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cguanche.bsky.social
Writer. Co-founder, MAHQ (www.mahq.net). Check out @mahqdotnet.bsky.social. Co-host of the Gundamn! podcast (@gundamn.bsky.social). He/him.
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They’ll lay you off if your game isn’t a hit. They’ll lay you off if your game is a hit. They’ll award themselves and their friends millions of dollars thanks to your hard work either way. The so-called “AAA” game industry is built on pure indecency and rotten to the core.

submitted 6 days ago • 21 comments

I will never understand people complaining about ports, remasters, or even any video game existing. You know you don’t have to buy them, right? You’re not obligated to buy any of these luxury entertainment products. You can for example buy a nice pie instead, the choice is yours! 💁‍♂️

submitted 13 days ago • 41 comments

Model: Magitek Armor Debut: Final Fantasy VI Year: 1994 Designers: Yoshitaka Amano and the artists at Square Soft

submitted 20 days ago • 1 comment

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submitted 22 days ago • 1 comment

The Video Game History Foundation Library is now in early access. For free. For everyone. Wherever you are. Read more: gamehistory.org/vghf-library...

submitted 26 days ago • 90 comments

The translation industry's race to the bottom is driving so many talented translators out of the industry. Most of my colleagues from my Master's program in Translation are not doing anything related to translation at all anymore. The rest are either in-house or do it as a 'side hustle'.

submitted 27 days ago • 6 comments

Probably not at all unpopular, but... Holding down a button and waiting for a circle to fill up to do an action is one of the dumbest things video games have ever done.

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

Reminder that sexual expression in the arts is absolutely normal and human across time and all cultures. Sex is how we all got here, and the arts are how we express our living experiences. There is nothing immoral about it, and it should never be criminalized.

submitted 29 days ago • 12 comments

The PC is Dead: It's Time To Make Computing Personal Again My new essay on how we lost control of personal computing to Internet surveillance, DRM, and extractive business models—and how we can launch the era of Personal Computer 2.0 www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/ar...

submitted 39 days ago • 25 comments

Wrote about how I think the hang-wringing that Nintendo will somehow be less creative for its new gen because the Switch 2 is an iterative upgrade to the Switch is rather silly. I mean, the SNES, the GBA, the GC exist, don't they? www.vg247.com/nintendo-doe...

submitted 39 days ago • 20 comments

It’s pretty much all mismanagement. Adopting new tech prematurely? Mismanagement. Changing creative direction in production? Mismanagement. Iterating on content 3+ times? Mismanagement. Adding major features in production? Mismanagement. Poor planning, failure to follow plans - all mismanagement.

submitted 45 days ago • 59 comments

Gradius turns 40 in just a few weeks, so let's kick off a very casual set of anniversary posts that'll appear throughout 2025, where it all began: Gradius. Or Nemesis, depending on your region. It's a whole thing.

submitted 46 days ago • 1 comment

On the one hand, it's good that NG+ is free again. On the other, this was a lesson that Sega didn't need to learn. It was a terrible idea to begin with to make it DLC, and everybody hated it.

submitted 47 days ago • 0 comments

If you see this, share your fav game for each Nintendo system: NES: Castlevania III SNES: SMW N64: OoT GCN: Metroid Prime Wii: Mario Galaxy 2 Wii U: BotW Switch: Mario Odyssey GB: Link's Awakening GBC: Oracles games GBA: Metroid Zero Mission DS: Hotel Dusk 3DS: Fire Emblem Awakening

submitted 51 days ago • 0 comments

If you dislike something or it makes you uncomfortable, that’s okay! But you don’t need to let the creator know. You don’t need to let anyone know, honestly. You can just ignore it and move on with your life. Fandom is about enjoying the things you like, not bashing the things you hate.

submitted 60 days ago • 23 comments

A long interview full of information about the development of Shenmue, which gives the floor to programmers, graphic designers and the main character designer. Thread www.famitsu.com/article/2024... 1/16

submitted 58 days ago • 1 comment

[THREAD Char and Kamille in Zeta] Positive Character Development as bait - when hope dooms the characters. A study of the original characterization and relationship of the two main pilots of Zeta Gundam (show only).

submitted 64 days ago • 4 comments

History repeating. Remember 2008-? I know I do. ADV and Geneon a went away, Bandai Ent was holding steady and Funimation became dominant. Let me tell you a story...

submitted 67 days ago • 6 comments