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D @vysetron.pixeldie.com · 11h

yet another synonym for "thing I like" at this point

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D @vysetron.pixeldie.com · 03/10/2026

in his house at T'bell, dread Chalupa waits dreaming

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D @vysetron.pixeldie.com · 03/10/2026

Ikea's Gamer Zone was designed by psychopaths

an ikea wall with 2 fake plastic switches bungeed to it

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D @vysetron.pixeldie.com · 30/09/2026

strange but wonderful timeline when a game with a @displacermb.bsky.social quote on the front is being featured in Walmart

Magical Athlete is the Walmart Game of the Month

"One of the great games of our age...Embodies what it means to have fun with friends and family" -Michael Barnes

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D @vysetron.pixeldie.com · 30/09/2026

apparently! it gets hyped up a lot

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D @vysetron.pixeldie.com · 30/09/2026

very cool to offer! pixeldie.com or if you want one that's just me, wackgameboy.zone (much more to come there once we're done moving)

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D @vysetron.pixeldie.com · 30/09/2026

man, if I knew I'd tell you

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D @vysetron.pixeldie.com · 30/09/2026

my fatigue with Cthulhu Wars-esque attempts at "Cadillac Games" is immeasurable. we simply do not need these. odds are good that, were something bad to happen, prospective purchasers' families will have far greater concerns than whether or not they can still play dad's bigass LotR crate

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D @vysetron.pixeldie.com · 30/09/2026

I acknowledge that there's another lower-priced tier, but it still severely undercuts Restoration Games' stated ethos of making OOP board games accessible again when they price their lead offering higher than an original copy of said infamously expensive OOP board game

RG Mithril Edition of King's Gambit, priced at $449

an ebay listing for Queen's Gambit (the original OOP game) for $420

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D @vysetron.pixeldie.com · 30/09/2026

I don't get say as to which quotes folks choose to use for promo so I am very glad CMYK chose that one in particular Grabble rules! play it if you can, ideally 10 times in a row

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D @vysetron.pixeldie.com · 30/09/2026

this is why we send test emails! this is the reason!

A marketing email from Nintendo

"Available now: Minecraft Dung..."

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D @vysetron.pixeldie.com · 29/09/2026

the 2nd half is absolutely what I play for, which is wild bc it downplays the chaos and I mean, look at it! there's juuuuust enough to it to create that sweet tension

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D @vysetron.pixeldie.com · 29/09/2026

I've also heard that taking pkmn any kind of seriously is a mistake. hard to gauge which games have a decent scene beforehand, you know?

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D @vysetron.pixeldie.com · 29/09/2026

Grabble (@cmyk.games) is unlike anything you've ever played. Unless you've played Nuts a GoGo, which this is a new (and better!) edition of. Be prepared to go whole hog. pixeldie.com/2026/09/29/g...

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Grabble – Review

Grabble, by CMYK, is a truly singular box of scraps and a perfect nightcap game.

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D @vysetron.pixeldie.com · 29/09/2026

Wave Race is a masterpiece in basically every regard, infinite flowers for Kawasaki also let it be known that I am not a monster - Mario 64 is a stone cold classic and anyone who disagrees isn't even good at being a contrarian

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D @vysetron.pixeldie.com · 29/09/2026

me: wow so many of these racing games are great, why don't people talk about these also me: Banjo-Kazooie is an affront salvaged only by Grant Kirkhope's sheer skill and whimsy

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D @vysetron.pixeldie.com · 29/09/2026

if my current projects and playthroughs are any indication, the N64's library has aged better than you'd think but not thanks to most of the games you would reasonably assume

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D @vysetron.pixeldie.com · 29/09/2026

most recently star wars unlimited, but I've witnessed similar lack of interest in strat/analysis in sw destiny (may have something to do with star wars fans), lots of mtg players, vampire the masquerade, assorted games through the 2010s, etc.

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D @vysetron.pixeldie.com · 28/09/2026

having just finished that exact video today, it's a fascinating thing that I'm glad existed and have absolutely zero FOMO for

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D @vysetron.pixeldie.com · 28/09/2026

entirely fair, at this point the game is maintained by and (arguably) for the sweats that resurrected it in the first place and that directly leads to broader cultural difficulties

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D @vysetron.pixeldie.com · 28/09/2026

weird! I've run into it across several games over the years, maybe it's a midsized-playerbase problem

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D @vysetron.pixeldie.com · 28/09/2026

both? I'll never quit with card games, but finding anything for star wars in particular was frustrating enough to post about it

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D @vysetron.pixeldie.com · 28/09/2026

to a point! but for example, I like Star Wars Unlimited and a new set releases in a few days discussion almost everywhere I've seen ranges from "ooh shiny foils" and "what deck did [CONTENT CREATOR] make" very, very little actual "science"

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D @vysetron.pixeldie.com · 28/09/2026

yes I've been in several walled gardens/paid communities, which is a super common thing in TCGs for whatever reason yes the problem remains. if anything a lot of people seem to just be in those to sponge up info VS do anything

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D @vysetron.pixeldie.com · 28/09/2026

one of the most frustrating things about TCG/CCGs is finding a community where people actually talk about the game in depth I'm spoiled by Netrunner where people are amped to talk strats, build decks, and run sets to test in TCGs it's weirdly difficult to find substance, at least in my experience

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D @vysetron.pixeldie.com · 26/09/2026

I quite enjoy both for different reasons, but my preference will always be with slow creeping dread and rising tension over a rollercoaster with gore which isn't to say Cregger didn't make a hell of a rollergorester

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D @vysetron.pixeldie.com · 26/09/2026

I have been shocked at how many people I encounter that just lack any hobbies or personal interests at all I don't even mean "oh I watch TV", that's at least *something*, I mean they literally cannot name An Interest in the first place

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D @vysetron.pixeldie.com · 25/09/2026

creating a deck of entirely bunts and mashing run as fast as humanly possible

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D @vysetron.pixeldie.com · 25/09/2026

incredibly fucked up that CD was my Sonic intro and may also explain why I do not care for very many Sonics

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D @vysetron.pixeldie.com · 25/09/2026

broadly agree, my interpretation of this has shifted to "your first sets the bar" in the sense that we're pretty bad at evaluating works on their own when we have a point of comparison I can't help that I eval all of the resident evils against 3, all the MGSs against Solid 1, Sonics against CD, etc

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D @vysetron.pixeldie.com · 22/09/2026

I'm entirely on the digital side now so I'm very accustomed to pushing back against the sloptide on a daily basis to hear it's somehow just as present on the print side nowadays despite how many steps we used to go through makes me feel better about my career choices. at least it's easier to fix!

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D @vysetron.pixeldie.com · 22/09/2026

to be clear, I'm willing to believe nobody gave a shit! I would just be shocked if absolutely no one noticed

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D @vysetron.pixeldie.com · 22/09/2026

brutal! I hope botching a first impression this badly serves as a wakeup call to whichever internal decisionmakers sign off on crap like this

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D @vysetron.pixeldie.com · 22/09/2026

and another thing, I clearly said I wanted the Fremch toast, not whatever the hell this French crap is

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D @vysetron.pixeldie.com · 22/09/2026

having worked in print ads, I highly doubt this is the result of failure to proofread. there are way too many people involved in the production of any printed material I think someone at Sonic finally had enough of their brain't coworkers and just let them have exactly what they wanted, unaltered

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D @vysetron.pixeldie.com · 22/09/2026

having done courthouse ourselves it was as stress-free as I imagine a wedding could be unforeseen consequence: I get a little grief about it to this day!

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D @vysetron.pixeldie.com · 19/09/2026

maaaan I dunno if I can go that far but I'd at least understand the opinion, Blasto is charming in ways Croc never attempts

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D @vysetron.pixeldie.com · 19/09/2026

I'm sure plenty of other people have said this first but the best spoiler-free summary for this one is easily "ride along with a typical Resi NPC for 90 minutes"

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D @vysetron.pixeldie.com · 19/09/2026

there isn't much more authentically Resident Evil than running circles while fumbling with a weapon, missing with said weapon, getting stuck on locked doors/impassible terrain, and saying "fuck" at least twice a minute as shit gets unimaginably worse

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D @vysetron.pixeldie.com · 19/09/2026

editing my Resi Movie Opinion: in adapting the mechanics/structure of the series over any given plot, Cregger demonstrates a better understanding of genre than almost anyone working in the IP mines ever has to be clear it's still just "a good movie", but that's an achievement for game riffs!

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D @vysetron.pixeldie.com · 19/09/2026

I've felt much the same on this one - never even tried it despite being a sicko who can play a game like Blasto and come away with "I mean it has good points...". something about Rascal is truly Off

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D @vysetron.pixeldie.com · 19/09/2026

pepsi-chan deserves nothing more

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D @vysetron.pixeldie.com · 18/09/2026

wait they rehired their map designers? this was one of my biggest sticking points with modern FE

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D @vysetron.pixeldie.com · 18/09/2026

honestly I do think past me would be pretty pleased with how things go. lord knows I'm way happier now

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D @vysetron.pixeldie.com · 18/09/2026

"you'll get to work in games more!" "no shit, that rules!" "you'll eventually leave willingly and get a normal job!" "aw man. do I at least get to travel for more esports stuff first?" "buddy, they won't even get to"

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D @vysetron.pixeldie.com · 17/09/2026

bit charming despite being surprisingly mechanics-forward, mostly on account of it producing a lot of HR-ass sentences like "I hope your pants have room for 3 piping hot orders of curly fries!", but it's just for HR diehards that are also into board games and no one outside of the middle of the venn

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D @vysetron.pixeldie.com · 17/09/2026

god I wish I could recommend the Homestar Runner card game, but it's kind of a hot mess rulebook issues aside (not usable as-is, only some issues are corrected in the digital version), you just kinda pass around cards until someone's pants are just too full of incriminating evidence and they lose

Crime Scene Tamperer card game box, prominently featuring a big ol' Strong Bad head with the Dangeresque glasses on

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D @vysetron.pixeldie.com · 14/09/2026

I'd need to do some replays (maybe for one of the sites) but I've increasingly been a WL2 truther? the puzzles with multiple solutions/routes combined with comedy violence just does it for me

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D @vysetron.pixeldie.com · 14/09/2026

I mean to be fair WL4 is an incredibly high bar to clear

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D @vysetron.pixeldie.com · 14/09/2026

I even like Shake! it's no Wario World, but I'd take it over some of the Lands

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