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melon @mevon.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Yeah I'm aware of that, and that explains why it turned out like that, and if people like it that's fine, I still insist it doesn't really make any sense though. There is a good reason everyone ended up sticking to the dualshock design

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melon @mevon.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

I know what you mean. I didn't send the image of that controller to imply that it is generally better, the stick placement just makes a lot more sense. I can't attest to the overall quality of the actual controller itself.

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melon @mevon.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

idk I haven't used it

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melon @mevon.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

The size of your hands can make that a lot less comfortable

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melon @mevon.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

The issue isn't goldeneye/PD at all. I think they did a great job with the controller they had to work with. I'm criticizing the controller itself

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melon @mevon.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Have you ever considered why "interact" is usually something like E or F and not something like the numpad when "move" is tied to WASD? Have you considered why people use WASD in the first place instead of the directional keys?

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melon @mevon.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

yes, and you can't touch the analogue stick at the same time. There is really no benefit to having them apart like that. You never have to move your entire hand when using the SNES controller.

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melon @mevon.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

when you eventually want to press a d-pad button you will still have to shift your hand around awkwardly, in a way you don't have to on any other well thought out controller, lmfao. The fact that you don't have to do it simultaneously doesn't mean it isn't still awkward and poorly designed.

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Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

📖 Bytes of Game Ads 📺 With the loss of the video game rights to Mechwarrior and Battletech games looming over Activision, they looked around for a new mecha game license. They found one in Dreampod 9's anime-inspired Heavy Gear setting, releasing the first of two games in 1997.

A double-page ad for Heavy Gear. "The New Breed of War Machine."

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PlayStation Polygons @pspolygons.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Good night folks. 👋

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melon @mevon.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

The fact that developers adjust their control scheme to fit the bad design of the controller doesn't make it any less bad.

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Gabe Fern @gabefern.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

The updated portrait list! What you think?! #pixelart

Pixel art character portraits in NES palette for a personal project.

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melon @mevon.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

you literally cannot even press the DPAD buttons without moving your entire hand to the left. N64 is great and all but that controller design does not make any sense, there isn't really any denying that

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LessSleepy @lesssleepie.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

@lilalienz4ever.bsky.social 🎨🖌️!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Been a couple of days since a cool Newtype JPN cover, so here's a hella cool one with Dot Hack's BlackRose. 💜 Welcome to The World... ⚡

The cover of Newtype Japan's May 2002 cover with a very nifty illustration of BlackRose posing on it with Welcome to the World in blue text arcing across it.

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melon @mevon.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Fifa really is an action RPG in it's own way. This theory checks out

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PlayStation Polygons @pspolygons.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Racing. On a higher level.

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catmilk @catmilk.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

what sounds most interesting, 1. erotic space exploration sim 2. stardew valley but it's about dealing with suicidal depression 3. coop platformer based on flowers 4. big empty world filled with mysterious ruins and animals and fruit trees, and you can climb on stuff

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melon @mevon.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

is this frutiger aero

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Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Sharp X68000 art deco visions of a sunset metropolis of the near-future, as seen through the eyes of those who'd bring us Another World and Flashback Also released onto DOS, PC-9801, Amiga, and ST (Which is where I know it from: 'miggy) 📺: Future Wars/Time Travellers: The Menace, 1989, Delphine

A snap of a gorgeous, sharp pixel rendition of a skyscraper jungle city of steel and glass boxes and art deco 'scrappers, bathed in an orange sunset with gradient shadow. A window washer, the protag, stands dressed in a white jumpsuit on an elevator.

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Ethan Fleischer @ethanfleischer.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

What I like about role-playing games is that they allow you to act out power fantasies that you could never achieve in real life.

Screencap from Elder Scrolls Oblivion. A dialog box says "How long would you like to sleep? 9 Hours."

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Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social · 21/09/2024

A glimpse of early 90s' VR on UK tech and video game review show Bad Influence in late 1992 during its first series. Always very cool seeing those immense Virtuality headsets - and the kind of games you could play on them! Going to start hashing in the old TV and ad bits I share with #VideoBytes!

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FrogmanDev @frogmandev.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Oil Rig atmosphere ⛈️ #indiedev

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maddie raspberry ★ @othatsraspberry.com · 20/04/2025

ALMOST BLEW UP BUT I SAVED THE BABIES

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Y/CJ/Y @ycjygames.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

👁️🫀 [ POST VOID ] 🫀👁️ Hypnotic - Adrenaline Fueled - Arcade - FPS on Steam for less than a small beer! store.steampowered.com/app/1285670/... #postvoid #indiegame #gamemaker

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🍊Nickanger With Attitude @handle.invalid · 16/04/2025

Maybe the chainsaw is light.

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uesp.net @uesp.net · 15/04/2025

Pictured: Concept art of a land dreugh from Oblivion.

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Skelizard @skelizard.neocities.org · 16/04/2025

A bilby for easter. #art

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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Absolutely priceless “unhand me” face from my collection. No documented date/info.

Black and white photo of a young light skinned girl with blonde hair, standing outside in a flower garden and holding a beautiful white and ginger medium haired cat with a furious expression on its face.

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Kimimi🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com · 15/04/2025

A Metal Slug cat to sweeten your scrolling :)

A cropped screenshot from Metal Slug (Neo Geo). A gorgeous pixel art calico cat sleeps happily on the street.

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Odd Steam Reviews @oddsteamreviews.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Peppa Pig: World Adventures

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maddie raspberry ★ @othatsraspberry.com · 15/04/2025

since delta tracks injuries, i assume i’m gonna spend most of the game lookin like this 🩹

screenshot from Metal Gear Solid Delta showing Naked Snaked with a bandaged wound on his arm after a gunshot

doodle of Naked Snaked wrapped in so many bandages from injuries he looks like a crappy mummy

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✨👁️Withkindereyes👁️✨ @withkindereyes.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

One of look outsides best features is how many of its monsters continuously morph throughout the battle. Ending the battle quickly usually is the best option otherwise things get out of hand.

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