brandunaware.bsky.social @brandunaware.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Imagine showing this to someone in 1997. Not quite Mario and Sonic at the Olympics or Sonic in Smash levels of "what?" but still would be spit take worthy. 000
brandunaware.bsky.social @brandunaware.bsky.social · 03/10/2026That's why you didn't appreciate the genius of Sonic 06. You weren't playing it in HD as originally intended. The extra resolution really makes the relationship between Sonic and Elise much more poignant and not at all creepy, nosir. 000
brandunaware.bsky.social @brandunaware.bsky.social · 02/10/2026"Ladies and gentlemen, are you ready to get EXTREME? Then please go to another ride, because this one will not satisfy you. Pregnant women, the elderly, and those with heart conditions should take note that this roller coaster offers a mild level of excitement that is safe and suitable for you." 020
brandunaware.bsky.social @brandunaware.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Including Windham Rotunda in your list of early wrestling deaths is weird because as far as I know he died of Covid related heart issues. So did lots of accounts receivable managers and short order cooks. How does that relate to wrestling? 130
brandunaware.bsky.social @brandunaware.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Retro to me just means that it feels from a previous generation. Nobody would say that Chinatown and Casablanca are from the same era but they're both classic movies. Same idea. I think early Wii/360 games are basically there. If you play Sonic Unleashed today unmodded, it feels old in many ways. 000
brandunaware.bsky.social @brandunaware.bsky.social · 01/10/2026This is escalating. Next year Peter Hammill is going to move into your home and eat all your jam. 010
brandunaware.bsky.social @brandunaware.bsky.social · 30/09/2026"Hey I'm Derek it's me Derek, and I'm deeply sorry about that. You deserve the full virtual Derek experience but due to my own failings as a creator the only AI Stop Skeletons From Fighting will be showcasing is the one controlling the cacodemons in the new Zeebo Doom port I'm about to dive into!" 020
brandunaware.bsky.social @brandunaware.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Every day provides further evidence that nobody needs more computing power than the Zeebo provides. We could be living in a perfect society playing Raging Thunder II but instead we demanded more, flew too close to the sun, and now we must prostrate ourselves before fancy autocorrect. 130
brandunaware.bsky.social @brandunaware.bsky.social · 29/09/2026N64 is lacking in the genres that have held up best from the era (2D games, JRPGs, Fighting Games) and individuals' exposure to the library tended to be less because the games were much more expensive and there were no demo discs. There are lots of PSX demo disc all-stars. N64 had none. 040
brandunaware.bsky.social @brandunaware.bsky.social · 29/09/2026My position is just "all of this can't go on indefinitely." The crazy tariff stuff. The war in Iran and the destruction of oil infrastructure and closing of Hormuz. The AI overbuild and sinking everything into tech that doesn't turn a profit. Eventually some load bearing economic beam breaks. 150
brandunaware.bsky.social @brandunaware.bsky.social · 29/09/2026It's still September. A little early to start telling horror stories. 020
brandunaware.bsky.social @brandunaware.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Rogue Squadron with an expansion pack was some next level stuff. Pop and frame rate were issues, but for the time it was phenomenal. 030
brandunaware.bsky.social @brandunaware.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Did you rent games? Rentals and demo discs were areas where the PlayStation dominated. There was always so much to rent, and demo discs were amazing. The N64 not having demo discs is an underrated comparative negative. Also PS1 games went down in price more. As a teen these differences mattered! 000
brandunaware.bsky.social @brandunaware.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Stupid Stanley! But which console got the better version of Glover, Stanley? Who's laughing now, Stanley? We all gotta love the glove, but some of us get to love the glove just a little bit more than others, don't we Stan? 020
brandunaware.bsky.social @brandunaware.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Old games are treated weirdly compared to other older media. Everybody loves music/books/movies/TV that was made before they were born, but for some reason games are seen as disposable. Nobody thinks young people can't enjoy the Beatles or Bugs Bunny cartoons from the 40s/50s. Why not Mario 64? 021
brandunaware.bsky.social @brandunaware.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Do you even own a Rad Mobile cabinet, bro? 110
brandunaware.bsky.social @brandunaware.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Pouring myself a nice bubble bath and taking a luxurious 2 hour 54 minute and 56 second soak on a Tuesday while I enjoy the Jeff Gerstmann show because I deserve it! 000
brandunaware.bsky.social @brandunaware.bsky.social · 22/09/2026The real question is whether your Candy hate is enough to give her the Kiddy Kong "I refuse to win any trophies that acknowledge her existence" treatment. 010
brandunaware.bsky.social @brandunaware.bsky.social · 22/09/2026If Sonic had been canceled it would have been revived anyway. Crash, Spyro and BUBSY were revived. Crazy Taxi and Shinobi were revived. Are we really supposed to believe that Sonic THE Hedgehog would have stayed dead? That's a fate reserved for Ristar and Vectorman! 130
brandunaware.bsky.social @brandunaware.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I'm aJRPG fan and I'm struggling to get into it. I'm very curious to see how opinion on this one will age, since I think it hit a pretty optimum release time for people to "force" themselves to get into it. Or maybe I'll put in another 7 hours and then fall completely in love. It happens with JRPGs 000
brandunaware.bsky.social @brandunaware.bsky.social · 20/09/2026It wouldn't matter if you had a manual. Many games have detailed text instructions available in the help menu and that doesn't stop them from the long, mandatory, tutorial. Game makers believe that for every player this is their very first video game and they don't know how anything works. 001
brandunaware.bsky.social @brandunaware.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I remain baffled by why anyone foreign or domestic thinks Trump is a good or reliable ally. He betrays everyone not in his immediate family over and over and over, and more people just line up to serve him. Even Putin has gotten mixed results! 070
brandunaware.bsky.social @brandunaware.bsky.social · 14/09/2026But you're usually pretty good at not taking the bait! 060
brandunaware.bsky.social @brandunaware.bsky.social · 10/09/2026It's hard for me to think of a game that's been as big as Mario Kart 8 for as long as it has but has a lower profile. Not that people don't know it's big, but it's the top selling game on 2 consoles and is STILL getting updates and yet not often discussed as one of the biggest console games ever. 000
brandunaware.bsky.social @brandunaware.bsky.social · 09/09/2026If you're hoping for a big Mr. Do announcement I have some bad news.... 000
brandunaware.bsky.social @brandunaware.bsky.social · 08/09/2026This account has become selectively permissive towards skeletons fighting recently, taking a "some skeleton fighting is justified or even good under the right circumstances" position that's very alarming. Never thought big boney would get to Uncle Derek. 021
brandunaware.bsky.social @brandunaware.bsky.social · 08/09/2026"Hope to do it justice" ISWYDT Congrats. 020
brandunaware.bsky.social @brandunaware.bsky.social · 06/09/2026I was a PC gamer at the time so the game that blew my mind was Mechwarrior 2. That game felt like it came from a different reality. The customization aspect just took it to a different level. Mario 64 was cool but with stuff like Quake already out on PC it didn't exactly seem like magic. 100
brandunaware.bsky.social @brandunaware.bsky.social · 06/09/2026You used to have to go to specific corners in a large city to get content like this, given out by someone with a big handmade poster and possibly a badly photocopied 'zine, but now they're just giving it away for free in the comfort of your own home. Remarkable. 040
brandunaware.bsky.social @brandunaware.bsky.social · 06/09/2026The big difference is that the people who ran message boards and chat rooms wanted an enjoyable environment. The people who run social media want engagement and addiction. Or at least they did. Now the guy who runs Twitter just loves abusive Nazis. Not a great set of developments! 051
brandunaware.bsky.social @brandunaware.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Josh: "I want a Metroid game, but you play as Bubsy." 000
brandunaware.bsky.social @brandunaware.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Now they can find out what it's like to be you by playing the game based on your life. 000
brandunaware.bsky.social @brandunaware.bsky.social · 05/09/2026I've often thought that a good hell for someone like Elon Musk would be a place where everyone else is also Elon Musk. 160
brandunaware.bsky.social @brandunaware.bsky.social · 04/09/2026I saw and enjoyed 283 references to Dynowarz: Destruction of Spondylus. 030
brandunaware.bsky.social @brandunaware.bsky.social · 04/09/2026The Wii U software lineup has been thoroughly vindicated. Mario Kart 8 just got an update. It's the best selling game on Switch. Breath of the Wild would have been a Wii U exclusive if the machine hadn't sold so badly they rushed the Switch. Pikmin 3 also got an update. Wii U games are loved! 010
brandunaware.bsky.social @brandunaware.bsky.social · 04/09/2026I would be curious to see your opinion about Yakuza: Like a Dragon. On the one hand it has long voiced cut scenes and is kind of a slow start. On the other it has some real time elements to the combat and I think you'd really connect to the character of Ichiban. But it's also very long. 000
brandunaware.bsky.social @brandunaware.bsky.social · 03/09/2026I'm personally partial to a flavor blasted rhombus. 020
brandunaware.bsky.social @brandunaware.bsky.social · 03/09/2026But at least now on the husk of what was once Twitter you can use a cutting edge computer program to sexually harass women and girls in horrific ways, so, you know, there are trade offs. This is the very shitty cyberpunk future. 010
brandunaware.bsky.social @brandunaware.bsky.social · 03/09/2026My microwave is no longer an Xbox. Now it's just a microwave. Can I get a refund? 160
brandunaware.bsky.social @brandunaware.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Stadia couldn't make it work back before data centers made all computing components unaffordable. With the price of everything through the roof it must be astronomically more expensive. A lot of gaming economics rely on computing prices going down over time, as they have in the past. Whoops. 041
brandunaware.bsky.social @brandunaware.bsky.social · 03/09/2026When there are no Boglins on offer one makes do how one must. 000
brandunaware.bsky.social @brandunaware.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Pity them for they were born into a fallen world and have never known the glorious past when people had real hope for Banjo-Threeie. 000
brandunaware.bsky.social @brandunaware.bsky.social · 27/08/2026SMH the Thanksgiving holiday sales promotions get earlier and more aggressive every year. 010
brandunaware.bsky.social @brandunaware.bsky.social · 25/08/2026The Xbox One and especially the Xbox One X variant was a fantastic console that was undone by terrible decisions/marketing and Microsoft's poor first party offerings. It is kind of funny that the games you missed most were from ~10-20 years before the console launched though. 010
brandunaware.bsky.social @brandunaware.bsky.social · 25/08/2026But how are Americans supposed to play the UK version if it isn't localized for us? All the extra "u"s stuck in to every other word render the text unreadable! 280
