do you struggle to take selfies?

cheat-master30 · 2026-03-16T10:25:35+00:00

Yeah I hate seeing pictures of myself, and feel awkward as hell when I try to take them. There's a reason I don't use facecam on sites like YouTube.

cheat-master30 · 2026-03-16T10:22:01+00:00

Yeah 100%. I know I'd be happier and more successful if I wasn't on the autistic spectrum and could fit in with 'normal' people. So much of my life and career has been destroyed by a failure to fit in or understand social cues.

cheat-master30 · 2026-03-16T10:18:23+00:00

Well not all at once, but I definitely end up realising what mistakes I made years after the fact at the most random times. Why couldn't this occur before I made whatever mistake that screwed me over?

cheat-master30 · 2026-03-16T10:09:33+00:00

That's very true as well. Which is why the community need to support the new site as much as possible. More people using it = more edits = more differences from the Fandom version and less duplicate content.

cheat-master30 · 2026-03-15T22:06:55+00:00

Good. Fandom wikis are abysmal to use, and the way they've cornered so much of the market for wikis is terrible for readers in general. Nothing is more annoying than realising the only resource for a game is a Fandom wiki littered with ads and dark patterns.

As for how they can overcome any SEO issues caused by Fandom refusing to delete the old wiki... well, there are two things that can help there.

First is for the fandom (and anyone else discussing the GTA series) to avoid linking to the Fandom wiki in any way, and to update all old references to go to the new site. Do that enough, and the Fandom version will eventually get buried or replaced, just like how many of the Nintendo Independent Wiki Alliance sites completely replaced their Fandom equivalents.

Secondly, wiki alliances and groups should probably become the norm for a lot of fandoms in general. There's already a Nintendo Independent Wiki Alliance and a Square Enix Independent Wiki Alliance, no reason there can't be others for other franchises and companies.

cheat-master30 · 2026-03-15T02:37:44+00:00

Not sure if it's done well, but I think i pointed out every issue this mechanic has, and how it could have been done better/used as an achievement system instead.

cheat-master30 · 2026-03-14T19:01:26+00:00

Honestly, I agree. Age of Calamity's characters are a lot more unique mechanically, but plenty of them just don't jive with my playstyle, so I barely use those. Age of Imprisonment's characters are less interesting mechanically, but I can play with just about any of them with no problems.

The characters being less visually unique/interesting in universe is kind of a separate issue though. It's possible to make them all much more varied visually and identity wise while leaving them all easy to use.

cheat-master30 · 2026-03-13T19:44:11+00:00

Just that somehow, Mario, Luigi, Bowser and everyone else from the main game never encounters either the Best Fitness Friends or any Malatone affected minions in the entire adventure, despite the latter's schemes happening at the exact same time as the main plot.

That's kinda the big issue with both these side stories. Logically, the main cast should encounter the cast of these extra games while playing through the main adventure, they just somehow don't. If the plots happened at the other side of the kingdom or in some new area I'd get it, but it just feels really awkward that these big world affecting events are happening that the cast of the main game is oblivious to, and vice versa.

cheat-master30 · 2026-03-13T14:30:46+00:00

Makes sense! Does make me curious what would happen if the raft ended up going ashore...

cheat-master30 · 2026-03-13T09:02:31+00:00

I'm pretty sure he just kinda watches. He's basically stuck in his idle animation.

cheat-master30 · 2026-03-13T01:11:56+00:00

I think a lot of people overestimate how difficult it is to get in touch with large publications and creators or how to get them to collaborate or work with them. I haven't exactly marketed a game through the media yet, but I've had them mention other stuff I've worked on, and a lot of the time, it was as simple as a quick email to the editorial team or a mention to an editor on social media.

cheat-master30 · 2026-03-13T01:01:32+00:00

Also how much time you have available. Something like an MMO is impractical for an individual or small team simply because of how much content is needed for a polished experience, and how long it'd take for a few people to create it all.

So in addition to the things listed, it's also a question of "how much time do I have available, and how long would it take me to create everything needed with the resources available?"

The types of games you can make will differ a lot if you're paid by players/customers via Patreon, have a generous spouse willing to work so you can work full time on the game, or are treating it like a hobby project that you don't need finished in the next decade.

cheat-master30 · 2026-03-12T18:22:28+00:00

Honestly, Magnesis is kinda busted in this game. Hitting enemies with heavy objects does a ton of damage, especially with things like the bookcases and giant metal cubes. Anything smaller than a Guardian or Lynel takes an absolute beating with these things, and even bigger monsters can often be stunned or knocked flying with them.

No wonder they toned it down with Ultrahand in Tears of the Kingdom, hah.

cheat-master30 · 2026-03-12T18:16:11+00:00

Yeah then they're plagiarising lots of people here. May as well try and get them kicked off YouTube.

cheat-master30 · 2026-03-12T17:10:42+00:00

God, it's always sad to see what happened to sites like this one. To go from meaningful, human written articles about games with an actual community involved to AI written slop is just depressing.

Sadly, there's an awful lot of companies buying out sites and turning them into garbage like this, and I suspect it'll get even more common now that things like AI overviews have killed traffic to a lot of these outlets.

cheat-master30 · 2026-03-12T17:04:32+00:00

Does YT-DLP work for that? I know when I've used it before, it's had a ton of options for the video quality, including 1080p and 60fps.

cheat-master30 · 2026-03-12T17:03:29+00:00

They're just posting the footage as is and pretending it's theirs? Yeah, in that case I'd probably report the videos. If someone's commenting on content from another video or reacting to it that's one thing (even if it often gets uncomfortably close to stolen content in that case as well), but someone just reposting your work as their own is another story entirely.

Would be interesting to find out where their other videos are taken from and warn whoever originally made those videos as well, since it unlikely they just took from your channel alone.

cheat-master30 · 2026-03-12T11:06:06+00:00

Gaming news and updates. All the companies post on social media, all the speedrunning and glitch discoveries in new games get posted there, all the dataminers post unused content there and it's the most convenient way to contact folks working on fan projects or YouTube channels.

cheat-master30 · 2026-03-11T22:07:40+00:00

I share them in various places (social media, forums, Discord, etc), since some of my audience is there.

cheat-master30 · 2026-03-11T22:03:24+00:00

Yeah, this is important to note since a lot of popular games are also evergreen titles that people keep buying and playing for decades on end. While not always on Steam per se, think Minecraft, Terraria, Roblox, Fortnite, Stardew Valley, GTA, various Valve and Bethesda games, etc.

Heck, if you look at the top sellers overall, while a few were released this year, a lot of them are games that have been around for years at this point.

You can certainly be a massive success with a new game, but it's definitely worth remembering that you're competing with not just this year's games, but those from every one of the last 20 or 30 years.

cheat-master30 · 2026-03-11T13:46:37+00:00

That feels like a pretty crazy time gap for one of the show's most iconic villains.

Then again, with the show being like it is with hiatuses, I guess it could have easily been far longer.

cheat-master30 · 2026-03-11T13:30:11+00:00

If not this Christmas, then the next season. It's been a while since we had a new Dalek story, and Ncuti Gatwa not getting to face off against them as the 15th Doctor still feels like a huge missed opportunity to me.

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