Keegan (he/him) | 29 | Game Designer | Arcade Lover | KOF Hippie™ | Ascended & Unhinged Sonic Fan | Sudden Onset Touhou Fan (it's terminal)
Apr 23, 2021 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
the stuff with Tales of Arise the other day made me think about what it means to update a game series. it's an interesting topic to me because it means zeroing in on just what the appeal is, and since games are made of so many aspects, that can be very difficult
as someone who enjoys Sonic, a series that is basically constantly changing out of what almost feels like sheer panic, it's interesting to see what even the bad games attempt to capture as "what makes Sonic good", whether they succeed or fail
Apr 23, 2021 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
good thread. the hate for Japanese games around that time was fucking *wild*. even if you're willing to attribute the higher reviews to the remaster's improvements, it's still worth a look to see just how far this shit went
I certainly wasn't as connected to the industry as this person, but I *was* a fan of the Devil May Cry series when that reboot hit.
Whoof.
Apr 23, 2021 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
gonna get a snack and then watch the first episode of Serial Experiments Lain
oh yeah forgot to mention: the snack I had was cereal. Cereal Experiments Lain :)
anyway I don't really know what just happened but the vibes were impeccable. gonna watch another
Apr 22, 2021 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
(warning: jumpscare) yeah I think I need to play Undertale 2
thinking about how one of the biggest mistakes that platformers trying to ape Sonic in the 90's, including Bubsy, made is that they made their character way too fast
more specifically, they always accelerate too fast and have too high top speed from moving forward on flat ground with no assistance, which makes the games frustrating because you always hit shit
Apr 22, 2021 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
STOP MAKING SURVIVAL SPELLS
-SPELL CARDS WERE ALWAYS SUPPOSED TO BE GIVEN HEALTH BARS
-YEARS OF TOUHOU yet NO REAL USE FOUND for forcing players to dodge for LONGER
-wanted to make them dodge anyway? We had a tool for that: It was called "MORE HEALTH"
-"Yes, please give me nothing to SHOOT in my SHOOTING GAME. Please make my shot WORTHLESS" - Statements dreamed up by the UTTERLY DERANGED
Apr 21, 2021 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
I will always believe in you, Alkaiser. #NintendoSwitch
I wonder how many people thought R3X was an actual thing lmao
