Charlotte Aranea 📖✍️

@araneacharlotte.hijumpboots.com

Writer & Tetris grandmaster. wife: @noaj-t.bsky.social

"But the article says most people don't have the context to understand it!" I don't know how to tell you this but no one learns what a genre is from the name. Like shit like beat'em'up and fighting games and shit were used interchangeably for years until we just decided which one was which.

There are some cute options out there that I like better but I'm going to keep saying Metroidvania because, despite all claims to the contrary, I actually want people to know what I'm talking about.

The reason FPS caught on is because its a better name. The reason "search action" hasn't is because it isnt better. This convo is annoying because its just whinging for no reason. Come up with a better term if you want metroidvania replaced

Chiitan thinks of transgender people as my mom and dad cherish my mom and dad for the rest of my life I love you all I will continue to spread the message about transgender people until the day I disappear I hope that all good-hearted transgender people can live their lives with pride and happiness

I think a lot about Tim Roger's postmortem on Videoball where he said, essentially, that it's bad to have too many modes in a small multiplayer game because it divides the playerbase too much and makes matchmaking a nightmare. To a degree, I think this is applicable to speedrunning.

hello I am modern aaa game designer. the shareholders told me to make the game longer. I do not wish to make the game longer. they told me to make the game longer or I lose job. I make the player collect 6 potatoes for 5% damage resistance. The shareholders are happy. I've been laid off.

Crushed@silenttakedown.bsky.social · 5d ago

yeah sure whatever, let lara croft cook potato stew on her phone for 2m0s of damage resistance who gives a shit anymore

a screenshot from the upcoming remake of Tomb Raider 1. lara croft is looking at her phone in the middle of an ancient ruin, and it's showing her a generic crafting menu, and a png of saucepan of stew that apparently her phone lets her cook for "Damage resistance" if she has 6 potatoes