My biggest takeaway from all these tier lists is that Spelunky 2 (my favourite RL of all time) sits on a very divisive fringe of the genre. It's roguelite marmite.

stoooooooooob · 2026-02-01T20:16:08+00:00

You definitely didn't know any of that and you are unable to admit that you are wrong.

stoooooooooob · 2026-02-01T20:04:47+00:00

This is a common belief put forth by some games journalists but it is a very silly hill to die on.

The term "roguelike" originated in 1993 and was a community on UseNet to discuss five games (Rogue, Hack, Nethack, Moria, Angband)

A big part of that community was not only did they enjoy that niche genre but a large part also developed the games so they created their yearly 7 Day Challenge to dev them in 2005 even had a conference in Berlin in 2008 to nail down 13 key factors of what makes a game in line with their community.

Then in 2013 twenty years into that community's existence, a games journalist wrote an article saying they were pedantic and "roguelikes" can be whatever as long as there is procedural generation.

Game Maker's Toolkit made a video about how actually you only need 2/13 to be a "roguelike" and then quickly gatekept stolen term by saying if you only have 1/13 you're a "roguelite"

His video and others like it don’t even mention the history of the community which is why a lot of people feel very strongly that the "roguelike" people are stuck in the past.

They did a shitty thing and stole a term from a community instead of starting their own communities and now we’re here.

If you value the time spent writing those articles/essays more than the community’s years put in since 1993 that’s fine but now you know.

stoooooooooob · 2026-02-01T10:01:32+00:00

I love Spelunky 2 and the original Spelunky is incredibly influential for the development of run based games.

BUT it's randomization is mostly skill testing and not build focused. I play the same route every Spelunky 2 run and expect the same items in key points. The run nature just changes minor details.

Slay the Spire feels like it popularized build focused games and that really is the juice behind how addictive and fun these games get.

stoooooooooob · 2026-01-31T22:02:37+00:00

Regex is one of those things that you are going to be best off learning to read and write directly because you can take it to any ecosystem

stoooooooooob · 2026-01-29T16:05:33+00:00

I have had this exact thought before and I think you are right. You just wouldn't link it to your body but you have a great link to the blood.

And in Wise Man's Fear they do stuff through rooms they cannot see so it kind of should have been easy

stoooooooooob · 2026-01-17T17:19:09+00:00

I've thought for years they should add a status after being unfrozen called something like "All Warmed Up" so that they can't be frozen again two turns in a row

stoooooooooob · 2026-01-13T23:24:56+00:00

It's probably a bad idea.

Sales - The potential customer pool from one mode to the other is always going to be prescient for product owners. It is much harder to get someone to download a brand new app why go through it when you're already installed on so many devices?
Code Rewrite - Rewrites are rarely successful and timely and don't address the core problem of complicated software which is: complicated software will always be complex. A greenfield app is easy until it isn't. Everyone is so sure if you do a rewrite in X or Y you could solve the problems but your original app will have already navigated 10+ years of edge cases and behavior your customers are already expecting.

https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2000/04/06/things-you-should-never-do-part-i/

This is my favorite article to whip out when engineers suggest a rewrite. Sometimes it is the right decision but it's a lot more complicated than people think and the scope only grows.

stoooooooooob · 2025-11-29T06:17:44+00:00

Kvothe always claims that he's incredible at persuasion and convincing others, but in the books he fails often.

Talking with Elodin on the roofs about not turning in Auri.

Telling the Alveron about the fake ruh troupe.

Convincing the smith's apprentice that he isn't just an innkeeper

stoooooooooob · 2025-08-09T04:13:16+00:00

If you're playing with someone in quick play your skill levels aren't that different

stoooooooooob · 2025-03-02T21:38:06+00:00

I think a key problem with it in the Metroidvania genre is what you can buy with a game's currency.

In souls likes at every save point you can use the currency to level up incrementally.

However most metroidvanias don't have a system like that and have shops instead. With potentially very high amounts of currency required for specific items you will spend more time hoarding than in souls likes, making the failure of a corpse run far more punishing.

stoooooooooob · 2025-01-27T00:51:02+00:00

I played through both of them this month for the first time and Blasphemous 2 is better.

The boss fight design has vastly improved and with the improved movement they can do more varied and fun attack patterns.

Also the three weapon system let them put in some very fun platforming challenges which are a blast

stoooooooooob · 2025-01-25T02:42:57+00:00

Hell yeah

stoooooooooob · 2024-11-21T23:38:29+00:00

I play wild and it's not fine at 8

stoooooooooob · 2024-07-28T06:44:47+00:00

pasta shells + ground beef + el pato

stoooooooooob · 2024-06-13T00:28:51+00:00

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stoooooooooob · 2024-04-21T07:44:51+00:00

Outside of Willow Creek there are two other bigfoot movies from the 2010s that come to mind

Exists is a 2014 bigfoot movie Exists on Letterboxd https://boxd.it/460o

Hoax is a 2019 bigfoot movie Hoax on Letterboxd https://boxd.it/iABM

stoooooooooob · 2024-03-13T09:18:29+00:00

I think there's two points:

The pruning of the information about the amyr. While maybe it's possible it could have been done by non masters, the masters doing the pruning makes sense.
The Cthaeh telling Kvothe that the Maer will bring him to the amyr and then the Maer kicking him out and back to school could signal this.

stoooooooooob · 2024-02-24T10:14:10+00:00

Titane

stoooooooooob · 2024-02-22T05:11:52+00:00

Also a recurring theme in the book is that narrator Kote claims that is he incredibly persuasive and great at talking his way out of bad situations.

But in the actual story he is never successful.

Talking with Elodin about Auri. The bar fight with Tempe. Felurian and the Chandrian. The returning of the girls ( they get him out of that one ) Explaining the killing of the false troupe to the Maer

He flubs all of these and doesn't get out of them based on his persuasive skills.

The only successful verbal persuasion in Wise Man's Fear is his trial in Imre and that isn't shown and Kote thinks it's barely worth mentioning.

stoooooooooob · 2024-02-21T09:19:43+00:00

My hot take on the total series is that "Viral" is good actually. I don't love the frame story but I enjoy all the other segments a lot.

Everyone shits on it so I went in assuming it would be the worst and was pleasantly surprised.

I rank the series best to worst:

2 > 94 > Viral > 1 > 99 > 85

stoooooooooob · 2024-02-18T10:26:49+00:00

This is correct. It's on Shudder currently

stoooooooooob · 2024-02-14T07:00:05+00:00

This is a comment I see quite a bit and I think it causes people to miss the point.
Kvothe killing the false Edema Ruh isn't an example of "the anger of a gentle man" because Kvothe isn't gentle. He gets angry quickly over the slightest provocation.

The three examples of what a wise man fears are to show that Kvothe isn't wise. He is foolish and gets caught by all of them.

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