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Resident Evil Requiem (PS5)

The first few hours of this game had my partner and I glued to the screen. Though it was uneven, this game felt like a celebration of RE - whers it's been, where it's at, whers it's going. The Grace sections were particularly gripping and memorable.

Titanfall 2 (PS4)

This is the game where I don't have to pretend to be really into the supergun military macho aeshetic - I just actually am into it. This game balances so many disparate ideas and makes it look easy. The campaign is just a pure delight mission to mission. My favorite modern FPS.

it's on miro. it's literally on figma. you have to log into okta. it's in jira. it's on zoom. it's on pureref. it's on flow. it's on perforce. it's on slack. you can find it on slack. you can go to slack and find it. log onto slack right now. you can slack it. slack has it for you. it's on slack.

Kingdom Hearts was my first PS2 game and I played it nonstop for over a year. I will always plug Katamari Damacy, Klonoa 2, the Star Wars Battlefront games, and Metal Gear Solid 2. There's plenty more too.

Big ditto here.

Saying "Indies are the future, AAA doesn't matter" doesn't acknowledge the many ways indie can also be unsustainable/exploitative--and it doesn't respect the craft of AAA devs! So many cool people making incredibly cool things that couldn't exist otherwise!!
Solidarity is important.

Post a fav game that got a 75 or less on Metacritic.

I still don't know exactly what it is that makes me want to do EVERYTHING in a video game, but whatever it is BRC has it. Art, sound, and setting appeal to me of course, but I just like controlling this game. I like the simplicity and speed.

Game & Watch screens when you first put the batteries in:

this is like perpetual stew without any food poisoning risk or nutritional value but every pro has its con right

New Samurai Gunn 2 update's menus, sound, and presentation are downright transcendent

I heard Marikplier is going to adapt Black Hammer's "I Spy Spooky Mansion Deluxe" next. Just wanted to say I'm available to read for Skelly.

It has snowed on me a lot lately and I gotta say working from home has kinda nerfed snow days hard

Rereading some of my posts and I found a "it isnt just X; it's Y" phrase

Is that structure just forever poisoned by LLMs to me now? I winced when I read that.

The Final Fantasy Legend (GB)

I love a game that swings for the fences. I've been meaning to play the SaGa games and what a great first impression this one makes. It's so mechanically ambitious for the very first GB RPG and plays at a brisk pace. They did a lot with a little and it rules.

Portal 2 (PC)

Had never played through the co-op before. Level design so good I wondered how human minds came up with it. It can be really challenging, but WOW co-operative portal puzzles are so satisfying to pull off. The writing, art direction, and sound were top-notch too.

Death Stranding 2 (PS5)

I went directly from the first game to this one and it was a great experience. I liked having more tools and more infrastructure. I like DS's sci-fi. And darn it, this is maybe the only game that I believe needs to look this photorealistic.

Games I beat in 2026 🧵

The one time I dont bring my 3DS on a flight and the guy next to me has one. I'm never streetpassing another soul again am I?

Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate (3DS)

Been chipping away at this save since 2023. This is a marvel to me - incredible that it exists and is such quality on the 3DS. Having a new model with a right stick option helped a lot. I love that feeling - there's this whole world in the palm of my hands.

Kirby and the Amazing Mirror (GBA)

Finally got a chance to play this through co-op. This and Archipelago highlight to me how fun co-op Metroidvanias can be - though this game isn't *really* one. This is easily one of the hardest Kirby games, but I really love this era of Kirby art and sound.

Kirby Star-Crossed World (Switch 2)

This is more Forgotten Land, but I loved Forgotten Land so it was great to come back. I always like to see Kirby's challenging content and this really makes FL feel like one of the most robust, complete Kirbies (and it even has co-op, would love to try that).

If you told me the Kirby DLC would feature bosses with raid mechanics and DPS checks I would not have believed you but here we are (this was awesome)

Kirby Squeak Squad (DS)

Another mostly-beaten save file that I finally completed. This was the game that made me fall in love with Kirby as a kid. It still feels like a toybox, with each level full of treasures and novel abilities to use. The background art in this game is transcendent.

Kirby Air Riders (Switch 2)

I'm blown away by this - I thought it would be a novelty at best but this game is Sora at their strongest. This is inspiring, aspirational game design and execution. Online city trial was maybe the best idea ever. I love Rick.

Kirby: Triple Deluxe (3DS)

I've had this half finished for about a decade and Air Riders inspired me to go back. I think Robobot is the better of the two 3DS games but this one was still a lot of fun. I don't *love* hypernova but I do love the new copy abilities (bell, clown, in particular).

i think i've gotta learn more about gambling so I can better articulate why I don't wanna

when did so much gambling happen

Against 'Metroidbrania': a Landscape of Knowledge Games What are knowledge games? How do we relate them to each other? What sub-genres exist – and which ones might be implied?

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I really do hate the term 'metroidbrania'. I think so do many of you. Let's nip it in the bud before it becomes something people are financially invested in.

“When I got to the title it was a sad pikachu and over pikachu it read: ’Pokemon Yellow: Depressed Version’.”

We don’t use generative AI at Strange Scaffold and I can confirm that a *lot* of other studios are not—whether indie or AAA.

Get outta here with this normalization bullshit.