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Inspired by the recent Bombcast, where the crew did... the exact thing I'm doing now, I will be going through my favourite non-gaming-related things of 2023. This is to prove to the world that I am a well-rounded person and not a total freak who does nothing but play video games for the majority of the time. Now, these are not in order, so let's get started. Smeg Automatic Coffee Machine Do you...
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Hello I'm back, almost a month into 2024 to tell you that, at the very least, like half of this blog was written in early January. We still have our Christmas tree up, no major new releases have come out (for like two days) so this is still relevant and cool, damn it. I'm not going to wallow in it, but my life is in a weird place right now and my writing output has suffered. Listen, there was g...
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We all know the satisfaction of discovering a unique way to overcome a challenge or to have our favorite playstyle be a valid option in a game. Even better if no one else had thought of the solution before us, perhaps not even the developers of the game! For this week, let's have a look at an innovation that in some ways ties into the previously tackled object interaction topic: alternative sol...
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Bless the baby angel that is in charge of producing 3D platformers. Well, it's more the work of small teams of passionate developers around the world, but regardless of the providence that has allowed it I've had another opportunity to partake in running around 3D environments picking up random junk for hours and boy is that just peachy . This particular opportunity was The Spirit and the Mouse...
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An explanation of what I'm doing here can be found in my introduction post . Last time we wound the clock back to 1994 to look at the Jaguar releases of Tempest 2000, Wolfenstein 3D, Brutal Sports Football, and Alien vs. Predator . Last time with the Saturn we slam dunked a home run for 15-love when we looked at Virtual Open Tennis, In The Hunt, NBA Action, Skeleton Warriors, Frank Thomas Big H...
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Captain Falcon, of F-Zero fame, is the tenth original Smash Bros character to join my Video Game Hall of Fame, joining Mario, Luigi, Yoshi, Link, Samus Aran, Donkey Kong, Kirby, Fox McCloud, and Pikachu. Next week's character will be a Nintendo villain.
justiceleaguecanada (Premium member)
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Made a concept page for Generative A.I. With some video game publishers and developers being reluctant to be upfront about their usage of Neural Networks in creating their games, I figured it was worth tracking what games have used it in different ways. Feel free to clean up the writing on the page.
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I'll admit to being all poised to put the Mega Archive on hiatus again—these updates take a lot out of me, especially when it's almost wall-to-wall trash like this episode—but I can't just abandon it in the fourth quarter of 1993 so close to the finish line like this. It will take most of this year to ensure the Mega Archive has covered everything 1993-related but I'm determined to do so regard...
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Reviewing Suzume while gamer brained Introduction: WU-TANG over TANG It was a quite shame that I started to visit Giantbomb only shortly after Ryan Davis’ untimely passing back in 2013. I do wonder had he been alive in 2023, A would he be with Nextlander or still co-hosting with Gerstmann and B would This Ain’t No Game return in some form given the year’s video game adaption “volcano”. More imp...
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Mapping 14 voices from 13 Sentinels onto the characters in Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind. （Full spoiler for 13 Sentinels Aegis Rim obviously. So, if you are one of them sensitive spoiler culture type, get out now.) You all can blame this one on Scavengers Reign : a bande dessinee looking animated science fiction series on Max about a starship crew’s struggle to survive after they got stran...
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For most of last year I was having a really good time with video games. I'd overcome my tendency to play a lot of bad games and was focusing more on games I actually enjoyed. I started the year with God of War: Ragnarok and Horizon: Forbidden West and thoroughly enjoyed them both, albeit Ragnarok more than Forbidden West, which seems to be the general consensus. I had a really great time playin...
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Now that I've made good on a longstanding obligation to a fellow GB blogger with last week's Tower of Time , it's business as usual for the Indie Game of the Week. That is, I'm reviewing another explormer . Quelle surprise. Well, I say "explormer": it has maps and traversal abilities, but it's light on collectibles and very linear so I'm not sure it necessarily counts. Either way, I just picked...
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As tenancy agreements draw to a close, the significance of end of lease cleaning becomes paramount. This specialized service is instrumental in restoring properties to their original condition, meeting the stringent criteria for a successful handover. 1. Defining End of Lease Cleaning End of lease cleaning, also known as bond cleaning, is a comprehensive cleaning service designed to restore a p...
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Throughout the second half of 2023, we charted its hottest messes and debated which terrible thing was the most worth screaming at. The polls have closed (not really), and the people have spoken. Without further ado, it's time to crown the winner... Poll Winner: The Embracer Group's Leadership I couldn't use the image from their own website (source: Fandom) Summarizing the actions of The Embrac...
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So, uh, is the implication the games are sleeper agents? idk man i just work here What, late? Naw, man, I just had to wait for the heat do die down. You're not a cop, are you?? As we check for wires, let us scroll southward and observe the Rite of Listing: — ♫ Starting off, I’d like to highlight some of the tunes of ‘23: • OTXO by Lateralis - I only played the demo, but I think this might be a...
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2023 was a rough year. The industry saw unprecedented layoffs despite sky-high profits, as c-suite executives ruined thousands of lives in the developer, publisher, and media spheres to avoid taking even a shred of personal accountability. On a personal level, I feel like I spent most of the year low-key sick, mostly due to caring for a second, high-needs hatchling in the Dinos clan. I also spe...
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An explanation of what's going on here can be found in the intro post . Last time with the Saturn we covered the June '96 releases of Virtual Open Tennis, In The Hunt, NBA Action, Skeleton Warriors, Frank Thomas Big Hurt Baseball, and Primal Rage . It's been a while since we looked at the Jaguar's 1993 test market releases of Cybermorph, Trevor McFur in the Crescent Galaxy, Evolution: Dino Dude...
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Today I want to show some appreciation for an interesting aspect of games that often goes unnoticed but plays a crucial role in enhancing immersion and emotional impact: Adaptive/Dynamic/Interactive Music. This innovation combines the fact that non-redbook CD audio hardware plays back the game music and sound effects in real-time with the interactivity and non-linearity of games, to have the mu...
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Wario is the latest Nintendo character and the second 2024 character to join my Video Game Hall of Fame. Next week's character will also be a Nintendo favorite.
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Welcome to OoT OoT—which is to say, Over the Top Ocarina of Time, in case you thought I suddenly turned into Pingu—which involves another look at the severely cursed randomizer tools for that one N64 Zelda game lots of people like , rather than the one lots of people are weirded out by . I actually took on a rather tough configuration a few years back in this LP blog , where I opted for both Ke...
