As mentioned by someone else: “the information on the *online* update was actively labelled as ‘not for worldwide release’ while this wasn’t”

And the devs frequently hinted in the past that if DQX ever made it west, it’d be as “something akin to an offline version” which this could very well be.

And this said: all of…

Honestly they always hinted that if DQX came west, it would be as “something like an offline mode” and... this could well be it. Could run great on a Switch by the look of it too.

I have to say, while I’m bummed about no confirmed western release for DQX: Offline, I do like that they nonetheless confirmed not just western release but *simultaneous* worldwide releases(aka: no frigging release delays) for all of DQ III 2D-HD remake, DQ Treasure and DQ 12.

Not sure if any releases this 2021(if any…

Considering that one of the things the Switch did was not “AAA games ported to Nintendo console” but “indie games(something Valve was/is known for) available on nintendo console” because of how well indie game sensations have adapted to Switch it sometimes felt like Switch was (unwittingly or not) “competing” with…

If it means anything, I recall playing NNK2 on PS4 a while back and the action battle is kind of... smoother/freer than the Tales of Vesperia style? If anything I’d compare it more to the recent Trials of Mana’s in the way you can (if I recall well) jump and even roll dodge around.

I’m saying this as someone who both…

Honestly I’m not sure what is it with the building in Valheim but there’s definitely something that just *click* with me when I play this game and I think it’s the way they avoid the “blockiness” of other games that even Conan Exiles and others can stumble into.

Like a lot of other game depends on “foundation” blocks…

Honestly though the big matter is that stuff like re: Apple/etc can’t be taken to task on their puritanism as long as these laws exists to provide them the cover of “just following the law”.

And to add more context context: according to Obscenity Laws within some of the USA’s own states, sales of even stuff like just sex toys are literally officially banned in places like (apparently) Mississipi, Alabama and Virginia.

So it really is not just foreign countries like China that is the motivation behind this…

Tbh, while we love to rant about Apple we should start taking a look at stuff like Obscenity Laws in the US and Canada which a lot of the puritan companies like Apple and credit card companies use as justification for their puritan BS under the excuse of “not wanting to go aground of the law” :

United States obscenity…

The internationalization of the internet, but specifically that of commercial platforms like there, means shit is increasingly liable to run aground of some kind of bullshit legislation *somewhere* across the world.

Not only that, but even places like the United States and even CANADA of all places still have bullshit…

Same to be quite honest. I would LOVE a Builders 3(especially if it follows Builders’ trend of building upon the legacy of the original trilogy and expanding on it because holy gosh a Builders game based on Dragon Quest 3 has potential up the wazoo) but I also know that for now it’s likely the more unlikely of the…

Honestly even if the point Apple is trying to make is about how “consistent” Epic Games are in their comments/policies, I still feels that them suddenly bringing up Itch.io(a platform of user-generated content that has become the go-to for many *queer* erotica/etc creators) still tells a lot more about APPLE than it…

Pretty much.

Honestly I keep being reminded of this opinion piece I’d stumbled upon recently:

“Everyone is beautiful and No One is Horny”

((If I can get the link and formating to work somehow))

Exactly fucking-ly.
Honestly the fact a third party own store’s app(something Epic doesn’t even get any profit/percentage of sales from), one particularly known for just how many queer creators use it(after stuff like LGBT tags were literally banned elsewhere as part of their “NSFW” purges) is being used as a pawn in…

Yeah. Like, now the crypto assholes are even outright snatching not just hardware but literally purchasing assembly lines making the hardware in the first place and having them make components dedicated solely to cryptomining. It’s insane and apparently starting to even lead to a shortage of even goddamn sillicon in…

Honestly, one my my friend just gave up the idea of upgrading his (now very aged and way underpowered) gaming PC and just ended up getting a Switch instead since most console-exclusive games that interested him anyway were on that console and the Switch is underpowered enough it’s less(not entirely**, but still less)…

The difference though is the way moral panic exclusive to Apple has had a fondness for affecting stuff outside even Apple’s platform.

Like, you know, Tumblr.

Like sure, Android users are safe for now but honestly... how long?

I’d rather Apple finally starts getting finally fucking called out for their fucking puritanism…

Honestly I’m starting to believe that files sizes might be the biggest roadlock for Digital-only gaming future if games keep balooning like that. Which’s why all those game streaming services ultimately feels like another ways the AAA industry just tries to sidestep rather than address it’s issues(such as costs/etc).

It…

Well if it means anything, Rise seem to be bringing back a lot of TriU’s monsters that were missing during World/Iceborne. Arzuros, the wroggis & baggis, Khezu, etc ontop of the new japanese yokai-inspired monsters.(I’m still amused/amazed they managed to put in that one umbrella yokai as the new crane bird monster).…

I know this is a bit out of subject but one of your lines, “They are both attractive people who are extremely bland”, kind of had me musing.

It’s kind of ‘funny’ to read this line because it reminds me of an opinion piece that I’d recently read that’s kind of been on my mind lately when I think back to films and the…