It’s one of my top five all timers, and my kid’s. Raising em right. I was just trying to figure out where this other fella was coming from.

I suppose you’re right, I guess I had a blind spot there. Haven’t played it.

I’ve never heard of B: AA described as a metroidvania… How do you figure that one?

I still haven’t gotten to Ori yet (a glaring omission I know). Never heard of the other one but I’ve wish listed it.

I’ve seen video essays about metroidvanias that talk about “getting lost”. The real point is to follow clues, feel immersed in a world, learn to find your way, and make interesting decisions.

In Hollow Knight, it’s no problem to use the compass if you find that aspect too burdensome. I really enjoyed my time with Axiom Verge, and I seem to recall it came with a compass as standard? Perhaps that’s wrong, it’s been a few years since I picked that one up.

More to the point, which metroidvanias did you like and what did they do differently?

So there’s a frightening little maniac who constantly annoys you in elaborate ways and always wants to play.

Brethren, that’s just having a kid with hyperactive ADHD.

Seems like games with that good old novelistic style is now entirely dependent on indie developers.

“Love is like a fart. If you have to force it, it’s probably shit.”

I’ll probably get it if I hear Obsidian took any creative risks, but so far I’m hearing that it’s a mass appeal oversimplified ARPG with looter shooter vibes. Not really the kind of thing I crave from Obsidian.

I wouldn’t trust a self hosted AI that I trained myself.

Oh that’s dark

I’m fine with that while it lasts. Having millions of active users would increase the feed, but it’s not going to increase the likelihood of me talking to anyone smart

Skill issue

I’ve done a little work with mistral. Useful when I’m writing unimportant several-page summary emails that I’m nearly certain nobody reads.

God, I’ve seen what you’ve done for specific people, please help me be less random

Told you my instincts suck

What the fuck is that controller. God I hate it.

One thing I know about myself though, is my instincts suck and I’ll probably be eating those words before long.

Baboon goggles is the word for that

Meta might be the worst possible company to darken our doorstep; at least Elon would fail.

Defed every corporation. McDonald’s starts an instance? Fuck off and fix your ice cream machine. Gabe Newell starts a Steam instance? No Gabe, go make half life 3. Make all these suits federate each other and see if anyone wants to talk on their shit.