vandermere.bsky.social @vandermere.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I mean, they could. If we, say, elected people with a modicum of intelligence. 011
vandermere.bsky.social @vandermere.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I mean, I have seen some fucked up encounter rates, but any reasonable says "maybe this game doesn't work for me" rather than "all RPG's suck". 010
vandermere.bsky.social @vandermere.bsky.social · 29/09/2026AAA budgets have gotten so inflated that something has got to give. 020
vandermere.bsky.social @vandermere.bsky.social · 29/09/2026And not the good kind of special, either. 000
vandermere.bsky.social @vandermere.bsky.social · 27/09/2026If a designer chooses to make it "dangerous" by designing it to fight exactly like all the other enemies but with twice the damage and 50x the health, it's not challenging, it's just a slog. 000
vandermere.bsky.social @vandermere.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I'd say people don't want difficulty that feels blatantly artificial. If you're fighting a great big beefy boss, you want it to feel tough, to read as dangerous. 000
vandermere.bsky.social @vandermere.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I mean, "WHY the fuck art thou Romeo", but still. 130
vandermere.bsky.social @vandermere.bsky.social · 23/09/2026He won't learn regardless, but we can least send the right message to everyone else. 010
vandermere.bsky.social @vandermere.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Man, I am gonna be glued to my couch the next few weeks. Townfall, Control Resonant, Hellraiser. It's looking good 020
vandermere.bsky.social @vandermere.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Well, I, for one, certainly did not see this coming since day one. Still gonna laugh though. 000
vandermere.bsky.social @vandermere.bsky.social · 23/09/2026One of Obsidian's best games was made *despite* Bethesda meddling. I really hope they can continue their own independent vision. 000
vandermere.bsky.social @vandermere.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I hear it's supposed to be standalone, but Control is well worth playing regardless. 010
vandermere.bsky.social @vandermere.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Wow. Homelander but with none of the subtlety. 000
vandermere.bsky.social @vandermere.bsky.social · 18/09/2026But at least we still have Gary Larson. 000
vandermere.bsky.social @vandermere.bsky.social · 15/09/2026K, so, we gonna, like, prosecute with those or...? 000
vandermere.bsky.social @vandermere.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Who? You mean that playing card company? 000
vandermere.bsky.social @vandermere.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Though it would be nice to differentiate retro games from modern titles using a retro style. 000
vandermere.bsky.social @vandermere.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Particularly at the rate they're being canceled these days. 000
vandermere.bsky.social @vandermere.bsky.social · 13/09/2026We could stop buying the reheated garbage. 000
vandermere.bsky.social @vandermere.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Those arm gestures are getting a little suspicious as well... 020
vandermere.bsky.social @vandermere.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Wait, did he just admit he can't breathe? 011
vandermere.bsky.social @vandermere.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Yeah, we need some real underrated titles like Final Fantasy VII or Metal Gear Solid! 120
vandermere.bsky.social @vandermere.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Perfect. This has never been a game and it's time for it to be over. 000
vandermere.bsky.social @vandermere.bsky.social · 05/09/2026And then close the data centers anyway. Win win. 010
vandermere.bsky.social @vandermere.bsky.social · 19/08/2026I'll take that over another open world collectathon any day. 010
vandermere.bsky.social @vandermere.bsky.social · 19/08/2026We really need "It was good enough but not as strong as it could have been" to be an acceptable stance again. 000
vandermere.bsky.social @vandermere.bsky.social · 19/08/2026There's never been a better time to play them. You can emulate everything through PS2 on basically anything these days. 000
vandermere.bsky.social @vandermere.bsky.social · 19/08/2026I'll still give Valve way more slack than most of them though. 150
vandermere.bsky.social @vandermere.bsky.social · 13/08/2026It's the best looking mask yet because you can tell there's a real person under there. 130
vandermere.bsky.social @vandermere.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Also they're played by Henry Cavill and Tobey McGuire. And they're both still in college somehow. 110
vandermere.bsky.social @vandermere.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Wow. Literally killing the universe itself? That's actually a way cooler concept than I gave it credit for 000
vandermere.bsky.social @vandermere.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Have they never won an election without changing the rules first? 010
vandermere.bsky.social @vandermere.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Oh, he absolutely murdered that entire cell. 020
vandermere.bsky.social @vandermere.bsky.social · 19/07/2026I've always liked to think someone mispronounced "facade" and then it got reversed or corrupted from there 010
