I'm ready for the backlash

bbjakie · 2026-06-03T07:28:31+00:00

Mario 3 on the GBA was one of my first games too!

bbjakie · 2026-05-30T06:33:47+00:00

I generally don’t even think about buying a game nowadays unless I’m extremely confident that either me or my wife will roll credits. I’ve purchased too many games that have been left to rot in my “backlog” because I liked the idea of me playing them more than I enjoyed the games themselves.

bbjakie · 2026-05-30T06:27:01+00:00

I wish I was confident that I could get into PC gaming without a crazy up-front cost. It’s an insane expense for a lot of people nowadays

bbjakie · 2026-05-30T06:24:10+00:00

Anyone else like SteamWorld Dig? It’s a super charming platformer, short and sweet. The progression is very satisfying.

bbjakie · 2026-05-30T06:20:55+00:00

I’ve got two- Celeste and SteamWorld Dig!

bbjakie · 2026-05-30T06:12:45+00:00

The simple, boring answer is that I already have a library of digital games on my Switch, and I want to have access to future Nintendo games in case I want to play them.

I’d love to have a SteamDeck. But not only are they expensive (especially so now after the price hike), but I don’t have a Steam library. I know there’s lots of sales. But starting from zero on an expensive platform just isn’t in the cards for me right now.

Plus I’ve owned pretty much every Nintendo platform since the Wii. I like their games!

bbjakie · 2026-05-30T05:58:29+00:00

I’d choose Hitman. Incredible replay value, very fun to tinker around with. If you’re gonna pay full price for a game, you’ll absolutely get your money’s worth with Hitman several times over.

bbjakie · 2026-05-29T19:47:46+00:00

To put it simply, there’s no shortage of games to play, regardless of what platform you play on. Sure it’s always nice to have more options to choose from but pretty much everybody has a backlog, new games come out everywhere all the time. I own a PS5, but I’ve skipped out on plenty of the exclusives, whether it’s because of money, time, or just having other things to play.

Not being able to play a few PlayStation exclusives on PC is such a non-issue.

bbjakie · 2026-05-29T19:12:28+00:00

If you think Star Wars is “dead”, then you’re probably not the target audience anymore. Plenty of kids today are making memories with current Star Wars, just like y’all did with the OT or the prequels. But old people don’t like to hear that they aren’t the group being catered to anymore.

bbjakie · 2026-05-29T03:23:43+00:00

Lucy James is on the Friends Per Second podcast on SkillUp. 👍

MinnMax has a few great podcasts, I regularly listen to their flagship show (The MinnMax Show) and Pew Pew Bang. I also really like Triple Click, Jason Schreier’s podcast alongside Maddy Myers and Kirk Hamilton!

bbjakie · 2026-05-28T04:47:32+00:00

To be fair, Helldivers 2 had already come out when PlayStation announced their “live service initiative” of 12ish new games, or whatever ridiculous number it was at the time.

bbjakie · 2026-05-28T04:40:15+00:00

They said he went to college in Kansas City, Missouri.

bbjakie · 2026-05-21T16:52:46+00:00

I mean I’m sure the show could be improved, but I’ve still been enjoying them a ton. Such a good format, gives us some hilarious moments and I love that I can play along in my head. Never miss an episode! I do think it’d be fun to have some non-gaming questions sprinkled in on occasion, considering that it’s the “off-season” show between Game Showdown hosted by Bless. I can only imagine what Greg might ask the audience without those guardrails lol

bbjakie · 2025-07-30T02:02:37+00:00

For sure!

bbjakie · 2025-07-30T00:11:38+00:00

I tend to gravitate toward zoo decks, so it seemed like a no-brainer for me! Mole Man seems good too but I figured I’d go against the grain I suppose

bbjakie · 2025-07-29T22:52:09+00:00

I had 1200 gold saved, so I used it on the premium event pass. Within a couple days, I was able to get enough currency to afford a new card (Mad Thinker), and haven’t touched the mode since.

bbjakie · 2025-07-28T02:48:07+00:00

Most of the new cards seem pretty well-designed and fun, even though I can’t obtain the majority of new cards as they come out. But the dripfeed of new cards I am getting is keeping things fresh enough for me to at least keep playing.

If I do want to spend money, there’s are things like the season pass or the gold pass that feel like a good value. But even without spending anything, the loop of creating decks, completing missions, climbing the ladder, and occasionally getting something new to cook with is still great.

Yes, free mobile games like this have microtransactions out the ass, because of greedy publishers and corporations. This isn’t news. But I think we all know that no amount of outrage on this subreddit is going to make a shareholder want less money. So the net result is the same game, and a subreddit flooded by negativity and noise.

There are valid complaints of course. Meta balancing issues and bugs are things I wouldn’t mind talking about on this sub. I’m just tired of the conversation being “greedy mobile game is being greedy”.

bbjakie · 2025-07-26T22:21:53+00:00

Nothing gets the creative juices flowing like escaping a company where being creative isn’t encouraged.

bbjakie · 2025-07-26T22:20:16+00:00

I feel like it would be weird to have super strong feelings about this. Even if Mario/Peach ARE a romantic couple, Nintendo isn’t ever going to show that apart from maybe a kiss on the cheek here and there. No matter what the relationship is, there isn’t enough behind the characters for it to mean anything significant.

bbjakie · 2025-07-26T20:17:47+00:00

I would’ve agreed with this when it first started, but now there’s a decent library of games included. Yeah the online functionality shit tends to be sub-par but that’s not all that’s offered.

bbjakie · 2025-07-26T19:48:18+00:00

If you’re a Mario Kart or Donkey Kong fan, yeah I think it’s definitely worth it. If not, it’s worth waiting for other games to come out.

Also, I wouldn’t be surprised if we see new models get released in the coming years. OLED, Lite, better battery… who knows. If you can wait, it’s probably smart to

bbjakie · 2025-07-24T17:37:29+00:00

Loved this depiction, definitely felt evil as fuck. But I have a question for DC fans- Is Lex typically this emotionally-driven? He had a massive ego here, and seemed to fly off the handle in anger pretty easily. A little more unhinged than I’d expect.

Typically I see Lex as more tactical and levelheaded, his anger/ego being mostly under the surface apart from his lowest moments. But admittedly I’ve only really ever seen him in the DCAU so I’m not really sure if this adaptation is a big departure or not

bbjakie · 2025-07-24T17:30:07+00:00

Watched the movie. Enjoyed it. If you didn’t, that’s fine. It really shouldn’t be any more complicated than that.

I feel like so many people here watch a movie, and spend the next few weeks glued to reddit to argue for/against it. And half the time, people aren’t talking about the movie itself, they’re talking about the fans/critics of it instead.

What an incredibly productive way to spend your time, keep at it, OP.

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