Interesting, this old Atari/Intellivision-era Activision ad takes aim at console tribalism.
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I like how the old 7up mascot, Fido Dido, was implied to be a omnipotent being.
DO NOT GOOGLE "ADJECTIVE FOR VERBAL HUMOUR" OR "SEGA EDUCATIONAL CONSOLE"
I can't help but get a bit of a warped satisfaction from PewDiePie trying to start smear campaigns against soulless but mostly harmless corporations twice in a row so he can win an imaginary contest with no reward, and neither working.
Let's be real here, most of PewDiePie's subscribers are probably dead accounts from when he played horror games, owned by people who have long since outgrown his style of humour.
It's weird, I usually love it when video games use cartoony art styles, but Friday Night Funkin's art style is really unappealing to me.
New Pokémon Snap is great and all, but you can only reach your fullest potential with competition.
btw the filename for this image on the spongebob wiki is "toenail22"
veggietales in the house season 2 episode 10
I'm interested in writing a character writeup guest article, does anyone know how I can submit one?
I'd say the most iconic/important gaming series yet to have ANY Smash rep are Space Invaders, Grand Theft Auto, Angry Birds, and Mortal Kombat. Crash Bandicoot and Five Nights at Freddy's are honourable mentions
Game idea:
A world where music is outlawed, so our peppy punk-rock heroes fight to get it back...
through peaceful protest. They're not pretentious anti-authoritarian idiots and thus know that playing loud music in public (AKA a major felony) as an act of protest will ensure arrest.
Yeah... I don't think this concept has appeal. Can't really imagine what kind of gameplay it'd be. A tycoon sim but a for a charity? I dunno.
Gumball predicted 2021's Switch GOTY
Every time someone uses game sales to prove a game or series is better than another, just remember this:
and know they're right.
I think I have a knack for this "fake box art" thing.
You vs. the JRPG sidekick she tells you not to worry about.
Redesign by @ supermmairoland on Twitter.
The most "savage burn" I have ever been on the recieving end of was when I was a little kid and learned I could change the tone of my voice - I asked different people at my school if they wanted me to do impressions of any cartoon characters, and one teacher said "can you do a Gromit impression?"
I wish all
YouTubers who record mentally vulnerable people's public meltdowns and publicly share them as comedy material
a very
WATERBOARDING
Just a joke. I do not condone torture.
Smash Infinite creation thread:
Mario Kart 9 creation thread:
PlayStation All-Stars 2 creation thread:
A modern day Nostradamus
Run from it...
Dread it...
The China pandering newcomer arrives all the same
Wait a minute-
OK, we already got it. Two more 1P shill picks it is.
If the "bonus fighter" listing isn't just a bundle of all the existing DLC I'll use a Joker (Persona 5) PFP for a week. If it's a Fighters' Pass 3 I'll use a Joker (DC) PFP for a week.
I like how if you have a large enough following, you can just point at a random image, tell people it's a meme, and warp people's perceptions of humour beyond recognision for your own twisted desires
- Called "Tweenies"
- Size of adults
- Actually pre-schoolers
PORT THE CARRY ON DVD QUIZ GAME TO SWITCH YOU COWARDS
Generally, when you want to make a cute character edgy and dark for shock value, Mickey Mouse is the first to be chosen due to his family friendly reputation and being considered the "cutesy counterpoint" to Bugs Bunny.
Meanwhile, in ACTUAL Mickey Mouse cartoons...
When it comes to potential Smash newcomers I'm usually one of two extremes: "put this character in Smash" and "keep this character as far away from Smash as possible." - there's rare cases where I'm indifferent, but you'd never find me having mixed feelings on a potential newcomer...
except with Tetromino
Let me get this clear: Tetromino deserves the spot, Tetromino has the moveset potential, Tetromino would be a really hype moment if it were revealed.
The problem is that I can't really envision Tetromino in Smash because I'm not sure what level of anthropomorphism it should be granted.
Should it squash, stretch, and bounce around like a 90s CGI advert? Should it move in a rigid but lively fashion like Steve? Should it just be treated as a lifeless inanimate object that's somehow moving a la the Iron Checkpoint Crate in CTR?
Whatever way Tetromino is animated would have such a huge effect on its moveset and while I have a preferance for the inanimate/lifeless option the other styles all have their advantages.
There's also the problem of deciding which shape should be treated as the default/idle animation, as well as the size/height of the Tetromino.
I'd love Tetromino to join the battle and think the Smash team could pull it off, but it's too much of a logistic nightmare to actively support.
If I were put in charge of a new Smash game, I'd probably only include Tetromino if I was mandated to exclusively include relevant and popular characters - and in that case I'd probably opt out of the project.
What if Smash 64 got a GB port... with no shared characters?
I forgot Skrillex was in Wreck-It Ralph
What game is he from? Why is Skrillex in Game Central Station? By the time Skrillex was born arcade games were almost obsolete, how could he have got an arcade game? How did he get into the Fix-It Felix Jr. world? IS SKRILLEX THE ONLY PERSON WHO KNOWS THE TRUTH ABOUT THE WRECK-ITVERSE?
STOP USING ANTI-SMASH SPECULATION LANGUAGE
Non-video game character 4th party Disconfirmed Deconfirmed Complete DLC bundle Bonus fighter Coincidence Rumour Switch port release Smash reveal Mii costume with a mask Deluxe Mii Cosume
I was bored, so I made a list of 50 IPs I would include a playable character from in a PSASBR2 - excluding series already represented in the first game.
Astro Bot
Bloodborne
Borderlands
Bubsy
Bugsnax
Buzz!
Call of Duty
Cel Damage
Crash Bandicoot
Dog’s Life
Dragon Ball Z
Elder Scrolls, The
Fall Guys
Final Fantasy
Fortnite
Gex
Grand Theft Auto
Hat in Time, A
Hogs of War
Jumping Flash
Kingdom Hearts
Klonoa
Knack
LSD: Dream Emulator
Last of Us, The
Lemmings
LocoRoco
Mega Man Legends
Mortal Kombat
Mr. Mosquito
Oddworld
Okami
Pac-Man
Patapon
Persona
Q*Bert
Rayman
Red Dead Redemption
Resident Evil
Shovel Knight
Sims, The
Spider-Man
SpongeBob SquarePants
Spyro
Tomb Raider
Tombi
Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater
Vib-Ribbon
Viewtiful Joe
Yakuza
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Rat King was a game concept I was conceptualising for quite some time. It would've been inspired by Knuckles' Chaotix, as well as cartoons like Rocko's Modern Life and Ed, Edd, N' Eddy. Over time it got over-ambitious and I had to pull the plug as I was too attached to the ridiculously ambitious ideas to let go.
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The game would of starred the members of the Rat Monarchy, the sword-weilding Rat King and bow-and-arrow armed Mouse Queen are planning to abdicate and leave their teenage daughter, the Rat Princess, (can't remember her weapon - might've been land mines?) in charge of the sewer kingdom and raising the Mouse Prince, a babbling baby with a flying machine - however, they're being chased by the psychotic Rat Executioner who was put out of a job after the Rat King banned public extermination early in his reign. You'd choose two of the characters and run across momentum-platforming levels with your tails tied together.
The game would've been presented as if you're controlling a cartoon - the difficulties would be called "original airing" (hard), "chopped for syndication" (normal), and "censored VHS" (easy). The game's HUD would be designed like a screen bug. Between stages there'd be fake adverts for non-existant products as cutscenes. The cutscenes that tied into the game's plot would be fully animated. See where I'm going with this? It'd be ridiculous with an AAA budget, let alone a shoestring indie budget.
The most ridiculous idea I had was licensing out "It's Raining Men" to use as a final boss theme. WHAT WAS I ON? I planned for the rest of the soundtrack to be reggae which only adds to the weirdness of using a song about shirtless studs as a final boss theme.
But I had these stupid ideas in mind for so long after concieving them that I couldn't detach them from RK once I finally figured out they were stupid or impossible, and as such it was virtually impossible to imagine a fake-advert-less Rat King.
There are some ideas from this I do still like in hindsight though:
- I planned to have only two boss battles, both at the end of the game, which I think was a pretty good way of keeping the pace fast.
- Some of the stage ideas I still love - like the dusty house of a lowlife slob, a supermarket, and the British high street, the later two are ideas I'm keeping for my current project.
- Reggae is seriously underused in games and while I don't plan to use it in my current project it's something I will keep in mind for future.
- I'm not opposed to reusing the Rat King characters, though it'd likely be for something different.
- The game-inside-a-cartoon meta concept is definetly worth exploring further.
- I had the concept of the Rat Executioner getting redeemed and if there were to be sequels there'd be background cameos of him going into a music career.
- One concept I loved was having Ren & Stimpy/SpongeBob-esque detailed "gross ups" of your character's bruised face flash on the screen every time you get hit. I'd probably reuse that for my current project if it weren't for the fact its protagonist is a demihuman/merman child, which may cross the line of good taste a little too much.
- Since this was supposed to be a "tiny person game" I wanted the final boss to have you climb up a human rat exterminator, love that concept and while it wouldn't fit my current project it's something I'll 100% try to revisit should I have a go at another "tiny person game".
I was looking up a list of name meanings and had to do a double take when I found out "Kennedy" meant "deformed head".
TRADE OFFER:
I recieve:
You recieve:
"Johnny Quasar was renamed to Jimmy Neutron to avoid confusion with Johnny Quest"
Johnny Test:
Sans is... Meta Literal Earnest 
Ironic 
Mum, can we stop to get?
We haveat home
at home:
Thank you mummy, this is way better than. I love you.
I love you too, darling.
I read this article title and thought it was a Sonic 06 adaptation.
Since porting mobile games to the Switch is the hip new thing, may I remind everyone you still can't play this without selling your soul (code for $49.99 a year) to the devil
The virgin vegan meat substitute vs. the chad lab-grown cultured meat.
I wonder where Hashtag Jameson is today.
Did you know that Wendy, mascot of Wendy's, has a last name?
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