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New Metroid game looks sick

I had a really weird conversation with a coworker today. "I'm tired of Genshin. I wish there were a game without banners, where the whole story is available from the start, and you just pay once." "So, a regular game?" "But they don't make those anymore, right? That’s a PS1 and PS2-era thing."

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Level-5 has always made hollow, self-insistent work. Nothing new here I suppose

If you buy Level-5 games from here on out, you are actively contributing to Generative AI being deemed acceptable. Either pirate the games or don't play them at all. I know people have attachment to their series, I do too (mainly Inazuma Eleven and Ni No Kuni) but the facts are the facts.

I need to remind everyone, especially after their presentation today. Level-5 has been very openly using Generative AI in their game development and are proud of it. This includes their newly announced titles such as New World of Steam, Yo-Kai Watch 2 and Curious Village Remake.

people working in a field doesn't just magically confer an ability to divine information. an AI worker saying they're worried still needs evidence beyond, "if this happens and this happens, then this bad thing will happen, and I just think it's pretty likely that it will"

I don't care about the Kirk stuff anymore, it's been distracting me from my true calling: harassing farmers on Tiktok when they make tearful videos about how Donald Trump ruined their lives

my abiding memory of Charlie Kirk Day was the mods losing their shit like a bunch of little kids and banning anyone who wasn't wailing and rending their garments then cranking up the automod settings so high any post with 'Charlie Kirk' was sent to the shadow realm before it even hit the timeline

do u think they kept delaying the new layton game cuz level5 kept running out of tokens to generate puzzles w chatgpt

i know after having his loyalty betrayed big boss took money from war criminals to fund his dream but this is a bit on the nose

and here we are! #kirby

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"you just don't like it because you're old" Someone who has never seen what an insufferable little shit I was at 16

ACHENAR: My father's book r̴̢͓̹͎̰̈́̾̾r z̵̬̀ k̷̡̠̽ủ̴͈̪ͅt̸̺͛̇̊̈́͠ blue pages x̸̨͉͙̩͈̀͗̅̎̔ d̸͖̜̻͘͜ͅ s̷̲̊̂͝͠m̴̨͍̮̓i̵͙̼̯̯͆̌͜ Only blue pages. You j̸̞̠̱͕̝̐̋ m̷̫̝͊͆ͅe̶̮̿̈̀͌b̵̢̠̰̫̌͘͘͠u̸̬̭̣̹̐̽͘ will reveal i̴͓͑r̵̞͔̺͌ŗ̵̳͉̓̄͛̕gtion to b̴̡͚̩̩̹̎̀ö̴̢̨̬̠̗́͑̅͆͝blue pages ẅ̷͈̹̩͎͆͗̚k̷̛̪̣̍̊̇ḷ̷̤̞̐͐͂̿̕ es̵̙̞̞̓̊̿͘ p̸͖̞̖̔̔q̶̢̰̻̄h̵̡͍̩͎̼̔̉͊͛̌ Hold on d̶̬͚̗̰̯̋̓̐̈́̑ÿ̸͈͇̩́́͛ͅg̸̫͓̝̓̓a̸̢̛̬͉͆͗̚ someone at the y̷̯͚̖̘̳̔̏́̐l̵̮̻͝e̶̡̓̒̃ Occupied! Occupied!! x̶̛̖̖͍͙̌̀̽h̷̖̤̤̺͑̀̊̋̊e̵̛̻̜̭̓̄͋͌ ẗ̶͈̠̽̚͜á̶̟ Don't come in here! c̶̦̫̫͚͐̋͊ͅf̵̯̓͌̋͂̈q̸̖͍̤̎̈̀̆͝ å̷̼͇̖̘͜z̷̧͍͉̼͐ my GOD p̵̃́͗̔͗͜m̸̨̀̓̃ qḩ̴̛̹̼̜̟͆̉̐͑l̴̡͍̭̣̭̑͂f̸͕̪́ I was right in the middle of wipingx̶̱̅̈́͑͊j̷̛̱͇̗͎̈́ṅ̷͉͓͉͚͛͒̓̇ v̵̲̗͂̔̃͗ë̸̻̹̑ they saw EVERYTHING m̸̛͔͉̦̰͖̿̀̐v̴̫̥̱͎͍͑̓͒͝u̷̗͐̄̐̈́

Whatever you think of Link’s great big, uh, soulful (haunted?) eyes in the Ocarina of Time remake, it’s a clear design choice by Nintendo, which makes it the polar opposite of “AI.” An actual slopifed Link would be an amalgamation of every mildly pleasing piece of Zelda fan/art you’ve seen since ‘98

My mom needs $ for her new heart meds and I'd like to help her out. I have 2 slots available for these NO WIP sketches. Paypal (or Venmo for friends) $50USD per character. If you're interested please comment below so I can DM you. (I need visual reference for your character) Please share 🙏

Remember how it specifically uses the iconography of ocarina of time to represent the over idealized past that you need to let die and move on from

Remember how wind waker is a game about the toxic power of nostalgia and how you have to let all the old people drown at the bottom of the ocean so you can build something new and better than the bullshit they're trying to keep alive to your detriment Anyway

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the next generation of game developers don’t need a special grant for 20 geniuses to get some walking around money they need entry level jobs that a) exist and b) keep existing next quarter

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going back in time to shoot the guy who thought we needed to see the stitches on mario's overalls in melee

✪ daniel barnes ✪@danny8bit.bsky.social · 6d ago

Jesus Christ

honestly castle town looks pretty good because it looks less wet and the npc designs are still fairly simple

my meanest take is that you have to stop fucking doing this to perfectly good designs

People look at the flaws and missteps of 2010s liberal progressivism, but even that watered-down and milquetoast version of feminism and sex positivity and body positivity had its positives, and we're backsliding on them. Personally I fucking refuse to go back to Fasc Chic, sorry.