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Re: Talking Point: How Good Are You At Games?

bleedinmagic81

Aside from kicking my siblings' butts in Mario Kart, Smash Bros,, and the like, I've painfully average at best, and awful at worst... It doesn't affect my enjoyment in any way, unless I'm ruining someone else's experience because of my incompetence

Re: Gallery: Minecraft Steve's Alt Costumes And Screenshots

bleedinmagic81

@fafonio Personally, though I love Minecraft, I never cared to have Steve in Smash... but now he's in it, and it is what it is. I agree that his character design is dull (due to the "make your own story" nature of the game), but I don't believe that takes away from Minecraft's legacy and staying power, or from his move set (which seems to be well designed)

Re: Gallery: Minecraft Steve's Alt Costumes And Screenshots

bleedinmagic81

@fafonio Yes, I do believe I catch your drift: Your drift is that, by romanticizing character design/characterization/personality, you have grown bitter and angry that a poorly designed character made it into Smash. It's really not as big as you seem to think. Pokémon trainer is a generic character devoid of personality, yet they are still here. Villager has no personality, and their alts are simply based on very mundane outfits. Mr. Game & Watch has a flat personality–figuratively and literally. As @thesilverbrick pointed out, based on its importance in gaming (especially for Nintendo), Tetris DOES deserve a slot, but there's no way a Tetris block could have a fulfilling move set worthy of its legacy. Steve's moveset seems to work just fine. At the end of the day, it's a game, and a lot of people are happy about Steve's inclusion... move on

Re: Create Your Own Games On Switch With SmileBASIC 4, Available Next Week

bleedinmagic81

I tried to learn SmileBasic when Petit Computer was released on the 3DS* back in the day; I made some progress (I was able to get a sprite to walk in a field, and make a very basic top-down racer with tons of glitches and one track with no hit detection), but I eventually stopped. If you're interested in it but afraid you'll fail, I suggest you go for it. If you keep at it, there's no telling what you can do

*It was a DSiWare title, not a 3DS one