mana

@mana@lemmynsfw.com

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Stop using Fandom⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Fextralife embeds their twitch stream into their site, artificially inflating their twitch viewer numbers, which in turn hurts smaller streamers since fextralife will be sorted first by viewer count.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Stop using Fandom⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  This is one of the main reasons I use Kagi. I have sites like fandom and fextralife blocked in my search results.

  One of the things I miss about early internet years was all the independent fan sites and forums people had. Now, so much is just posted to these garbage platforms that control everything.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Older games with female protagonists?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ll recommend a few from different genres:

  • Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade (later FE games also allowed the player to choose between male and female)
  • Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia (or Bloodstained: RotN for a newer, but aging, game)
  • A Hat In Time (not sure if this is really that old but it’s an amazing platformed)
  • any Touhou game
  • Life Is Strange (again, not sure if you’d consider this old)
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are there any reputable independent gaming sites left?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I think Mike Mahardy from Polygon is alright, but generally I find their content leans into social commentary more than I want in a gaming outlet. I respect that some people want that, and I’m glad these sites exist for them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are there any reputable independent gaming sites left?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve tried to get into their branching podcasts. The one I enjoyed the most was probably Fire Escape with Dan, Mike and Mary because they have the strongest group dynamic IMO.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are there any reputable independent gaming sites left?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve listened to 8-4 Play on and off for years. I usually check back in with them when a new Monster Hunter game/expansion comes out because few other podcasters I’ve come across really cover it with any depth.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are there any reputable independent gaming sites left?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I never really read PC Gamer. I used to subscribe to PSM and Nintendo Power. By the time I got a PC capable of running games, magazines were already on their way out lol

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨15 More Free to Play Overwhelmingly Positive Steam Games⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  As someone who doesn’t follow vtubers, I can confirm Holocure is excellent, and obviously made with love. Every character has a unique playstyle, and the aesthetc is a nice departure from the gloom common to the genre.

• Are there any reputable independent gaming sites left?
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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bluesky sees record signups day after Musk says X will go paid-only⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I’d like one if still available, please.