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@jake1421 A 3-day "strike" is not "withholding labor," it's LARPing. No deals will be signed, no negotiations will happen, no meaningful change will occur.

@jake1421 It's a feckless warning that management can easily ignore with little consequence.

@Tyranexx Loads of Japanese companies are as bad, or worse. But even if some use a better pay structure that won't solve the underlying, systemic problem.

"3-day strike" so Ubisoft management will just wait. That's not a strike.

Though my opinion of Braid has tanked in the past few years, I still think it would be funny if Braidman showed up in Smash and had a nuke as his Final Smash.

No, because I don't care for tennis games.

Haven't played Silksong. I played Hollow Knight for the first time late last year and enjoyed it for a while, but got bored and stopped. And if Silksong is more like it, I'll pass. So where's the "neither" option?

I'm not interested in the game but this intro movie is rad.

Don't waste your money, especially not in 2026.

@Erigen Why wouldn't they? There's nothing wrong with it. It isn't some overlong isekai/manhwa slop title.

Those are good changes IMO.

The open world Zelda games (TotK and BotW) are fun to be sure, but both still feel half-baked, like tech demos meant to showcase that the right dev team can work wonders with less powerful hardware and still make a good game. And that's awesome! ... But something feels lacking about both, and I hope the next attempt nails it.

@Kestrel The best mobile RPGs are the ones that are just good mobile ports of good console RPGs, like the first 3 Dragon Quest games on Android, or Vay on iPhone from like 150 years ago.

@voidemissary Being an "outlier" invalidates what I feel about the game and makes my opinion "ignorant?" lol k. Not everyone universally feels the same way about everything. I accept this sidestep as your surrender.

This was rumored for a while. I'll have to see if a local joint picks up the machine.

@BrazilRules Yup. He's behind quite a few very pretty games, sometimes with amazing OSTs and fun mechanics, but the stories are... messy.

@voidemissary I've played the game multiple times and missed nothing. It's ostensibly a love story where the love is mired by societal pressures, imperialism, a machine literally named Deus (aka God), and Evangelion-esque sequences inside people's heads which are about as meaningful here as they were in Evangelion (ie not at all), and all in service of a cynical person's unflattering thesis of humanity. I like how it plays and I like most of the characters but it is a Kato story through and through, for better and (mostly) worse.

Good game with a good dub too. Law is the GOAT.

Not a fan of Kato's storytelling. I love Chrono Trigger and get that he had the difficult task of consolidating many storytellers' visions into a cohesive whole, but Trigger rocks BECAUSE it's more than just his vision. When it's Kato on his own, you get, depressing, cynical stories like Chrono Cross and Xenogears.

Slept through it, and glad I did. Real talk the hypest thing for me is that Adventures of Elliot is coming to Steam.

RetroArch
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Impossible wish list:

• Final Fantasy VI-2, starring Terra
• Mega Man X9 and/or Legends 3
• A Halo character action game starring Thel 'Vadam, by Platinum
• Marvel vs. Capcom 4, somehow, despite Tokon's existence
• Pac-Man vs. Guilty Gear
• Blaster Master Zero 4
• That one Blaster Master Trilogy Japan got that's voiced, with awesome English VAs

Impossible wish list:

• Final Fantasy VI-2, starring Terra
• Mega Man X9 and/or Legends 3
• A Halo character action game starring Thel 'Vadam, by Platinum
• Marvel vs. Capcom 4, somehow, despite Tokon's existence
• Pac-Man vs. Guilty Gear
• Blaster Master Zero 4
• That one Blaster Master Trilogy Japan got that's voiced, with awesome English VAs

I enjoyed the demo more than I thought I would, and I was already pretty interested.

In the store because why waste the money.

The demo was really good, and since Nintendo is allergic to releasing Zelda games without sometimes ill-thought-out gimmicks, games like this and Girl From Arkanya scratch the itch.

Unfortunate considering how much better it is than Mario Kart World.

@kmtrain83 Demand our governments focus on people and infrastructure. Talk to your neighbors. Believe in your fellow man. Don't buy into the misanthropy the richest and worst among us want us to believe. That's all we can do, ultimately. I realize that's not much of a solution, but a solution won't come from just one person.

At the very least, we can and should stop the AI fearmongering hysteria, which is ultimately just degrowther nonsense.

I voted for Cactus Man, and I wish I could've had two votes because Valve Man is rad as sin.

Most of the cleaner robots are meh. Vac Woman is the coolest among them.

There are places on Earth (eg, China) that align technology and automation (AI included) with people and infrastructure.

Tech bros are an aberration; tech itself is not. Growth never was and never will be the problem.

@kmtrain83 This cynical, misanthropic nonsense accomplishes nothing and serves only the worst among us.

Hooray for more AI fearmongering. Can't have enough.

"Should we encourage more usage of AI as infrastructure, in the hopes AI will be aligned with aiding people, and specifically in game development per what our family of websites is about?"

"Nah just put out more of the myth that AI is plagiarism. Full day's work."

I didn't watch it because it's not my kind of game, but based on what I read it would be a fun time for people who enjoy SIMS-style distraction. Nothing wrong with that.

How lame.
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@darkswabber I was not aware! Graci.

Now includes Bonkers and Goof Troop. I'd've preferred also including the SNES Aladdin, which is vastly superior to Virgin Game's version, but I'll still take this.

RetroArch, in time

Will keep an eye on these because even with the dbrand grips the Joy-Cons suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck.

Though upon closer inspection these are quite pricey. I'll wait for Hori's eventual offering.

I want Sally Acorn and that one buff superhero version of Tails from the Archie Comics.

Enjoyed the first movie, despite it not being quite as good as the Sonic films, mostly due to actors sounding like they don't want to be there. Suspect I'll enjoy the second, and I'm hoping said actors have found their enthusiasm.

@PinderSchloss AI fearmongering so out of control that comments like this are commonplace.

This game has the visual fidelity and production values that Legends Z-A should've had, especially for the criminally high price Legends sold for.

I really liked Wonder so more content for it is a plus. I'll likely nab this. I do pine for a SMB Wonder 2 though.

@Tempestryke The demo of 4D is quite good, so not sure where the "allergic to improving" comment is coming from.

Will it also come with Miyazaki's fetishism for the end of humanity and for nature to reclaim the Earth?

I hope it's Master Chief.

He did a good job.

@Pho Wildly incorrect. If AI is "theft" then so is any inspiration and iteration. Very good video on the topic that debunks common arguments:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XegV-KnmxqU

Oh Ubisoft. What a freaking mess.

@Nep-Nep-Freak This is 100% correct.