#real video games

[fuyupersimmons]

Simon and Garfunkel go 3D for the first time in this 1998 classic. The dev team finally seemed to nail smooth controls and combat, making this one a blast to play. lots of good late night memories of the co-op mode at friends houses. copies are kind of hard to come by nowadays due to a very limited Europe-only release, but if you can find a copy it's well worth your time.

[thedurvin]

Kirby and the Forgotten Land is such a weird concept, Nintendo was just like “Kirby has explored enough magical kingdoms, I think it’s time he went to an abandoned modern world that feels like humanity was killed off a hundred years ago and now nature is reclaiming the desolate cityscape. Needs lots of dirty concrete and failing industrial infrastructure. Maybe even an old employee break room with some folding chairs!” I mean yeah it’s also a fucking beautiful game but still

“What amazing new abilities will Kirby have?” “Oh he can borrow the abilities of, uh, an old car or a filing cabinet or even some old scaffolding!” “What powers does old scaffolding have?” “Uh, falling over?”

[console-pokeballs-rupees]

Infiltration Successful 🥷

[dungeon-vault]

[thedurvin]

“Metal Slug is great, how can we make a knockoff that hews really close to the original yet has one distinction that really makes it different?”

Guy who’s way too into Ecco The Dolphin:

Dolphin Blue - 2003 (Atomiswave)

[blackkatdraws2]

[Toon x Mobster] A tender moment.

[Animation timelapse here!]

[AUDIO USED:] Chet Baker - Almost Blue Sound Effects edited by me!

[rin-hayata]

How do they hold the MC

[olessan]

ma'am

(Dragon's Dogma 2: Get to Know the Sphinx - IGN First)

[thedurvin]

Reading about unusual video games and stumbled onto “Screaming Mad George’s Paranoiascape”, a PS1 surrealist body horror first-person pinball game

[shiftythrifting]

i regret not buying this

[mimill3]

FPS streamer

[thedurvin]

I never did NeoPets but this got me curious about if the early versions were more weird than cute, so I went on the NeoPets Wiki. Most of them haven’t changed much besides upgrading the art, except the wasp one was originally a winged eyeball and the cow was originally Macy Gray.

Personally I remain suspicious that we are dealing with a vintage-style troll editing in ridiculous but mostly convincing things for teh 2000s-style lullz & evullz youmadbro.jpg

I bet people only passingly aware of neopets are mostly totally unaware that its cute baby penguin pet was originally just a man

I joined the site when it was still the version 2 bruce

[temeyes]

...well? do you?

[ilikedetectives]

[videogames-i-wish-were-real]

Videogames I wish were real #97

A roguelike game that takes place in the world's biggest library, which has been overrun by monsters, where you play as a librarian determined to save it. You venture inside the library armed with your weapon of choice and two messenger bags you plan to fill with whatever books you can rescue.

After you clear the monsters in a particular section of the library, such as the Poetry section, you'll unlock a permanent buff that will last for the remaining of that run. For example: clearing the Travel section will help you map areas faster, and also unlock the bookworm railway system that will allow you to move more easily between certain parts of the library.

Besides section buffs, you'll also be able to learn all kinds of useful attacks and skills by finding specific books in the shelves, reading them and carrying them in your messenger bags. The more books you carry, the stronger your character will be, and the abilities each book will grant you will be on theme with the book, it's literary genre or one of its tropes: carrying with you a bestiary will allow you to quickly identify the weak points of monsters you've met before, a book with an enemies to lovers trope will allow you to turn a monster into a temporary ally that will fight alongside you, a botany book in your bag will let you gather medicinal herbs growing in the library, and carrying a potions book will allow you to prepare healing potions (more effective than just herbs), etc.

Not everyone believes the library can be saved, which is why during your expeditions your mission is not only to kill monsters, but also to rescue books and bring them to the new library. Since getting books out is one of your main priorities, starting your runs with your satchels nearly full of books that grant you useful abilities won't be very efficient, so you'll need to decide how many books you want to bring back with you to the library during each run.

Fighting monsters is dangerous, and sometimes you get hurt, but also, sometimes books get hurt, which why after some runs you might need to stop by your workshop to repair any damaged books. The hides of certain monsters are very sturdy, so using them to rebind books will make them more durable.

There is no respawning in this game. If your librarian dies inside the library, the next librarian that ventures inside might eventually find their body. If you're close to death and you have a particular book from the Travel section in your bags, you'll be able to use it to summon a bookwork that will take you quickly and safely back to the entrance with whatever books are currently in your bag.

You love your library, and you are determined to save it, armed with the greatest weapon in the world: knowledge (and a sword), even if it's one book at a time.

[lonelyslutavatar]

I think some people need to understand that someone being aro/ace doesn't necessarily reflect what media they like to create/consume. I like to draw nsfw, I love raunchy romcom, I like to revolve fictional relationships in my head. Do I want to be put in that situation? No. Some might but that's the thing, fiction doesn't equate reality. It's all theoretical.