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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why We Love to Get Lost in Games: The Enduring Appeal of Metroidvanias⁩ ⁨⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s one of my top five all timers, and my kid’s. Raising em right. I was just trying to figure out where this other fella was coming from.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why We Love to Get Lost in Games: The Enduring Appeal of Metroidvanias⁩ ⁨⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  I suppose you’re right, I guess I had a blind spot there. Haven’t played it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why We Love to Get Lost in Games: The Enduring Appeal of Metroidvanias⁩ ⁨⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve never heard of B: AA described as a metroidvania… How do you figure that one?

  I still haven’t gotten to Ori yet (a glaring omission I know). Never heard of the other one but I’ve wish listed it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ain't no hate like conservative hate!⁩ ⁨⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  I voted. Correctly.

  And I didn’t claim not to understand, I stated the fact of it. It is so, and its effect on voters is real, even if it is very disappointing to be just one voter in a sea of midwits.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why We Love to Get Lost in Games: The Enduring Appeal of Metroidvanias⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve seen video essays about metroidvanias that talk about “getting lost”. The real point is to follow clues, feel immersed in a world, learn to find your way, and make interesting decisions.

  In Hollow Knight, it’s no problem to use the compass if you find that aspect too burdensome. I really enjoyed my time with Axiom Verge, and I seem to recall it came with a compass as standard? Perhaps that’s wrong, it’s been a few years since I picked that one up.

  More to the point, which metroidvanias did you like and what did they do differently?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ain't no hate like conservative hate!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Republicans got a candidate some of them actually like, whom was originally selected by a primary process. The rest of us were offered no such luxuries. It’s very simple.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨the person who abused(?) me (who I’m breaking free from and focusing on me💪) acted like this: is this common with certain mental health conditions?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I feel the need to chime in to agree with the people saying that you need a sudden and complete exit strategy ASAP, but also, I hope you’ll forget trying to diagnose them or figure them out. It could be part of a mental disorder, but everything you listed could just as easily be emotional immaturity. It’s not your problem, and leaving will be easier once you accept that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Isn't it possible to frame almost any opinion as a question?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  There’s no question about it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨DOGE needs to 'cut deeper' and must ‘keep slashing’ to succeed, says Kevin O’Leary⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh, the “Mr. Wonderful” who almost single-handedly killed the educational software industry decades ago. Definitely your kinda guy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Coming down...⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Have literally sent work emails from the back of a cab on a highway with roundabouts. I may have a serious problem.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨China berates US for changing state department language on Taiwan⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I am reliably informed that specificity is the soul of narrative

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨China berates US for changing state department language on Taiwan⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I would usually not mind a move like this, but under this administration it is like watching someone pour hot tea between my legs while I’m on the toilet.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Saw movie franchise, but for mild annoyances⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  So there’s a frightening little maniac who constantly annoys you in elaborate ways and always wants to play.

  Brethren, that’s just having a kid with hyperactive ADHD.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  The toy doesn’t die and form an unbreakable death clench on me like my real dog would have. Easy to clean, 3 out of 5 stars.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨why do transphobes mention pedophiles/compare them to pedophiles when most trans people (as do most people) hate pedophiles?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Yuuup. Ten times out of ten it’s a republican politician who needs to “think of the children” a lot less.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Shovel Knight artist says throwback games need 'retro authenticity' but can't coast on nostalgia alone: 'Part of the appeal of the NES era of game making was that everything was a new idea'⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes well, even though I was raised by artists and have given over a large portion of my life’s energy to creative pursuits, nobody actually told me that art is the study of choice (and everything started clicking into place) until about a year ago and I’ve been riding that high ever since.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Shovel Knight artist says throwback games need 'retro authenticity' but can't coast on nostalgia alone: 'Part of the appeal of the NES era of game making was that everything was a new idea'⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Shovel Knight brought with it a ton of new ideas in terms of gameplay, but a lot was borrowed as well.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Avowed Launches to Strong Reviews – WGB⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Seems like games with that good old novelistic style is now entirely dependent on indie developers.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨GOP Proposes $4.5 Trillion Tax Giveaway to the Rich While 'Ransacking' Food Stamps and Medicaid⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah. Weird to know there’s about a hundred million people out there I’d be happy to smack, but the path of pacifism is not an easy one to walk.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Avowed Launches to Strong Reviews – WGB⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ll probably get it if I hear Obsidian took any creative risks, but so far I’m hearing that it’s a mass appeal oversimplified ARPG with looter shooter vibes. Not really the kind of thing I crave from Obsidian.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Teenagers turning to AI companions are redefining love as easy, unconditional and always there.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I wouldn’t trust a self hosted AI that I trained myself.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Teenagers turning to AI companions are redefining love as easy, unconditional and always there.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh that’s dark

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bad UX is keeping the majority of people away from Lemmy⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m fine with that while it lasts. Having millions of active users would increase the feed, but it’s not going to increase the likelihood of me talking to anyone smart

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨GOP Proposes $4.5 Trillion Tax Giveaway to the Rich While 'Ransacking' Food Stamps and Medicaid⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I have no sympathy for anyone who ever voted Trump, but the point has to be made that until voting is mandatory and they actually hold genuine primaries that allow voters to have a say, it’s taking things too far to blame every American for this outcome. The last few presidential elections have been laughably thin pretenses of democracy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Most of Lemmy right now⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Your dude wants to literally abolish the Department of Education, and your contribution is calling us fat.

  Say one thing about the right, they sure know their electorate.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AI Markets Were Deceived To Believe In DeepSeek's Low Training Costs; They Are Actually 400 Times Higher Than The Reported Figure⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I fucking knew it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's Never too Late⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Hail Gein

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's Never too Late⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh get off the cross, we need the wood.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's Never too Late⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Ooh, is this demotivational adjacent? That’s old school material!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨More relevant now than ever⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I wish the world had a neck that fit in my hands