𝕯𝖗𝕮𝖑𝖆𝖞𝖒𝖆𝖓 @drclayman.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Xbox: We need to focus on our major, iconic brands Also Xbox: Kill Doom 010
𝕯𝖗𝕮𝖑𝖆𝖞𝖒𝖆𝖓 @drclayman.bsky.social · 15/09/2025Heard something about this recently and wanted to check it out. I know everyone loves making fun of Randy and Gearbox, but credit where it's due, especially in this climate. Fingers crossed they keep doing well. 030
𝕯𝖗𝕮𝖑𝖆𝖞𝖒𝖆𝖓 @drclayman.bsky.social · 07/09/2025But, understanding the property on a deep level and having a passion for it means you know what you can and what you shouldn't change. You know what makes the property you're adapting special and what people come to it for. 010
𝕯𝖗𝕮𝖑𝖆𝖞𝖒𝖆𝖓 @drclayman.bsky.social · 07/09/2025So does that mean you shouldn't change anything and just provide fan service? Absolutely not, it's a different medium and some changes will always need to be made. 110
𝕯𝖗𝕮𝖑𝖆𝖞𝖒𝖆𝖓 @drclayman.bsky.social · 07/09/2025By comparison, what do you think folk that googled TLOU series saw after the first episode or two was out? Understanding the property matters a whole fucking lot creatively, but also monetarily if you want to see it that way, I just don't think studios are taking this into consideration yet. 110
𝕯𝖗𝕮𝖑𝖆𝖞𝖒𝖆𝖓 @drclayman.bsky.social · 07/09/2025It doesn't matter if you know the fans personally, a paramount space series based on halo is out, and you've never played Halo or know anything about it you're gonna go Google it. And the only people that are talking about it are saying it's shite, well, you see where that goes. It fizzles out. 110
𝕯𝖗𝕮𝖑𝖆𝖞𝖒𝖆𝖓 @drclayman.bsky.social · 07/09/2025So getting the fans on board, should be your first line of marketing. They will start talking about it regardless, and because they're the only ones that care, they will be the only ones that are talking about it. So do you want them to be on board? Or not? 120
𝕯𝖗𝕮𝖑𝖆𝖞𝖒𝖆𝖓 @drclayman.bsky.social · 07/09/2025With that I mean that at ground level, when something like a Halo TV series is announced, the only people that care are Halo fans. I god damn guarantee you, not a single person cared about a Halo TV series that was not a Halo fan beforehand when that was announced. Zero. 120
𝕯𝖗𝕮𝖑𝖆𝖞𝖒𝖆𝖓 @drclayman.bsky.social · 07/09/2025And while this is a creative failure, if we also want to talk business, this is bizarre as fuck as well. Why, you say? Because Halo, like most video game properties (there are exceptions) are relatively niche in the mainstream. 130
𝕯𝖗𝕮𝖑𝖆𝖞𝖒𝖆𝖓 @drclayman.bsky.social · 07/09/2025Jumping off this, my favourite example of utter ignorance is Halo. The fact that there was someone with the double whammy ideas of "Let's take his helmet off" and "let's have him shaggin" is wild to me. Like clearly, even without having watched it, you know nobody has any clue what Halo is. 120
𝕯𝖗𝕮𝖑𝖆𝖞𝖒𝖆𝖓 @drclayman.bsky.social · 07/09/2025Movie and TV making is hard fucking work and if the passion is not the driving force behind it, it will be shite. Sometimes that's the case even when there is passion behind it, but if you start without it there, you're fucked. 010
𝕯𝖗𝕮𝖑𝖆𝖞𝖒𝖆𝖓 @drclayman.bsky.social · 07/09/2025And then we're back to "see, you can't make a good video game adaptation, they don't work" because of course most of that shit will fail. You can't make it good without the passion behind it I'm sorry. 110
𝕯𝖗𝕮𝖑𝖆𝖞𝖒𝖆𝖓 @drclayman.bsky.social · 07/09/2025Back to who, what, and how they're made though, and not necessarily by untalented folk, but clearly a combination of recognisable name/want to make a bit of cash/whatever. The main issue with that is that it will get thrown to people who have no idea what makes that property what it is. 110
𝕯𝖗𝕮𝖑𝖆𝖞𝖒𝖆𝖓 @drclayman.bsky.social · 07/09/2025Man we're in that place where any fucking video game IP is getting grabbed and developed into a movie/TV show without a care in the world of who's actually developing it. All because there was a handful of commercial/critical hits in the past 5ish years (mario, tlou etc). 110
𝕯𝖗𝕮𝖑𝖆𝖞𝖒𝖆𝖓 @drclayman.bsky.social · 07/09/2025Some part of me wants to take a break and come back when 2.0 launches, if that's like March-ish next year. But I like this dumb game and my character too damn much, so that's probably not going to happen. 010
𝕯𝖗𝕮𝖑𝖆𝖞𝖒𝖆𝖓 @drclayman.bsky.social · 07/09/2025Don't know what the next few months look like. Will try to do Oktoberfist, but also got so so much work in the coming months that I don't think I'll have time to practice much. I have already been quite slow to adapt to this patch because of this. 110
𝕯𝖗𝕮𝖑𝖆𝖞𝖒𝖆𝖓 @drclayman.bsky.social · 07/09/2025Home from Inverness, good run and first top 8 that's not a small local tourney. Yippee. Happy enough on paper, but also feel like I didn't play as well as I could. Long travel right before and not great sleep might have had something to do with it. 130
𝕯𝖗𝕮𝖑𝖆𝖞𝖒𝖆𝖓 @drclayman.bsky.social · 06/09/2025Wanted to say hi but didn't realise that was you until after you left, sucks to hear about your controller issues! Silver linings, you somehow still made Top 8 010
𝕯𝖗𝕮𝖑𝖆𝖞𝖒𝖆𝖓 @drclayman.bsky.social · 25/08/2025media.tenor.coma heart shaped mirror with the words 2h my beloved written on itALT: a heart shaped mirror with the words 2h my beloved written on it 000
Reposted by 𝕯𝖗𝕮𝖑𝖆𝖞𝖒𝖆𝖓Dave NewBlood @dave.newblood.games · 22/08/2025And no fucking AI 🤌 TenebrisSomnia.comtenebrissomnia.comTenebris Somnia on SteamTenebris Somnia is a 2D survival horror adventure game with live action cutscenes. Unveil the depths of a disturbing story by solving puzzles and fighting horrible creatures. 628043
𝕯𝖗𝕮𝖑𝖆𝖞𝖒𝖆𝖓 @drclayman.bsky.social · 07/08/2025YO WHAAAAAAT @nightdivestudios.bsky.social just killing it as usual 030
𝕯𝖗𝕮𝖑𝖆𝖞𝖒𝖆𝖓 @drclayman.bsky.social · 26/07/2025Doom Get past the main menu and it literally becomes one of the greatest games ever made. 030
𝕯𝖗𝕮𝖑𝖆𝖞𝖒𝖆𝖓 @drclayman.bsky.social · 23/07/2025I consider Ozzy and Sabbath as influential as the Beatles, or Beethoven. In the way that they shaped so, so much of what came after them. Even a lot of artists and bands that might not think they were influenced by them, yes. Yes you were! Even if it's not directly, but still. 050
𝕯𝖗𝕮𝖑𝖆𝖞𝖒𝖆𝖓 @drclayman.bsky.social · 23/07/2025RIP Ozzy. Feels unreal, he was one of the people you thought would be around forever. It's staggering to think back on his (and Sabbath's) influence in music as a whole, I don't think it's too much of a stretch to say that every single rock and metal band would sound different today without them. 161
𝕯𝖗𝕮𝖑𝖆𝖞𝖒𝖆𝖓 @drclayman.bsky.social · 09/07/2025After hundreds of hours and thousands of games of Guilty Gear Strive, I have arrived at two truly revelational conclusions. 1. I tend to win against players that are not as good as I am. 2. I seem to struggle against players that are better than me. Who knows, it might apply to you too. 040
𝕯𝖗𝕮𝖑𝖆𝖞𝖒𝖆𝖓 @drclayman.bsky.social · 04/07/2025Genuinely thought this was @theonion.com or @hard-drive.net jfc does no one read this shit before posting? The answer is who the fuck knows. This whole statement was probably drafted, or entirely written by AI. Get in the fucking bin with AI. 030
𝕯𝖗𝕮𝖑𝖆𝖞𝖒𝖆𝖓 @drclayman.bsky.social · 04/07/2025This all felt too familiar, and I just realised we had this exact conversation on the other site 3 years ago 🤣 120
𝕯𝖗𝕮𝖑𝖆𝖞𝖒𝖆𝖓 @drclayman.bsky.social · 29/06/2025And that just means we practice, we adapt, we improve. Next stop probably No Man's Land 3 in Inverness in September. Hopefully some smaller local brackets before that. Onwards! 020
𝕯𝖗𝕮𝖑𝖆𝖞𝖒𝖆𝖓 @drclayman.bsky.social · 29/06/2025I'm happy with how I played, I feel I did as well as I could, lived up to my seeding, and played fairly consistently throughout. I do wish I could have pushed a little further, it's the second regional (?) after MIG Feb that I finished just outside of Top 8. 120
𝕯𝖗𝕮𝖑𝖆𝖞𝖒𝖆𝖓 @drclayman.bsky.social · 29/06/2025Okay, Edinbrawl done. The event was a blast and really well organised, had a lot of fun seeing familiar faces and meeting new people. GGs! 151
𝕯𝖗𝕮𝖑𝖆𝖞𝖒𝖆𝖓 @drclayman.bsky.social · 10/06/2025If you're on Disney's 4K tier, you are paying x2.6 the yearly price you paid 5 years ago. According to inflation, £1 in 2020 would be £1.25 in 2025, so if the price increases were to account for that, you would be paying around £62.50, not £129.90. This is not inflation. This is greed. 121
𝕯𝖗𝕮𝖑𝖆𝖞𝖒𝖆𝖓 @drclayman.bsky.social · 03/05/2025media.tenor.coma man is wearing a blue shirt that says prime videoALT: a man is wearing a blue shirt that says prime video 000
𝕯𝖗𝕮𝖑𝖆𝖞𝖒𝖆𝖓 @drclayman.bsky.social · 18/02/2025Ok nvm, previous post already out of date. Next stop, Dundee in March let's gooooo 🤘 000
𝕯𝖗𝕮𝖑𝖆𝖞𝖒𝖆𝖓 @drclayman.bsky.social · 18/02/2025Another good result last Saturday at MIG. I never checked that going in, so only just realised I was seeded 19th, quite chuffed with my final placement! Next major stop is Edinbrawl IV, might be a tall order to top this at a big one like Edinbrawl, but I'll be damned if I don't try. Onwards! 130
𝕯𝖗𝕮𝖑𝖆𝖞𝖒𝖆𝖓 @drclayman.bsky.social · 14/02/2025Oh thanks for the reminder. I've only got 160K ahead of me. 110
Reposted by 𝕯𝖗𝕮𝖑𝖆𝖞𝖒𝖆𝖓Rushdown Edinburgh @rushdownedinburgh.bsky.social · 27/01/2025When's Edinbrawl 4? 2152
𝕯𝖗𝕮𝖑𝖆𝖞𝖒𝖆𝖓 @drclayman.bsky.social · 28/01/20252,590 games later, I have made celestial for the first time last night! I am a slow learner and quite aware of that, but it still feels like weeks or months go by where I don't get any sense of improvement, so moments like these are all the more worth it. Onwards! 💪 040
𝕯𝖗𝕮𝖑𝖆𝖞𝖒𝖆𝖓 @drclayman.bsky.social · 28/12/2024Leverless I'm finding the most comfortable in general, but there's the odd thing like the the GG super input (632146) that I can not for the life of me do consistently on P1 side. Annoying cause on stick I had 100% consistency on that input. 010
𝕯𝖗𝕮𝖑𝖆𝖞𝖒𝖆𝖓 @drclayman.bsky.social · 28/12/2024I don't think I've found a controller type which makes everything comfortable so far. Pad had trouble with hitting multiple buttons together, stick was comfortable for most things except for double directionals (22, 66 etc) and stuff like IADs. 110
𝕯𝖗𝕮𝖑𝖆𝖞𝖒𝖆𝖓 @drclayman.bsky.social · 13/12/2024Just woke up, TGA 2024 summed up seems to be: No Bloodborne. 010
𝕯𝖗𝕮𝖑𝖆𝖞𝖒𝖆𝖓 @drclayman.bsky.social · 05/12/2024Yeah they're alright! They're just the PC ports of the time just updated to support controllers and modern OS, but don't think anything else has been done to them. Not sure how close to arcade versions they were, but it's probably the best you can get today. 010
𝕯𝖗𝕮𝖑𝖆𝖞𝖒𝖆𝖓 @drclayman.bsky.social · 05/12/2024Yeah been longing for a decent collection of MK1-3 with rollback and multiple versions like Trilogy. Can't believe these are not really available, apart from the PC versions on GOG. I don't think they're amazing games but historical importance and nostalgia alone would make them sell a lot of copies 120
𝕯𝖗𝕮𝖑𝖆𝖞𝖒𝖆𝖓 @drclayman.bsky.social · 01/12/2024Neutralmania 2 was wild yesterday, TOs deserve a huge applause for running it so smoothly given the huge crowd that turned up! Such a great day out! Also really happy with my performance, expected a 2-2 at best, but ended up going 3-2 and losing to two really strong players. GGs all around! 030
