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A new Castlevania game?

And it's by the Dead Cells team?

Oh, this is gonna be peak >:3

14.02.2026 11:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A nostalgic look at the 1985 NES mega hit, Super Mario Bros. on my nostalgic CRT television.

(An extreme closeup of a very tiny Super Mario Bros. title screen)

A nostalgic look at the 1985 NES mega hit, Super Mario Bros. on my nostalgic CRT television. (An extreme closeup of a very tiny Super Mario Bros. title screen)

Super Mario Bros. (NES - 1985)

26.02.2025 11:28 β€” πŸ‘ 345    πŸ” 122    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 4
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Gandalf really is heroic when you consider that there were originally five wizards and one of them turned evil, two of them fucked off and went out east to have orgies, and one is just super into talking to gophers. The one last hope of free peoples was the stoner and that crazy mfer did it.

12.02.2026 04:24 β€” πŸ‘ 5287    πŸ” 951    πŸ’¬ 65    πŸ“Œ 31

yeah no fucking shit

maybe 7 year development cycles are fucking stupid and unnecessary and don't even produce measurably better games than shorter ones

13.02.2026 01:44 β€” πŸ‘ 2057    πŸ” 566    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 9

all the kinds of modern Indie Games:

-"roguelike" (slot machine)
-feelings
-unlock/tech tree simulator
-"god we hope northernlion plays this"
-crunchy first person shooter
-morrowind built by a single lunatic

13.02.2026 02:59 β€” πŸ‘ 2043    πŸ” 385    πŸ’¬ 28    πŸ“Œ 37
Something I've been thinking about more is that, yes old games were pumped out because of insane labor crimes *but the art still exists*
Unlike today where we are still putting humans in a meat grinder to make something, but that something is valueless ephemera from gamefied gambling houses or multiplayer games that live for less than a year and then die with no way to ever access them again
I don't justify Chrono Trigger putting people in the hospital because I can still play it, but I can at least still fucking play it

Something I've been thinking about more is that, yes old games were pumped out because of insane labor crimes *but the art still exists* Unlike today where we are still putting humans in a meat grinder to make something, but that something is valueless ephemera from gamefied gambling houses or multiplayer games that live for less than a year and then die with no way to ever access them again I don't justify Chrono Trigger putting people in the hospital because I can still play it, but I can at least still fucking play it

Been thinking about Highguard and the impermanence of games these days (which is to say, moreso that usual)

13.02.2026 03:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1126    πŸ” 374    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 7

i knew this clip was going get a lot of use going forward

21.08.2025 22:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1178    πŸ” 624    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 4
A hand drawn map of the original NES Castlevania game.

A hand drawn map of the original NES Castlevania game.

The full map to the original Castlevania. This is a brilliant map. Despite seeing a map in between stages, you don't really think about how it all connects, but the flow lines up almost perfectly making one cohesive castle.

13.02.2026 13:51 β€” πŸ‘ 609    πŸ” 235    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 7
Neo Turf Masters with the Persona 5 combat menu options.

Neo Turf Masters with the Persona 5 combat menu options.

BORN TO GOLF
WIND IS A FUCK
CHIP EM ALL 1996
I am fernando almeida
410,757,864,530 MISSED PUTTS

BORN TO GOLF WIND IS A FUCK CHIP EM ALL 1996 I am fernando almeida 410,757,864,530 MISSED PUTTS

I found these two Neo Turf Masters memes in my memories.

13.02.2026 02:00 β€” πŸ‘ 389    πŸ” 167    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 4

it's hard to understand how things got so bad. my theory is we didn't have enough thinkpieces by people in their 30s interrogating the politics of cartoons for children. forty or fifty more of those coulda turned this all around

13.02.2026 16:18 β€” πŸ‘ 526    πŸ” 109    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 2
13.02.2026 20:11 β€” πŸ‘ 3014    πŸ” 1217    πŸ’¬ 29    πŸ“Œ 6
I don't give a fuck if you don't know what I'm talking about- this is art. When you go see a painting on the wall and it looks bugged out because you don't know what the fuck he thinking, because he ain't got no benches, no trees there, it's just a splash. The nigga that did it know what the fuck it is

I don't give a fuck if you don't know what I'm talking about- this is art. When you go see a painting on the wall and it looks bugged out because you don't know what the fuck he thinking, because he ain't got no benches, no trees there, it's just a splash. The nigga that did it know what the fuck it is

This pops up every once in awhile and I always share it. Wu Tang goes in and out of popularity with the times, but there's no denying there was a Dream Team level of talent and brilliance on that roster. True artists.

14.02.2026 01:32 β€” πŸ‘ 2726    πŸ” 585    πŸ’¬ 20    πŸ“Œ 10
Tweet from @TheOmegaVirus

Mgs4 boss: *Tries to give Snake a lapdance and dies*
Drebin: "That was Angry Armadillo, she was forced to eat cement as a child"

Tweet from @TheOmegaVirus Mgs4 boss: *Tries to give Snake a lapdance and dies* Drebin: "That was Angry Armadillo, she was forced to eat cement as a child"

With more people getting the opportunity to play Metal Gear Solid 4, it means more people will understand one of my favorite posts online

14.02.2026 05:04 β€” πŸ‘ 9156    πŸ” 2669    πŸ’¬ 78    πŸ“Œ 26
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tennis fever

12.02.2026 16:08 β€” πŸ‘ 3766    πŸ” 1054    πŸ’¬ 30    πŸ“Œ 3

All those YouTubers making videos talking about how Disney and Pixar have been β€œdethroned” by Sony Pictures Animation only for this recent news to break.

This is why manufacturing competition between these studios on the basis of their films’ quality is a bad thing.

11.02.2026 13:49 β€” πŸ‘ 56    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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13.02.2026 14:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1283    πŸ” 758    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 9
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So, how 'bout that new asdfmovie, huh?

Rigs by @zayjax.bsky.social
Circus Tent by @blueambiance.bsky.social
Cheese by 321Blender

#TheAmazingDigitalCircus #3D #animation #asdfmovie

11.02.2026 00:08 β€” πŸ‘ 879    πŸ” 329    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 3
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Don't really want to talk about Discord, enough going around

Instead I just want to remind you

You have friends who only have close online connections. Please be considerate. Do not scare the hell out of them right now that they'll be abandoned.

Talk of going scorched earth scares many people

09.02.2026 19:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1379    πŸ” 704    πŸ’¬ 27    πŸ“Œ 18
Weaknesses:
- Unskippable cutscenes
- Some chapters feel half-baked
- Minor bugs
- Excessive makeout scenes
- Slow segments in gameplay

Weaknesses: - Unskippable cutscenes - Some chapters feel half-baked - Minor bugs - Excessive makeout scenes - Slow segments in gameplay

A friend of mine was using a tool to analyze market research for his game. As a check he tested it on DELTARUNE. Seems like I have a lot of things to work on...

10.02.2026 23:19 β€” πŸ‘ 16832    πŸ” 2612    πŸ’¬ 441    πŸ“Œ 217

Age Verification?

I'm exactly a year older than Crash Team Racing

11.02.2026 09:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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haven't made a step sound yet so i'm using a clip of alucard saying "What?!" from castlevania symphony of the night with randomized pitch as a placeholder.

10.02.2026 22:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1636    πŸ” 628    πŸ’¬ 30    πŸ“Œ 12
An SNES mouse hooked up to a Switch 2 running Mario Paint.

An SNES mouse hooked up to a Switch 2 running Mario Paint.

Tried to use my SNES mouse with my Switch 2 but it didn’t work…

10.02.2026 21:56 β€” πŸ‘ 173    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 1
Someone’s sharp X68000 setup with those Roland monitors and it’s playing the game Cotton

Someone’s sharp X68000 setup with those Roland monitors and it’s playing the game Cotton

Serial Experiments Lain is a cautionary, deeply political story about how cool the Sharp X68000 looked, and what would happen if computers kept looking like that.

11.02.2026 00:51 β€” πŸ‘ 2046    πŸ” 519    πŸ’¬ 43    πŸ“Œ 17
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I tried to take a photo of a grasshopper on my windshield, but now it looks like a gigantic bug destroying the town.

10.02.2026 06:10 β€” πŸ‘ 24829    πŸ” 5063    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2

In the Luigi's Mansion Gameβ„’ for Nintendo Switch Systemβ„’, you'll help the Luigi Characterβ„’ rescue his friend mario from the evil Kingβ„’ Booβ„’ Villainβ„’

10.02.2026 23:48 β€” πŸ‘ 480    πŸ” 88    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 3

Also throw in Fallout, The Elder Scrolls, Grand Theft Auto, and possibly some other series I can't think of right now :P

10.02.2026 11:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
PERSONA 🀝 METAL GEAR

ONLY THE MOST DEDICATED FANS PLAYING THE FIRST TWO GAMES

PERSONA 🀝 METAL GEAR ONLY THE MOST DEDICATED FANS PLAYING THE FIRST TWO GAMES

Just something that I noticed recently

10.02.2026 11:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh, it's far worse than that. Society as a whole realized the harm - potential and direct - almost immediately.

It's just that the people that run the world decided, even as the corpses piled up, that they just didn't care and were going to bet the entire global economy on radium toothpaste.

09.02.2026 00:02 β€” πŸ‘ 440    πŸ” 143    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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