Totally fair, and I'm glad it works for you! Just wish they'd give me an option to play the old way ๐
Totally fair, and I'm glad it works for you! Just wish they'd give me an option to play the old way ๐
For me, it's not about what's 'real work' or whatever, but about how much time I spend with my whole team. I find that if a 'mon is carried by XP share, I don't spend time training with it and develop a bond. I end up only bringing them out if they're useful...
Happy 40th Anniversary, Legend of Zelda! Can't say in a few words how important and influential these games have been to me throughout my life, but I don't think I would have gotten into video games and game design without them. Spent the day playing Zelda 1 and Ocarina, two of my favourites.
Linne #UNI2 #inbirth
I just played AC4 as per the play order list you put out a while back, and I'm hooked. Will be seeking out AC5 asap.
But I'll never forget the chills of hearing the enemy squadron panic when they see me coming. "Oh god, is that Mobius 1?"
You're damn right, and you'd best be ready.
And the story of Yellow Squadron from the perspective of the young boy living in occupied territory was a really grounded perspective on the war. It motivated me a lot more to keep playing and see the country liberated, and made me fear them when I finally got in dogfights with them.
This game has a great variety of scenarios, mixing up air/ground targets, and the context and pacing of the missions. Stonehenge's first use and escaping from it was a real highlight. The music does a lot of work making you feel tension and adrenaline at just the right times.
The box art for Ace Combat 4: Shattered Skies for PlayStation 2
Gonna make a list of games I beat this year starting with:
Ace Combat 4: Shattered Skies
After AC8 got announced recently, I saw a writer I like post a play order list for these games and thought I'd give it a go, since it also turns 25 this year. Good god, this game slaps.
I enjoyed the Sega CD version, it was the easiest one to jump into without messing with fan translations. Also I heard the Saturn version of Policenauts is the best, and I like to keep playing game series on the same console family.
Alright, I found a Game Boy Color for 40 bucks while thrifting, the year's off to a good start ๐
Happy New Year! 2025 was challenging for me and a lot of others, but hopefully we can turn things around with a clean slate. Here's hoping 2026 will go better ๐ค
You're living in the future...
The backlights on our QLED are failing the top and bottom, after about 5 years, I think? Pretty disappointing, our old LED TV from 2006 lasted 15 years before breaking, and the issue was something to do with input selection.
Thanks, good to know ๐
Thanks, I've been meaning to get into these. Are the first 3 games still worth playing?
Ive been eyeing that game in your background for ages! Looking forward to see it!
Photo of Paul McCartney concert crowd with lit phones during Let it Be
Photo of Paul McCartney or a raised stage.
Photo of Paul McCartney on a giant screen
Paul McCartney's still got it ๐ฅฒ Overjoyed I got to see him tonight
First time I saw you guys was at a con (I think it was Capital Games Expo...) showing of The Blobs Fight. Convinced me to go to the same program!
I've tried playing through Halo CE with remastered graphics a few times, but I always toggle back to the original before long. This one just ain't it.
That was a pack-in with my PS2, and my sister and I played it all the time. Lots of great memories, I think we 100% beat it twice! Of course, it was Hot Shots Tennis for us...
Thorns #arknights #pixelart
Dang, a Nintendo Direct and a Star Rail presentation both on my birthday? I'm eating good today.
Another great article, per usual. Oddly enough, this FPS article might make me replay Gears of War now, try re-examine it as top down Mario...
Keith David sitting at a switch 2 display and smiling warmly at the camera like he's having a good time
Jason Alexander looking to camera like a cornered animal as he plays a display model Nintendo GameCube.
nice argument, unfortunately i have already depicted myself as Switch 2 Keith David and you as Gamecube Jason Alexander
I'd love to see Bomb Rush Cyberfunk. It's locked to 30fps by default, but there's an uncapped mode in the settings that mostly hits 60. I'd hope those get smoothed out by Switch 2.
Now that I've posted, I think I could be doing more to add shadows around the tall grass and the sign...
A mock-up screenshot of a top down Game Boy styled game. A small wizard character stands in the middle of a forest scene, surrounded by trees, bushes and tall grass.
I made a mock up of a Game Boy style game I've been working on. I've found creating scenes like this is a good way to get me to work on sprites and help visualize what the game's gonna be like. It's also a nice challenge working in greyscale. #pixelart #gameboy