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@wiiware No, delete misinformation. (False) facts and opinions are not the same.

Nobody will delete your messages if you say "It is my opinion that the sky is green, not blue" - You do you, buddy.

But if you are misrepresenting yourself as an expert and telling outright lies that hurt people, and you state them as irrefutable facts, then you are spreading misinformation. Not opinions, false facts. There is a difference.

If I say "I am an expert in the field of virology, I have done a lot of research, and it is proven that drinking a gallon of bleach will make you healthy" I am not giving you an opinion. I am lying to you about facts and with that I am actively trying to kill you.

That's the difference.

And I agree with you (to a degree) that the story of Dues Ex is happening in real time in this world. But you are mistaking the bad guys for the good guys and the good guys for the bad.

@wiiware People screaming about being silenced does not mean they are being silenced.

Opinions are not deleted — misinformation is.

And people don't ask questions on Twitter. They scream at each other that people are wrong and send them into rabbit holes of the most questionable "news" outlets imaginable.

You were probably posting something going against the community rules. That's not you being silenced, that's your comments that go against community rules being removed.

The current president didn't broker 6 wars. There has not been a single true thing that came out of his mouth. He has plunged the US and the world into a lot more chaos than there was before. He is an absolute disgrace, but sure, believe all the Messianiatic propaganda that is being force fed by Fox News et al.

You say the previous "regime" was corrupt as hell but choose to ignore the absolute mammoth list of horrible crap that has been perpetrated by the current administration, and it is a LOT!

I don't even believe you want a conversation. You want to stand inside of your own little echo chamber and hear how wonderful these awful excuses of human beings are. And honestly, I don't even understand why. Your bio indicates you don't even live in the US, so why do you want to glorify these people? Genuine question, what's in it for you?

That is awesome. The screenshot of that Rome game piques my interest.

@Razieluigi Well, I never had the inclination to rectify my lack of Sega games experiences. If I pick up an old game, it'll be one I already played, or one I would have wanted to play, and those would also be Nintendo, very ffew exceptions.

I don't think it's that rare. Now, I am not a game dev so I guess they should have a little more exposure, but with the VAST amount of games available, it's still no surprise they'll stick with the systems they know already.

As for regional tendencies, it wouldn't surprise me if Paris was more Segan than Nintendoid. Dunno, feels like it would be.

@wiiware Seriously? Musk gave America free speech back by buying Twitter?

Nobody needs Twitter to say what they want to say. And Twitter was a cesspool of idiotic opinions before, it just grew more idiotic.

If you honestly think Musk is doing the US, as well as the rest of the world, any good, you have been very stuck into a loop of Joe Rogan YouTube shorts and should definitely start learning how algorithms work.

I will give you that the Dems aren't really a political party, but guess what, neither is the Republican one. Two sides of the same capitalistic, awful and blood-soaked coin. One side just less awful (Dems, in case it wasn't clear), but nowhere near good enough for the common man.

Sure, there are a few politicians who aren't terrible or at best apathetic to a righteous cause, but all of them are on the blue side.

Feel free to disagree with me.

Not my cup. I kinda wished that enemy running into the razorblades would... you know... also die from them. Such a thing not hapoening was fine back in the SNES days, but nowadays I kinda expect a bit more thought put into such a thing.

The graphics look ace though.

@BBL Nobody managed, and everyone loved it.

Am I the only one that feels like there is a cultural shift going on in Japan? This is yet another in a recent but already long line of Japanese folks complaining about the work culture, where this never happened before. I can't be the only one noticing.

@shiningpikablu252 @zidane4028 I am almost 100% positive the collection skipped the Netherlands, or was only available in boutiques and such, otherwise I feel like would have known about it. I had pretty much every Square game, bought US versions where no EU one was available, and I had the US version.

But I could be mistaken. It was a surprise to me, anyways.

@KingMike I never even knew FFA had a European release, but I am going to guess it's even rarer than Suikoden 2. Maybe it only got released in select countries. I never knew, and I was a bit of a collector back then.

And in Europe, a lot of fans had only played 7 and 8.m, I am sure.

@xanderten50 I found a few on YouTube, but some were a.i. upscaled and another channel didn't have all episodes, but if you search "Alfred J Kwak English" , so kwak instead of quack, you will probably find what you are looking for.

It was only a few months ago when I fimally ubderstood why it was called Parodius.

I am not the brightest bulb.

Never heard of this. The old animé series from my childhood were "Nobody's Boy : Remi" and the Dutch/Japanese series "Alfred J. Quack" which is AMAZING. Can I count Nils Holgersson?

@slider1983 Well... yeah, kind of. If you call out and cancel a service because of bad practice from the CEO, which I find fair, by the way, then Twitter should 100% fall within that criteria.

Bluesky came about specifically BECAUSE of the CEO's behaviour plus the fact that Twitter became a cesspool. The same will probably happen with Spotify at some point, a competitor will take over its leading position for being slightly less unscrupulous, and there are already plenty of other services so chances are high it will happen and soon, but... like I said. If you want to be ethical (which I can get behind), then you should also axe your Twitter account.

I find it a little amusing he announces it on Twitter, though... speaking of toxicity and scummy CEOs.

The fees are ridiculous though. Artists have little to no control over who plays what. Sure, I can buy bots for my music, but so can a passionate fan. How is that my fault then?

And it's not like bigger artistst haven't used bots either, even Jay Z and Beyonce did.

@RaeDawnChonglingBay Same! This looks AMAZING!!

I love this game so much. This ad is perfect!

@BulkSlash That's not very nice of you! Why would you blow him up?

@Sketcz Haha. Somehow, I feel uneasy about this whole ordeal.

I did NOT expect to start a war here, haha. And now I know there are secret Atari E.T. enthusiasts and not to mess with them!

Okay okay omay... this game is NOT the very definition of a low effort tie in cash grab. That honor falls on...

Wait...

Also E.T.!!

But on Atari. A few years prior.

@JayJ You don't really need a community to enjoy videogames, though.

And for what it's worth, Time Extension sometimes has these heated discussions, but mostly it's just love. You don't see toxicity under articles about Utopia or soemthing.

Engage with people who don't portray toxic traits and ignore the ones that do. They're not that many.

@JackGYarwood No prob. I live for fixing minor mistakes.

Powermonger on SNES was a game I rented a few times and loved, even though I never got far.

Utopia I bought on a whim on SNES and I ADORED!! Many find memories of this game. Difficult game, but very rewarding. And hauntingly beautiful music.

Ps. Fragile Allegiance, not Alliance.

@KingMike The DOS game and the SNES game look nothing alike, and they only share the name and the publisher, Interplay. They are two very different games.

The DOS game is a very DOS-like RPG, much like Ultima, with keywords being used to offer branching dialogue, which is also a mainstay of a lot of DOS adventure games of the times.

The SNES game was a lot more straightforward. More action adventure than RPG. The graphics were also completely different. Really atmospheric music, I remember.

I never got very far in either games, but they hold a special place in my heart nonetheless.

That is smort. Good to listen to feedback and doing something with it.

@rpgaymer You never heard that interpretation?

The current youth, or at least a few years back, called us boomers, not because we were born in the 40s, but because we might as well have been as far as they're concerned, being in our 40s.

And since it's fun to piss on us, the shooters that we grew up with, the pioneers of the genre, would be given that name, not because it is correct, but because it's funny to rile us up. And it works. (Not on me, but... you know...)

And it is 100% the correct interpretation. Kids told us 40-somethings "Okay, boomer" to basically tell us we're old, and that name was jokingly given to the resurgence of OG Doom inspired games. It's basically the same term as "old school", which I can tell you also has very little to do with educational institutions.

I mean, the SMB cart is pretty iconic, and it shows better popped up than flat on the table. It's just to show some older tech, and it did the job. This wasn't aimed at gamers, but it sure caught their attention!

Except for the ever present fan-service (guess I have ti either accept it or just not watch animé), Goblin Slayer was really good. Pretty grounded storyline. Hopefully this will be in a similar vein.

Wait, what? Virtual Console Reviews is family of Hookshot? Guess I was a family member for far longer than I thought...

Greatly enjoyed that site for a fair while.

While I can no longer enkoy these types of games, the platformy stuff destroys my suspension of disbelief, I will say this looks incredible.

It channels the NES vibe without trying to look exactly like a NES game. Well done!

@Peteykins Make Amico Great Again?

@antdickens One of the owners even? Well, well... I feel honored.

And no, I am not perpetually online, I just happened to be the second you reacted. Haha.

I swear!

@antdickens Ah, I take it you are a writer for this site, then? Sorry, didn't recognize that.

No, no, quality journalism isn't tied to any particular topic. You can write seriously and journalistically about fun subjects. Now if only the serious stuff was still reported by serious people in the US.

And there is your other problem. Populist parties buying up the media, so they can have their sock puppets, and European businesses seeing more and more the monetary opportunities from such an approach. At least here most people still think with their brains, and we look just as much to the French people as we do American politics, so they don't yet dare to pull the same shenanigans.

But the internet is still a bit of a Wild West... butnyou bring the right mix. I love reading artickes and this site is one of my faves.

Ps. I like how you snuck in that long dash and italic in there in there. Very a.i. of you.

@antdickens Oh, absolutely. I was offering it as a different take, not necessarily against the original, but just something to ponder. So yeah, you're right, it's a combination.

But blaming the downfall of journalism squarely on ai... I don't feel that way.

And I can't say it's comparable to CDs killing records, or Spotify killing CDs, it's not entirely the same... However, on the other hand, if people want slop, they want slop. Plenty folks say records are superior to CDs and CDs are superior to Spotify, and technically they are correct, but if people are content with slop, they will eat slop.

Doesn't make it less terrible for the people affected, but hey, welcome to capitalism, I guess... My guess is nobody is reading it anyway, but the bots are sending bot traffic that way so they can tell the advertisers that they have a lot of traffic... It's all the rich abusing the system.

Either do it in Gary's Mod style or not at all.

I've been thinking a lot about this piece, and if you would humor me, I have a different take.

Not saying I am right, but something to ponder.

I don't think this type of AI is taking over and killing the journalism industry. I think that some outlets are using this as a kneejerk reaction to being killed by something else. All the clickbait AI generated slop is there to get people to sites they aren't going to visit otherwise anyways.

I actually think it's the crap that Instagram, TikTok and other such outlets pump out at an insane rate that is killing journalism. People have become addicted to doomscrolling through absolute crap. Sure, it started with funny cat videos, and you can say "TikTok challenges" aren't doing squat to journalism, but that's all interspersed with bite sized very much faux journalism hoping not for clickbait, but worse, ragebait, that is rendering people completely unable to keep their attention for longer than three seconds to read an article. Heck, reading at all is out the door, unless it is coupled with an atrocious AI powered female voice that should infuriate us all, but is apparently popular enough to continue to be used.

So, short clips of podcasts from people who are in no way, shape or form an authority on any of the subjects they present are the new way people consume their """news""".

Journalism is dying because people's attention spans are being murdered by social media. Some outlets are simply trying to keep their heads above the water in the worst possible way.

Thank you for listening to my TED Talk.

Funny I had the same little argument over the word decimate a little while back on another site.

I personally love AI for getting me inspired, but as with any tool, hoes included, it can be used for its intended purpose, or abused with ill intent.

And this one is VERY easy to abuse.

@Thedashfox Sorry, you misunderstood. I didn't edit your comment, I meant I edited my own comment.

But you can see, under your comment, when you hover over the heart icon, you see Reply - Edit - Delete - Report, and you can edit your own comment.

@Nischenliebhaber clCorrect. I am pretty good at prompting, but I know my students aren't, haha. So there's that... I guess that was all I was thinking of when I said that.

@Thedashfox You can edit your comments, if you still want to.

Edit: I just did.

I think S3 is set 15 years after 2. I don't want to spoil too much, so I will just say there are some returning characters, not too many, but storylines are continued in a very cool way. It is a different main story, but it is also in a way a continuation of 1 and 2.

I absolutely adore ChatGPT, but you have to know what to use it for, and where it falters.

I am a tabletop wargaming enthusiast, and the hobby ideas that are generated from going back and forth with ChatGPT are nothing short of phenomenal. It is amazing at it, and has a strong sense of humor too.

But asking it to fact check something, isn't the best thing to do.

I also tried to see if he could create a sort of "Choose your own adventure", and it started out amazing! I was really immersed, until things became illogical. Suddenly someone else was on the roof, I suddenly had a walkie talkie where I had none, items were suddenly somewhere else. I had to retcon Chat quite a bit.

That said, he gave his best effort. If there was a choice of a, b or c, I could say none, or first a and then c, and he would just roll with it. It was fun.

But yeah, it's far from perfect. Still a lot of fun. I also use it for work.

@MSaturn @Gryffin Or maybe it means "Rules for thee but not for me"

That is how I read it anyways.

I wasn't aware this game had been ported. Cool!

I might actually get the collection, if the price is right.

Nah, I will stick with my pre-ordered SuperSega thank you very much! Can't wait till it finally releases!!

@HoyeBoye Yeah, I guess... but it doesn't sound like game development even then was really that cheap. Even unreleased, this had to have cost a small fortune. Cabinets were even made. I'm all for parody, but even taken into account the era this was made in, still this is filled with the worst kind of toilet humor.

Wow.

That was...

Something!

That game wasn't even TRYING to be a good knock-off. I almost admire the badness.

Almost.

Him wanting to add the possibility of rpinying out a receipt on the GB Printer as a final high score is genius. Shame it didn't work but the idea itself is already awesome.

And he sounds like a right programming genius if he managed all this at age 13. He will definitely go places!

@PinballBuzzbro @PZT What are we missing? It doesn't sound like the worst name...??

@slider1983 They need to improve everything!

Imagine making cool drawings, turning it into a game, and the company that releases it is like "Burn EVERYTHING YOU *****!!!" up to the smallest doodle you made.

I am not a huge preservationist, but this is just awful behaviour from a company.