missingno

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why did in game cameras take so long to get good?🤔⁩ ⁨⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Very few things are ever perfect on the first try. It takes a lot of experimentation to learn what works and what doesn't.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Lord Frogmire] The Switch 2 is EVIL and I'm Tired of Pretending It's Not⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  It's not at all uncommon for games with an online component to have elements you need to play online to access. That's been a part of Pokemon since the series first added online play. Hell, even before that, Pokemon was conceived from the beginning to be a social game, built around the Game Boy's Link Cable if you want to see and do everything. It's never been exclusively singleplayer.

  All I'm saying is that if you count online play as though it was part of a game's cost, you should be doing the same thing for games on other platforms too. You can't selectively pretend it only counts here.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Lord Frogmire] The Switch 2 is EVIL and I'm Tired of Pretending It's Not⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Why do you only single out Nintendo for something that Sony and Microsoft charge even more for?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Lord Frogmire] The Switch 2 is EVIL and I'm Tired of Pretending It's Not⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  It seems a little disingenuous to single them out this way, especially when the competitors you're strangely silent on are more expensive.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Lord Frogmire] The Switch 2 is EVIL and I'm Tired of Pretending It's Not⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Then you should be consistent and count the cost of PSN and XBL the same way.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What first emulation handheld would you recommend?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, if you're specifically looking to play DS/3DS games, original hardware is the best way to do so. There are a few dual screen devices that hit the market recently, but IMO I don't think it's worth being an early adopter of any of those just yet.

  For every other single screen platform though? Really depends on what you're looking for in terms of form factor, price, feature set, and what games you want to play. There are so many good options on the market that you're probably better off looking into them and deciding what looks like the best fit for you. Retro Game Corps is an excellent source for reviews.

  Personally, I bought a Miyoo Mini Plus two years ago, and I liked it so much I wish I'd bought a more expensive model with analog sticks. But I also like it just enough that I haven't been able to justify spending money on an upgrade right now, because whenever I do there'll still be something better right around the corner...

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'Borderlands 4 is a premium game made for premium gamers' is Randy Pitchford's tone deaf retort to the performance backlash: 'If you're trying to drive a monster truck with a leaf blower's motor, you're going to be disappointed'⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I feel like we've long reached the point where the benefit of top-of-the-line hardware just isn't worth it. IMO, Switch 2 ought to be enough to target, and any game that can't fit on that can probably stand to be scaled back.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Episode] CITY THE ANIMATION - Episode 11 discussion⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Been a while since I last played Shogi, but I don't remember this opening.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm a bit hooked on old anime.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  We remember the best of the best classics, and forget the ones that sucked. When you watch classics, you're watching the ones that have stood the test of time.

  Decades from now, some of today's shows will looked back on the same way. Many will not, but we won't even be thinking about the ones that didn't.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do boorus annotate images?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Users can submit annotations with text and a coordinate. That's handled by the booru software in its own database, stored separately from the image file, overlaid on the web page using JavaScript.

  I don't know of any image format that supports this functionality built-in. Could be useful, but it'd be very hard to achieve adoption over what's already entrenched. Look at how much people currently complain about WebP.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Happy Birthday!⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Then why comment at all?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nintendo’s Switch Mario Galaxy collection will retail for $70⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I couldn't believe they announced the Pokémon Legends DLC before the game is even out. "I know you haven't given us your money yet, but... please can we have some more? 🥺"

  Doesn't every AAA do that these days?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Virtual Boy: Nintendo Classics - Announcement Trailer⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Apparently they're selling two versions. One is the full scale VB, and that's clearly a collector's item. The other is the VB-themed Labo VR.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Virtual Boy: Nintendo Classics - Announcement Trailer⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  And if Nintendo thought Wario Land was so great then why did they stop making those games like 2 decades ago?

  Because the last games didn't sell so well, and because the staff that worked on them have other projects.

  Just because a game didn't get infinite sequels forever doesn't mean no one can appreciate the originals. By that logic, Chrono Trigger must be one of the worst JRPGs of all time to you.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Virtual Boy: Nintendo Classics - Announcement Trailer⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  It's a VB-themed redesign of the Labo VR kit. Should presumably be compatible with everything Labo VR supported (like, three titles I think?).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Virtual Boy: Nintendo Classics - Announcement Trailer⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Yoshi and the Mysterious Book - Announcement Trailer⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Love the art style. In-game actually looks better than the cutscenes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Favorite Modded Console?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I've got a lot of nostalgia for DS homebrew. Tons of fun things you can do with a flashcart.

  3DS too, but although modding was a lot more widespread due to how easy it was, I feel like homebrew games were kinda lacking. Custom themes were great at least.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sexualized video games are not causing harm to male or female players, according to new research⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Look at gacha games. There's an entire industry revolving around selling anime girls, and when you realize that's what the business model is, it's not surprising how toxic their fanbases have become. I've suspected that some of these devs are even deliberately trying to filter their audience to the most desperate gooners.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Watching new trailers is fun.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Subscription models like Xbox Game Pass are "not properly valuing" developers, says former Bethesda exec⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  People have been calling albums 'dead' since radio, since MTV, since iTunes, and yet the vast majority of artists still release albums.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨xkcd #3139: Chess Variant⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Chess is already asymmetric since white moves first, so it's not necessarily a problem for the starting position to also be asymmetric. Though I wonder which would be the best starting position for the empty square, on white's side or black's?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨xkcd #3139: Chess Variant⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I bet someone will have a playable version up within less than 24 hours.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hollow Knight: Silksong Sparks Debate About Difficulty and Boss Runbacks⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I did finish the original. But I remained annoyed with this mechanic the whole time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hollow Knight: Silksong Sparks Debate About Difficulty and Boss Runbacks⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Not having the mechanic to begin with would be better than a thing that merely makes it less bad, because even then there's still an opportunity cost.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hollow Knight: Silksong Sparks Debate About Difficulty and Boss Runbacks⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I do not like the idea of a mechanic that punishes me if I do choose to explore somewhere else in a genre that is supposed to be about exploration.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hollow Knight: Silksong Sparks Debate About Difficulty and Boss Runbacks⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I haven't played Silksong yet, in part because truthfully, Hollow Knight was alright but not my favorite Metroidvania. The one thing I really disliked about the original was the runbacks. I remember getting stuck on one platforming section, and I could easily get to the halfway point where I kept dying to retrieve my money, but then drop it again because there was no turning back from this halfway point, had to keep trying to finish it. I wanted to just explore a different part of the map and come back to this section later, but sunk cost fallacy forced me to keep bashing my skull against it.

  Which then felt like this mechanic conflicted with the exploration I expect from a Metroidvania. That's the real problem IMO.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A goodbye to kbin ...⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Glad to hear he's doing well. I had worried maybe the worst might've happened.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sony is releasing a new PS5 console, but it's a downgrade⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  In addition to what others have said about Moore's Law slowing down, there's also just the fact that console generations themselves are slower. The cheapest price cuts on old consoles were fire sale prices to clear out old stock when they were on their way out. Even though the PS5 has been on the market for about as long, it still feels like the generation is only beginning, we won't be talking about PS6 for a long time yet.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's *your* favorite way to play old games?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, my Deck has honestly just been gathering dust. Deck + dock is a portable setup I can take to FGC events, but that's really all I ever use it for.