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Because every duel is different.

And because "power levels" are dumb.

Yeah I have nothing to add except I hope you enjoy the games. :)

I say "new" only because I've only recently encountered them in my sphere, mostly because there's plenty of overlap with TERFs as they believe they're protecting women, but I'm sure they've been around for a while.

But yeah, according to them apparently surrogacy is "selling babies". "Ripping the baby from their mother."

Even though it's a process that has to be fully consensual throughout.

Kaldrenthebold posted...

Silent Hill Ascension 2, baby! The best game ever!

Ascension is a fucking RIDE. Was watching it via Super Eyepatch Wolf.

I would go so far to say this game might not be the best portable game. There are some sections with small details and text.

Meant to add this on but oh well:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQebIOKTT1w

I've not even been able to catch up but Bae's been going balls out on Yakuza Kiwami 2.

https://youtu.be/61pmQsr5Vfo?si=5q8IpSKo_JJtvMK3

Another three years of Three Houses discourse for some reason.

With a number.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Au4O9n85qmU

The floaty controls. Play SM and then play like almost any 2D Metroid that came after it.

Tyranthraxus posted...

They actually did release it kinda.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.intellivision.amicoux

If they were to make an actual console it would just be a set top android box gutted and made so that it automatically launches this app on boot and cannot be exited.

Ahh yes the app I completely forgot about that part.

Reminder that Atari is not "Atari". They are Infogrames who bought the Atari label and just called themselves Atari.

Intellivision itself is a pretty defunct brand. It had a slight resurgence in the PS2 era when former Mattel Electronics programmers secured the license and started putting out compilation games, such as "Intellivision Lives" and "Intellivision Rocks".

Then the main stakeholder, Keith Robinson, who was in charge of Intellivision Productions and one of those former programmers, died in 2017.

Tommy Tallarico bought a major stake in the company in 2018 and spearheaded the push for a new "family friendly" Intellivision console called the "Amico", which kinda looks like the old Intellivision given a modern "Apple"-style spin.

They were going to release the console in 2020, but the pandemic hit and they continued to post delays to the console's release. It's probably in one of those dead-limbo situations where it'll likely never see the light of day.

Given that Infogrames says they still want to release the console (rather than trying to refresh the brand as another "retro" resurgence), I don't think we can expect much from this, except the continued slow death of Intellivision as a brand.

Corn is no place for a mighty warrior!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MI78WOW_u-Q

This week, The John Oliver speaks of what the deal is with all this corn, including how it's subsidized, what we use it for, and the effect it's having on the environment.

There's much corn groping involved.

The 4% tax on any income over one million dollars has generated a total of $1.8 billion dollars, and it's all being used to give kids free lunch at school.

https://www.businessinsider.com/massachusetts-millionaires-wealth-tax-wealthy-budget-high-income-earners-irs-2024-5

If that place is account-walls you, you can also review this, although it's an older article.

https://www.commondreams.org/news/tax-rich-massachusetts

Oh I didn't mention the dog, did I.

https://twitter.com/CanYouPetTheDog/status/1791166730481565762

I don't think it matters whether one believes in it or not because we all implement it in some way. It's being part of society.

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/ign-entertainment-acquires-eurogamer-gi-vg247-rock-paper-shotgun-and-more

It's not going to get better out here.

Dracula Flow vs. the Op

I sympathize as I too am the type to gather useless trivia in my head and need a place to get it all down.

EDIT: I mean perhaps "useless" is a bit harsh. Tropes Are Just Tools, after all.

gandalfl0 posted...

Ive been keeping an eye on this.

Eh? EHHHHHH? ;)

Do you think it would be better on switch or steam?

I think it's a wash. The game's so lo-fi it could easily run on toasters. I'm playing on Switch just because it's easier to stream that way.

Don't look away.

Really good puzzle game, the latest Simogo joint, the same folks who made Sayonara Wild Hearts.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abx4_UzW-uc

Very much of the "you're dropped into an environment and kinda have to figure out what the puzzles even are". I suppose if I have to compare it to anything at the moment I'd compare it to The Witness first, as the story is kept very minimal, and although there is character interaction in the game, it's pretty muted: a simple scene of a character talking to you and then walking off, for example.

The aesthetic is black-and-white. The environment is a hotel in rural Germany and its immediate surrounding area. The only bits of color are "Danganronpa Pink" of the "might be paint, might be blood" variety, but there's also that same pink color in the eponymous laser eyes when they come into play.

The puzzles are varied, but at least for now they're normal brain teasers: solve this number puzzle to get a four-digit code. Get information in one place and use it in another. Interpret this document because it gives you the solution.

I suppose my only complaint so far is that the controls were purposely made too simple. It is, in fact, a one-button game. You walk around and move around with the stick/d-pad and any of the other controller buttons all do the same thing, either interact with something when you're focused on it, or open up the main menu if you're not focused on anything. This does lead to some frustration as, since it's one-button, there's no "back" button, so if I get four menus deep into the main menu, I manually have to move the highlight up to the "X" to back up, rather than just push a button for it. This also translates to certain puzzles; for example, if I'm solving a combination lock, I push the "one-button" to rotate a dial, and if I accidentally go past the number I want, I have to go all the way back around instead of just having a way to reverse direction.

To the game's credit, it goes to great lengths to keep track of things for you. Your menu records everything you've seen that is important and worth recording, although there's still value in having a pen, paper, and calculator handy.

I streamed it for three hours yesterday and got about 33% through, so this looks to be about a ten-hour game, but that'll vary depending on your puzzle skills. Things might drag out for me once I get to the nastier puzzles, but who's to say.

I'll definitely see it through and my chat convinced me to do so on stream, so we'll see how it goes.

teep_ posted...

Also general question: is Sotenbori Arena really better to grind than Yokohama Underground?

Yes. You'll get far more experience in far fewer battles, and you'll also get great items on top of that.

Oh sorry I guess it was poor choice of words. It's still just my opinion only. Not trying to be an authority here.

Every time someone says they hated that they had to grind and prepare for that fight specifically, the only thing I can think of is that when you consider the idea that Majima and Saejima are godlike legends, narratively the whole idea makes perfect sense.

(but if you were to complain that you had to go through a mini-dungeon to reach that fight, and had to do it all again after preparing, that's a legit complaint)

If I were to for streaming I don't think I'd try to be a gorgeous humanoid.

A friend of mine is just an animated goose, and that idea is just super attractive to me.