Nowadays, so many games are described as XX-like, or games that resemble another one. In other words, the thing everyone else already wants,” he said. He emphasized the need to be original, but noted that making something truly unique can be a daunting task.

Good point; soulslike, roguelike, metroidvania… My favorite genres are all trying to be something else, and that’s definitely going to get more common the more people use AI to make their own personal takes on formats they love. Truly unique things are already hard to pull off, but I haven’t lost hope. It just makes truly creative devs and studios more valuable.

Completely forgot Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse was scheduled to launch this month! Perfect timing, too, because I just finished Axiom Verge 2 over the weekend. My favorite game of all time is Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, and I’ve thoroughly enjoyed just about every game in the series since then, but this is the first proper Igavania-style Castlevania since the Nintendo DS era. It’s been 18 years 😳

I like to keep things as minimal as possible on my phone. If there’s a web version of something, nine times out of ten, that’s what I’m using. Reddit, Miniflux, Fark, Lemmy, Micro.blog (with the assistance of OutPost for publishing, of course), Tumblr, and any forums I’m on; the website is almost always the best way to go for me.

In a 4-3 ruling, the Supreme Court said Thursday that “boneless wings” refers to a cooking style, and that Berkheimer should’ve been on guard against bones since it’s common knowledge that chickens have bones.

Not now, I’m deboning my chicken nuggets.

Right by the cameras is a bright indicator light. If you cover the light, it won’t record. If someone around you says stop recording, that will stop the recording.

I still think it’s weird and creepy to walk around with cameras bolted to your face, but this is really smart. It should be a standard for all pervert glasses.

I’ve always liked wearing a watch. It seems redundant at first, since we’re perpetually glued to our phones these days, but it’s really not.

What we really need is year-round capital punishment on TV every night with sponsors! Gotta have sponsors. I’m sure as long as we’re killing people, Marlboro cigarettes and Dow Chemical will be proud to participate.

Ironic that cigarette ads aren’t allowed on TV anymore, but this regime seriously considered airing a state-sponsored execution. Glad to see it won’t be televised after all.

According to the recommendations put forth by the ESA, they are requesting the USTR to classify Anbernic as a ‘superfake’, which is a high-quality counterfeit product that is nearly indistinguishable from the authentic product it is attempting to copy.

This is a bummer. Anbernic makes some really cool shit, and it’s affordable too. It’s reminiscent of my old OG Xbox modding days, only without needing an FTP program and a copy of Mech Assault. A lot of other companies don’t ship a preloaded SD card with their consoles. Maybe they should try going that route. Most of the ROMS on those things are junk, and the card itself will inevitably fail within a few months anyway.

Measles: coming to a town near you. I used to work near Powell, but luckily I’m about 50 miles east of there now. That’s not to say measles outbreaks are any less likely in my deep red neck of the woods. A little unnerving how headlines like this keep creeping closer and closer.

tested on Linux in Chromium and Firefox, and played in Chrome on macOS and on an Android phone. Not yet tested: Safari, iPhone, iPad.

I wasn’t even going to post this, but I clicked through to the game and it loaded instantly on my iPhone Air. I know it’s a tiny game by today’s standards. But fuck, man. This thing took a hot minute to load on my old HP Pavilion back in the day. Plays smooth as butter even in a mobile browser now.