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Lots of speculation about why so many rich and powerful people who were anti-Trump in 2016 are now pro-Trump, attributing it to Democrats going too far left (lol) or the rich just saying how they've always felt in secret.

submitted 19 hours ago • 1 comment

Something that clicked for me is the moment I realized most game tutorials seem to be designed for newcomers not to the series or even the genre, but to gaming broadly. The assumption is "design the game for someone who has never played a video game before" no matter how absurd that may be.

submitted 21 hours ago • 1 comment

Using Elden Ring as your example of an ultra hardcore game is such a funny tell that you're a casual gamer. It's like if someone bragged about having seen Oppenheimer

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

Weird glitch in City of the Wolves: when playing with very poor connection, the round start sound effects can be extremely loud (warning to headphone users)

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

Unless they make substantial changes to how Pro Skater 4 works, a Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4 is going to feel very disjointed. In 1 + 2, while you could maybe tell the levels came from different games, they at least play the same.

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

New Negative Edge. This time, I talk about games that let the player name the protagonist, and why I don't think that's always a good idea. If you know me, you can probably guess what game I'm going to talk about negativeedge.beehiiv.com/p/please-don...

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

Every time I see the Bluesky URL I think of her

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

I can't respect anyone who doesn't like gender neutral washrooms. For purely functional reasons (more stalls, no urinals) they're better. If you hate them it can only be because you're a bigot

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

I am pleased to report that Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves has the juice. Feels very robust and incorporates a lot of modern fighting game design without feeling trendy.

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

Now that Amazon is assuming direct control of the James Bond franchise, it's only a matter of time before there's some awful Young M series on Prime Video

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

I cannot fathom why annual sports games need seasons. You release a new one every year! How could you possibly need to be continuously adding new content?

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

We need him now more than ever

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

"The guys who were laid off from Netease weren't really the creators of Marvel Rivals, they were just the leads at their American office! The real developers are still there!" You know there would be less confusion about this if the game had any credits to speak of

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

This is what The Boss wanted

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

There's still some ongoing debate about what VR games should be like, but I'm glad everyone seems to agree they should not be anything like this

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

Street Fighter EX 2 has the classic barrel breaking minigame but in a strange twist, you can use grabs on the barrels. Seeing Hokuto do aikido throws on a barrel is pretty funny

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

New Negative Edge. This time, I go long about why I don't like guest characters in fighting games while also describing how they can be done well, if they truly need to be done at all. negativeedge.beehiiv.com/p/no-more-gu...

submitted 10 days ago • 2 comments