I just need you or Alex to go on @hatespeechpod.bsky.social and then all of my podcasts are connected by at least 2 degrees of guest 😂

I think this means Nintendo has to hire you now

Genuinely incredible that you can show your dick sucker 3000 at the expo to fish for VC money, but artists and sex workers showing a little nip means every payment structure creature kicking down your door and indiscriminately shredding your wallet.

Omg SAME. The puppeting looks soooooo bad because it highlights that the poses are awkward when translated into an idle, and also the super jagged pixely transformed edges were just hiiiiideous.

Secret based 😎

Bases were a PERFECT level of social interaction stimulation (which the remakes somehow genius-ly improved by incorporating 3ds streetpass into it) that meant you could share a little customized experience even if you didn't have time for a battle or trade. The "gimmicks" of 3 were hands down great!

3 is imo the last HUGE set of jumps and improvements that nothing new has gotten close to (maybe the physical/special moves split). I also loved contests and genuinely wish they'd just improved that system instead of totally redoing the concept from scratch (and then discontinuing it :P). Secret-

-the jagged scaling attempting perspective always looked so ugly to me. The physical/special split was maybe the last huge huge change that was unambiguously good, but it doesn't elevate gen 4 above 3 for me personally.

-vs the previous 64x64 gave some of the best sprite art we ever got for the franchise, but also meant we started getting pokemon designed without the limitations and it definitely attributed to how monsters are designed now. Then the 3d overworld (which was distractingly desaturated) and-

Gen 2 has a special place in my heart for sure. I think 3 is part of the wave of peak, beautiful gba era pixel art, but gen 2's aesthetic is such a nice, readable look that's still pretty unique.
Gen 4 is where the positives and the negatives kinda started to level out for me: 100x100pixel sprites-

Also I found out Dan Deacon, one of my fav artists, has kinda just entirely pivoted to doing OSTs these past couple of years if you're looking for a big library. music.youtube.com/watch?v=547o...

Also despite the bazillion issues with 300, the OST genuinely slaps in that 2000s "everything cool is nu metal adjacent" kinda way.

As a certified marvel hater™️, I genuinely, enthusiastically, with 100% of my heart love this track and think it's one of the best soundtrack pieces to ever do it music.youtube.com/watch?v=Kjan...