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The art of Milano's Odd Job Collection is done by Maki Ohzora, who also did the art for my personal favorite Sega Genesis game: Monster World IV. There may even be a few references to it in Milano...
December 7, 2025 at 11:19 PM
The art of Milano's Odd Job Collection is done by Maki Ohzora, who also did the art for my personal favorite Sega Genesis game: Monster World IV. There may even be a few references to it in Milano...
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Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries: “Strong floor, no ceiling”
Colombian President Gustavo Petro: “A clan of pedophiles wants to destroy our democracy.”
Colombian President Gustavo Petro: “A clan of pedophiles wants to destroy our democracy.”
December 3, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries: “Strong floor, no ceiling”
Colombian President Gustavo Petro: “A clan of pedophiles wants to destroy our democracy.”
Colombian President Gustavo Petro: “A clan of pedophiles wants to destroy our democracy.”
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DS3 also being more of a game that relies on fundamental skill might be why the map for it never sticks in my head lol (despite putting in 90 hours)
November 29, 2025 at 7:10 AM
DS3 also being more of a game that relies on fundamental skill might be why the map for it never sticks in my head lol (despite putting in 90 hours)
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Getting stuck causes players to explore the world.
Dying causes players to think about what they're doing.
An "impossible" situation causes players to learn how the game works and eventually achieve the impossible.
We need to be able to design *some* games around these fundamental ideas.
Dying causes players to think about what they're doing.
An "impossible" situation causes players to learn how the game works and eventually achieve the impossible.
We need to be able to design *some* games around these fundamental ideas.
November 28, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Getting stuck causes players to explore the world.
Dying causes players to think about what they're doing.
An "impossible" situation causes players to learn how the game works and eventually achieve the impossible.
We need to be able to design *some* games around these fundamental ideas.
Dying causes players to think about what they're doing.
An "impossible" situation causes players to learn how the game works and eventually achieve the impossible.
We need to be able to design *some* games around these fundamental ideas.
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Part of me feels like Dark Souls wouldn't have caught on if the first game had difficulty settings. It'd be "cheap", "pointless", etc.
Arcade games had a relatively granular difficulty option via credit feeding and it played a big part in them written off as "button mashers"/"quarter munchers".
Arcade games had a relatively granular difficulty option via credit feeding and it played a big part in them written off as "button mashers"/"quarter munchers".
November 28, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Part of me feels like Dark Souls wouldn't have caught on if the first game had difficulty settings. It'd be "cheap", "pointless", etc.
Arcade games had a relatively granular difficulty option via credit feeding and it played a big part in them written off as "button mashers"/"quarter munchers".
Arcade games had a relatively granular difficulty option via credit feeding and it played a big part in them written off as "button mashers"/"quarter munchers".
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Normalize the idea that genre devs should play the games in the genres they're making to at least a somewhat competent level
November 23, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Normalize the idea that genre devs should play the games in the genres they're making to at least a somewhat competent level
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we've also got some custom BMR tokens on the way, with art courtesy of @max.circa.vision
#vivi #finalfantasy #mtg #mtgpauper #magicthegathering
#vivi #finalfantasy #mtg #mtgpauper #magicthegathering
November 21, 2025 at 9:19 PM
we've also got some custom BMR tokens on the way, with art courtesy of @max.circa.vision
#vivi #finalfantasy #mtg #mtgpauper #magicthegathering
#vivi #finalfantasy #mtg #mtgpauper #magicthegathering
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ReBoot is the most brilliantly creative animated series I've ever seen. Holy shit.
November 21, 2025 at 3:49 AM
ReBoot is the most brilliantly creative animated series I've ever seen. Holy shit.
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The actual secret to why I know stuff is that I ask a question any time I don’t understand literally anything. I don’t care how simple it is. Anybody who makes fun of you for asking a simple question likely doesn’t know the answer either
November 20, 2025 at 12:32 AM
The actual secret to why I know stuff is that I ask a question any time I don’t understand literally anything. I don’t care how simple it is. Anybody who makes fun of you for asking a simple question likely doesn’t know the answer either
Go get your copy today! I worked on this animation to help promote the first issue. I want to make sure I'm putting my all into this project.
The prologue to Lux The Lilliput is out! Get your copy today!
November 17, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Go get your copy today! I worked on this animation to help promote the first issue. I want to make sure I'm putting my all into this project.
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If it does not happen at some time I will buy a hat & then eat it
Dweeb will appear on our screens in the future. I am sure of it🙏
Dweeb will appear on our screens in the future. I am sure of it🙏
November 5, 2025 at 11:43 AM
If it does not happen at some time I will buy a hat & then eat it
Dweeb will appear on our screens in the future. I am sure of it🙏
Dweeb will appear on our screens in the future. I am sure of it🙏
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I remember 15 years ago being like "... I wanna make a metroidvania... but with combos" and thank god a bunch of people got there first to make me realize "actually no I absolutely do not."
Its so superficially alluring to tack combos to stuff but we have YEARS of it mostly being lame to learn from
Its so superficially alluring to tack combos to stuff but we have YEARS of it mostly being lame to learn from
November 6, 2025 at 12:09 PM
I remember 15 years ago being like "... I wanna make a metroidvania... but with combos" and thank god a bunch of people got there first to make me realize "actually no I absolutely do not."
Its so superficially alluring to tack combos to stuff but we have YEARS of it mostly being lame to learn from
Its so superficially alluring to tack combos to stuff but we have YEARS of it mostly being lame to learn from
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youtu.be/sDa6agrtvlc?...
Bro are there ANY devs who like these fucking games LOL is thinking the series you're making a successor of is trash a pre-requisite that companies look for
Bro are there ANY devs who like these fucking games LOL is thinking the series you're making a successor of is trash a pre-requisite that companies look for
Shinobi & The Art of Vengeance
YouTube video by SpidersSTG
youtu.be
November 6, 2025 at 11:42 AM
youtu.be/sDa6agrtvlc?...
Bro are there ANY devs who like these fucking games LOL is thinking the series you're making a successor of is trash a pre-requisite that companies look for
Bro are there ANY devs who like these fucking games LOL is thinking the series you're making a successor of is trash a pre-requisite that companies look for
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On the other hand, when you remove genre conventions & make them unacceptable via homogenization, not only does this remove the positive cultural bias & understanding of the mechanic as a language, it turns it into a swear word, which shrinks design space. Controls already suffered cuz of this
November 5, 2025 at 9:53 AM
On the other hand, when you remove genre conventions & make them unacceptable via homogenization, not only does this remove the positive cultural bias & understanding of the mechanic as a language, it turns it into a swear word, which shrinks design space. Controls already suffered cuz of this
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I think critics,devs,audiences should treasure & protect unintuitive genre abstractions. Like static cameras in survival horror games. The fact that its tied to a genre makes it a known language to players. & that's a beautiful thing cuz devs wont have to do the teaching every time they use it
November 5, 2025 at 9:50 AM
I think critics,devs,audiences should treasure & protect unintuitive genre abstractions. Like static cameras in survival horror games. The fact that its tied to a genre makes it a known language to players. & that's a beautiful thing cuz devs wont have to do the teaching every time they use it
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November 5, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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New York City: a muslim socialist is going to become our mayor
Dick Cheney: over my dead body
Dick Cheney: over my dead body
November 5, 2025 at 4:15 AM
New York City: a muslim socialist is going to become our mayor
Dick Cheney: over my dead body
Dick Cheney: over my dead body
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Art is the only way I currently make any money. Every bit of support helps. Most of that is gained through commissions, but there is also Itch for art packs and Patreon/SubStar for early access and WIPs. But a nice way to help is also just by reposting my stuff.
Links:
SubscribeStar
Patreon
Itch
Links:
SubscribeStar
Patreon
Itch
November 2, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Art is the only way I currently make any money. Every bit of support helps. Most of that is gained through commissions, but there is also Itch for art packs and Patreon/SubStar for early access and WIPs. But a nice way to help is also just by reposting my stuff.
Links:
SubscribeStar
Patreon
Itch
Links:
SubscribeStar
Patreon
Itch
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STOP THE PRESSES.
The ROM for the unreleased Famicom RPG Splatter World has been released (in a thread on 4chan, of all places). I've tried it myself, and it does seem to be genuine. If it's a fake, it's a damn good one.
Expect (more) coverage on West Mansion soon.
@hg101.bsky.social
The ROM for the unreleased Famicom RPG Splatter World has been released (in a thread on 4chan, of all places). I've tried it myself, and it does seem to be genuine. If it's a fake, it's a damn good one.
Expect (more) coverage on West Mansion soon.
@hg101.bsky.social
November 1, 2025 at 2:45 AM
STOP THE PRESSES.
The ROM for the unreleased Famicom RPG Splatter World has been released (in a thread on 4chan, of all places). I've tried it myself, and it does seem to be genuine. If it's a fake, it's a damn good one.
Expect (more) coverage on West Mansion soon.
@hg101.bsky.social
The ROM for the unreleased Famicom RPG Splatter World has been released (in a thread on 4chan, of all places). I've tried it myself, and it does seem to be genuine. If it's a fake, it's a damn good one.
Expect (more) coverage on West Mansion soon.
@hg101.bsky.social
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Ys // Falcom // PC-98
October 28, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Ys // Falcom // PC-98
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I do think all four of these are pointing to the notion that you really can't just find a studio and spin up Another One. it's That Staff in That Time on That Hardware with That Engine and That Creative Talent and without that exact context it just is not possible to go back home again
October 24, 2025 at 3:26 PM
I do think all four of these are pointing to the notion that you really can't just find a studio and spin up Another One. it's That Staff in That Time on That Hardware with That Engine and That Creative Talent and without that exact context it just is not possible to go back home again
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Don't forget to pick up your copy of the prologue to Lux The Lilliput today! Photos by Eric Tavares.
Lux The Lilliput: maxfarinatoart.com
Eric Tavares: erictavares.myportfolio.com
www.youtube.com/c/althentik
Lux The Lilliput: maxfarinatoart.com
Eric Tavares: erictavares.myportfolio.com
www.youtube.com/c/althentik
October 22, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Don't forget to pick up your copy of the prologue to Lux The Lilliput today! Photos by Eric Tavares.
Lux The Lilliput: maxfarinatoart.com
Eric Tavares: erictavares.myportfolio.com
www.youtube.com/c/althentik
Lux The Lilliput: maxfarinatoart.com
Eric Tavares: erictavares.myportfolio.com
www.youtube.com/c/althentik
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In case y'all haven't seen, I had the chance to create the cover for SIGNS by the big dawg MAXIMUM CRASH 🔥 it's not every day I get to make art for an album that features my extract flavor of beats so needless to say I'm beyond honored 🙇 be sure to check it out and support the big homie ‼️
August 24, 2025 at 7:32 PM
In case y'all haven't seen, I had the chance to create the cover for SIGNS by the big dawg MAXIMUM CRASH 🔥 it's not every day I get to make art for an album that features my extract flavor of beats so needless to say I'm beyond honored 🙇 be sure to check it out and support the big homie ‼️
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I feel like this is a consequence of a complete lack of balance in modern games and how hard the more open ended sandboxy approach to challenge won. In older games, esp arcade ones but early console ones too, there was a lot less leeway to trivialize challenges so "cheese" was just strategy
“Cheesing a boss” being a negative is one of the silliest parts of modern gaming. Time was you could show someone a cool way you got past an encounter and they’d be impressed. Now that’s gone all but gone, replaced by pointless debates about what is and isn’t an intended way to do a fight.
I think I got to one of the bosses people complain about and all I gotta say is you're all the motherfuckers who just face roll into DS bosses without looking at the environment or anything
September 19, 2025 at 4:47 AM
I feel like this is a consequence of a complete lack of balance in modern games and how hard the more open ended sandboxy approach to challenge won. In older games, esp arcade ones but early console ones too, there was a lot less leeway to trivialize challenges so "cheese" was just strategy
