Eighteen months ago, I tried reporting him to his institution. A year ago, I tried asking editors for retractions. Today, heβs publishing faster than ever. https://t.co/1lrX840csE
At the Chicago Museum of Science & Industry, they have the miniature "fairy castle" built by actress Colleen Moore. The song in that room was oddly familiar, but then I clocked it -- "Velocity of Love" by the Diva of the Diode, Suzanne Ciani. This is my deep pull of the month.
Every complaint people have with Silksong (currency, double damage, runbacks, puckish sense of level design) is completely wrong-headed and marks the critic as a total herb, btw
Finished Silksong. A masterpiece, 10/10. Such fluid movement, so fun to explore, just demanding enough to keep it interesting but not so difficult that this middle-aged dad ever got discouraged.
Discovered DMX Krew and Public Circuit this year. New John Maus album + saw him in concert -- incredible experience. Born at Midnite has great singles & my kids like them, too. And Gloomfather always.
Remembering the extremely funny bit in La-Mulana 2 where, upon finally getting an item that makes you immune to lava, the devs immediately introduce you to "poison lava".
It finally happened: Noodling around in Ableton was less intimidating than playing Factorio, so I recorded as a way to procrastinate on playing video games.
@caylenb Lace 2 was a really good fight, yeah. Neat progression from "this thing is reading my mind" to "I predict your every move and give you a little slap after every single move"
Thinking about this essay again in light of Silksong being an excellent action game & having AFAIK no serious parry or iframe roll mechanics for the player. You can make a great game without parries!
Parries have been overtaking much of what I like about 3D Action Games, and I hope this essay can communicate exactly how and why they might not be a good direction for genre or at least start a discussion around these mechanics. Enjoy!
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@caylenb Is the first one the "clashing normals" i sometimes experience? Thats so inconsistent and gives so little advantage that I consider it just flavor / a happy accident
@timeskull@aardvarkwizard Neat to see the thematic and stylistic through-line of Oshii's movies. Despite Patlabor, Ghost in the Shell, Beautiful Dreamer all coming from different IPs by different authors, they all feel consonant with each other.
@timeskull@aardvarkwizard Having never watched any Rumiko Takahashi stuff before, 90s/00s internet/webcomic culture makes a lot more sense now. It all came from here: skirt-chaser guys, reserved dignified guys, dignified girls with slapstick strength, gender confusion, etc