I play retro games because I feel like Achievements poisoned the well of both console and PC gaming
just play the game. thats the achievement. you played it. screencap your S-tier final score screen if you need a trophy for your wall
I miss David Lynch
this explains why I never touched halo
fantastic sense of light here
Back in the 90s, Ontario Place had two pavilions that would melt people's faces if they could see them now. Lego Discovery Centre (a lego land with huge lego dioramas, lego sculptures)
and the Nintendo Power Pod, which let you play games that weren't out yet at free kiosks, including the Ultra 64
so handsome
Proof toronto used to be cool: back in the 80s there were abandoned rail cars near bathurst and the gardener. some got occupied by homeless people
toronto used to be full of ruins like this. now all condo towers
I did the whole PS2 HD hack thing. but that new memory card + usb key exploit is realllllyyy good
I think both pavilions would do extremely well in 2026. Lego and Nintendo have only grown to massive juggernaut status in the past 25 years.
unfortunately kids are not encouraged to use their imaginations for lego anymore, just build marvel, harry potter and starwars, etc franchise playsets
if yall are planning a heist, count me in
this is the only extant footage of the Nintendo Power Pod, there isn't even a single still image of it online
note that these pavilions were up for at least a decade, but no one took photos back then, the way they do now
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVl6...
Back in the 90s, Ontario Place had two pavilions that would melt people's faces if they could see them now. Lego Discovery Centre (a lego land with huge lego dioramas, lego sculptures)
and the Nintendo Power Pod, which let you play games that weren't out yet at free kiosks, including the Ultra 64
whoa imagine if they had used all that power for a Better Game
something we lost with the demise of cartridges was the ability to add entirely new pieces of computational hardware with each game (at an expense, naturally)
whoa never seen one of these before! amazing
thank you for saying what needed to be said
It’s fucking bizarre how people are acting like something from 2022 is something they can’t live without.
Like dudes, the emotional dependence on a sycophantic machine regurgitating nonsense to encourage you to stop engaging in critical thought and trust the slop is truly depressing to witness.
I went for a very short fog walk, got a few good pics
I think if I were still in my 20s I woulda biked more downtown to get the spectacular views
I love that guy too
horrified that dilophosaurus isn't ever charting
I had the Book from this same series
I think they're miniatures, and I *think* they were even reused for a Dinosaurs viewmaster set (in 3D) if I am not mistaken
gorgeous designs from a pre-jurassic park understanding of Dino morphology
not going to acknowledge this supposed trend
far too many people of all ages play Animal Crossing, the slowest chillest non-actiony game ever conceived
Same cinematographer as Road Warrior. I cite this movie's amazing volumetric lighting regularly
I think its a matter of, they could absolutely be done nowadays from a technical perspective. Ive certainly done enough experiments with them to know thats true
but I think a lot of tropes about how games look and edited were solidified back in the 90s/2000s, and it was harder to pull of back then
I don't know anything about Damon, never heard of him. maybe he sucks? I don't care.
this statement is 100% true, regardless.
thats a pretty complex piece of optical printing for the 60s. especially to get it so smooth like that, dissolves used to come with a lot of artifacts
I wish we saw more stuff like this in games but its really a form of editing and games fundamentally lack a lot of editing language
love to see it
Hi Bluesky!
I make null/void deathscapes and sunken monuments to mankind's eternal hubris
I also made a retro-futuristic cyberpunk game, Jazzpunk