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@acNewUpdates absolutely, but this isn't really that kind of case. It's blatantly based on Pokémon (and Totoro).

ROWLET MY BELOVED

@Gitface you're not the first, but that's okay!! I suppose it wouldn't surprise you that games writers don't have a lot of time to catch up on the games they've missed, though 😅

@HamatoYoshi mate, I've never played Super Metroid. I have also never written about it. If you're getting me mixed up with Kerry, one of the only other women who writes for the site, then that really says more about you than me, doesn't it?

@Arkay but you ONLY hear her bark! No more "Hey! Listen!", just lovely little dog noises!

@Arkay I was thinking Ocarina X Mario 64. Navi replaced by a tiny Chain-Chomp....

@CharlieGirl I've spent my lunch break trying to think of more crossovers...

@RaphaBoss oh man wait until you hear about movie scripts

@Tyranexx I've only watched it three times so far...

@Scapetti That's fair — I did change the headline so it didn't reference skips, at least!

@Scapetti that's not what clickbait is. I'm sorry if you already knew this but I (and others!) didn't, and it's still a fun video

@GannonBanned I can almost guarantee that someone, somewhere, has made a dad simulator that involves the other kind of deck-building

@GannonBanned games like Hearthstone, Magic: The Gathering, Slay The Spire and so on are strategy card games which allow you to build a "deck" to do battle with.

Some games (like the first two) have persistent decks, which is to say that you keep the deck between games; others (like Slay The Spire, Inscryption, and Dicey Dungeons) will make you start from scratch and "build" your deck as you go, out of options you'll get along the way.

I'm a fan of the roguelike builder — the second variety — because I like thinking on my feet

@CANOEberry I'm not sure what my past employers have to do with complaining, because I mostly just wrote about things I liked.

And yes, gamer accessories named after guns and military concepts is what I would consider "macho" — and that's not an insult to men, it's an insult to a specific kind of bro-ey masculinity that's pervasive in video games. The fact that you consider that "catty" is pretty insulting to me, though.

@Gwynbleidd this is the second time we've mentioned it ever, I think

@SuperZeldaFun No hard feelings

@Astral-Grain I made the mistake of playing with the sound off for a long time, and when I put it back on, there was this strange... ice-cream truck jingle on repeat. No idea what it was until I found out that it was a lure I had set up for the new alien creatures! I managed to turn it off 😅

@SuperZeldaFun I acknowledged those issues so that individual people could decide for themselves. As someone who plays games for a living, it didn't really bother me. If it bothers you, that's fine — that's why I mentioned it, so that you can make the call yourself.

And I'm not putting fault on the player — I'm saying that this game has always had jank as part of its experience, and that people who are bothered by that won't enjoy it regardless. I admit that you can read that sentence in a much more aggressive way that it was written, but that wasn't my intention.

@DevinRex @noobish_hat Actually, he has mostly stepped down as Director of the Pokémon series, and that's an incredibly rude thing to say to someone, let alone on their birthday

@Fizza time to go watch Aladdin again for research

@Fizza it's from Aladdin!

@nessisonett it is a bizarrely high amount. I could buy, like, 15 giant Pikachu plushies for that

@nessisonett I'm not particularly knowledgeable about how acquisitions work, but that big number seems like it's partly just the value of shares, and they're also paying partly in T2 shares, which are probably worth a lot. Also, inflation? idk

@AstraeaV @Jake_homs @HolyGeez03

Apologies for the errors in this piece — I was working on it when I had a several-hour-long powercut on Friday evening and had to have someone post it as-is!

And yes, I did mix up the times for setup and runs (that's corrected now). Did I mention it was Friday evening? 😅

@mr_benn oh nooooooooo I hope that's not the case for me

@Ogbert I'm glad this helped you in your search!! And I hope it's not too long before you can get a soft Pikachair for yourself

@Silly_G there's no Pikachu on the seat, at least. I would never sit on a Pokémon, except maybe one of the horse ones

@Ryu_Niiyama I got a little posture trainer over Christmas as well, which buzzes to remind me to straighten up! I really do need to get back into yoga though...

@Ryu_Niiyama ...eventually, anyway. My poor back.

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APOLOGIES, everyone: my currency conversion was set to Canadian Dollars, not US. The actual price is $34 USD (which is still a lot!)

Apologies for the mistake, folks. The article has been updated with the actual release date.

But a gentle reminder: Please don't be nasty in these comments. It was an easy mistake to make.

@dew12333 in my opinion they ARE better, but you have to be careful with these things!

@RupeeClock you're a STAR, RupeeClock

@willi3su breaking news: journalist writes intriguing headline. more at 6

@CharlieGirl he was runner up for my team. I love his pipes

everyone is so mean to my deformed babies : (((((

FYI, people use terms like "soulslike", "Earthbound-like", "roguelike" and "metroidvania" because existing game genres are insufficient to describe what a game is. It's not ideal, and it is reductive, but it's not lazy, either.

712 hours, BAYBEEEE

@Ooyah it's coming!! I promise!! It took a very long time to finish!

I read a review a while ago that said it was the "perfect second monitor game", and then I tried to have it on in the background while working, and it is NOT A PERFECT BACKGROUND GAME IT IS VERY STRESSFUL ACTUALLY

@Matty1988 I mean, in a good way — it's not overwhelming amounts of stuff to learn, it's just enough changes that it doesn't get old as fast

@Diogmites there's a new achievement for falling from the top of the world and landing without taking damage, though

@Astral-Grain actually, you're not the first person to recommend it to me!! I'm currently doing judging for the IGFs so my game-playing schedule is pretty full for the next two weeks, but I'll definitely check it out during the Christmas break at the very least

@Astral-Grain thank you!

As for the diamonds: I'm not 100% sure, but it seems like Bedrock maybe had higher diamond spawning rates than Java. With the massive caves, though, I've been having much greater success with diamonds... they're just out there in the open now!!

@Ooyah oooops. Fixed.

@Bakfug well, you certainly showed me

@Markiemania95 like I said... it's like a toddler that thinks they're helping. Or a dog that keeps bringing you the newspaper all chewed up. I'd rather they just didn't!

@Not_Soos it was the end of the work day, gimme a break 😅

@minecraftemery this was written before Free Guy came out!