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Overall, though, Purrfect Collection is a solid collection of old Bubsy games and $20 seems like a fair price for what's on offer if you actually like Bubsy. It does replace the $5 Bubsy Two-Fur, but is a more competent collection than that with double the games.
The widescreen implementation is clumsy and has terrible clipping issues in the area outside the 4:3 region. I almost wish they didn't even bother with widescreen if they couldn't implement proper FOV fixes.
I'm a bit bummed that there doesn't appear to be an option to render Bubsy 3D at native resolution, so it still runs in its native resolution with widescreen expansion. It's a game that's got a peculiar but interesting art style and it'd be cool to flaunt it better.
Bubsy 3D, like most Bubsy games, is a theoretically very fast 3D platformer that doesn't actually give you an outlet for your speed because it punishes you for going too fast. The new controls make this more obvious than it was in the original game.
The hotboxes on the Woolies are still comically large, Bubsy's deceleration is still ridiculously slow, and the game still feels like it's a mess. The controls are a bit more comprehensible and Bubsy can go much faster without having to come to a stop to change direction.
Bubsy 3D Refurbished does not make the infamous original game particularly playable. If anything it's slightly more annoying, though that's not the fault of the devs, whether at Bend Studio or Limited Run. Bend Studio didn't know how to invent the 3D platformer, and LRG just took what they had.
Bubsy in Fractured Furry Tales — the only game in the collection I've never played before — kinda sucks. I appreciate the fact that it feels more like an alternate universe Bubsy 1 but the enemy placement is even worse. Can't comment on the Jaguar emulation, but it played decently.
Bubsy II — my least favorite of the series — has the mid MD/Gen and SNES versions and the absolutely abominable Game Boy version. All seem to work fine but I admit that I cannot enjoy the baffling controls of this game. The GB version controls especially poorly and slowly.
The upbeat remake of the first game's main theme that plays in the main menu of the collection is an absolute bop. And really the sound emulation more broadly is basically perfect, which is nice to hear on especially the Sega versions.
Pressing both triggers also lets you rewind the game, implemented similarly to the Nintendo Switch Online classic game collections. This is available for all four games in the collection. Autosaving is also implemented in at least Bubsy 3D.
So the new Bubsy collection is solidly done, with clear appreciation for the source material. Three variants of Bubsy 1 — likely my favorite of the series — are available: the Sega MD/Gen, SNES, and even Super Famicom version. These are emulated nicely.
I gotta play Creep Night! 3D Ultra Pinball was my actual childhood pinball game and the tables were so impressive for the time
Well, considering other people who have said a lot less than me have been banned or suspended today If I'm gone soon, 1) bye all you wonderful folks, 2) fuck bsky corp's moderation, and 3) fuck white supremacist, neoliberal, capitalist bullshit respectability politics
yes we can heal this nation 🦕✌️🦖
He's fought against people like me. He worked very hard to try to strip away my rights. He does not deserve my sympathy, nor do I feel obligated to feel sad about his murder. Instead, I feel sad for my country and the rapid dissassembly of our unity. It didn't have to be like this.
A friend of mine works at UVU and is safe, and I could not be more thrilled. The only casualty of the shooting is someone who, right before he was shot and killed, was downplaying the horrors of gun violence. Personally, I don't feel horrified about this.
I am very concerned about the school shooting at Evergreen High School in Colorado. Hoping everyone is able to get the help they need.
democrat melissa hortman was literally politically assassinated in her fucking home less than 3 months ago and now everyone wants to comment on how bad it’ll be now like ok
My hot take: The back of the iPhone 17 Pro series looks *real* bad. Like, how did that even get past Apple's designers?
Not only will they safeguard Mega-Tokyo in 2032, the Knight Sabers will now prevent screen burn-in on your mid '90s CRT monitor - Bubblegum Crisis: The Screensaver! 📖: Animerica, July 1994
I connect my first-gen iPad running iOS 5 to the internet on occasion, though I mostly just play old games that don't work on my modern iPhone. I'd trust it to check my personal Gmail as much as I would on Windows XP, but it's an IMAP email client so could work. Old WebKit might mangle emails though
Sooooo my vintage-computer-themed band (with Action Retro and The Taylor and Amy Show) just put out our first record. We're called "The Stop Bits" and the EP is called "Return From Interrupt." It happens to be Bandcamp Friday. It happens to be $5. thestopbits.bandcamp.com/album/return...
GAVIN NEWSOM: i was born to climb to the highest positions of power and i don't care who i have to step on or jetison along the way!! this is owed to me. i deserve to be president because i am better than all of you... "people" THE RESISTANCE: this is the only man who can restore our democracy
Kidnapping: bad Kid napping: good 😴
Man gets blowjob from trans woman. Has a nice time. Ejaculates. Then calls the police. Man gets anonymity. Woman gets accused of sexual assault. Fuck 🇬🇧 🖕🤬🖕 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Fun fact! One Direction has been disbanded for longer than they were active! Even more fun fact! Backstreet Boys have literally existed without ever fully disbanding since 1993! Backstreet was never back, all right, because they never left, so quit playing games with their hearts
This is impossible science. I'm pretty sure all parents just stop sleeping as soon as they have children
Also what is that yellow board? Like, I realize Harry Potter sells a lot of stuff even these days, but people who get the yellow variant just straight-up have no aesthetic sense
Absolutely incredible misunderstanding of your target audience
Yup, LGBTQ slogans like PROL0CTCN IIOST REFIECTITOM really put things into perspective
THANK YOU. My wife and I stopped at one in Ogden on our way to Vernal late June and I cannot get over how the fries permanently changed my life for the worse
Orrrrrr I could go to literally any other fast food place to get a burger that's anywhere on the spectrum of "a little worse" to "substantially better" and get fries that are actually edible!
Hot take: In-N-Out makes solid, if unexceptional, fast food burgers and just the most garbage "undercooked in a regular oven"-grade fries
I chose the day that Arch's website is down to wipe and reinstall Arch on my X230T apparently (and I am far too lazy to copy over a mirrorlist from one of my other computers at the moment)
Ephesians 2:8-9 directly contradicts James 2, and seems to be the preference amongst the evangelicals I've spent some time with. The religion I grew up in (Mormonism) prefers your view, though, and that view forces a more prescriptive religion.
All of Christianity is negotiating with the Bible but legislating the sins of themselves or others seems like it should be out of their jurisdiction since sin is irrelevant to salvation. You're very right, the point of most modern Christianity isn't religious fulfillment, but power.
I feel like I'm maybe accidentally strawmanning the whole evangelical movement, but why would being gay or trans matter whatsoever to their theology if the only factor for being "saved" or not is faith in Jesus Christ? I'm struggling to square this up.
If I wanted to call my new super dinosaur the"D-Rex," I would simply not make its head look like this.
By far the coolest thing I've ever stolen
Did you know?
“They/them”-ing is great when you don’t know someone’s pronouns but it is MISGENDERING if the person’s pronouns are stated and/or readily available and you insist on using “they/them” when those are not the person’s pronouns. This has been an exhausted PSA For the Allies from your buddy Shards.
Yes please!
bsky.app/profile/ange... How dare I ask for so much and so rudely? Things like equality and peace will come in time if I sit down and shut up like a good little token minority. Feel like reading a certain letter from the Birmingham jail again.
reading the replies to this—you cis people still don’t fucking get, huh. transphobia was a LOSING ISSUE until the liberal elite began saying “hey, maybe we *should* take their rights away!” and the rest of their ilk either joined in or said nothing.
Was this the article that said “as little as one daily hot dog can cause harm,” as though hot dogs are something most people have daily
asked and answered
Happy Disability Pride month, y'all. If you're disabled, share your links (arts, crafts, books, zines, ko-fi, mutual aid, what have you) so we can share it! Non-disabled folks, like, share, & buy/donate! Let's uplift some voices and help some folks!
America is broken. And it deserves what happens to it. It's just a shame that the people in the crosshairs of our current king (his words, not mine) don't deserve any of this.
My taxes are going toward making my own life harder. My taxes are going toward disappearing people to a foreign torture prison. My taxes are going toward the death of due process. This is what my country wanted. My fellow countrymen swell with pride seeing the death of civil liberties and rights.
Much has changed since then, but history is indeed cyclical. Liberties are being taken away from minorities — anyone who's not white-skinned, male, cisgender, and straight. Those minorities have no representation. The closest thing is a party that basically wants to maintain the status quo.
It's July 4th, and I cannot possibly feel less patriotic. 249 years ago, we drew a line in the sand. Liberties were being taken away. Our colony could not expect representation in government despite being taxed like they did. We as a people were being oppressed by a king who only thought of himself.
This is… just a true statement though. The NYT has made it their mission to harm as many trans people as they can. I can't believe that this is somehow a controversial statement.
I don't think NYT should know peace until they divulge the full chain of decision making that led to the laundering of Nazi propaganda against a leading anti-fascist politician the same day fascism was codified in Congress.
You're not a real fan of something unless you hate every single thing that comes out of the franchise
since it's the last day of pride month I figured I'd at least make one thing for it... i now unveil to you my greatest invention: color bars pride flag
It’s a good thing Congress isn’t alive to see this
If there are only two genders then how come my gender is Seven of Nine? Wanted to draw something for pride month and my Captain holding aloft our colors just felt right. #iDrewThis
Clarification: This is just a miniature and not a real camera
lookit this cute camera I got at my local comic con today
Let's Go is less janky than gen 1 but it's a much worse game than FRLG. I personally kinda like the jank of gen 1, but Kanto Expansion Pack (a romhacks) is a far better way to experience gen 1's jank than the official games.
Vaccines save lives. That’s it. That’s the post.
wait, that's illegal
the story today is of a profoundly low energy military parade being met with millions of americans in nationwide protests denouncing the dictatorial pretensions of the president
Crazy timing, I *just* discovered Racing Lagoon *days* ago and was going to try it out this weekend. Such a wild concept that I had to try it!
More of this tone please 😏
FOR OBVIOUS REASONS, PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU ARE UP TO DATE ON YOUR VACCINATIONS NOW.
please never get off your bullshit, it's the best
fruity!
All these articles are written by people who came here and literally just got treated like everybody else
This looks so good!
I recognize all of these! I actually need to get a few of these on the Ventoy stick I carry on my keyring.
They sent everyone a tube but you couldn't even use it if you didn't have an invite code, such a weird decision
RIP to Brian Wilson, who gave us many perfect albums but also the perfect interview
Fetterman is, as always, a hack devoid of principles. I'm waiting for his "why I left the left" video, like he's ever been on our side (other than telling the left what they wanted to hear to get elected)
My favorite part in the second game is when the traffic cop tearfully says to the MCs "these are my Streets of Rage, too"
These are gorgeous! Sam's got excellent taste in flowers.
Hey, I'm in this! If you want an EP and an album of mine randomly thrown in amongst a bunch of amazing queer books from some super awesome people, go grab this bundle!! itch.io/b/3065/queer...
This is a good game for cis people to play educationally and a bad game for trans people to play recreationally
Pointless Balatro lore: When I started Balatro dev I was living in my hometown of Regina, Saskatchewan. I had a bus stop outside my apartment (similar to the one in this image) and I based the art of 'Ride the Bus' on that bus stop! Every time I see that joker it reminds me of my old apartment
happy pride month!
I'm not saying someone needs to glitterbomb Greg Davies. I'm not *saying* that. I'm not. Not saying it. But if someone did glitterbomb Greg Davies, I think there might be a little justice in that.
Happy your Happy your Happy your lovely Wedding Happy your Happy your I say to you every night Happy your Happy your Happy so sweet Wedding Happy your Happy your every every morning
Ms Rachel got hands
"Mike Johnson blatantly lies" yep, business as usual then
“We should want America to be a Christian nation,” Wilson wrote on his blog in 2022. “We want our nation to be a Christian nation because we want all the nations to be Christian nations.” How utterly boring & stagnant.
doomed yuri where nothing tragic happens, her wife is just a hot sleeper so shes doomed to yearn for her from the other side of the bed every night
why in the world did Bluesky mark this as rude
This needs to be studied
Canyonerooooooooooowoooooooo
The rights of the marginalized are a responsibility of our leaders, not a liability, and the article recommends partial capitulation in areas it doesn't even make sense. I appreciate the article for not immediately deciding that the Dems should just follow the right on trans issues, I guess.
A certain politician Scott Adams likes suggested injecting bleach, that might be useful!
Kennell Staten filed a complaint with HUD, saying he was denied an apartment for being gay — a complaint the agency had long taken seriously. Two days later, HUD informed him that it did not view allegations like his as subject to federal law.
Maybe an unpopular opinion, but Lava Powerhouse is probably one of my favorite GEMS songs