Cool! 2 games with very different audiences finding success with said audiences. Especially notable that both are reasonably priced, Marathon $40 and Spire 2 at $25.
This is good news for the industry!!
GDC mistake #1 not arriving early enough for Day of the Devs 😭
Grats! I found the advanced course to be super valuable.
A business card for Secret Dinosaur, featuring a cute dinosaur in dinosaur onesie pajamas
Ready for GDC!
Art by @katchdraws.bsky.social and layout by @4shley.bsky.social
Best Wi-Fi password I've ever heard:
FOURWORDSALLLOWERCASE
Dang 🤩
Imagine just going full model collapse on main 😬
my9games.com
OTOH, Monster Hunter Wilds was IMO better for being voiced (vs MHWorld's silent MC). World's script gave big decisions and emotional beats to the "supporting" cast while the player tagged along. In Wilds the player got to be part of the story.
TLDR either way the plot/script has to account for it.
I think it was mostly fine in HL2, with one exception: the writers couldn't help but wink about it, with Alyx saying "A man of few words, aren't you?" Otherwise IIRC it avoids the "NPC speaking because player can't" thing, and works well for it.
"That's it."
"Huh?"
"That's the password."
"What's the password?"
"Fourwordstoher."
"What four words?"
"No, just 'four words to her.' All one word."
"Wait, F-O-R or the number '4'?"
"The number four, spelled out. Oh and the first letter is capitalized."
"Of each word or just the first letter?"
"It's
I was gonna give in and do that 9 games thing, but on my very first box it didn't have the original Secret of Mana. Instant game over.
Secret of Mana
Zork III
LoZ: Link's Awakening
Warcraft 2
Half-life
Mario Kart: Doubledash!!
World of Warcraft
Bastion
80 Days
And many, many more
Oh good. Another Adderall shortage.
I have three days' supply left of my evil controlled substance, and I'm about to spend a week in another state.
"Players know what they want" and "users are right when they tell you there's a problem" are very different claims, though.
I certainly trust players to know whether they like something or not, but "what they want" tends to stray into the "how to fix the problem" range.
My mental pitch for a Shipbreaker sequel was always the same characters running a little indie salvage yard & repair shop.
(BBI, call me!)
This really IS the optimal way to read this headline
A brief guide on writing good alt text for images, which suggests including 1. Who or what 2. Their expression or emotion 3. A description of the image 4. Notable colors 5. Interesting features The included example image and description: "A capybara looking relaxed in a hot spa. Yellow yuzu fruits are floating in the water, and one is balanced on the top of the capybara's head." Dan's addition: saving the "interesting thing" for last is a bit like writing a joke - end with the memorable punchline!
Irregular reminder that alt text on images is a valuable accessibility tool, and also lets your images show in search results or respect mute lists. For instance, I found the below image by searching "capybara alt text".
It's also a black eye to Trump, who hates nothing more than he hates losing. And she was fine by him, but cost him public approval.
Vfx so crispy the gun is OP
PSA: there are (at least) TWO placebo gun buffs that worked.
(The other is the Enemy Territory SMG that got an audio glow-up)
THAT'S the shotgun story. I conflated that and the ET gun.
To his credit, at least one content creator I've watched (KMBest, on Marvel Snap) is very aware of the dynamic, and regularly goes out of his way to reiterate that his problems as a streamer and high-Infinite ranked player are not average-player problems. No idea if it lands, but points for effort.
(Farscape)
One player's wrong is probably true *for that player*, at least. But yeah, that may just be taste.
The modern problem (that you kinda gestured at) is Reddit/streamers/etc creating a consensus that may not be accurate (or even exist).
Always here for a space Western.
TIL Foddy is the voice of Jim in Baby Steps. (10/10 no notes)
Praying to the fridge gremlins for you.
Launch day is for celebrating!
Good read about another vapid AI "declaration". Their closing thought is one that I keep coming back to: if the claims about AI were true, the *only* solution for that future is the end of capitalism. (See also: theoretical AGI vs slavery)
But Sammy isn't ready for that conversation.
