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Great game, just beat it this year.
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very direct evidence that video game piracy is important in the preservation of video games
Pascal's Wager: better to be nice to LLMs — just in case! (I will not be doing this)
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I *love* Final Fantasy Tactics.
Undertale
It does but I like it tbh
Doing a weekend share—I'm super proud of the first two episodes we've done so far. If you haven't taken a listen/downloaded for when you have free time, it'd make me glad if you would!
I am obsessed with Final Fantasy Tactics and Trails in the Sky so probs that
I haven't been in the loop with this band for years - is this a shitpost?
For those who come after. Thrilled to release part I of our critical analysis on CLAIR OBSCUR: EXPEDITION 33! This episode discusses the game as a whole before examining the prologue and a bit beyond. Color symbolism, what it means to grieve...and bitchin' saxophones. Please enjoy, links below! ⬇️⬇️⬇️
Available wherever you listen. Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/4rZo... Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
For those who come after. Thrilled to release part I of our critical analysis on CLAIR OBSCUR: EXPEDITION 33! This episode discusses the game as a whole before examining the prologue and a bit beyond. Color symbolism, what it means to grieve...and bitchin' saxophones. Please enjoy, links below! ⬇️⬇️⬇️
"But they set this up with previous expedition lore and the painters/writers thing!" Counterpoint: narratives in games/lit are under no obligation to spoonfeed the entirety of a world and furthermore having unexplained mysteries is Straight Up Cool And Fun
not the hottest take but I do believe it
There's a conversation to be had re: the intersection of milking for capital (e.g. Persona 5, TLOU) and the love creators develop for their works, but I never see it happening. Maybe I'm looking in the wrong places. Gives me a weird feeling, is all. Sequel culture is a little out of control imo
Don’t know who made this but thank you
when I successfully do the bare minimum at my job on any given Tuesday:
when my Hinge date asks about my hobbies and I give an extended answer about retro video games:
I am a big, big fan of the Trails OST overall, especially the battle music. Had a feeling I'd love this game. youtu.be/xHpzhJ5O2Cs?...
I'm so sorry, Will.
This is awesome man! I'm glad to see it's finally come together.
Here's a great reaction image you can save and use:
Well yeah, you don't play in the sewers because of the implication.
And above all, you let life defeat you. All the gifts your parents gave you, all the love and patience of your friends, you drowned in a neurotoxin. You let misery win. And it will keep on winning till you die -- or overcome it.
Looks really interesting - just picked it up!
Yessir!
I do! I do know what you are saying!
i thought this was really funny, idc
Final Fantasy IX (PS1, 2000)
Really enjoyed reading this. "The internet is full of smart people writing beautiful prose about how bad everything is, how it all sucks, how it’s embarrassing to like anything, how anything that appears good is, in fact, secretly bad. I find this confusing and tragic..."
When I'm full at a holiday dinner after only three plates:
What PSP is that? I vaguely recognize the lower-right symbol
my least favorite day of the week
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The next game on the show is a big one: we'll be starting our critical analysis of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33! This coverage will begin next week and go through September. It's turned out to be terrific so far - you won't want to miss it!
I felt like the combat was closer to a character action game than a Souls-like (and it wasn't wickedly difficult)
@barsilencevgm.bsky.social The OST is wild, if you haven't checked it out yet
Credits on Stellar Blade. Terrific first work from that studio! Would love to see more.
really unique little game. back when I did it on the show, my then-full-time co-host hated the game, and I liked it a lot. Felt like something you'd really appreciate if you grew up in the 90s wishing you had The Crow on DVD...like I did, haha.
Low-key might remake the thumbnail for the episode we did...
The final episode of our DEATH STRANDING analysis is here! Bombastic cutscenes with emotional revelations are beset by precipitously explained lore points and questionable boss mechanics. Something something "Princess Beach." Please enjoy, links below! ⬇️⬇️⬇️
Available wherever you listen. Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/0mTH... Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
The final episode of our DEATH STRANDING analysis is here! Bombastic cutscenes with emotional revelations are beset by precipitously explained lore points and questionable boss mechanics. Something something "Princess Beach." Please enjoy, links below! ⬇️⬇️⬇️
zidane ff9
I kind of fell off the "games beaten" thread I've kept for the past few years. Here are the games I've played this year so far. Outside of two or three, it's all been great! Sekiro is the only one that was abandoned (juice wasn't worth the squeeze to me)
I think about these lines from Inside literally every week and they get truer and truer:
It's just not the kind of game I want to dedicate lots of time getting good at
I kind of fell off the "games beaten" thread I've kept for the past few years. Here are the games I've played this year so far. Outside of two or three, it's all been great! Sekiro is the only one that was abandoned (juice wasn't worth the squeeze to me)
Cats just seem to *know* when something is off. They're perceptive little critters.
That Gorillaz album is great.
(about a biography on Dostoevsky, but close enough)
mfw I find an essay on Dostoevsky by my favorite author that I forgot existed while in the middle of going through Dostoevsky's catalogue
something something gameplay loop, something something emergent gameplay
this tweet now contains less typos
Ended up finishing the Outer Wilds DLC, Echoes of the Eye, in three or four sessions. I just got hooked. They did it again, a second incredible experience—and it plays with a viewpoint I had wondered "what if" about in the base game. Can't wait for their next project!
I've been saying.
I don't watch a ton of TV, but I started Mad Men recently. Stellar so far!
Been on my backlog for so, so long. I kinda wanna replay 1 first.
Absolutely.
Yes, I know I erroneously said "tempo" when I meant "feel." Notes app apology incoming.
There's a popular take going around on TikTok and online in general that 96 Quite Bitter Beings (CKY) is a mediocre song with a great intro riff. I just don't hear it. I think that song is perfect for what it is. The variation in tempo and in how Deron sings is great.
Serious answer: Conductor (music). Lowkey wish I would've pursued that at some point. Less likely answer: Therapist.
bobMART is where I go clothes shopping.
Nice argument. Unfortunately, I have already portrayed you as the seething, hapless Jon, and myself as the ebullient, indulgent Garfield.
Brother, you already *were* a ghost. Up there, screaming — along with all of them. Scaring each other. Haunting each other. It's the living who are ghosts. The dead are silent. They don't rattle windows or write letters in blood. The living do. Leave them behind. Rest.
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I'm saying outrage merchants don't do art criticism, that meaningful criticism has been defunded and marginalized across pretty much every artform by attacks on publications and academia alike, and the people/platforms driving the biggest conversations now do not hold the medium's interests at heart
I can't escape the conclusion that we've ceded the entire public discourse about art to outrage merchants and algorithms and this is the result. Massive audiences addicted to passively consuming frictionless media while eagerly waiting to be told which title it's en vogue to hate next.
The DEATH STRANDING analysis continues! The intentions of Bridges are called into question, the past of several main characters are explored, and we get a handful of instances of really good writing. This episode covers up through in-game episode 7. Please enjoy, links below! ⬇️
nice argument, unfortunately i have already depicted myself as Switch 2 Keith David and you as Gamecube Jason Alexander
It took me long enough, but I'm fully Laufey-pilled now
Spot on, yeah. I think about that a lot. I am unfortunately on TikTok a decent bit and every comment section is just "heh, get a load of THIS fool" and the fool in question is just somebody having a good time
...this isn't about South Park, btw lol. Totally unrelated that that is all over the timeline.
I'm not immune to this either, by sheer exposure to it. I grew up in the late 90s/early 2000s and exist currently (as far as I know). It's everywhere. But it's something I make conscious efforts to discard from myself. It's poisonous.
I have actively stopped listening to at least two podcasts because of this very thing.
I know I'm like 30 years too late to this conversation, but the pervasiveness of irony-drenched media, of "look how silly this thing is for believing in something, aren't I superior for seeing through this sham" is so uninteresting and cowardly and exhausting.
Very cool stuff, @soundfontguy.itch.io ! The compositions themselves are really quite nice - and I admit, I'm very fond of the soundfont on the inn theme.
I have the honor of setting down a few thoughts in words about one of the most important musical figures in my life. May he rest in the knowledge that he gave voice to sentiments many struggle to express.
Available wherever you listen. Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/2Of3... Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/n...
The DEATH STRANDING analysis continues! The intentions of Bridges are called into question, the past of several main characters are explored, and we get a handful of instances of really good writing. This episode covers up through in-game episode 7. Please enjoy, links below! ⬇️
ICYMI: check out Part I of our DEATH STRANDING analysis series here!
a broken clock, right twice a day
Stellar Blade is dope. I'd really like to put this on the main feed one of these days! 'Til then, Patrons will get to hear me gab about it first
The GOTY is whatever thing came out most recently.
The pleasure was mine (and, if I may say so, all of ours)! Thanks for keeping an obscure console alive!
can't beat the "it's sad boi hours" allegations
very cool piece. Earnest, surreal. The textures in mvt II really do something to me.
Sureee. I have mixed feelings on it looking back, but overall I think it turned out okay.
There's a whoooole conversation to be had about where visual novels fit into this discussion. It's a can of worms that I didn't open in my VN essay, but it asks an interesting question of *at what point* does a thing go from not-game to game, what are those salient characteristics, blah blah blah
Looks like I've been added to another starter pack. Hi, new folks! My name is Rick, and if you're looking for a video game podcast that focuses on critical analysis, please give the show a try! Below is a short thread of three games we've covered that might be good starting points. Thanks, all!
ICYMI: check out Part I of our DEATH STRANDING analysis series here!