this is not a notification I get very often
update: dog refused to go out in the snow and then minutes later he pooped in the house 😒
As far as game design goes, this really cuts to the core of the problem. Players inherently have a hostile relationship to games with microtransactions. t.co/hwx1byQHg…
Pay up front: “Come by on Saturday night to get a song from a cool dog!”
F2P: “Here’s a popup banner telling you about a limited time offer to spend part of a $20 package of pay currency to get that cool dog’s chair! Act now!” t.co/d9yH2uieJ…
Pay up front: “Chat up the townsfolk to learn things about them and slowly become best pals with a few.”
F2P: “Consult this quantified friendship meter with an objective list and telegraphed reward schedule, tapping past our charming text to get to the STUFF you were promised.” t.co/XFQxusOvx…
Animal Crossing: “Hey, welcome to your town! It’s chill. Walk around, talk to your animal friends, maybe go fishing. Whatever, really!”
Free-to-play Animal Crossing: “Here’s some specific goals with strict time limits! Have you considered paying us so you can complete them?” t.co/GnkYjegL5…
This is a real N64 throwback! t.co/EaXGWFgqy…
any occasion! t.co/dakDNrx4D…
Friend’s kid as I play Yoshi’s Island: “Yoshi is working so hard to keep Baby Mario safe, and all he gets later is a punch in the head.”
i find this turn of events very satisfying t.co/hymTunwkc…
this plant is definitely harvestable t.co/C4kfvslXq…
DisneyXD viewer visits @Waypoint, searches for Pokemon, finds t.co/MOL3ZMWLr…
👶🏻"Down with the surveillance state!" t.co/b6qPKZtL2…
TFW you learn some innocuous everyday expression is actually rooted in something historically horrific t.co/erbLyAqnW…
That top 5 games tweet milkshake ducked real fast, but here’s mine anyway:
Dark Souls Drop7 Breath of the Wild Super Mario World Spelunky
Facebook got needy last night. t.co/w7RkSdyt2…
The Game Boy makes a fun appearance in Ars Technica’s comprehensive history of FireWire, the USB that wasn’t:
They asked Apple's resident connector expert what they should use. He noted that Nintendo's Game Boy link cable was unlike anything else, and they could make it unique to their technology by swapping the polarization around. The connector could use exactly the same technology—same pins and everything—and it would look different. Better yet, the Game Boy link cable was the first major connector that put the fragile springy parts inside the cable. That way, when the springy bits wear out, you just have to buy a new cable rather than replace or repair the device.
how do you do, fellow kids t.co/0BNSqYVAG…
This reality is like if the nostalgia-drunk Wonka figure in Ready Player One was also an uncaring racist monster. t.co/is19uYRSN…
the people who will be deciding what games are successful on Steam: t.co/V8vnkMPPf…
Taking this as confirmation of my feeling that BOTW actively does not want you to 100% it
(100%ing games is 🙅)
“If you don’t get a good night’s sleep I’ll eat my butt hair!” t.co/a4vihGdNj…