Dr. Bones @directorbones.bsky.social · 06/10/2026AAA developers realizing the long-tail business model works just fine when the "niche" they're targeting is the audience for their old blockbusters would be the first trendchasing gold rush to actually benefit the industry in over a decade 0120
Dr. Bones @directorbones.bsky.social · 05/10/2026People forget that the thing that won Trump the popular vote wasn't his popularity. Both parties lost millions of voters, but Biden/Harris lost more of them! In a year where incumbents lost globally, our incumbent went far out of their way to fuck things up for themselves. 210
Reposted by Dr. BonesIlluminated @illuminatedcomics.bsky.social · 04/10/2026It came to me in a dream. #comics 14275108
Reposted by Dr. BonesNathalie Lawhead @alienmelon.bsky.social · 01/10/2026i told the truth www.nathalielawhead.com/candybox/abu...nathalielawhead.com“Abusing you was by the book” (documenting two years of abuse from Game Journalism, after sharing my #metoo… the whole painful story all in one place) – The Candybox Blog 627798
Dr. Bones @directorbones.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The toughness of the combat makes the grind a lot worse, since your main source of healing is from food you have to grow yourself, building up your farm to grow better food takes a regular farm sim level of investment, and later dungeons have really expensive item/cash walls just by themselves. 000
Dr. Bones @directorbones.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The wheels start to come off midway through the second dungeon, but the bones of the combat system are strong. You get a lot of combat options but later enemies are so overtuned the most efficient strategies are slogging through Attack-Guard Heal-Guard rotations or gambling on All Or Nothing crits. 100
Dr. Bones @directorbones.bsky.social · 29/09/2026We should embrace the sublime nature of the quaternary fan by looking at the Tips N Tricks section in a gaming magazine and imagining what the game is like from context clues 083
Dr. Bones @directorbones.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Meet n Fuck Road Trip was life-changing for me, it taught me you can't trust people to listen when you say "I need exact change only" 120
Reposted by Dr. BonesCasey S. Pumpkins 🎃 @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Hey folks, added Welcome to Elderfield to my Steam Curator A spooky horror-themed Stardew Valley like farming sim RPG with turn-based combat, and lots of little mysteries to investigate, quests to go on, and some incredible monster artwork. Feels a little World of Horror in some regards. I love it!store.steampowered.comWelcome to Elderfield on SteamWelcome to Elderfield, a cozy horror RPG with hand-drawn art and dark lofi music. Manage your farm, befriend or romance the locals, investigate mysteries, decorate your home, fight terrifying creature... 722859
Reposted by Dr. Boneschungris @chungris.bsky.social · 18/08/2026categorizing every toku show ive ever seen on a scale of insanity from intentional instability (carranger) to literally fucking anything can happen (janperson) 1123
Reposted by Dr. Bonesc3rmen @c3rmen.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Losing my mind while doing some research for my creature design lecture that the closest relative to the maned wolf is the bush dog. Like there has gotta be a fable where the maned wolf took all the leggie from its cousin 14278612104
Reposted by Dr. Bonesheadfallsoff @headfallsoff.com · 23/09/2026more games should steal the ace combat/dynasty warriors narrative design of just having an audio play that triggers as you do the level it has to be one of the most effective frameworks in terms of how sick it is compared to how much it costs 2553287
Dr. Bones @directorbones.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Nothing beats the recurring bit in every Earth Defense Force's endgame where your mission handlers interrupt their grimdark War of the Worlds radioplay to gawk openly at how some random group of 1-4 footsoldiers (you) is brawling with the entire alien invasion force and winning 2360
Dr. Bones @directorbones.bsky.social · 20/09/2026I'll never get over how, from the leaks, Insomniac's first idea on how to give their game cool character-action combat was to give him Spider-Man Gadgets But Edgier. Instead of cribbing from Ravensoft or Ninja Gaiden they wanted to give Wolverine an X-Crossbow and throwing knives. 000
Dr. Bones @directorbones.bsky.social · 20/09/2026You can tell they're being extra careful not to offend anyone because they made the bad guys a "foreign corporation", but they're obviously based off Blackrock and also obviously not Chinese or Indian. 050
Reposted by Dr. BonesWumpaGem @wumpagem.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Fine, I'll do it myself.backloggd.com'Game Recomps That Aren't Vibe-Coded' a list of games by WumpaGem | BackloggdWith the sheer abundance of game recompilations built with generative AI tools getting unwarranted attention from clickbait news outlets I felt we need some kind of curated database of recompilations ... 3420521130
Reposted by Dr. BonesAnimation Obsessive @ani-obsessive.bsky.social · 16/09/2026From: Polygon (1977), dir. Anatoly Petrov, Soyuzmultfilm 8441110
Dr. Bones @directorbones.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Star Control 2, Way of the Samurai, Dead Rising, Mechanicus, etc. are such great games *because* their campaign is on a strict timer! It's meant to be a fun challenge to test your planning, resourcefulness, and knowledge of the game! Gamers just hate the idea of "missing out" and needing to replay. 060
Dr. Bones @directorbones.bsky.social · 16/09/2026voicework in Star Fox 64 vs Star Fox 2026 is the exact same difference between the dubbing for 90s anime and 2020s anime, and it sucks just as much 060
Reposted by Dr. BonesDiscussingFilm @discussingfilm.net · 11/09/2026A new report from Luminate has found that long gaps between seasons of streaming TV shows are leading to major losses in viewership. More than a 1 year gap is seen to largely cause a significant loss in viewership. (Source: luminatedata.com/reports/2026...) 2771507230
Dr. Bones @directorbones.bsky.social · 11/09/2026People getting upset over the party full of minor villain archetypes being a little too flawed and snippy got the character writing neutered between early access and release, too 2282
Reposted by Dr. BonesMicah @rincewind.run · 04/09/2026“this person is bad so their work was always bad” is also a really dangerous view to take because it leads to - unconscious or not - a bias towards “but I do like this other person’s work, ergo they must be a good person” which, as we have seen over and over, is simply not true 4160252172
Dr. Bones @directorbones.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Star Wars Jagged Alliance would kick crazy amounts of ass Imagine your hand-picked team of incredibly diverse alien lunatics pushing forward while an army of the dumbest motherfuckers to ever put on a goofy helmet run around in the back, holding territory and distracting Imperial blackshirts 010
Reposted by Dr. BonesCrownblossom @crownblossom.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Sega missed out on the only mascot they ever needed. Bring them back. 15885347
Dr. Bones @directorbones.bsky.social · 03/09/2026One of the best parts of the Dawn of War series is in Retribution, when your lord-general justifies burning an entire planet's worth of soldiers--as well as the planet itself--as the most carefully-mitigated cost for the best strategic outcome he could manage. And he's right! youtu.be/lT5Gy079OWwyoutu.beRetribution - A Guardsman's Life is to Die (IG)YouTube video by BigDickCheney 010
Reposted by Dr. BonesRodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Sorry it just occurred to me that there may be people who haven’t seen clip from the Quibi show where Rachel Brosnahan plays a woman dying because of her golden prosthetic arm and I needed to fix that 21248211369
Dr. Bones @directorbones.bsky.social · 01/09/2026I do agree that more recent material emphasizes the "once-legendary" strength of the old Raider tribes and how much they've been reduced by the time of New Vegas, though. 000
Dr. Bones @directorbones.bsky.social · 01/09/2026I don't think the non-Khan Raider tribes actually appeared in Fallout besides offhand mentions and a note in the setting bible. Even then, going from that context, they weren't much more of a threat then compared to "now". Ironically, the strongest the Khans have ever been was squatting in Vault 15. 100
Dr. Bones @directorbones.bsky.social · 01/09/2026They're getting so efficient at it most of the company is run through the thresher before the game goes gold! 030
Reposted by Dr. Bones5uki5en5or @5uki5en5or.bsky.social · 01/09/2026looking at a beginner's guide to the internet book from 1995 and the fucking image choice here complete with source link is obliterating me 27117
Reposted by Dr. BonesStephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 01/09/2026SCOOP: A few weeks before the launch of Star Wars Zero Company, most of the developers at its studio were furloughed The studio says they hope to secure funds to restore their pay. Some are skeptical it'll happen I learned about this via a bitter lawsuit: www.gamefile.news/p/star-wars-...gamefile.news‘Most’ of Star Wars Zero Company studio Bit Reactor was furloughed ahead of launchThe details emerged amid a legal dispute between company founders. The lawsuit also provides an unexpected look into a studio behind one of the best-reviewed Star Wars games in years 361622628
Dr. Bones @directorbones.bsky.social · 31/08/2026To be fair you also have early-game fodder raider groups like the Jackals, Scorpions, and Vipers who exist just to be easy XP. And the White Legs fit so jarringly closely to old Savage Indian tropes that the narrative itself questions how they've managed to feed themselves this entire time. 130
Reposted by Dr. BonesConspo @conspo.obviously.moe · 31/08/2026chat the clothing fetishism page on wikipedia has bdsm wikipe-tan 262254601
Dr. Bones @directorbones.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Most horror games would be way better if you could whip a can of peas right at someone's head. Abiotic Factor was so close but couldn't commit to the dream. 020
Dr. Bones @directorbones.bsky.social · 26/08/2026RE4-style interaction point jumps, but at any time during the animation you can have Leon dash forward. This does nothing productive and in fact throws you into danger most of the time, but the option is there! 000
Dr. Bones @directorbones.bsky.social · 25/08/2026To be fair, becoming a radiation zombie *is* a tangible step towards no longer being cold or hungry! And Mothman doesn't care that much about you eating any of the eggs he leaves all over the place, so his cult has that kind of bountiful harvest going for them! 110
Dr. Bones @directorbones.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Poor Boc, whose only crime was not having the Great Rune of Cosmetic Surgery equipped 000
Reposted by Dr. BonesStarfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Honestly kinda disappointed the post-apocalyptic Paradox game is going to be a Fallout/Mad Max type thing and not a Twilight 2000 type thing. 141397
Dr. Bones @directorbones.bsky.social · 25/08/2026A grand strategy scenario where all your military units are stranded at the start of the game and you have to either Anabasis them back home or entrench them as rump states would kick too much ass, the map painting crowd would complain. 2461
Dr. Bones @directorbones.bsky.social · 25/08/2026We keep trying to do this musical tone puzzle, but everything we try just ends with us getting tricked and murdered by the skogsrå. Any tips? 010
Reposted by Dr. BonesFelipe Pepe @felipepepe.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Wonderful bundle: www.humblebundle.com/games/indies... This is your chance to do two things: - Get several excellent games including the criminally underrated "Mexico, 1921. A Deep Slumber" - Actually help Venezuela instead of just posting "but Maduro is bad!" while the US colonizes the country.humblebundle.comIndie's Support for Venezuela BundlePay what you want for an epic selection of indie games like Calico & OYASUMII, and help support aid for Venezuela too! 06135
Reposted by Dr. BonesHerbert @xxgr1llmast3rxx.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Cicadamata having an incredibly cohesive and consistent lo poly designers republic inspired art style with harshly geometric assets except for this one single drawing of the player character so that you can see she's cheeked up is incredibly funny. That's what artistic vision is all about. 321285
Reposted by Dr. BonesStarfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Remember that time the Fallout guy out of the blue said the protagonist of 4 was a war criminal who executed unarmed Canadians for fun? 6777
Dr. Bones @directorbones.bsky.social · 23/08/2026People give Bethesda endless shit for only understanding the setting through shallow iconography, but they're happy to show they can't even get a grip on the themes Ron Perlman spells out in the first five minutes of every game. 161
