Like, Puzzles & Dragons grossed $7 billion with 50 million downloads
November 21, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Like, Puzzles & Dragons grossed $7 billion with 50 million downloads
There's an entire undercurrent of media that is inexplicably popular without ever coming into the awareness of the internet.
Think Dean Koontz vs Stephen King - they have very similar sales numbers.
Mobile games are the video game version of this, and then some niche genres.
Think Dean Koontz vs Stephen King - they have very similar sales numbers.
Mobile games are the video game version of this, and then some niche genres.
November 21, 2025 at 11:19 PM
There's an entire undercurrent of media that is inexplicably popular without ever coming into the awareness of the internet.
Think Dean Koontz vs Stephen King - they have very similar sales numbers.
Mobile games are the video game version of this, and then some niche genres.
Think Dean Koontz vs Stephen King - they have very similar sales numbers.
Mobile games are the video game version of this, and then some niche genres.
If the game can't match that energy, then there can be a real disconnect in the narrative which is where you get that feeling from, I think
November 21, 2025 at 8:15 PM
If the game can't match that energy, then there can be a real disconnect in the narrative which is where you get that feeling from, I think
Its not limited to video games either, the same situation happens with every "joke" tabletop character.
November 21, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Its not limited to video games either, the same situation happens with every "joke" tabletop character.
I think a gradual tone shift from light to serious as a game goes on is basically baked into the genre - at the start of XCOM you have your silly guys named Roll Fizzlebeef and its mostly funny if they die, but after being on a hundred missions with him, you do care emotionally and mechanically.
November 21, 2025 at 8:13 PM
I think a gradual tone shift from light to serious as a game goes on is basically baked into the genre - at the start of XCOM you have your silly guys named Roll Fizzlebeef and its mostly funny if they die, but after being on a hundred missions with him, you do care emotionally and mechanically.
He's the size of a medium dog but somehow still baby, its pretty impressive
November 21, 2025 at 7:30 PM
He's the size of a medium dog but somehow still baby, its pretty impressive
The yoshi you hatch in Paper Mario maybe? It can be different colors but it's a specific Yoshi at least
November 21, 2025 at 6:54 PM
The yoshi you hatch in Paper Mario maybe? It can be different colors but it's a specific Yoshi at least
Shits bad out there
November 20, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Shits bad out there
We used to be a society
November 19, 2025 at 4:49 PM
We used to be a society
I went to a bar concert for Dragonforce a few years ago, and in the middle of it they took out a Sonic 06 guitar and played a bunch of F Zero tracks
November 13, 2025 at 5:07 PM
I went to a bar concert for Dragonforce a few years ago, and in the middle of it they took out a Sonic 06 guitar and played a bunch of F Zero tracks
Half Life 2 isnt even the best source engine game released on Nov 16th 2004
November 12, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Half Life 2 isnt even the best source engine game released on Nov 16th 2004
I'm still losing my mind that the version of her that did this literally had time powers and as much time to figure shit out as she could possibly want. It'd still be bad of she didn't, but they could have just not written that part.
November 10, 2025 at 2:54 AM
I'm still losing my mind that the version of her that did this literally had time powers and as much time to figure shit out as she could possibly want. It'd still be bad of she didn't, but they could have just not written that part.
There is cheap thin paper and expensive thin paper, but there's 0 chance anything print on demand is using something like Tomoe River paper people need to get real here
November 9, 2025 at 2:47 AM
There is cheap thin paper and expensive thin paper, but there's 0 chance anything print on demand is using something like Tomoe River paper people need to get real here
Men should get a dead Husband, for fairness
November 7, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Men should get a dead Husband, for fairness
Especially for a phone, since they're already the correct shape
November 7, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Especially for a phone, since they're already the correct shape
Bricked as a past participle version of petrified makes sense to me, since "stoned" already had a different meaning entirely
November 7, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Bricked as a past participle version of petrified makes sense to me, since "stoned" already had a different meaning entirely
There's a single chapter in A Memory of Light that's about that length
November 7, 2025 at 9:10 PM
There's a single chapter in A Memory of Light that's about that length