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Every time a Nintendo Direct shows recorded gameplay footage at less than 30 FPS, an angel loses its wings.

Every time I watch a Nintendo Direct, I think... Japanese companies: Thank you for buying and appreciating the service that we provide, we're able to continue because of you. American companies: What if we made every product update hostile AND made you pay a subscription for it?

O'Hare is hell on earth

The chintzy-looking M64 clone console of the N64 by a company named ModRetro has been released, I think, I don't pay attention that closely to shit. But as the great @frankcifaldi.bsky.social posted before, it is our civic duty to push back against this company and shun ANYONE who doesn't.

I fear the youth are unfamiliar with Timesplitters

@criticalerrorpod.bsky.social I'm a newer listener and enjoying the content. But that Aaron West and the Roaring Twenties reference out of nowhere last week is going to keep me coming back.

I watched this happen to friends in other industries in 2023. The fear and morale erosion is so destructive. All we can do is support the devs as the waves hit.

Jason Schreier@jasonschreier.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I want to re-emphasize one part of this Xbox story: Half of the 3,200 cuts are happening today and half are happening in the next 12 months. In other words, even people who survived today's layoffs will have to spend the coming year wondering if they're going to be next.

this news coming at the same time as "We're stopping physical media production" means I don't even have to explain why fully shifting to digital is Bad

VGC@videogameschronicle.com · 3mo ago

Sony is closing the PlayStation Store on PS3 and Vita. www.videogameschronicle.com/news/sony-is...

Show me a cool physical game

Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️@sharkabytes.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Show me a cool physical game

PlayStation in 2026

Support all your favourite indies doing physical releases, we don't have much of it left and it means so much for them to have the games they worked on in a tangible form

Sony thought to themselves "it sure worked out well for Microsoft to remove everything that made Xbox desirable, maybe we should do the same." Time to go back to PC gaming.

John Linneman@dark1x.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Imagine the sales pitch Sony PlayStation 6 Digital only, $1000, no more backwards compatibility with your old discs, ultra lengthy cross-gen period, slow first-party release cadence...what a steal! Is this some sort of challenge? Anger your fanbase as much as possible and see what you can sell?

I had fun playing Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards this weekend. I don't remember many games using the N64 D-pad, but it works well for this game, though the controls don't feel very tight. The ability combinations are a ton of fun, definitely more inventive than a lot of Kirby games.

I just published another huge performance improvement for Igir: CHD files are now extracted without using MAME's chdman tool. This entirely eliminates temporary files, and lets you watch the progress of processing individual files. Check out v5.3.0 here: github.com/emmercm/igir...

What makes you think your digital games are safe? Once again, Studio Canal is pulling movie licenses. Purchases to be outright erased from libraries. It's the same that happened in 2022 and during the Funimation-Crunchyroll merger. Digital is rental! (via Twitter user somatyk)

A lot of danger owning games with GTA6 Publishers have always wanted to kill second hand games. It's what those online passes were in PS3 era, why Xbox One was originally DRM and so on GTA realistically can get away with anything but being so mainstream normalises this for everyone

If you let someone con you into paying $200 for aftermarket repros of Sonic 1 and Sonic 2, some of the most common Mega Drive games that are still extremely affordable, then maybe you deserve to be out $200.

Wario64@wario64.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Sonic the Hedgehog 1/2 (35th Anniversary) - Legacy Cartridge Collection up for preorder at iam8bit ($99.99 each) buff.ly/88MrNax Playable Sega Genesis-Compatible Cartridge 1 in 8 cartridges infused with Chaos Emerald energy

STOP BUYING PHYSICAL EDITIONS THAT ARE JUST EMPTY BOXES WITH DOWNLOAD CODES INSIDE YOU ARE LETTING GAMING COMPANIES KNOW THEY CAN GET AWAY WITH IT

The Nintendo 64 was released 30 years ago today in Japan, so I spent the evening playing Starfox 64, gearing up for the rerelease. I filled in some of my collection a few weeks ago at the SoCal Gaming Expo. My brother and I rented a ton of games from Blockbuster but never owned a lot of these gems.

I released Igir v5.2.0 today, which improves performance with common, CPU-bound operations. CRC32 calculation and Zstd zip decompression (e.g. RVZSTD) can both now take advantage of SIMD optimizations, depending on the age of your CPU. I notice a difference on my machine! github.com/emmercm/igir...

Release v5.2.0 · emmercm/igir

Release Highlights Optimization: built-in Node.js zlib library CRC32 checksum calculation and Zstd decompression of zip archives now use Node.js' built-in zlib library. Node.js v24+ (and Bun v1.3.1...

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Ya boy did it. Amazing game, loved every minute of it.

Christian Emmer@igir.io · 3mo ago

I'm probably 90% through Astro Bot (2014), but these games are really as good as the reviews say. Nintendo should learn how to do a pack-in again.

Microsoft continuing to make anti gamer moves? Predictable. But Sony doing it? Shame on you.

Wario64@wario64.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Halo: Campaign Evolved split screen on PS5: "both accounts will need to have PlayStation Plus and be linked to a Microsoft account. Having these active PlayStation Plus subscriptions will also provide access to online co-op play." www.halowaypoint.com/news/june-co...

I'm probably 90% through Astro Bot (2014), but these games are really as good as the reviews say. Nintendo should learn how to do a pack-in again.

Loved these games growing up, they're fully worth the price they're going for these days.

Hit Save!@hitsave.org · 3mo ago

Happy birthday to Dragon Ball Z: The Legacy of Goku II, which came out for the Game Boy Advance on this day in 2003! The sequel was a major improvement over the 2002 original, and was enjoyed by DBZ fans and newcomers alike!

I added support for installing Igir via Scoop on Windows, and fixed a few other reported bugs in v5.1.2. Check it out! github.com/emmercm/igir...

Release v5.1.2 · emmercm/igir

Release Highlights Feature: install on Windows via Scoop Support for installing Igir on Windows via Scoop has been added. Scoop is a lot like Homebrew on macOS and Linux, and many applications, suc...

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we at xbox are coming to terms with the AI-fueled hardware crunch, which we helped create, failing to meet profit margins, that we made up, declining software sales, because we're self-cannibalizing our games specifically, and also everyone hates us which, believe it or not, also our fault

Other than FFXIV on Switch 2, the biggest surprise from that Direct was Nintendo acknowledging a few games getting physical editions (even if not day one). Praying they're not just all game-key cards.

The He-Man movie was fun. I didn't grow up with it so I didn't remember the character names, but I definitely had a couple toys. The recurring corporate speak gag was pretty funny, the movie definitely didn't take itself seriously.