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We play Final Fantasy XIII Chapters 4 through 6. XIII impresses with its perspective-switching linear structure that designs encounters for the team it assigns you.

RIP

Hey In one week from this post we'll be recording a post-FF13 mailbag Before that time: Ask me questions about FF13 here, or send them in to the email (you know the one)

I highly recommend Downtown to anyone who enjoyed Eidolon ADULT!

no one over 40 is gonna buy this because you can't play a bluray in it and no one under 40 will buy it because its going to cost $1200

I have been meaning to write about this for a month or so now but it breaks my heart. AI has infected every hobby. Everything is noise. It's hurting existing communities and trudging through the slop is exhausting.

Crystal, Rose, and John discuss Konami’s Castlevania: Lament of Innocence, the 2003 debut of the Castlevania series on PS2, distinguished by its 3D exploration, experimental combat, and striking visuals and music. Please note that this is a full-spoilers episode. Next month: Okage Shadow King

The demo for trailblazers is so gorgeous

Based Sonicfox.

BioWare was not closed because their games were queer, or bad, or rushed, or too ambitious or anything else. They were closed because EA is trying to raise their bottom line by a couple percentage points and that always comes at the expense of the people who's labour is already being exploited.

Steam really needs to put a stop to the slop cause the steam next fest is basically unusable

this graph is going to haunt us for years. this is what everything looks like now. this is what submissions to academic journals looks like. this is what every venue for art and knowledge looks like and it's almost all pure dross. I am joining the war on gatekeeping on the side of the gate

Draped cloth is fun

i got assassinated by biddy blas...

They need to get harmonix the fuck out of there

I do think it's a problem but so many people go "tch games aren't even done anymore...they patch it complete months later..." And the patched version is like "made easy mode easier, removed stats"

Ngl girlies, I relistened to a bunch of Home recently and the entire time i was going FUCK YES MORE OF THIS

The new Avalanches album is a B but i do enjoy Together and Our Love is Alive Like leaning more into the synthy, vapor sound is probably the best parts of it. I could see it still being a good fullplay album once it settles in my mind more

I think it's very funny every mmo in the 2010's pivoted towards comic book-esque, character focused stories It's like if the next crusader kings starred a new important character called Jimmy Crusades Sometimes it's better to have an empty stage so I can get on it

i think once an mmo is cancelled all character assets should be seized by the state and implemented into a freely accesible Universal Character Creator for citizens to play dollies with

What the fuck is this

to help smooth things over a bit i have put my entire itch library on same for the next *year*. consider me very, very available for freelance work. if you need playbooks, stretch goal content, anything, i'm your girl. itch.io/s/204730/fin...

it’s worth underlining that the amount which a modern live game is not this is directly the result of devs fighting inch by inch, for months if not years, against the guy at every corporation who demands an explanation for why you aren’t doing this at all times

I only write about games when one gets me really thinking so here's one that really made me think (positive)

It's ludonarracon! Let's talk about a bit of game narrative...

If you still have the Epic Games Launcher on your system, don't update it and get it the fuck off of your computer. There's no telling what damage it can do or what vibecoded landmines are waiting in it.

"Cover the moon when I'm gone" is also FYC GRAMMY. I genuinely can't believe we're doing this 🥹 This song is so incredibly special to me, and getting to share this journey with Fer is an absolute dream. So proud of this one 🌙💜 Listen: open.spotify.com/track/6DsAzs...

wtf this is huge. this game is an all-time classic btw

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Reverie has a great day. Magnolia comes out of the closet. Love makes Blood City a more equitable place to live.

#citizensleeper

bringing this back around

got to introduce a new exalt into the game tonight. Red Utopia, Endings Sidereal who works for the Convention on Rogue Assets, extremely annoyed that her job has more paperwork than killing, allergic to having fun, sword is also named Red Utopia, 6'5" without the heels.

the only meaningful race i left out was the very common "dragon elf that is just a regular elf with scales on the side of their head and usual some sort of muttonchop horn"

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