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Beyond children's stuff, and entry-tier Ghibli films, I think K-On! was one of the first anime I actually watched. I'm not really sure what I thought of it, certainly don't recall much about it. Probably took an interest in Japanese media more from manga than anime; yuri like Morinaga's Girl Friends helped me realise I was bisexual.

But to focus back on anime, Nichijou is probably what made me realise anime could be worth my time beyond the odd film, that made me smile on a lot of otherwise dark days. And on the opposite side of things, I'd probably attribute Madoka and NGE with teaching me the value that anime could hold as 'art'. (I'm a sucker for an effective deconstruction of a genre.)

It’s almost certainly a positive to see Bobby Kotick (boy do I struggle to maintain this site’s cardinal rule as far as he goes ) losing influence in the “AAA” games industry; but it’s not good to see MS buying every studio they can get hold of. Both these things can be true simultaneously.

My biggest concern with MS’s rampant acquisition spree is what happens when there’a an economic downturn (as already seems to be the near future); will those newly acquired studio be subject to the corporate euphemism that is ~dOWnSiZiNg~? How many working on moderately niche titles will be out of a job and their work indefinitely shelved?

Verticality and vertical space is one of my favourite topics in game design, wish it got more love in a theoretical and actionable sense.

I’m still playing through it, but was really impressed at how much emotion it so far has managed to wordlessly convey. Definitely a special game.

I haven’t played the Castlevania one yet (I know, shame on me), but wanted to second how seamlessly the rest are integrated into the game.

Thank god LostWinds didn’t die with WiiWare. (Though playing it with a mouse isn’t really the same, admittedly.) I was so glad when I saw it pop up on Steam.

A lot of trash doesn’t have a reason to be rereleased, for sure, but I think you’re maybe underestimating how many genuinely cool titles get neglected for a heap of dumb, business-related reasons.

I'm not an oldschool AoE player, but I love how many people seemed to take an interest in history because of it.

Plus the way they made 3d models for the new sprites was neat! https://www.ageofempires.com/news/age-empires-definitive-edition-3d-2d-game/

wanting gamedevs to be worked to death and uninformed demands for features with zero idea of the technical requirements = 'entitled gamers'

not wanting malware on your computer = not being 'entitled'

I don't pirate PC games for numerous reasons, but none of them are really moral. Trying to convince people that they should accept things like this on moral grounds is a poor argument anyway.

I imagine in this case there's a little more to it, namely that incumbent presidents overwhelmingly win a second term. The last time a sitting President failed to do so prior to Trump was all the way bac in 1993.

I don't like Biden, hell, I don't like electoral politics; but it's probably wise in a party-political sense.

The visuals with that game are so impressive for what it is. It's like they captured particle effects in 2D.

Terrible interface, but if someone appreciates roguelikes (technically not one, but much of the same DNA) that shouldn't be enough to turn people away from a great game.

Would recommend OS over RS3, because much as I love archaeology, RS3 is overmonetised (I think most of the community agrees with that?), and that seems like a big part of what OP wanted to get away from.