I see most of my faves have already been covered by others, so I’m going to add the Metroid Prime games. Unlike the mainline Metroid games, which are awesome in their own right, the Metroid Prime games are played from a first person perspective.

You still get to explore, you still get power-ups, but because you can scan almost anything with Samus’ visor, there’s some actual worldbuilding, which the mainline Metroid games didn’t really start doing until Metroid Fusion (which was alright, but Metroid Dread did a better job at worldbuilding, I feel). As for the platform, I played the GameCube versions on the Wii.

Good picks, but I don’t think Dark Souls qualifies as a metroidvania. Metroidvanias gate off parts of the map based on what abilities the player has/doesn’t have, whereas Dark Souls blocks off parts of the map simply because you’re missing a key. Also, Dark Souls doesn’t really have ability power-ups with the exception of acquiring the Lordvessel.

“We want more money.” There, that’s the article.

Which one is that? Mario Kart?

I don’t think I’ve ever been this disinterested in a Nintendo console and I bought the WiiU. So far we have:

• Insane price tags: 80$ to buy games digitally? And 90$ for physical? This isn’t how you stop piracy, it’s how you start it.
• The tech demo costs money. Why? Sure, they explained why. Just not very well.
• That Nintendo-Denuvo deal from 2023 is still a thing. Thankfully, no games on the Switch have implemented Denuvo. With the Switch 2 coming out, I’m not certain this will remain the case.
• Far as I can tell, they did next to nothing to fix the joycon drift. The one big problem with the Switch 1.

Also, the launch titles are kind of sparse. Most are rehashes of existing Switch 1 games, with two or three exceptions. Not for me, I guess.

Just finished Yakuza 0 and am psyched to start Yakuza Kiwami (which is a remake of the first Yakuza game). The action is soo good. Beating the shit out of enemies is already satisfying enough, but where it gets really good is when you build up something called a Heat meter as you’re fighting. Once it builds up, you get access to Heat Actions and they are nuts.

I mean just look at this madness (spoilers for move unlocks)!

It’s short for Terms of Service.

Are you talking about archinstall or have they actually automated the default installation method?

Do yourself a favour and install it on a virtual machine first. Screwing up an install on Arch is frighteningly easy. The Arch Wiki is your friend, use it. Also, read the installation instructions before you begin the installation, not during. If this sounds like too much of a headache (understandably so), then give EndeavourOS a whirl.

I hate how plausible this sounds.

If he does take it over, what will he name it, though? He already has X.com. ReddiX? Rexxit? …Y.com?

Nah, it’s a fungass.

Agreed. Here: https://archive.is/WszoG

Thanks!

What’s the third logo? I recognize the rest, but not the rotated blue G or whatever it is.

I vote for a rebrand of MAGA: Make America Go Aryan.

Shoutout to the laughing emoji for telling me this is funny, otherwise I would not have noticed.

I was kinda hoping for a smaller console, not a larger one.

What, do you think Nintendo is made of money?

Now this is a CAPTCHA I can get behind.