Switch 2 is the new GameCube confirmed.

I'm having wicked dreams of leaving Tennessee. If we had a government that was even still pretending to uphold any aspect of what actually COULD make America great, this would never even be a question. It's the most blatantly unconstitutional thing I've ever seen my local elected officials do.

"Graham, watch out! A poisonous snake!"

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I think ideally, every new region would be nothing but new Pokémon and regional variants of old ones. But putting THAT many new designs in every game isn't really sustainable.

Josh@geekcritique.org · yesterday

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Try your best to focus on what you can control, instead of what you can't. Your decisions, what you're paying attention to, and most importantly what the emotions you're feeling *mean*. Emotions aren't inherently positive or negative. Try to frame them in a way that does you good.

Josh@geekcritique.org · yesterday

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hahah

Nintendo of America@nintendooamerica.bsky.social · 2mo ago

🎵 Well, where to start? And what's the goal? It's games as art that touch the soul. You have no heart, so how can you speak of love? 🎶 Zelda: Ocarina of Time WITH LYRICS ft. Dave Bulmer is now available on the #NintendoMusic App! 🎵 Listen now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRGx...

Join the Inner Ring Discord server for just $15 at patreon.com/GeekCritique so you can witness me yap about the merits of a video game side mode from 18 years ago at 4 in the morning.

Watching this video, and lol... I'm exactly the right age where * I remember the launch of the Wayback Machine * The "early internet" as I thought of it in 2001, even though it was just 3-5 years before, was already INCREDIBLY nostalgic to me www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZmD...

What the Internet Was Like in 2001

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On a somewhat happier note, this reminds me of that story of that college lady who was in a class debate on gay marriage. She said the reason it shouldn't be legal was because if it was, "all women would just marry other women." You don't even know that you're telling on yourself!

Ayo@darrylayo.bsky.social · 18h ago

Guys like this don’t realize that they are the freak

I really need to read Cory Doctorow's books.

Rik Godwin@rikgodwin.bsky.social · 9h ago

"AI is the asbestos we're shovelling into the walls of our technological society. Our descendants will spend generations digging it out again, and the longer the bubble goes on without popping, the longer it will take to repair the damage." Good lord [positive]

Josh (@geekcritique.org) returns to discuss the recent VGHF uploads of materials from early E3s! We get into the full Nintendo press conference from 1997 that revealed Banjo-Kazooie and Conker's Quest to the world, and more historic DKU moments, on the #Kongversation! www.dkvine.com?p=podcasts&s...

the bullies at school keep making me squeeze through narrow gaps so that they can seamlessly integrate cutscenes into gameplay without a loading screen.

Most of it's just YouTubers grifting, but to play devil's advocate... I *love* Bananza, obviously. But I don't agree that it's a sequel to Odyssey in all but name. It is its own thing, as well it should be, but it really doesn't scratch the same itch that Odyssey did, or vice-versa.

Josh@geekcritique.org · yesterday

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Yeah, it's definitely a "two cakes" situation, except both cakes are within centimeters of being the same size, and they're both absolute masterpieces.

Josh@geekcritique.org · yesterday

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I agree to an extent. But just "alternate skins" is too limited. I want them to have their own abilities while still being based in the same "high speed platforming" genre. Superstars has my favorite expression of that in any Sonic game.

Josh@geekcritique.org · yesterday

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I can see that, but I suppose what qualifies as "too hard" is gonna be different for every player. Making it to Sonic 2's finale for the first time and burning all my lives and continues is like a canon event in the formation of my tastes and I'd never change anything about it.

Josh@geekcritique.org · yesterday

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Totally fair if it sucks for you! They both have their pros and cons, and I'm just happy we're WAY past the 7th gen days where console versions had terrible framerates and screen tearing.

Josh@geekcritique.org · yesterday

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I dunno, I mean the level design was literally MADE for Sonic's abilities. I think removing some of that friction just makes it easier to enjoy for a lot of players. It's probably the one game where I prefer playing as Knuckles, in any case!

Josh@geekcritique.org · yesterday

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Super Eyepatch Wolf here makes all kinds of points on why "AI" is *worse than useless* for creative expression. The thought of getting it to write a script FOR me would be completely, completely missing the point of why I do this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtvI...

The Hank Green Situation is Weird and Sad

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you get this if your referrer is one of the big ai sites (or this URL). one thing i got was "but you're penalizing the people who are actually following the links, to read the original!" and yes, we do, because they shouldn't be asking those tools in the first place.

TCRF Informalities@tcrfinformal.bsky.social · 2d ago

A bit of a more unique post: The site's ChatGPT source prevention screen!

Ooh, that was another thing, lotta NES vets considered SMW a huge step down in difficulty. And it *was*, to be fair. SMB3 was like a capstone test for the NES era. SMW was much more balanced, and ofc the Cape Feather made a lot of levels a breeze if you knew how to use it.

Chris Allcock@taskbaarchitect.com · yesterday

In Comet, a UK electrical store, they had demo kiosks in "The GamesMaster Zone" which is where I first played SMW. As an SMB3 veteran it was instantly comfortable to play, but then I heard my Dad say "See, he'll have it finished in a day". I immediately, and performatively, hurled Mario into a pit.

Funny enough, you're actually right in line with what a lot of players were saying in 1991! That SMW was too much "more of the same," and not nearly the leap in fidelity that SMB3 was, that you'd hope for out of a next-gen console.

Josh@geekcritique.org · yesterday

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Personally, I totally agree, and it's the major reason I'm glad Nintendo is still thriving. If they weren't, I'd have been down to almost exclusively playing indie/retro games a long time ago.

Josh@geekcritique.org · yesterday

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I think that's fair and hell there was a time when I definitely would have said the same. Sonic 1 was EXTREMELY unconventional, but it still held closer to convention than future games would. For some people, that's not a bad thing. It kinda is to the classics what Colors is to the boost era.

Josh@geekcritique.org · yesterday

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Great breakdown of the discoverability problem and how to fix it, but... "And crucially, the group found that nobody is financially motivated to fix the system as a whole. If success depends on feeding the algorithm, the safe choice wins every time." ...is the rub.

GamesIndustry.biz@gibiz.bsky.social · yesterday

The industry makes great games, but nobody can find them. Algorithms built to surface content are increasingly rewarding volume, familiarity, and short-term engagement over quality or originality. https://bit.ly/44VFYO9

'eyy, new PB in Superstars! It's been a long time!

Sonic had a rough transition into 2.5D.

Considering Odyssey and Bananza alone, I'd give it to Nintendo EPD in a heartbeat.

GamePakPreacher@gamepakpreacher.bsky.social · 2d ago

To any Banjo fans that see this If you had the power to pick ONE studio to make a potential new game.... Who would you pick and why? (be civil about it please this is all in good fun)