I hate to be one of those bait and switch "wait til you get to the last image" kind of people but it's worth it for this story about GameNOW trolling one of their readers with a Final Fantasy 8 screenshot. ff8isthe.best/2024/02/the-... - ThreadSky

brandon.insertcredit.com • 376 days ago

I hate to be one of those bait and switch "wait til you get to the last image" kind of people but it's worth it for this story about GameNOW trolling one of their readers with a Final Fantasy 8 screenshot. https://ff8isthe.best/2024/02/the-game-magazine-that-spent-two-years-taunting-a-final-fantasy-viii-hater/

Comments

pfish.zone•374 days ago

this is a Steve Jobs–level “just one more thing”

thetrin.bsky.social•375 days ago

Hahaha, holy shit, that is amazing.

topherbot9000.bsky.social•375 days ago

Phenomenal.

defstan480.bsky.social•376 days ago

it’s so, so good

brandon.insertcredit.com•376 days ago

Any writer or editor will be extremely jealous at this level of pettiness. It's just the right amount of too much and I wish I had thought of it.

brandon.insertcredit.com•376 days ago

Also note - this website is written by @philsalv.bsky.social

spectramis.com•376 days ago

hahahah brilliant

jillofhearts.tgirl.gay•375 days ago

it's like an oldschool version of pcgamer and geralt in a bathtub but with a completely innocuous screenshot and funnier payoff

sharkabytes.bsky.social•375 days ago

Absolutely worth waiting for, what an amazing saga.

beardyrecordbox.bsky.social•375 days ago

HA! Amazing.

jeanmariescheid.bsky.social•376 days ago

Chef’s kiss

geksvulpes.bsky.social•375 days ago

This makes me miss gaming magazines even more. Little touches like these.

dkaszor.bsky.social•376 days ago

I appreciate the effort that went into getting a version of the screenshot from the HD version of the game for the post.

catgirlrika.bsky.social•376 days ago

This is the kinda shit I'd so expect EGM or any sort of similar gaming magazine would do hah

chadradish.bsky.social•375 days ago

EGM was the only gaming magazine i can think of that had an entire 2 page spread a month dedicated exclusively to shitty games by a writer they kept explicitly to be the expert on shitty games (shoutouts to @seanbaby.bsky.social for bringing so much laughs and great writing to my teenage years)

catgirlrika.bsky.social•375 days ago

I was a subscriber to EGM and did swear they responded to hate mail quite often be it about them or something like that. Oh yeah, I also remember that. Fun times. It's how I found out about shitty games. Thanks a ton @seanbaby.bsky.social