Jake Haas
@jakehahaha.bsky.social
Mostly yapping (and sometimes writing) about video games! https://medium.com/@crystalcollect he/him
It’s fun to watch a community try to change a sub genre’s label/name in real time before it sticks forever Like, the most obvious way to rephrase “friendslop” would be to just call them “friendship” games but that sounds lame and boring so we’re getting stuff like “prox-chatters” instead
Welcome to the great Tech Pause. It could be worse. www.pcgamer.com/gaming-indus...
Embrace the great Tech Pause
It's a great time to enjoy the stuff we already have.
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Fortune's Weave is bringing back the traditional Christmas cavalier! Fire Emblem games have historically had a pair of red and green colored knight units the community dubbed "Christmas cavs". They were a fun little series staple until some of the more modern games. Really cool to see them return.
ok it's low hanging fruit but i had to do it. dietrich is so fucking funny
holy shit ancient babylonians were already on "live, laugh, love"
With Fortune’s Weave offering parallel paths/simultaneous routes in one playthrough, I have to imagine that each path is considerably different than the others. Three Houses had some of the same maps for different routes and that would have been VERY tedious to do those back-to-back-to-back-to-back.
Hello chat, we now get to see GROWTH RATES, for the first time in a Fire Emblem game. 💜 So for example, HP 80 means the unit has an 80% chance of gaining HP point(s) on leveling up. This will help us to build maximized units in the best classes for them, it's awesome! #FortunesWeave
Just a heads up: if you’re trying to avoid the Nintendo Direct for Fortune’s Weave so you can go in blind, I respect that hell out of that BUT they reveled some major stuff in it. People will treat what was shown as promotional non-spoilers, so it’s probably going to be hard to dodge that stuff!
The Direct had some major info drops in it! Everything about the game looks great from my perspective as a Fire Emblem sicko. They're taking the reputational success of Three Houses and running with it hard! This has a very real chance to be the best game in the series for me.
Nintendo will send the mafia after your family if you get caught making a fan game but let gems like this fill up their eShop
sebmal@mrdo.pro · 2d agoimportant things are happening on the nintendo eshop
I've learned to love games that spend less time on their narrative because most game narratives aren't that great anyways. I'm okay with the princess being in another castle! Capcom's stuff often has bad storytelling but it never feels like my time is wasted and I know what I'm getting going in
NESbot@nesbot.bsky.social · 3d agoNow that Capcom games have been amazing for a while... is it time for them to start improving on narrative as well? www.resetera.com/threads/15...
when you’re in a shonen battle against Jamiroquai in a 90’s Japanese Sony commercial and have to use your special MD Changer attack against him (you had to go all out)
Jeff Weiss@passionweiss.bsky.social · 3d ago
Cheesing hard encounters in video games is always cool and based. Glitches, cheesing, mods, cheat codes, whatever. Playing with the way you can play a game rules and is a unique aspect of the medium. You don’t get Awesome Games Done Quick by coloring in the lines!
🎉 IT'S LIVE 🎉 The game industry hardship fund itch bundle made in partnership with @necrosoftgames.com is HERE. Over 100 games for $10+ bucks: all funds (save for itch fees) go directly to the UVW-CWA Game Worker Hardship Fund. GOOD GAMES FOR A GOOD CAUSE👇 itch.io/b/3802/game-...
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Saw this pop up earlier and think it’s a very good read on modern criticism in general!
How we lost our taste for the vicious restaurant review
Why publications such as Broadsheet are turning the tables on a culture of takedowns
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Any true Value Freak knows that this card is about to jump up in price now. They should be working on their next piece of Pokevestment content for it!
Dexerto@dexerto.bsky.social · 5d agoK-pop star Momo is under fire after breaking open a vintage graded Pokémon card to stick it on her face and keep it in her phone case
So far my single biggest issue with Xenoblade Chronicles 2 is the navigation. Reminds me of how much of a pain in the ass questing in classic WoW could be. Shoutout to the motherfucker who designed this game’s compass because it’s gotta be one of the worst of all time! The WOAT! 👏
Well, when you put it like that this starts to sound mighty cartel-y. The only thing that'd make this more suspect was if the CEO of Nvidia and AMD, despite ostensibly being the only two competitors in the space, were actually super clos-- Oh Jensen Huang and Lisa Su are cousins, you say... Huh...
Kotaku@kotaku.com · 5d agoNvidia And AMD Wait Until The Same Time To Raise GPU Prices https://kotaku.com/cant-decide-between-nvidia-and-amd-graphics-cards-dont-worry-theyre-both-rumored-to-be-raising-prices-2000720862
One thing video games have over film is collecting shards. Regardless of how big Christopher Nolan goes with his camera, his movies will never allow us to collect shards.
For many people, Halo Campaign Evolved seems like it should be an easy improvement over the original Halo, on paper at least. Better graphics, sprint, zoom on all guns, level streamlining/fat trimming. All sorts of things that people think could make the game better. And yet...
Bri@thewhyofbri.bsky.social · 6d agoHalo Campaign Evolved is very pretty and plays very well and it’s also something I will likely play once and then go back to classic Halo and the Master Chief Collection
LinkedIn added an "AI slop" button. The U-Turn is happening, expect to see a lot more of this from other tech companies.
ah yes, the two genders of Final Fantasy cover art
downchasm@downchasm.bsky.social · 6d agothe DS got the better deal on cover artwork this round
Won my gacha pulls on a fresh game file. No idea if she’s even good or what she does but apparently she’s rare (and more importantly look how cool she looks)
