my style.

I gotta think about the other poses and expressions.

Something about L's voice doesn't convince me tho....

I think once I'll finish the game, I'll make it available on my itch.io profile.

[cypric-rat-hyperfixation]

-100% SALES FOLKS

[bilgetbd]

how it started vs how it's going 🔫

[destined-productions]

First look at video of Mighty Marbles running on the steam deck (it will be coming to switch too!).

I am a solo dev making a game I love as a hobby and hopefully some people also love the game :) It is a physics based game where you are the level, and I am trying to make different challenges as possible.

Unfortunately the way steam works is the more wishlists the more visibility, so if you are interested it is super appreciated :)

Wishlist on steam or visit the website to find out more mightymarbles.com

[almostyours]

★   .   THE  VOICE  OF  ■■■■

kaia's tone can shift effortlessly from soft,  breathy whispers to full-on belting,  and she makes it look super easy.  she has this light,  airy quality to her voice,  but when she hits those sweet high notes,  there's that little rasp that adds a little something that draws us in.  whether she’s breaking hearts with a ballad or bringing the energy on a hype track,  kaia knows how to shine in hiraeth.

with a voice that resembles the idea of a fairy,  you wouldn’t think that she’s known as one of the best rappers in the industry.  she’s got this sharp,  confident flow that is both playful and intense,  keeping you hooked from the first word,  either in korean,  japanese,  or english.  one moment she’s fierce,  the next she’s throwing in a quirky twist that makes you hum and dance along,  and somehow,  it all works because it’s her.  her voice is smooth enough to switch gears and give you something sweet and sincere too,  making it feel like she’s born for this.

UH  OH!   but isn’t it funny?  her vocals don’t get nearly enough love.  she’s out here harmonizing like a pro—  mind you,  she can keep up with her members that are known as vocalists,  but all anyone talks about are…  the many clips of her voice cracking or the ones where she's messing up their live performances just a little bit.  so now,  people are like,  “just let her do the rapping and be pretty”. like,  hey,  everyone has one of those days!

★   .   SABRINA  CARPENTER,  SOYEON  &  ROSÉ ★   .   KANA  NISHINO.  JOY.  REI.  JULIE.  YOOA.  WONYOUNG.

★   .   THE  VOICE  OF  ■■■■■

poppy's tone is crystal-clear,  with this emotional depth that makes every note and lyric feel personal,  as if she was talking to you.  she can float through soft ballads and hit high notes effortlessly,  known to be one of the very few people who can keep up with the group’s main vocalist.  there’s this delicateness to her voice,  but it carries both strength and something familiar to it that makes you feel everything she is singing about.

she also has that breathy style that could make a baby fall asleep!  zzzz.  but what really stands out is her versatility.  her voice is smooth and rich,  but with a little bite that keeps it from sounding too polished.  

poppy's voice is nostalgic,  dreamy,  and has an endearing natural flow,  which is why people speculate it’s too good to have,  calling it either AI or fake.  but that’s not the only reason people call her voice fake!  her singing tone is just that sweet,  but when she starts talking?  totally different.  her speaking voice is deep and low and kind of unexpected to hear from miss pretty face who barely stands at five feet two inches,  giving people real whiplash after hearing her sing!

UH  OH!   remember that one time she was caught lip-syncing?  people just won’t let it goooooooooo, along with those “unprofessional” claims just because she dissociated twice or thrice or something. istoppedcountingnotgonnalie. as if that doesn’t happen to the best of us! but back to the lip-syncing because, mind you,  she was doing this crazy dance routine in literal high heels while wearing a short dress during a festival show,  so obviously,  she had to pace herself or else she was going to get into another accident!  at least she’s constantly proving everyone wrong with every performance...  and in high heels! 

★   .   TAEYEON,  SEULGI  &  ARIANA  GRANDE ★   .   SEJEONG.  CHUNGHA.  NANA  MIZUKI.  BIBI.  SOYOU.

★   .   THE  VOICE  OF  ■■■■

yvan’s voice is powerful,  but in the kind of way that catches you off guard and makes you love it.  there’s this theatrical,  almost dramatic flair to it,  giving every song an extra layer of intensity and of something new.  they can go from something soft and slow to belting with so much control that it feels like the whole room stops to listen.  their voice is bold,  but not overwhelming.  emotional and commanding,  that’s our ITHEY!

then there’s this crispness to their tone,  where every note is hit with precision.  even when they’re singing fast-paced or upbeat tracks,  their voice stays sharp.  they have that ability to switch from lighter,  playful moments to really digging into the deep,  emotional stuff,  making it feel like they’re telling a story with every song.  and one thing that is universally loved by angels and anyone with ears?  is that you can just tell when yvan is smiling,  frowning,  or crying when singing.

their versatility is crazy,  though.  yvan can hit those high,  bright notes with a lot of ease,  but when they drop into the lower range,  there’s this richness that makes anything sound even better.  no matter what, their voice stands out:  it’s loud,  clear,  and always full of personality.

UH  OH!   but,  okay,  here’s the thing…  some people find yvan’s voice a bit too much.  they say they are loud,  dramatic and overpowering.  some fans are like,  “can yvan just tone it down a little so we can hear kaia’s 10-second lines?”.  and then there’s the whole thing whenever yvan collabs with other idols.  their fans are always complaining,  claiming that yvan’s voice overshadows everyone else just to show off.  it’s annoying because what’s the problem?  that’s their job—  to sing!  it’s not their fault that they can sing and others don’t or are just not good at it!

★   .   CHAPPELL  ROAN,  WENDY  &  LiSA ★   .   SOLAR.  LILY.  HAYLEY  WILLIAMS.  RENEÉ  RAPP.