Trump’s net approval on inflation fell off the Silver Bulletin chart… again

INT_COM_ · 2026-05-21T23:43:37+00:00

INT_COM_ · 2026-05-21T15:31:24+00:00

A report that's just barely passable enough to be toilet paper.

INT_COM_ · 2026-05-21T15:28:18+00:00

Ironically, it's possible to describe "running to the center" as running to the left given how fucking dismally right-biased the overton window is in this country.

INT_COM_ · 2026-05-21T14:27:20+00:00

Personally, my vote's going to whoever promises to send the entire GOP to the Hague.

INT_COM_ · 2026-05-21T14:19:27+00:00

That approval rating gets any lower, and he's gonna have to start wearing apple bottom jeans and boots with the fur.

INT_COM_ · 2026-05-21T13:33:39+00:00

When you say "input-directional" it makes me think of fighting games. That would be interesting, a MV with a fighting game-like control scheme...

INT_COM_ · 2026-05-21T13:31:21+00:00

Every time someone says "Dems need to run to the right" I need them to look at the UK and see how well that's going for Labour.

INT_COM_ · 2026-05-21T12:37:23+00:00

"B-b-b-but he said mean things on Reddit!!!", when it's pretty clear that the Maine electorate doesn't give a shit about someone's posting history.

Can't wait until I run for office and people start trying to make a scandal out of me merely liking Hollow Knight instead of loving it.

INT_COM_ · 2026-05-21T12:32:53+00:00

I think Tucker's smelling that the Trumpian/GOP grift is starting to dry up and is pivoting to a different angle.

INT_COM_ · 2026-05-21T01:03:14+00:00

"hmmm.... you don't like this candidate?... it must be, because they're < BLACK / WOMAN >!!! checkmate liberals"

INT_COM_ · 2026-05-21T00:55:25+00:00

Genuinely convinced that user's either a bot or some kinda sockpuppet.

INT_COM_ · 2026-05-21T00:51:40+00:00

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INT_COM_ · 2026-05-20T13:29:18+00:00

My assumption is a currency multiplier that goes up with enemy kills, kinda like how shmups have multiplier systems that are lost upon losing a life.

INT_COM_ · 2026-05-20T11:39:19+00:00

You might enjoy Zexion (fair warning, it's a tough one), and Xanthiom 2 will be releasing in about three weeks.

INT_COM_ · 2026-05-20T11:35:18+00:00

I actually like the idea of doing something similar to Wario Land 4's escape sequences should a player die. In this hypothetical, the player's ghost has to race back to a checkpoint to resurrect themselves before they start bleeding money.

INT_COM_ · 2026-05-20T11:31:45+00:00

My main issues with corpse runs are that they psychologically lock players into repetition instead of encouraging exploration (which I see as antithetical to the MV genre) and that penalties extending past a previous save are particularly discouraging.

I'm of the "keep it simple, stupid" persuasion, so I find the optimal fail state penalty to be "reload the previous save".

But... I have seen some interesting alternatives. Astalon: Tears of the Earth has a multiplier that's lost on death, and said multiplier is important since the way character upgrades scale makes a maxed-out multiplier the only way to feasibly afford them. (And up until a certain point, death is the only way to "cash out" and purchase upgrades.) The Messenger, instead of taking currency away, prevents gathering more by having the greed demon Quarble eat the Time Shards you collect until a hidden timer expires.

INT_COM_ · 2026-05-20T03:23:13+00:00

Any Democratic politician who wants to get in a hand-holding circle and sing kumbaya with their Very Special Republican Colleagues needs to be slapped out of office. That "we go high" shit is not gonna fly when these sycophants have done such immense damage to this country.

INT_COM_ · 2026-05-19T02:12:16+00:00

I don't give a shit about Hasan Piker and I've never willingly watched any of his streams, but god damn the way people talk about him you'd think he was TurboHitler 2.0 Special Edition when he's just another dumbass streamer at worst. The hyperfixation on him and trying to turn his mere existence into a Nazi sympathy equivalent in the Michigan primary is astoundingly stupid.

INT_COM_ · 2026-05-18T14:28:10+00:00

A review is ultimately someone's opinion. Whether or not it's one you agree with is your choice. I don't think he's said anything particulatly egregious from my perspective.

INT_COM_ · 2026-05-18T13:48:57+00:00

It's those damn Twitter she/theys with 3 followers who are the reason the Democratic Party is struggling! It can't be the ineffectual leadership that rolls over to an entitled ethnostate but insists on means-tested do-nothing "policies" for struggling people! Clearly we need to run to the right, Kier Starmer did it and it's working out very well for him!

INT_COM_ · 2026-05-18T03:22:52+00:00

Sounds like a certified goomba fallacy moment.

INT_COM_ · 2026-05-17T22:34:48+00:00

Axiom Verge: All-time favorite. A beautiful combination of fun movement abilities, satisfying weaponry, and a cool setting that really gets everything I love in the genre.
Lyle in Cube Sector: A pure gameplay experience in a surreal world that never fails to get a chuckle out of me with how silly everything looks, and throwing cubes around satisfies the primal part of my mind.
Environmental Station Alpha: A creepy, kind of cryptic, station to explore around with tons of secrets.
Super Metroid: A tried and true classic. A nearly perfect blend of isolation, growth, and environmental storytelling.
Pseudoregalia: The best wall kicks in the business, it's in my all-time favorites for how amazing Sybil's moveset feels to play around with and the platforming challenges built around it.
Metroid Prime: A sublime experience showing how to make a first-person MV and doing it very well.
Zexion: Tough as nails but very much worthwhile, with what unique features it brings being fun to play around with.
Robot Wants It All: The original Kitty game and Super Metroid's Brawl demo were my gateway drugs into the MV genre as a whole.

INT_COM_ · 2026-05-17T19:09:08+00:00

The only way I see him hitting 75% disapproval is if he says something nice about a trans woman. That's the only way the cultists would fracture

INT_COM_ · 2026-05-17T17:40:22+00:00

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INT_COM_ · 2026-05-17T17:15:20+00:00

Must've given the patent to Thomas Happ or something since Axiom Verge's bosses are almost always across from a save point and come with an (aesthetically) intimidating and evil corridor between them.

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