phantasy star online 1+2 on gc has been a real enjoyable after-work game. the simplicity means it's an rpg where i can actually see the impact of my decisions and i love y2k vibes

i've played a lot of mario 64 hacks lately and there seemed to be a window of time where even non-kaizo was designed with save states in mind. interesting little difficulty ecosystem there but annoying for my retroachievements purposes

local game promises the world, fails to manifest after going on 8 years

as someone in the mega man fangame scene, it's all too familiar

if anything is a sign that gaming discussion and documentation needs a cultural reset, it's that google still considers gamefaqs a primary resource

my magic the gathering discord has discovered reductive ff plot summaries and 'rpgs are about killing god,' this is NOT how i want to be sent back to the early Posting internet

"Boss fights should be like a dance" is a statement that has set back discussion of boss fights and also their design by at least a decade.

Also it outs you as a dweeb who doesn't know what fights are like

A good boss fight is just two people trying to kill each other. That can look like anything.

At (Microsoft) Home with 90s multimedia CDROM education

'is bagging too good in mario kart world???' my brother nobody knows how to drive yet of course items driving for you is busted

magmml is carrying the classic torch, and while 3 may be a bit of a content slog, its finale is the sendoff the series deserves. check it and episode zero out

This card is perfectly flavorfully designed because it’s incredibly slow and not a lot happens when you play it

realizing the greatest trick roguelites ever pulled was framing 'unfairness' and failure in a way gamer egos could tolerate