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the greatest racing game of all time, brought to you by amusement vision (monkey ball devs) at their absolute peak. no game in the 22 years since has captured as exhilarating sense of speed while maintaining such tight and responsive controls.
iโve been playing it non-stop this past week and have just been absolutely gobsmacked at how amazing it is. every person iโve seen who tries it falls in love with its positively radioactive level of swag within 30 seconds. i get why that guy bought 40 grand of nintendo stock just to ask them about f-zero now
Mar 3, 2025
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gran turismo is known for being a (the) very realistic race simulator, and i bet a lot of people take the game very seriously, but what i love about it is that it sets the stage for completely surrealistic scenes (exactly because it is so realistic).
imagine, you've costumized your (!) Porsche 911 with a coat of paint called "millennium jade" and huge pink star shaped stickers all over. you've tuned it into oblivion. you enter a street car race on the Tokyo Espressway. you finish first after cutting off other cars, bumping into every wall and slipping and sliding into every direction, luckily mostly forward. after all this you get a beautifully professionally 4K filmed recap of your stunt, looking as if it could be real (like literally it looks so good).
it's fun to go fast and learn tricks (how to take turns when going rly fast, not losing time, it's kind of like a puzzle) and the images (gameplay/recaps) you get to see are so deeply funny, i rec it with all my heart
Feb 15, 2024
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Best splitscreen game at the moment, arcadey but substantial f1 style racing. way easier for mates to pick up and drive than the codemasters games. just feels classic, think it's on all platforms.
it's got a campaign through different eras, stylised versions of major tracks, and the option to fuck over your rivals at any opportunity. Hot laps are also fun as hell. Would be unbeatable w online multiplayer. Promise this is my last games post for the calendar year, I just โค๏ธ new star gp so much. Can't believe it's the same studio as the football apps.
Oct 25, 2024
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i cannot remember a first playthrough of any game iโve ever played that was as enchanting as this. it was the wondrous adventure that the original zelda from 1986 was gesturing at but finally fully realized with the aid of modern technology and design. especially in the era it came out, when open-world games were at the absolute peak of bloodless checklists and cocomelon design, a game that was this single-mindedly committed to atmosphere, exploration, and wonder was such an unbelievable breath of fresh air (pardon the pun).
at the time it came out, i was falling out of love with gaming broadly, and botw is probably singlehandedly responsible for reigniting my love for videogames. it made me feel a kind of wonder that i genuinely did not think i was capable of feeling anymore, and it reminded me of the wholly unique kind of engagement that interactive art can provide that nothing else can. if you somehow havenโt played it yet, i would literally recommend it to everyone. absolute fucking masterpiece.
(honorable mentions: super metroid, undertale, metal gear solid 2)
Oct 14, 2024
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spent the last two weeks working on an interactive guide, recommendations database, and digital library (link depot) to help get people off of social media. the first draft is done now, and it's at the link to this post.
it's still very much a work in progress (the library is especially thin atm) - which is why i wanted to share it here before unleashing it upon my IRL friends and the general public. i welcome any and all feedback, bug reports, and suggestions for things to add. i will be pushing updates to it out like a madman in the coming weeks, so be sure to check back every so often to see new additions to the database and library.
additionally, i am still on the hunt for newsletters from local venues / community organizations / magazines / newspapers, etc. the only cities i have remotely covered so far are nyc, orlando, denver, brisbane, and little bits of worcester and chicago. if you know anything in your area that fits the bill, send it my way!
Jan 27, 2025
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it is your civic duty to mercilessly mock generative ai users as much as possible
Jan 18, 2025
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itโs so bad that discourse about it being bad is kind of played out now but it bears repeating how fucking bad it is
Sep 17, 2024