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(WILL-ert) | Investigating forgotten gaming history | Creator of the greatest Metroid video on Youtube | Asexual, autistic, artistic, 🏳️⚧️(she/her) | Linktree: https://katewillaert.com/link-tree
I would instead say a great movie can be a terrible with the wrong music, it truly makes an incredible impact.
The right music can even make people think a bad movie is deeper than it is, I can think of multiple examples that I won’t name here because I don’t need the fights in my comments.
I’ve been saying this for ages, but haven’t yet gotten around to doing the video essay where I as going to try replacing the music in a few scenes like this to demonstrate it. Hopefully I’ll get to it eventually, I believe I know why a good composer like Silvestri produced something so ill-fitting.
My favorite quote from this podcast:
"Part of the story that I want people to realize is that, in the early history of computing, it's actually insane that people used computers to play games."
Contender ready. Gladiator ready.
It's Mar10 Day, and that seems as good a reason as any to post a thread of the notable Super Mariology studies I've been doing on Thrilling Tales of Old Video Games.
First up: SMB2 was made *after SMB3. That's why it looks better.
www.thrillingtalesofoldvideogames.com/blog/super-m...
Having just watched the video and briefly browsed the library catalog, this is screaming for an infographic of some sort.
It’s #mar10 day, so I’m obligated to plug my video about the true origin of Mario, which is completely different from the way it’s usually told.
youtu.be/gsCWPserdrs
A reminder that if you donate to my Patreon at the $1 level I do a bi-monthly newsletter about what I've been up to, and a link round-up of things I've read or watched or posted on Bluesky.
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But it’s behavioral, especially for those of us always on the lookout for suspicious links.
In this case, a hyperlink with a manually embedded image looks less friendly than the normal image-with-headline that happens automatically when regular-linking it.
www.sonicstadium.org/articles/son...
I just tested it and you’re right, but I’d never gotten that far lol.
As cool as the hyperlinks are, I actually find myself reluctant to click via phone because I can’t see the URL.
Although IIRC there was one computer mag so torn up about Planetfall that the cover of their next issue was a black cover quoting the entire text of the scene, like really people?
It’s like how people joke about the spoiler to FF7 without thinking about many generations of gamers weren’t born yet when it was released.
I always have better luck with the Libby app.
More like a next gen redesign.
Haha, how terrible would it be if I was like "Patrons at the X tier get to see the new face first before the public reveal."
This is what they don't tell you about the hazards of slipping into a video game reality where the townsfolk expect you to save their town by beating Punch-Out!! for real.
The worst I looked was two weeks ago Saturday and Sunday. I wasn’t in much pain (thanks to meds), but it was miserable not being able to breathe through my nose, not being able to chew or use my lips much, and my eyes nearly swole shut (I could only see out of a sliver of one eye over the weekend).
He quote tweeted the essay here on Bluesky.
This is exactly how I view it, history is a team sport (or a co-op game?) and in theory we’re all on the same side (even if I keep absent-mindedly grabbing the pizza before checking everyone’s health bar first).
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Maybe if I made a gif of myself pushing up my glasses while saying it.
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One of the hardest things about doing parallel but separate research to someone you respect is when they publish and you immediately spot tiny errors that your research will correct. Like, what's the most polite way to acknowledge it? Do I occasionally flash a card that says "I'm so sorry Jeremy 😬"?
This probably doesn't mean all that much in the grand scheme of things, BUT it's a pleasant little ego boost to see regardless. Thanks, everyone!
A big part of its importance involves a FF7 level spoiler you need to try to avoid (if you want to play it yourself first, otherwise I can spoil you in DM).
I wouldn’t confuse desperation for bravery.
I looked worse first.
At some point I crossed 20k followers here on Bluesky, which is amazing, but are you sure you all don’t want to also follow me on YouTube? Still trying to hit 10k followers on there.
Today we have an amazing interview from 1989 with Shigeru Miyamoto and Shigesato Itoi. Conducted shortly after the release of Mother, it's full of deep musings about realism, creative exhaustion, the moral panic over kids & gaming, and prescient visions of the future. shmuplations.com/itoimiyamoto/
His mock up/tests are also so wonderful.
