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[TheMightyP]

I hate what recent company acquisitions did to online gaming communities, including this site.

You say "monopolization is bad" to gamers and they go "but what if it's my favorite giant corporate ".

If Nintendo proves anything, it's that you can still be a siccessful gaming company without having to buy out 1000 studios.

Juat make good games.

This isn't ke batting for Ninty, but just an observation

 

[osby]

If Nintendo proves anything, it's that you can still be a siccessful gaming company without having to buy out 1000 studios.

Juat make good games.

This isn't ke batting for Ninty, but just an observation

I think Activision-Blizzard made everyone think that acquisitions are actually great if the bought company is bad.

Which is, no, studios owned by megacorps can still have problems. Not to beat a dead horse but just look at Naught Dog.

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

The only reason these companies are buying out other companies is because they know their games arent good enough on their own and I stand by that opinion

 

[TheMightyP]

So, it's February, Black History Month, so time for some black history:

We all used game cartriges, for our NES, SNES, N64, GB LINE, DS, SWITCH, etc, but did you know the inventor of game cartriges was a black man?

Meet Jerry Larson, the inventor of game cartriges. Born in Brooklyn in 1940, Larson would join Fairchild Semiconductor in 1970. 5 years later, he woukd create of the the first microprosser arcade games in his garage, called Demolition Derby. Shortly after, he was named chief hardware engineer, and director of the video game department. His team lead the Fairchild F video game console, which came the birth of the cartrige. This wasn't possible before, as consoles like the Odyssey had software built into the console itself, but the cartriges allowed to change up the programming allowing for many different games. The cinsokebitself wasn't successful, but the idea became successful with the Atari 2600.

Lawson would later create a company that make Atari 2600 games, and other smaller works, such as collaborating with Stevie Wonder. He would later be recognized for his syrong contributions to the gaming industy in 2011. One month later, he would pass away due to diabetes complications. He would be posthumously awarded in 2019 at the Independent Games festival thanks to his controbutions.


So some black history for y'all. I kinda wanna make this a daily thing, to let y'all know abiut some of the over looked and unsung heroes of an industry that's white dominated.

 

[Aurane]

Three more days until I can get Legends!

 

[Megadoomer]

I hate what recent company acquisitions did to online gaming communities, including this site.

You say "monopolization is bad" to gamers and they go "but what if it's my favorite giant corporate ".

I'm not sure if it's just recent acquisitions - there was a similar reaction when Disney bought Fox.

"Sure, monopolization is bad, but now we can get the Fantastic Four and the X-Men in the MCU!" (seriously, it seemed like the embodiment of overkill to buy Fox as a whole - either someone on Fox's end was insanely stubborn about giving up the rights to the FF and X-Men or someone on Disney's end really wanted to flex and show off the company's purchasing power)

good morning. how is everyone? gonna play some SSF2.

Super Street Fighter 2, Super Smash Flash 2, or something else?

 

[Michael the Spikester]

No Nintendo Direct eh?

Well there's always next week.

 

[osby]

DAILY DEMON SHOWCASE

This showcase's demon is of the Dragon race:

“I’m Dragon Koga Saburo. I have no mercy upon those who bargain away their pride and sorrow!"

Alignment: Light-Neutral

Origin: Japanese mythology. A character in Japanese folklore. Kōga Saburō was the third son of a landlord looking for her lost wife with her brothers in a cave. After they found her, his jealous brothers trapped Saburo inside, forcing him to go deeper. After getting out, he found himself transformed into a giant snake, before going back to being human with the help of gods and becoming the mountain’s patron deity with his wife.

Skills: Ziodyne, Zandyne, Sukukaja, Berserker God

Next time, you will meet a demon of the Femme race.

Spoiler: Design Notes

While a lot of SMT IV designs are hit or miss, this one is a big hit. Sentai inspirations really served this design well and the serpentine patterns combined with the skeletal outer skeleton make Koga Saburo go super hard. They brought him back for the Dx2 mobile game so I wouldn’t be surprised if they decide to use him in more games.

 

[TheMightyP]

Thinking of drawing the Earthboind cast and making them black.

It was fun with creative liberties when I drew black Link and Zelda a year ago, maybe I should do it again...

 

[Megadoomer]

There was a problem fetching the tweet

Rivals of Aether is adding four new characters to the game. (the Switch version already has the character update, though apparently rollback netcode isn't an option for that version of the game, at least as of now)

 

[Michael the Spikester]

Tis the month of Valentine's Day and the shortest month of every year.

This week comes out Moonfall. A movie I'm interested in but gonna be waiting out on. Feel its not worth the theatrical watch. The Batman next month though I'm definitely seeing at the theaters! :D

 

[Hex D. Jess]

One month until my contract for my current job ends

 

[Dutch Raikuna]

Yay we are in February....................................meaning over 3 weeks until I hit 25 years old:

Well. The chances of an existential crisis is looking very high this month.

 

[Tankman from Newgrounds]

Yay we are in February....................................meaning over 3 weeks until I hit 25 years old:

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Well. The chances of an existential crisis is looking very high this month.

Nice.

 

[Wario Bros.]

Strange way to advertise the game

 

[Tankman from Newgrounds]

Strange way to advertise the game

The commercial reminds of other Video Game commercials, where they depict something else than a Video Game itself.

 

[osby]

I played so much The Binding of Isaac Repentance and Shin Megami Tensei V lately.

Now I'm thinking about how Isaac would be as an SMT secret boss.

 

[SnakeFighter64]

I'm curious. Now that the game is out, do people still want a Legends: Arceus trainer in smash? And which Pokemon would you give them?

 

[Lamperouge]

Noipoi M MooMew64 Wademan94

I love how they all look so much.

 

[Z25]

So Legends Kyruem is next right? Because
Ingo is straight up taken out of B&W's timeline, and so far he's the only one besides the player that was isekai'd.

Also, if I read it correectly they implied that the player and Ingo are not from the same timeline. In fact, Ingo straight up acknowledges that Hidden Moves don't exist anymore which could imply that BDSP might not take place in the same timeline.

Maybe I'm looking into this way too much

I just came across this in my playthrough, and when they said he had lost his memory

I was not expecting that, but these games lore is pretty crazy.

 

[Wario Bros.]

I'm curious. Now that the game is out, do people still want a Legends: Arceus trainer in smash? And which Pokemon would you give them?

One trainer is good enough

 

[TMNTSSB4]

pic.twitter.com/WsIaggRmaN

— dex 💫 (@lowkeydex) February 1, 2022

never knew Ness made a meme

 

[Dutch Raikuna]

I'm curious. Now that the game is out, do people still want a Legends: Arceus trainer in smash? And which Pokemon would you give them?

Geez Snake you think we gonna get a new Smash Bros so soon with that speculation?

I'm not betting til near the end of the decade honestly.

 

[TMNTSSB4]

Geez Snake you think we gonna get a new Smash Bros so soon with that speculation?

I'm not betting til near the end of the decade honestly.

they’ll be put in NASB and Multiversus instead as compensation

 

[Hex D. Jess]

I'm curious. Now that the game is out, do people still want a Legends: Arceus trainer in smash? And which Pokemon would you give them?

I would prefer just having Decidueye. At this point I don't really care which form either

 

[cashregister9]

Video Game Industry Amusement Park Industry

Attempted Pointless Buyouts

 

[TheMightyP]

Jesus, y'all really like that Black History post.

Alright, for the remaining 27 days, I'll try to post about notable black people or black groups in the gaming industry daily, and then have my own reflection at the very end.

Just a small preview of that, did you know that out of the nearly half a million jobs held within the gaming industry in the US, only 2% of those jobs are held by black people?

Thanks for taking the time to read that y'all.

Relevant meme

 

[TMNTSSB4]

Jesus, y'all really like that Black History post.

Alright, for the remaining 27 days, I'll try to post about notable black people or black groups in the gaming industry daily, and then have my own reflection at the very end.

Just a small preview of that, did you know that out of the nearly half a million jobs held within the gaming industry in the US, only 2% of those jobs are held by black people?

Thanks for taking the time to read that y'all.

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and Proud Family returns on the last Wednesday of the shortest month of the year…at least we won that

 

[TheMightyP]

Gilvasunner is deleting his channel.

 

[TMNTSSB4]

Gaming in January summarized pic.twitter.com/k2x6fwNgBM

— TheNCSmaster (@TheNCSmaster) January 31, 2022

oh Jan

 

[Lamperouge]

Gilvasunner is deleting his channel.

Nintendo must really not want their music available for free, huh.

Well, that's all fine and dandy and **** but maybe it wouldn't be a bad idea to actually put up some of those soundtracks for purchase.

 

[TMNTSSB4]

Nintendo meanwhile pic.twitter.com/Q1nAVS3BAo

— Gene Park (@GenePark) January 31, 2022

people gonna have a field day

Spoiler: another one

Meanwhile, Nintendo: pic.twitter.com/B5C9xSpfRv

— M.H. Williams (@AutomaticZen) January 31, 2022

 

[Schnee117]

Who would win

Spoiler: Arceus endgame stuff

Pokemon's own version of Satan or one Depressed Gooey Girl?

 

[TheMightyP]

Nintendo must really not want their music available for free, huh.

Well, that's all fine and dandy and **** but maybe it wouldn't be a bad idea to actually put up some of those soundtracks for purchase.

Nintendo is the most baffling company of all time.

Them oldheads gotta go

 

[Guynamednelson]

Strange way to advertise the game

I think it's cute how they used a puppet instead of a CG model. Hope we get more Pokepuppets infiltrating knockoffs of reality shows.

 

[PeridotGX]

Gilvasunner's channel going down is sad, but (mostly) not because of the music. Someone else is going to reupload the songs, they're not gone. The real loss: the comment section. Decades of discussion and posts gone. I don't know if I'm weird, but I like scrolling through the comments when listening to music. A new upload with a fraction of the commentary will be really sad.

 

[Tankman from Newgrounds]

Gilvasunner's channel going down is sad, but (mostly) not because of the music. Someone else is going to reupload the songs, they're not gone. The real loss: the comment section. Decades of discussion and posts gone. I don't know if I'm weird, but I like scrolling through the comments when listening to music. A new upload with a fraction of the commentary will be really sad.

This is the end guys. No more rips.

 

[Schnee117]

Throwback to when Sakurai was like "You can carry your switch around as a music player with all the music we have in Smash"

Okay but what if I want to listen to the original versions of some songs? What if I want tracks that aren't poorly cut and/or mixed?
I'll just put that stuff on my phone thanks.

 

[TMNTSSB4]

I don’t miss the times when 17 year olds were normal on adult shows

 

[GilTheGreat19]

Hey y'all
How we doing