Usually what happens when a virus jumps from one species to another is the virus is very deadly at first, then evolves to be less deadly and more transmissible. When COVID first hit, it was still a bat virus, so it attacked humans the way it would attack a bat. Bats have robust immune systems. We are bad at defending…

Right, and nerdy nitpicking aside, I’m saying “a cure was found” is absolutely how the pandemic will be seen in retrospect.

“Finally, mankind had prevailed against the disease.” And the way the intro is framed and how people talk about the virus in-game seem to imply otherwise, but the specifics of the lore aren’t as important here. I’m just pointing out how 2021 has changed how I react to these sorts of “and a cure was found!” storylines…

Wait... hold the fuckin phone, I just realized something. We don’t generally use the term “collectible” for the art world where there is one of something. We use “collectible” for trading cards, and squishmallows, and furbies, and tamagotchies, and beanie babies where there are plenty to go around, usually, to find…

To me the frustrating thing is the people cheering this on. I don’t want the early ‘90s, everything is on one platform or the other but not both environment! Independence is good!

Man AAA development is in a concerning state

Uh oh, I hope this doesn’t force Konami back to making games

Well, there’s also that annoying part of the Legend of Zelda being a trademark of Nintendo (and yes, it’s a trademark, not a copyright).  Even if these guys were to completely rebuild the game from scratch in a “clean room approach,” the fact that they are using Nintendo’s intellectual property will doom the effort if…

On the contrary. Nintendo’s preservation is second to none in the gaming industry. Developers actually go to them for source code for the developer’s own games... because Nintendo actually has the foresight to keep that shit when most companies don’t bother.

Scrolled until I saw who it was, crossing my fingers all the while that it wasn’t Gilva. This blows.

Incredibly sorry to see you go Ren, but best of luck on Beto O’Rourke’s 2022 Governor’s race. 

Renata: Farewell and best of luck on future endeavors.

Bunch of you need to pull a “Defector but for games” already

“Dislikes: Erratic pacing, herbs...”

Congrats on getting out, haha. Good luck wherever’s next. If you made a bad post, I don’t recall!

It’s not quite accurate - the base emulator was the same but would be highly customized for each game. It’s not as if they started from literally 0 for each game and ground-up made an emulator for it - but each game did ship with a bundled emulator (as opposed to all sharing a single executable emulator) that had…

I’m still sad this was the state of the NSO release, but at least things are improving a little.

“And some conservative spouses of [Microsoft] executives read it,” recounted Blackley, “And I was summoned to building 4 shall we say.”

Gaming is exactly like masturbating. It’s most fun if you have good dexterity. The truly dedicated can do it professionally. It usually involves Mario.

He's not wrong.  It’s great for blowing off steam, and it’s even more fun with a partner.