Barrett Womack

Sonic Racing today, too. Wouldn't say it's on the level of those three, but the sonic fans are insisting it's way better than Mario kart

I really really liked it - seems like it has some progression issues and bugs but it was a great playthrough.

I'm just sad I never got the shuriken jutsu somehow when I beat the boss that gives it to you, and couldn't go back to get it after

That's one big ass bug

Probably just for the memories, but it's a nice touch all the same

They've still got an awning up that says Flynns on it

I am genuinely terrified everyone will forget, or has already forgotten, how different people were 15-20 years ago. Since then, all technological innovation has worked toward the goal of sapping human attention as a commodity and society is far worse for it.

It's funny because it's literally just the mindset of a gambling addict - "I'm gonna hit it big on the next one" except instead of a poker table it's half-a-billion dollar video games

Insisting you write them reports to read because them being aware of the product is their job, and if the team isn't writing detailed reports on their behalf, it's plainly obvious they're not doing it

Given the shitstorm that’s hit the teams behind The Alters, Magic: The Gathering, and Jurassic World Evolution 3 (among other titles), I’d be deeply intrigued to hear why someone would consider it a safe move to use generative AI on their project at this point - let alone go all-in on it.

Like on one hand - if it works as a descriptor, great! Not trying to gatekeep people on language. But in the Dewey decimal system of game genres, I haven't found a satisfactory answer of how it fits in.

Other blanket genres like battle royale could be applied to this conversation as well

Indirectly relevant - what are your thoughts about the spectrum of genre around roguelikes? Many people seem to use roguelike as its own genre despite it being a concept that can be applied to almost any other genre, and I've been trying to square how I feel about that

This is the story of so many good Switch games, and it makes me genuinely very sad that most people will never get to experience them at their best

Some games are up

Seeing so much of this in the vibe-coding conversations - "I told it to add security to my website why didn't it work?"

AI does not save you from not understanding what things are, which is also what its use inspires!

cringe, as an idea, is a dead end. it’s a means of writing off sincerity and earnestness in pursuit of some ill-defined concept of above-it-all cool. letting it help define online culture was a mistake. if you view everything as cringe, you are living an empty life

video games aren't political! *your switch 2 costs a suspicious amount of money due to recent bizarre developments in international politics*

Hate to contribute to The Discourse but an interesting wrinkle is that Japanese prices are much lower - $333 for the console and $59.50 for Mario Kart based on the current exchange rate

Genuinely wondering how much of the price bump is related to the international tariff conversations going on

This looks like an incredibly goofy Elden Ring mod

You're right and you should say it

Deeply well-deserved, congratulations! One of the first games in years to truly glue me to my seat until it was over.

Froghorn has not left my mind since........

oh my god it's only been TWO DAYS???

in another couple days I will have a game pitch for you. teaser: alex song-xia, the voice of froghorn

I got sent this earlier today - the link is unsurprisingly dead but good god. I've been working in and around games for a decade now.

How time flies!

The only circumstance I'd ever start a podcast is if I got to talk with fun game design people like @joemag.games, @jeffhamilton.bsky.social or @keits.bsky.social about broad concepts like "The Anthropology of Controller Layouts", or "Why Balancing By Numbers Isn't Enough"

I hope Final Fight gets its Streets of Rage 4 moment one day

A huge shot in the dark, but fighting game player Luffy has been playing on a PS1 pad forever - he might have content around how he makes that work online

That's a reasonable perspective! If it were anything, it'd probably be "special mention for transformative use" or the like, but that's more animation-adjacent - and likely too specific a callout for your purposes.

I just think it's neat!

BlazBlue Entropy Effect on Steam Enjoy action-packed flashy combat with incredibly satisfying combos and responsive controls! Numerous characters, each with completely unique playstyles and loads of unlockable moves & upgrades! T...

@danfloydplus.bsky.social in case it slipped by you during your Best Of 2024 hunt, wanted to put BlazBlue Entropy Effect in front of you: store.steampowered.com/app/2273430/...

It took the sprite art from BlazBlue and molded/repurposed it to do some really interesting things in a roguelite format.

the relevant time measure for game quality is how long after playing it you're still thinking about it. there are games we finish within a few hours or less we think or talk about for the rest of our lives, and other games people spend hundreds of hours doing they regret and wish they could get back

Do you ever think about how The Order 1886, a PS4 launch title, is still one of the prettiest games ever made?

YouTube video by New Frame Plus The Best Game Animation of 2022

It was mentioned in a 2022 animation best-of from New Frame Plus, whose opinion I trust a lot

I never got all the way through it (it gets hard!!) but I loved what I played youtu.be/Kwn32j8_-p0?...