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2026-07-09 13:35:39 UTC

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Newpipe or Freetube. Also try to use Odysee, Bitchute or Rumble when possible, though the latter two have tons of ads too - at least if you don't pay.

2026-06-28 02:08:35 UTC

This TMNT game is free on Steam for a week. Its basically a remake of the original TMNT on SNES. Also only on phones apparently.
Android- https://store.epicgames.com/p/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-shredders-revenge-android-8937ca
iOS- https://store.epicgames.com/p/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-shredders-revenge-ios-8c04a6

2026-04-24 02:35:41 UTC

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Is RG funded for the time being? One guy donated $10, not sure if that's permanent

2026-04-22 22:32:35 UTC

Do you ever get the feeling that more people talk about what a video game is rather than play it and have fun, or not play it and move on with life?

2026-04-19 17:16:23 UTC

So I tried to redo Circle of the Moon on GBA, but its mostly kinda bland and makes mW feel like they wanted to recreate Metroid on a budget, so I tried Symphony of the Night since its the fan favorite. May I state that this version is unfathomably based? I should have done this decades ago

2026-04-09 04:01:14 UTC

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Honestly not much purpose in a PS1 when the PS2 does both. Computers emulate now so that you don't rely on 30 year old hardware too

2026-04-09 03:54:09 UTC

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That's a PS2 controller

2026-04-08 13:47:16 UTC

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- fires hot plasma out of a gun that is like half a metre from his face
- plasma is really, really hot
- no face protection
- hardly any collateral damage and the dude firing doesn't melt
I think at this point let's just agree its cool space tech and call it a day

2026-04-08 03:28:22 UTC

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Why does a laser gun have recoil? Its just a hyper powerful flashlight

2026-04-08 03:14:51 UTC

Sorry to triple post, but a reminder: emulate and play games on your backlog rather than buy uncertain new stuff. This year, I've beaten for the first time:
Prince of Persia: Forgotten Sands
Spike McFang
Super Metroid
Metroid Zero Mission
Luigi's Mansion
I cleared Hollow Knight from my backlog and went through like a third of Silksong. I've been enjoying Alundra and others for the first time and found out I hated 4 games I never tried. I've only spent $25 on games this year. Thanks emulation!

2026-04-08 03:08:42 UTC

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My knicker!

2026-04-08 02:58:17 UTC

So I finally beat Luigi's Mansion. Everyone but me already played it, but basically they gave Luigi a vacuum cleaner that sucks up ghosts like that backpack from Ghostbusters. Its just a fun gameplay loop with creative ghost enemies and it doesn't overstay its welcome. Go emulate it bitch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=530q4-oxL58

2026-04-06 01:58:14 UTC

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I just talked to nerd on the phone in the attic before the power went out and the lightning flashes show me a shadow of Luigi being hanged from the rafters. Based

2026-04-06 01:40:34 UTC

So I started Luigi's Mansion for the very first time like a month ago and the game is really good if simple. However, its retarded to make Luigi react every time a ghost apppears and its making the fights towards the end a chore because of the fact that the ghosts disappear and reappear.

2026-04-05 03:45:21 UTC

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I was told that he was emotionless, how is he having emojis if he doesn't have emotions?

2026-04-05 02:10:35 UTC

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Megaman 8 was really good, aside from the voice acting. The hallmark of a good retro game is "When the tech and game design improved, would they remake this better? If not, it holds up."
It was made in the mid 90s and yet modern advances wouldnt really improve it, not even the graphics. I do hate that sled section at the halfway point though

2026-04-04 01:53:06 UTC

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Word to the wise, advertise the good places as terrible so that riff raff don't go there and ruin it

2026-04-03 13:29:05 UTC

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2026-04-02 12:25:45 UTC

I've decided to watch a movie every Friday to clear out my backlog. The first on the list will be Anastasia by Don Bluth.
Basically, Don Bluth was in competition with Disney throughout the 80s and 90s, with important victories but slowly losing. In 1997, he finally gave up and made a princess movie, albeit with more heart.
Anastasia is a princess movie about how she survived the commie massacre and reunites with her Romanovs and Rasputin is the bad guy so that the movie could have a villain.
https://cdn.masto.host/retrogaidencom/media_attachments/files/116/335/099/311/881/224/original/a47b5c6fd77a5caa.jpg

2026-03-31 15:03:17 UTC

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The movie is good enough to be enjoyed by someone who has never seen the series, but its clearly for those who loves the series. I LOVE it, but I've seen it several times and have seen the series several times. I'd rewatch the series first; the movie take place between a few episodes.
Also theres a hot Latina
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2026-03-30 20:55:21 UTC

My cousin watched the Cowboy Bebop movie with me and he stated that older music and older media frequently interests him more than modern stuff, since AI and low effort YouTube started shitting up the media landscape his life(he's from a younger generation). At this point, its a matter of preserving the classics and avoiding swill.
Go watch more Cowboy Bebop, its still the King of Anime and everyone who disagrees with me is a fed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_MsszLruro

2026-03-29 02:19:15 UTC

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Its depressing how old we are

2026-03-27 03:12:34 UTC

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Total Slippy Death

2026-03-26 17:30:33 UTC

I bought Airoheart bc its indie Link to the Past for the PS5 and so far, its been really, really good! So basically, its best to go in as blind as possible, but its like this:
> Brewing ESR between two humanoid groups
> You're human B living in a group of human A
> Characters are complex
> Inventory and upgrades are sparse, but each does a function you're likely to use organically, not because the game forces you to
> Enemies tend to have differing strategy, so getting powerful never feels op
https://cdn.masto.host/retrogaidencom/media_attachments/files/116/296/661/475/121/395/original/2ded629faf04d473.jpg

2026-03-25 05:51:41 UTC

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Force me to put another in the backlog

2026-03-24 19:57:07 UTC

So is Linux actually considering age verifying?
https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/40954

2026-03-24 12:41:07 UTC

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KfL9DRXHYk

2026-03-24 00:47:20 UTC

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I keep thinking of the SNES as hit hard by the platformers, but there used to be a lot of fighting games too. Is there still a Killer Instinct community?

2026-03-23 14:38:30 UTC

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The stealth part was alright, but you have little recourse when you're caught and die a lot. More importantly, it kills the mood generated by Zebes blowing up by continuing the story after the climax. Its not subversion of expectations, its just a mood killer

2026-03-23 03:26:22 UTC

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Hey, how does Rayman on the PS1 compare to Rayman Legends? Legends is one of my all time favorites

2026-03-23 03:14:15 UTC

Metroid: Zero Mission fucked up the ending pretty bad. First Mother Brain was annoying, then your climactic finish ended in a lame stealth section and now I have to do an unclimactic timed run and finish it against the black mantises who absorb all hits. What a horrible ending to such a good game. At least it was a worthy successor to Super Metroid prior to this

2026-03-23 01:39:31 UTC

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Such an awesome game that they never remade. Its only like 10 years old but you can't find it on PS4 or 5

2026-03-21 13:23:39 UTC

Someone uploaded the whole Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles '03 on YouTube in 1080p. I've never seen it and haven't even seen the original TMNT(I was obsessed as a kid though) but here it is, Razorfist said it was awesome
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuOwsy4GbLc

2026-03-20 20:37:51 UTC

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Oh goodness yes. Replaying my backlog and old games reminds me that not that long ago they were inventing constant new stuff

2026-03-20 15:38:49 UTC

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What was the name of that movie? I always wanted to watch that scene

2026-03-20 04:04:21 UTC

So I finally beat Super Metroid, with a time of 9:25 and I collected 69%(giggity) of the items. Not the greatest score and Samus kept her armor on, but I had fun!
I'm critical of old games that don't hold up or could use modern hardware, but this game definitely holds up and while it could use modern tech and maybe some fresh paint, you could make this today and sell it. Its got this Dark Souls feel where you're in a ruined world, not sure of the past, starting weak and ending powerful. Play it
https://cdn.masto.host/retrogaidencom/media_attachments/files/116/259/517/359/001/816/original/7a150a645f776e23.jpg

2026-03-19 14:17:23 UTC

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Play that too if you want. When I say only play retro games that hold up, I mean only play them if you're playing retro games

2026-03-19 14:13:17 UTC

Remember, only play retro games that hold up. Super Mario World holds up, but most random platformers don't. Oblivion may or may not, but perhaps you'd prefer Skyrim. Also most of the games from the era of bad graphics improved immediately when they remade them on better hardware, or added QOL.
There are mountains of good content in its original form, but it exists for you to have fun with, you don't exist to have fun refusing modern stuff and subsist on a crappy platformed from 30 years ago

2026-03-17 22:05:14 UTC

Let's see if I can get banned from Retro Gaiden for this.
https://cdn.masto.host/retrogaidencom/media_attachments/files/116/246/780/851/259/686/original/3b1f00045ddf218c.png

2026-03-17 20:44:46 UTC

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I'm listening to a podcast and the newer generations are making fun of millenials for not realizing how old the PS3 generation is. Take the hint fellas

2026-03-17 16:59:15 UTC

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2026-03-17 15:49:31 UTC

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Yeah, these games may be 20 years old, but they really didn't have any tech limitations and a minor upscaling brings them up to really good HD graphics. We've just had good video games so long, the classics are of modern quality

2026-03-17 15:42:09 UTC

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Historically, generations would pass without any (obvious) improvement in technology, sometimes centuries. We lived during a tech boom that is mostly beginning to plateau and are unaccustomed to the fact that obsolete tech is quite advanced.
Though personally, retro ended with the start of the PS2 and its lack of limitations. The early 3d graphics are a transition phase.

2026-03-17 15:36:12 UTC

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Ditto. Retro ends once there are good 3d games in the early PS1 and N64 era, however the great majority of those games at that time are super primitive, aside from the ones so good that we remember them fondly.
However, Millenials and Xers refuse to acknowledge they're old. So much time has passed that obsolete technology is pretty advanced

2026-03-17 13:04:11 UTC

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So who gets the money, YouTube or Odysee?

2026-03-17 13:02:32 UTC

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Browser games probably are gone for good, bro. I played Gassy Gary and some game where you shoot snowman with a snow gun, can't find them after the 00s

2026-03-17 04:20:30 UTC

Its going to sound gay, but honestly I take no joy in watching UniSoft go down. After producing unrivaled games for many years, they're dying a protracted death after corporate idiots forced them to produce games for the money men rather than the audience.
With their death, they may not be replaced, even if they're not going to recapture their good days. Even if they're an ugly institution now, their glory days will be missed

2026-03-17 03:41:38 UTC

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It sounds like the core Ubisoft staff were fairly good, but then corpo shareholders made sure to ruins good thing. Many such cases

2026-03-16 20:31:14 UTC

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Mastodon is open source - could we edit the code to make sure we have a talk first? I think @npub13vk…743r is. We have other programmers available

2026-03-16 20:12:01 UTC

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Are you able to do a basic conversation with them before manually approving them? We don't have the userbase to have to vet too many people and its typically obvious when they're a not or using AI. They are getting annoying though

2026-03-16 20:07:46 UTC

So I beat Soul Blazer for the first time since adolescence. Those who think the modern world churns out enough good stuff, I'm gleefully playing games old enough to have fertility issues. For those nostalgic dorks, retro games like this frequently have tech limits and poor graphics.
Soul Blazer has good characters and ideas, but never fleshes them out. It does however, have a really good Zelda gameplay loop, where every enemy defeated restores a portion of the map and NPC's. Very basic plot tho
https://cdn.masto.host/retrogaidencom/media_attachments/files/116/240/659/340/382/808/original/ca71c59be969c751.jpg

2026-03-11 16:47:48 UTC

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I typed in dumb TV on eBay and stuff showed up. We can always just refuse to connect to the internet right? I doubt the US government would legislate ad requirements so someone must be refusing to cuck
https://www.gadgetreview.com/best-dumb-tv

2026-03-11 13:50:08 UTC

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Which Castlevania is best Castlevania?

2026-03-11 13:48:54 UTC

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2026-03-10 15:50:00 UTC

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Just thinking out loud, but we seem to receive a lot of guys posting on minds and then their post is posted here. Are they doing anything either?

2026-03-10 05:08:15 UTC

For the main page
https://cdn.masto.host/retrogaidencom/media_attachments/files/116/203/145/067/404/300/original/d945354caf19200c.jpg

2026-03-10 04:28:21 UTC

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2026-03-10 03:57:36 UTC

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Good atmosphere and actually most of the graphics aged pretty well, which is fairly unusual for an SNES game. I wish it had a controller with more buttons and a better map but goodness gracious this game is astonishingly good! I've never played Metroid before this so its not nostalgia blinding me, its just really, really good

2026-03-09 17:58:19 UTC

Just gonna say this, his death sucked pretty hard and he managed to live for about one minute, much of missing his skin. Yikes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONxKm8uApSc

2026-03-09 02:30:23 UTC

Unsolved mysteries you've probably already heard of
https://odysee.com/@graymads:d/Unsolved-Vol-2:4?r=8GxQfn3tj5sNA9KAVEYxYo2pXAqFmmRR

2026-03-06 02:21:52 UTC

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I notice that even people who hate Final Fantasy love this one. Even Yahtzee

2026-03-04 03:19:11 UTC

OP was a ninja from this era, founding his own Gaiden dynasty
https://odysee.com/@Cinemassacre:b/ninja-gaiden-avgn:9?r=8GxQfn3tj5sNA9KAVEYxYo2pXAqFmmRR&lid=bf5419b285a33f731bca794b9ff386ac5d24c2ba

2026-03-03 17:26:44 UTC

Fairphone 4 has Ubuntu Linux on it. People are coming around to the fact that computers can have Linux, but phone uptake is much more slow.
https://odysee.com/@samtime:1/i-bought-a-linux-phone-in-2026:8?r=8GxQfn3tj5sNA9KAVEYxYo2pXAqFmmRR

2026-03-03 04:14:48 UTC

Two months down into 2026. Still no new games bought. I've beaten 4 games so far, but two of those had been beaten before. I also permanently shelved 2 games after trying them for the first time and two others are on indefinite hiatus, especially Fatal Frame.
I'm finally trying Super Metroid and man, have I been missing out on a lot! Most good Retro games have usually received an improved sequel but so far this rather genuinely holds up

2026-02-24 19:00:13 UTC

Does anyone here know any pixel artists?

2026-02-24 03:17:15 UTC

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Odysee has a more personal relationship with it's creators, as well, we don't have a lot to choose from. Mr. Beast's rounding error is higher than yearly traffic, but we keep in there

2026-02-20 03:39:04 UTC

We're ancient, man
https://cdn.masto.host/retrogaidencom/media_attachments/files/116/100/873/496/415/396/original/948f629293cf231a.jpeg

2026-02-19 04:32:18 UTC

When playing Alundra, I have this advice:
1. The fortune teller will tell you where to go on the map for 15 gilder (rupees). Do this the second you're not positive about where to go.
However, most of the game is linearly locked off with all the townspeople constantly telling you unsubtly where to go, so its not a big deal.
2. Avoid a walkthrough as best as you can, though some of the puzzles are so obtuse I don't blame you. Very satisfying without one though. It has some poor game design
https://cdn.masto.host/retrogaidencom/media_attachments/files/116/095/412/370/077/876/original/cbc2131eb6b17ea7.jpg

2026-02-18 17:31:02 UTC

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Lifelong Sony Pony. All we have to worry about is the fact that there aren't any PS5 games and we need a PC to play the games we grew up with.

2026-02-16 17:06:34 UTC

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Too much gross out humour

2026-02-14 13:18:25 UTC

I tried looking for James Sunderland Valentines memes but couldn't find any. Does anyone have any?

2026-02-12 04:16:42 UTC

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That probably wasn't a porn genre in the 90s but I bet it is now

2026-02-10 22:15:00 UTC

Being an art douche again
https://cdn.masto.host/retrogaidencom/media_attachments/files/116/048/637/036/056/170/original/e2612fb37e0edcb5.webp

2026-02-10 15:34:31 UTC

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Its not the use of AI that irritates, its the poor use of AI. If it turned out your favorite movie was .Ade by an AI prompt, that would be fine, its the endless AI slop that's annoying you

2026-02-10 04:30:05 UTC

Remember, Linux is free and better and private.
https://odysee.com/@samtime:1/microsoft-finally-admits-they-were-wrong:4?r=8GxQfn3tj5sNA9KAVEYxYo2pXAqFmmRR

2026-02-09 20:37:15 UTC

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Is it capable of holding DnD sessions?

2026-02-08 03:22:58 UTC

This isn't retro in the least, but its a good milestone. The Last Guardian - despite being a PS4 game - is about 10 years old now, which is the greater part of the current culture wars. Even further back, the first work began 19 years ago after Shadow of the Colossus was released. Yes, you are old
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8zFyzmSib0

2026-02-08 03:13:45 UTC

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Edgy? Pfft

2026-02-07 02:06:34 UTC

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I don't prefer PC's, they're just the only thing that does what I want. Consoles are plug and play which is what I really want

2026-02-07 01:57:26 UTC

For the PS6, here's an idea: allow it to play ROM's from all 5 generations of PlayStation and ignore piracy. I'd totally buy that

2026-02-04 17:54:46 UTC

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Hack it have auto fire

2026-02-04 17:49:27 UTC

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They used to handle these religiously, but it seems they're slowly starting to not care. I think in terms of copyright, the most important thing to do pragmatically is stop people from pirating new stuff before its made profit and decades old films have basically made the money they were likely to make, even very famous ones.

2026-02-04 14:37:42 UTC

It's surprising how many full movies from the 80s and 90s are on YouTube these days. They may be taken down eventually, but something gives me the feeling that the studios are just happy that anyone is still watching their films

2026-01-30 18:06:09 UTC

This is an indie who no longer uploads to Odysee as far as I can tell, but almost all his library is over there. Check him out!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezeFFll4yRs

2026-01-27 19:18:24 UTC

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I barely know how this works. Please use your channel to inform people. Then get your fellow creators to spread the word. Maybe we can talk to leaders in .social to get them start spreading users?

2026-01-26 21:09:06 UTC

For Windows users struggling with this issue, here are some solutions:
1. When Notepad does work, open it up and enter "delete system32"
2. Otherwise, install Linux, its free and better
https://odysee.com/@samtime:1/microsoft-just-keeps-breaking-windows:9?r=8GxQfn3tj5sNA9KAVEYxYo2pXAqFmmRR

2026-01-26 14:54:11 UTC

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I can't recall the last Sundrop ad I saw, 7up either

2026-01-24 06:39:00 UTC

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5 grand is a perfectly reasonable price to pay for a game with several kilobytes of data you pirate scum

2026-01-23 01:05:07 UTC

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Is showing us ads the only way billionaires can get a boner now that Epstein Island has been shut down? That's the only explanation I can find for this fetish of shovind ads everywhere

2026-01-13 14:20:47 UTC

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Do it man. It is THE gold standard for percolating horror, think like games like Amnesia. Hilariously enough, the makers were inspired by Amnesia and this game went on to inspire Amnesia: Bunker.
The one thing it gets right that no one else does is that they give you a litany of ways to semi reasonably detect that the monster is present and roughly where, the alien's ability to detect you is just really good to offset that. Other games just "Don't die, he could be anywhere"

2026-01-13 05:25:34 UTC

So Alien: Isolation is 11 years old. Yes, you're old. If this were a girl, there is a chance that it would be an early bloomer starting puberty. Think about that knicker
https://cdn.masto.host/retrogaidencom/media_attachments/files/115/886/124/460/537/349/original/0af72a1a93371d0e.jpg

2026-01-13 02:50:32 UTC

When Link to the Past came out, some competent producers made games that were kinds knockoffs, but not lazy. Alundra was one of those - though all of them were an interesting concept.
It feels like Soul Blazer and the story is about death and perseverance, whole using cutesy characters and graphics. The fact that they can't always be direct about things mean the work a rounds are bone chilling. Just play it without spoilers, trust me
https://cdn.masto.host/retrogaidencom/media_attachments/files/115/885/510/011/500/273/original/2fcfea7270b6842f.jpg

2026-01-10 15:06:15 UTC

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Are you just going to play about an hour or so and then not stream for a while? If so, you need a game that quickly gives some decent footage and payoff, even if you're interrupting it constantly with the chat. Hollow Knight: Silksong is good, but not retro. Clock Tower is good, but you might wanna quick start. Ape Escape of some flavour, preferably 2 or 3.
A longer experience is different, so let me know if you're going to be more regular

2026-01-07 00:24:58 UTC

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Its a gif, so when you score 4 lines it goes back to the start, even though you're at 5 lines

2026-01-05 06:20:14 UTC

If you're on the fence about Hollow Knight: Silksong, then just buy it. Its really, really good, albeit really hard. Although the time is massively different than Hollow Knight

2026-01-04 04:54:24 UTC

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For what its worth, the event that these political posts are referring to is a HUGE event. Maintain apolitical spaces though, we need solid breaks from the constant depression.

2026-01-02 16:54:24 UTC

Does anyone here know anything about Vivaldi? I briefly used it before there was some hullabaloo over contacting a database or something and I stopped in favour of Librewolf, Brave and Degoogled Chromium

2026-01-02 01:50:00 UTC

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Amen. There are two video game review channels that are probably mostly AI that need to be gotten rid or

2026-01-02 01:35:14 UTC

Retro Gaiden 2026. Take it down if you hate it OP
https://cdn.masto.host/retrogaidencom/media_attachments/files/115/822/927/467/159/316/original/67cb15002ee5b84f.webp

2026-01-01 04:27:38 UTC

In the final hours of 2025, I beat Ape Escape. I played that back when the graphics were considered good and I hadn't started puberty yet. Goodness I'm old