Blader

Im sure you held these moral standards towards the literal 99% of people and online communities that see Cabinets (and the games in them) as nothing more than a money trap meant to waste your quarters

Fuck out of here man

My Anus pulsated like crazy 😂😂😂

Beginning to understand the Shmup IQ chart

40 IQ - "I have got to MOVEEE"

90 IQ - "Must stand as still as pond water"

140 IQ - "I have got to MOVEEE"

Well of course, he had to have a conversation with the game, not speak over it :)

Just woke up and read the State of Play list

Ownership, the feeling that this is just your own and unique. "This run of the game isnt like anyone else, its my own, with MY own choices" and go from there

Its basically a force of its own pushing designers into choices that dont actually conduct good dynamics, because players love it

The "number go up with little friction" is an easy explanation and pretty correct, but I actually think its also because it appeals to the gamers desire to have a sense of ownership over the experience. Its really the impulse that motivates everything from builds to "all valid" player choice

Found a good strat to kill the tree without bombing

Its a strange choice because it completely exits the foundation of the turn based dynamic, inevitable resource drain to be mitigated. At the same time being stuck in the turn based also stops any other elements from complicating the rhythm element (like positioning in an action game). Not good

Bet those bones are creaking (Happy Bday goat)

Idk man, spend a little less time trying to find the "arcadey" in that campaign Xbox360 game and actually play some games with an arcade structure

Nothing beats experience

There is an interesting type of guy in the Arcade space that hangs around, but doesn't actually play arcade games!?!?

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This is how Beat em ups look to normies...

Real nuance in discussion with people who do not have shared understanding, will at best give them ammo to justify their own incorrect views, or at worst give them an inch they can use against you, usually by roping you into explaining the nuance to them

I'm starting to think Benji likes Pokémon fan games...

Something people don't get is that social media is not a place for nuance

Nuance is for productive discussions within groups with a shared foundation

Maybe its the fact that I know a lot of the major plot points from cultural osmosis, but I am of the opinion that spoilers should not have a massive impact on experiencing a story, because the moment to moment

Still like it

Almost done with Season 1 of Jujutsu Kaisen.

This is going to sound very "Guy who has only seen boss baby" from me, but kind of feels like discount Hunter X Hunter

I am not dumb, I know that for a lot of people it's the "fantasy"

But fantasy and aesthetic is supposed to be subordinates to the gameplay, it's not supposed to be used to justify elements that bring more harm than value

I truly don't understand the attachment to high player mobility in Bmups

1. It's not a big source of depth with physics and 3D space

2. "Where will the player be?" Is already a complicated enough balancing affair

3. The actual playstyle it produces is lame

Great example of why you want to heavily limit players mobility in a Beat 'em Up

YouTube video by Blader Still the BEST Modern Beat 'em up!!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mu51...

Finally posting this run, with commentary

"Still the BEST Modern Beat 'em up!!"
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YouTube video by Blader Still the BEST Modern Beat 'em up!!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mu51...

20 minutes left, get in here!

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I do not remember honestly lol

12 HOURS

The video is 1 hour long, so a great opportunity to chat with me and the community if you show up

My accent makes me pronounce "Breathing Room" as "Breeding Room"

Notice how emu devs are increasing the performance of the PS3 rather than playing games...