Adam McDonald

Instead of 1000 closed roads or doors with bikes in front of them, simply do not show me the ways I can’t go. But if it didn’t have the same control scheme as every other game in the past 15 years I guess it wouldn’t really be a remake.

I started the Silent Hill 2 remake last night. I’ll stick with it because the horror and puzzle stuff is neat. But it looks and feels like every other third person AAA action/adventure game. I kind of wish it had preset camera angles just to not have to justify every direction I’m not supposed to go

Donkey Kong Bananza has the unquantifiable “Nintendo magic” that I recall feeling the first time I played Super Mario 64 and Ocarina of Time, and later with Breath of the Wild. I’m still early in the game, but that first impression is strong.

After visiting Tokyo for the first time this year, my impression was that this is a culture that was destined to make good video games. They've got clearly communicated rules and implied customs at every turn, and they like flashy shit that's also functional.

Yes this is cringe but I do believe it.

YouTube video by Jesse Clark But it might work for us!

Considering buying the Silent Hill 2 remake because it's on sale on PS5. I have many games I have not played. But I might play this one.

If mass market books start being written by AI, I have a feeling even the most normie slop readers will revolt. Standards are not quite that low. I really don't see a world where AI authors are a thing that's tolerated beyond Amazon self-publishing scams.

I am absolutely terrible at finishing RPGs, but that doesn’t stop basic-ass dungeon exploring in JRPGs being my “comfort” gaming experience. Give me a ladder that’s just off the main path and leads to a chest that gives me “Potion x 3” or whatever and I’m happy.

Playland in Vancouver should bring back the giant air conditioned room full of PlayStation 1 demo kiosks.

(some are fine and/or lovely)

The parental dichotomy of wanting my kids to make friends and not wanting to interact with children that aren’t mine.

Speaking of Mario Paint, my music loving 5-year-old son (almost 6!) put this together while also learning how a mouse works in the process.

Text from the Mario Paint instruction manual advising players to record their creations with their VCR.

Looked up a PDF of the Mario Paint instruction manual. You can only save one “collage” (set of images, one animation and one song). But…

Full will be all home games. There’s no concept of season tickets that include away games.

If she had any object permanence she’d start her own memecoin. “I was the sun on teletubbies coin”

gl;hf podcast the world's first podcast in video games

This has become my go-to "work" podcast. It's weird to recommend because it's just two YouTubers chatting, but it's very chill and funny. The "First Podcast in Video Games" is going in my ears while I make video games.

www.youtube.com/@glhf-podcast

This seems way more likely than “Pokemon artists put in anti-homeless architecture on purpose.” I just can’t imagine a world where an artist on a Pokémon game went out of their way to do that, or even one in which they were asked to do it.

Imagine my shock when I found out a coworker of mine was moonlighting as the art director.

This game is fantastic and probably my second favourite "first person puzzle game" after Portal 2. I say that as a fan of the genre that has played a lot of them. When it was first revealed I was not sold on the concept beyond "that's neat" - it's the game around the concept that impressed me.

A third party PlayStation controller with the brand "NAKI" on it. It has extra buttons for "TURBO", "CLR" and "SLOW", as well as small unlit LED. It does not have analog sticks.

I think I had this, but I was certain it was made by Ascii. The shape and placement of the buttons looks right, though>

I was feeling nostalgic and thought I'd look up pictures of third party accessories I had for my PS1. And it seems like that stuff just... isn't documented? If you're lucky you'll find the thing for sale on eBay. I'm surprised nobody has made a project of cataloguing old video game peripherals.

And I guess that's the answer as to who uses this tech. It emulates a power dynamic where you're the person in charge. It's Guitar Hero for middle management. It's incredibly flattering to use. "It saw my vision immediately!" is such a giveaway to that mindset. Affirming your input is what it does!

Is that a Wii U? Never knew Peewee was chill like that.

Anyway, I wonder what happened along the way that made game journalism be a thing normal people don’t even seem to know exists.

Today was someone asking if Carmen Sandiego is worth getting if you liked the old games. Someone said “it says 40th anniversary so it must be the one you remember” and then the OP responded with “I ended up buying it and it’s not.” People spending $50 to provide tribal knowledge to the Group.

I’ve ended up seeing posts from “Nintendo Switch Community” on Facebook. People will literally post a photo of a game on the shelf at Wal-Mart and ask the group if it’s good instead of looking up a review or something. I guess it’s kind of endearing.

YouTube video by Deerhoof - Topic The Perfect Me

As an entry point, I consider "Friend Opportunity" to be their most "classic" album. But it could be it was just the new one when I initially discovered them.

They also fully sound like themselves on every album without really falling into sounding too "samey" across albums. I think they're just a creative bunch of people that found a way to keep their collective creative flame alive indefinitely.

YouTube video by DeerhoofVEVO Deerhoof - Return of the Return of the Fire Trick Star (Official Video)

I have been working my way through Deerhoof's discography after not really listening to them much since like 2009. I am amazed that not only have they consistently been putting out albums, not only are all of them good, but they're the kind of good that is apparent even on first listen.

Check out a practically finished version of Carpoon and 17 other great games on these!