I also think a lot of this problem comes from the fact that most games that are widely reviewed are pretty competent. Games like Mindseye sometimes get a lot of attention relative to how much actual anticipation there is and ultimately only serve to remind people there's a low end of the scale.

MICHAEL HIGHAM@brazyazn.bsky.social · 11h ago

games need to earn their scores - 8 means Great and that is EARNED. we have a whole spectrum of numbers to use, we can’t be going “uhh it’s aight, 8/10” like cmon man

Gotta say, so far I think Sony missed with this one. Final Fantasy VII Remake spends far too much time in dialogue or cut scenes and not letting me swing around a giant sword.

Good thing I have Seattle's kicker

You either saw Eagle Man on TV or you didn't and if you didn't you are poorer for it.

I guess it has always been canon that the Kokiri children have killed and skinned octoroks or something

TIL it's basically 3 taps to set udm14 as your default search engine on mobile

love to edit a thing that makes me want to play that thing immediately

I just love a game where you get a lil room that gets slowly decorated with artifacts from your travels and adventures. Not me decorating, just like outmoded key items stacking up on shelves and stuff.

Unfortunately, this is a sign of an engaged community. There are people who browbeat others cruelly but I think there are a LOT of editors who have failed their writers either through headlines that hang them out to dry, misrepresent their work, or chasing a deadline.

As a one TV household, I am seriously considering getting a PS Portal

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Anyone trying Final Fantasy Resonance on Steam Deck seeing very high battery drain, high temp, and loud fans?

If George loses this, he should consider not being a racing driver. Regardless of a penalty, he should not be losing to Kimi in this manner.

Idk why people keep trying to make "but the trains ran on time" arguments about gen AI lol

Eurogamer@eurogamer.bsky.social · 6d ago

Gen-AI controversy aside, after 30 minutes with Crazy Taxi: World Tour, it feels like classic arcade Sega - and it's an absolute blast www.eurogamer.net/crazy-taxi-w...

Something I tell a lot of critics is not to think harder about something than the people that made it. It's one thing to think deeper but HARDER is bad.

"Each of these records shows that while where you’ve been can be valuable for informing where you’re going, what matters most is where you happen to be right now." @bensailer.bsky.social rounds up albums from four bands who've returned after years-long hiatuses: buff.ly/5ZMPRLu

Four Albums that Find Stability in Aging with Punk and Metal - Unwinnable

While where you’ve been can be valuable for informing where you’re going, what matters most is where you happen to be right now.

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"I remember the cover of Tequila Sunrise on the shelves of the video store when I was a kid, but I never rented it. It’s probably a good thing that I didn’t." @orringrey.com watches Tequila Sunrise and reflects on its reception nearly 40 years after its release: buff.ly/IAZF4jQ

Who Says Friendship Lasts Forever: Tequila Sunrise (1988) Forty Years Later - Unwinnable

It becomes difficult to know where one man ends and the other begins.

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I guess it's time for another dialect quiz to hit social media. Feel like it's been awhile since we did this!

Played the star fox demo and wow I hate that game lol

Philip Glass did the music for Fan4stic?

Excited to dig in later because....I sort of think there are two main culprits here. A, games are unsustainably expensive to make under the current structure and B, way too much money flooded in over the last decade.

Edge@edgemagazine.bsky.social · last wk.

Layoffs, spiralling budgets, increasing hardware costs: the game industry is broken. Can we fix it? In the new issue of Edge, out today, industry leaders including Tim Sweeney and Shawn Layden help us to identify what’s gone wrong, and we consider proposals for a better future.

Narratively this made sense within the fiction because First Light does not establish until its final cutscene that Bond prefers vodka martinis (it's the origin story, of course) and IRL Omega made it so you can take out watch stem to stir drinks in the field.

Jon Ingold@jon.inkle.co · last wk.

my favourite bit in First Light was when you could mix a quick strawberry daquiri while in cover for massive damage

"That is not a fighting style. That is my twenties with loose teeth and a banging soundtrack." Ry Noyes learns a lot about himself when he starts playing as Smoke in Mortal Kombat: buff.ly/lB5rmFP

Mortal Kombat Accidentally Explained My Avoidance Issues - Unwinnable

I never knew disappearing could actually make me more predictable.

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Thought about expanding the storage in my PS5, $600 for a 4TB SSD. Stopped thinking about expanding the storage in my PS5.

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Halloween is the only thing stopping them from stocking Christmas decorations on July 5th in America

You can tell people a lot of things on the basis that they won't read the thing you're talking about and that they are agreeing to. Truly they never imagined anyone would read all of that.

Stephen Totilo@stephentotilo.bsky.social · 2w ago

Here's that argument, from Sony's lawyers... (SPLA = the Software Product Licensing Agreement that mentions, about 500 words, in that "The Software is licensed to you, not sold.")

Maddi's piece serves as a great reminder that friction is good in games. Things should be accessible but they shouldn't remove the journey entirely. Sometimes the best way to experience a game is to fully experience it.

chilton 👁@chiltonm.bsky.social · 2w ago

In this issue: me on fast travel, map design, and all of the insane ways we end up playing The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

There's not an upper limit to the amount of lumpia I could consume

Weird request, if anyone at Gamescom see this, my mom really wants the purple Lego Batman figure. If you get one and are willing to part with it, she'd be happy to pay. She is as obsessed with Legos as she is with Dune.