Itās almost as if the capitalization of the Internet has tilted the scales so heavily in favour of monopolistic platforms that its original intent has been perverted far beyond its promise of a free market governed by its users.
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Itās almost as if the capitalization of the Internet has tilted the scales so heavily in favour of monopolistic platforms that its original intent has been perverted far beyond its promise of a free market governed by its users.
and like, who fucked your skull up so bad that you think human rights are something you have to queue up for? you think they're a finite resource? we have to go to the mines to dig up more rights? you fucking idiots.
i played some old video game called āthe legend of zelda: a link to the pastā for the first time with @tftblpod.bsky.social, and hey. listen: talesfromthebacklog.fireside.fm/181 (or watch: youtu.be/lLykm5Oy3j8)
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This aināt, by the most derogatory definition of the word, it, @mark-carney.bsky.social.
Itās almost as if the capitalization of the Internet has tilted the scales so heavily in favour of monopolistic platforms that its original intent has been perverted far beyond its promise of a free market governed by its users.
This aināt, by the most derogatory definition of the word, it, @mark-carney.bsky.social.
Thank goodness.
not only will you be crying in the walk-in, you'll be sleeping there too
In case you're unfamiliar with the rental market in Vancouver.
Calling it now: Silksong will be the first game to break 100 on metacritic.
I would've instantly melted into goo if that happened to me.
I was going to joke about doing that... but I didn't know it was actually possible. Yikes.
Tomorrow!
Yahoooo!
sometimes the hill you pick to die on is very bad and even your wife leaves you
How Graham Linehanās incitement of violence against minority groups led to career armageddon
Final Fantasy Legend III DX (GB) Added
Oh, it's on sale in Canada, too, so I just bought a copy! Thanks!
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What do you think?
Small price to pay to live in the best place on earth.
Bring back low-res screens.
Hot take: These are all just straight up Metroids except the Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow (and SotN, sorta, but it was a Metroid with a twist that created Metroidvainias and to be a true Metroidvainia you have to come afterwards).
Really happy to see CRT technology addressed here.
Also, what magazine/issue is this??
Precedent!
My goal is to win one (1) game with it at some point in my life.
Calling it now: Silksong will be the first game to break 100 on metacritic.
Super Mario Land 2: Six Golden Coins // Super Game Boy 2 // PVM-1354Q via component
I'm going to be taking a step back from the editorial side of Rascal. With everything going on in the US right now, I found that I simply couldn't write about games any more. And that breaks my heart. I love this hobby, but I need to shift my energy towards helping my local community.
To be fair, a lot of the present sees him that way, too.
Jeeeeez.
Yuuuuuup.
Iāve watched this a hundred times and itās made me happy every time.
āOn my sideā and āon the Epstein listā is a Venn diagram with a gulf the size of the known universe between the two circles.
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S/o to @sjml.bsky.social for letting me know that, despite being a gamer, they did not delay Carlo Acutis' canonization for Silksong (happening on September 7) aftermath.site/carlo-acutis...
Maybe having christonationalist terrorists running a country is bad, actually.
She didn't even mean to tell the future ... she was just calculating the most plausible outcomes of racism in America
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How Graham Linehanās incitement of violence against minority groups led to career armageddon
Bearās the best.
Maybe having christonationalist terrorists running a country is bad, actually.
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i had some misconceptions about what goes into decisions around delaying one game because a bigger game has shown up in the release window, and i was very happy to have them broken: www.ign.com/articles/why...
Almost every indie scheduled for early Sept got "Silksong'd" and a few good folks we work with talked to IGN about what goes on behind the scenes when everyone's day gets ruined by a surprise release date drop like this www.ign.com/articles/why...
Ooh!
Hell yeah. Great news!
More Selesnya win cons with Rebecca Guay art for my Rebecca Guay typal deck.
Octopath Traveler 0 arrives on Switch 2 at the end of the year and @jrudek.bsky.social had an opportunity to give it a try at PAX West. youtu.be/DqquWIy6VTA
Not THATS a hot take.
This is why you donāt fire all the film critics.
This is so lovely.
Hot take: These are all just straight up Metroids except the Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow (and SotN, sorta, but it was a Metroid with a twist that created Metroidvainias and to be a true Metroidvainia you have to come afterwards).
Astrolabe.aidanmoher.com, baby. Video games, books, and video game books.
Think of the modest number of those things you could fit in your solarium!
Ew, David.
Think of what you could do with that extra $2,300 a month!
In case you're unfamiliar with the rental market in Vancouver.
They want this because they will use it to justify 10, 12, 16 hour workdays, while simultaneously profiting from the device thatās making the exploitation possible. The ghouls who push this are so lazy they find caring for themselves and their families repulsive.
I just added the talent-stacked and superb-looking @roguesite.bsky.social to the IGM Starter Pack. It's been a while since I updated this list, though, so please throw your suggestions in the replies below! (and maybe check out @postmode.bsky.social while you're at it!) go.bsky.app/HbzgMEX
Bring back low-res screens.
Booby Kids
The career section of every legendary japanese game composer is just "they sent a demo tape to (developer) and were hired after an interview" and i know that what I'm actually looking at is a map of survivorship bias, but it's still wild to imagine this now lol.
Just to reiterate: GamesBeat has an opening for a writer! If anyone is interested, feel free to DM me! Must be: -Interested in the business of the industry (*very* interested; it's kind of our thing) -Willing to talk about games -Capable of writing good words Sound like anyone you know?
I wouldn't trust Doug Ford for a second. But he could give lessons to the milquetoast middle and left politicians in this country about how to send a message.
If you want to tell me about your cool project, share your fan community creations, or send me info on a game you'd think I'd like - find me at cass@rogue.site
More great independent media!!
Hell yeah. āāā Solidarity!
I was literally just wondering about this last night.
Since I got laid off in May I've been working with a number of other former Polygon writers to start a new website. I'm proud to announce that we've just launched Rogue.site, a worker-owned and operated games journalism site funded by readers like you.
Iāll be picketing, of course, but outside of picketing shifts, Iāll have a lot of free time, and strike pay does not pay the bills, so if youāre an editor of a games/magic/books site or vertical, my DMs are open.
You got it.
Can anyone let me know who's handling PR for the Final Fantasy Tactics remaster?
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Oh, hell yeah.
My workplace is officially on strike. āāā
āWe need more people, but not *those* peopleā sure does give away the game, doesnāt it? Anyway. Increased wages, higher taxes on corporations and billionaires, strong worker protections, free daycare/education/healthcare, affordable housing and cost of living, UBI, etc. will increase birth rate.
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Personally, I donāt think itās enough, so it seems like a no-brainer, haha.
BCGEU is a massive union with a lot of public supportāif someone in BC is not part of the union, they certainly have friends and/or family who areāand our case is strong, so Iām confident in a quick resolution in our favour.
Iāll be picketing, of course, but outside of picketing shifts, Iāll have a lot of free time, and strike pay does not pay the bills, so if youāre an editor of a games/magic/books site or vertical, my DMs are open.
My workplace is officially on strike. āāā
Not unreasonable in this day and age!
Theyāre clearly talking about Venezuela and Uruguay.
But, they donāt actually want to solve the issue. They want more poor people. And not poor brown people. They want more poor white people.
āWe need more people, but not *those* peopleā sure does give away the game, doesnāt it? Anyway. Increased wages, higher taxes on corporations and billionaires, strong worker protections, free daycare/education/healthcare, affordable housing and cost of living, UBI, etc. will increase birth rate.
Quite encouraged by this, especially Ethanās comments about the new visuals.
Happy to delete! I was just riffing on your joke, but donāt want to cause any discomfort. :)
I told you
Ooh! Can you get someone to send me a copy of this?
Passssssss
Congrats, man!
Which Magic set has the best overall art?
aww rawr ugh 