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Dopsi @dopsi.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Finishing Control 2 disappointed in pretty much every aspect. Even subtracting the open world and uneven fighting, there is only an adequate game between the gaps. AW2 added more to the storyline than this; Resonant just rehashes Fayden-lore. Gorgeous visuals can’t distract from lost Finnish juice.

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Aysha U. Farah @ayshaufarah.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Once again I am asking why this happens to indie games and not big blockbusters where you can fuck the bear or go to strip clubs. And once again I know the answer

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Dopsi @dopsi.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Finished 'The Blood of the Dawnwalker'. The soft time limit and day-night-cycle are nothing to be afraid of and its greatest strength. Wouldn't have finished it otherwise. Yes, you won't experience everything in one playthrough. That is fine! Also it's no Witcher 3 clone - the combat is way better.

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Dopsi @dopsi.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Big games going over budget shouldn't surprise nor scare Sony. Clinging to exclusivity so much that PC ports aren't acceptable also won't help in changing public opinion that Playstation has no games. Now it has none minus Physint!

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Dopsi @dopsi.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I don't care for Sony or Microsoft but how do you basically gift the competitor a Kojima game?! What do you mean, you don't want to print money? Another huge fumble by Playstation.

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headfallsoff @headfallsoff.com · 09/09/2026

lol for metroid going ok ok samus is gonna talk again but this time instead of going on about adam she's going to say she wants to eat you. are you happy now. is that what you freaks want

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Dopsi @dopsi.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Who would've thought it could be even possible that Nintendo would forget what an artstyle is on *Zelda*. Once again very funny move if it wasn't *Zelda*.

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headfallsoff @headfallsoff.com · 08/09/2026

THEY HIRED THE MAN

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Dopsi @dopsi.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

After the harrowing debates around 'Lanterns' and the Zach Cregger Resident Evil-Movie producers should once again realize that listening to fandoms is never worth it. These people don't know art, they just want easter eggs. Fandoms crave Glup Shittos but never thoughtful adaptions.

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headfallsoff @headfallsoff.com · 02/09/2026

the next couple years of every developer having to be like yeah we use ai all the time it speeds up our process like crazy it's fully integrated into our pipeline; also none of it is in the game which is all fully human game are going to be really funny

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Dopsi @dopsi.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

After a really rough demo the developer's show attitude like they're selling GTA VI. You know that people just... won't buy your game? Let's be honest, AA development is an uphill battle - you can't just burn goodwill *before* early access.

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Dopsi @dopsi.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

That's seven times the number of steam alone. Probably more than all of PC gaming combined at this point. Locking in to this insane goal *again* is just not healthy for your career. But Sharma is very much just a willing sacrificial lamb to sunset Xbox.

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Dopsi @dopsi.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Great now it's not even the question *if* the AI bubble could burst but *how* hard, and mainstream financial journalists downplay the extreme risks. We know it's coming and we know It's going to hurt workers - but stopping the orphan grinder would mean less profits four our sweet billionaires!

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Dopsi @dopsi.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Great. Now the Star Wars AND cool superhero movies starring Ryan Gosling are made by the director of Free Guy. People love their bland nothingburgers when going to the cinema, can't have nice things ever again.

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Chris Person @papapishu.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Dark Souls 2 is so mechanically obtuse that it makes me love it more. Armor is basically meaningless and a full Havel’s set has the same damage reduction as a single specific ring. Poise is fake. Your I-frames are dictated by two arbitrary stats that both contribute to a third arbitrary stat. ❤️

(All images are from YouTuber “metalhead”)

Against Sir Alonne
17% Damage (naked character image)
Reduction
28% Damage (Full Havel Set image)
Reduction

CONCLUSIONS
(Picture of Ring)
A single ring provided 2 more points of damage reduction than a fully upgraded armor set
With no investment

AGILITY BREAKPOINTS
96 AGL = 11 IFRAMES
Dark Souls 2
(Table showing breakdown)

CALCULATING AGL
EXAMPLE
When Attunement and Adaptability are at 16
(ATN) 16 x .25 = 4
(ADP) 16 x .75 = 12
4 + 12 = 16
16 correlates with AGL investment tier 16 which is
96 AGL

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Dopsi @dopsi.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

We at Bethesda aim to please with at best mediocre crowd-pleasers that take decades of development time. Somehow we also never learn about announcing our titles two generations before they release. Here, have some remasters that don't work with thousands of mods the community painstakingly crafted.

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Dopsi @dopsi.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

The newest 'Top 10 Games'-trend is pretty humbling. Even outside 'Gun & Ball'-gamers like 95% of the participating accounts post only AAA open world titles and not a single indie. This, the crashing industry and young people pretty much playing Roblox exclusively seems really bad for the future, huh

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jenny tightpants @jtp.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

read the article lmao

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404 Media @404media.co · 08/07/2026

“Terrible posters are nothing new,” Jonathon Yule, executive creative director for design at Concrete Design tells us. But with these posters, it comes with “none of the charm” that may accidentally come from a business owner making something low quality.

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We Are Living in a ‘ChatGPT Flyer Pandemic’

"Hey if this is your flyer, I’m not going, I’m not donating, I’m not sharing. Don’t ask me."

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Chris Person @papapishu.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Sick. Awesome. Thanks for that. Really preferred this to funding a Blade game by the Dishonored people or people at Obsidian having jobs.

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Adrian Campos @friendadev.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

The game industry is so fucking back

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Dopsi @dopsi.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

We knew it was coming but seeing those numbers spelt out is just... numbing. Sacrifices for a hallucinating machine-idol that makes everything worse for the majority of people.

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Dopsi @dopsi.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Studio develops game that sells incredibly well? Believe it or not, also layoffs.

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Dopsi @dopsi.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Reminder that modded PSPs and Vitas are pretty affordable and really, really fun. Also learn to get, well let's say security copies for legal reasons. Has never been easier than now.

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Dopsi @dopsi.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Der logische Endpunkt von rechtem Gedankengut? Uwe Boll abfeiern, weil die Botschaft passt. Wir brauchen wirklich nicht die hundertste Reportage, warum Extremes ankommt - es ist am Ende doch einfach der plumpe Rassismus.

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Dopsi @dopsi.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Kadokawa being in western news again as 'From Software's parent company' is still extremely funny. Like, that's one of the biggest entertainment corps in Japan - they own pretty much half of the anime and manga market!

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Dopsi @dopsi.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

So, Rockstar will not only ruin the discourse about realism in games for a decade *again* but they just killed physical editions for good. If they can sell 80$ games without a disc - which they absolutely can - this will become industry standard. Things are so dire, man. It's hard to stay positive.

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Dopsi @dopsi.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Haven't seen people talk about 'Spider-Noir' - probably because it was dropped all at once - and can't recommend it enough. Nicolas Cage and Brendan Gleeson are acting their heart out and have visible fun with a comic adapation. Production should've fully committed to b&w though.

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Dopsi @dopsi.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

In deutschen Medien wird das wohl kaum thematisiert werden, aber in der geleakten Mitgliederliste von Peter Thiels ultrarechten Geheimgesellschaft taucht als prominentester Deutscher *Jens Spahn* auf. Natürlich.

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Dopsi @dopsi.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Damn, after the layoffs in the past few years I've always feared for Double Fine and Ninja Theory. Negotiating for your life with the ever-hungry behemoth that threw billions around to feed on studios just a few years ago is such a grim, endstage capitalism nightmare scenario.

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barleybap but she's dressed as a spooky skeleton @barleybap.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

There is no argument for machine translation that can't also be used to justify AI art / writing / whatever else you like. Stop being a fucking hypocrite just because machine translation is useful to you and you don't understand / don't value the work of translators.

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SpeckObst @speckobst.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

How can dystopian movies even compete?

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Dopsi @dopsi.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Outside of gaming it's nothing new that PR tries to embargo pretty much everything. In this case however if you decide to sit on this while being aware that the affected employees don't know they're being fired? Might as well change your job description to Ubisoft marketing.

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Dopsi @dopsi.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

After having played the 1666: Amsterdam-prologue i’m really deflated. Obvious AI use for changing paintings and the *COVER ART* aside, every aspect is undercooked. From the technical level to movement, clumsy writing and – worst of all – the inclusion of a mascot that sounds like Rocket Raccoon.

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Dopsi @dopsi.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

The actual most important line of the Capcom *Investor Q&A* is "it will take some time before we can quantitatively demonstrate the results of this improved development efficiency". Thinly veiled lies to pump their shareholder value up, they have absolutely nothing right now.

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headfallsoff @headfallsoff.com · 19/05/2026

don’t worry guys next year’s star wars movie is from the director of free guy and deadpool and wolverine

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Dopsi @dopsi.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

The first time in 27 years that I won't be watching a Star Wars movie at the cinema. Incredible stuff.

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Dopsi @dopsi.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Well, we had a good run. Of course 'good' might be a slight exaggeration considering the three year delays were just a horrible idea. Either way, these days exclusives are few and far between - it won't make much of a difference for people who own a PC but no PS5.

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Dopsi @dopsi.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Alright, so now just *any* review from IGN that is not exactly an 8/10 gets outrage from Gamergate 2.0? In many cases not even those are safe from vitriol. Hours ago those same people made fun of Subnautica 2! Gamers really do deserve a collapsing industry, sucks to be caught in the crossfire.

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Dopsi @dopsi.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

So Amazon mandated their game developers to use AI, this team completely revamped their game for Gen-AI and then everyone got laid off anyways. Yeah, they should be allowed to beat their ex-managers with hammers. www.eurogamer.net/amazon-ai-ga...

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Chris Franklin @errant-signal.com · 11/05/2026

The Mixtape discourse makes me feel like we have arrived at a place where criticism is almost untenable because it will be flanderized and stripped down to whatever parts become useful for social media cohorts driven by algorithms towards reactionary or extreme ends rather than engagement w/ media.

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Dopsi @dopsi.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

If you haven’t picked up Esoteric Ebb this year, wait no longer. The first true Disco Elysium-Like we got and it's almost as *life-changing* as the quite obvious inspiration. Very much worth playing for everyone willing to read a lot. Expect true DnD shenanigans and way more humor than melancholy.

A part of the Esoteric Ebb-map from a bird's eye view.

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Dopsi @dopsi.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

While there are some big names attached to this, I remain highly skeptical of the project. Garlands movies have been extremely hit or miss for me - in the last few years very much the latter - and I just don't think he brings the needed finesse. That said most would go under handling Elden Ring.

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The Verge @theverge.com · 14/04/2026

As for AI-generated film, Werner Herzog is unimpressed. www.theverge.com/entertainmen...

"All what I’ve seen so far is dead on arrival. Slick and well made, but completely dead. It does not acquire the soul of poetry."
-Werner Herzog on AI-generated film

Photo of Werner Herzog looking contemplative next to a body of water

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Dopsi @dopsi.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Der beste Aprilscherz geht an Capcom: Die ersten drei Resident Evil-Spiele sind nun im Original auf Steam verfügbar. Ein echter Glücksgriff, da ältere Titel nach Remakes erfahrungsgemäß meist ignoriert werden.

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headfallsoff @headfallsoff.com · 26/03/2026

this new PR pivot of "we're using AI but only for technical things you dont understand" is really funny. why if in the areas i do understand it makes everything worse would i assume it improves anything in the areas that i don't understand

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Dopsi @dopsi.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

I believe there is still a solid chance for this to be bait but if Fujimoto really just ended Chainsaw Man out of nowhere - it kinda fits? Part 2 might be anything but coherent, though suddenly ending one of the most popular manga *is* the logical conclusion for endless shounen powercreep battles.

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Dopsi @dopsi.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Can you believe the two best games of all time - according to user score - were released back-to-back just recently? Not even twelve month apart. Wow, what are the chances?!

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Dopsi @dopsi.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Finished Resident Evil: Requiem to find myself disappointed - and shocked - critics ate this one up. It’s a fragmented mess, multiple ideas for Resident Evil games sewn together. The resulting reanimated corpse doesn’t even need a shotgun blast to the head because it’s falling apart on it’s own.

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