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  1. Comment on Watch baseball games in realtime in 8-bit view in ~sports.baseball

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    playball is so cool! i hadn’t heard of it before seeing this. wish there was something similar for the NPB…

    playball is so cool! i hadn’t heard of it before seeing this. wish there was something similar for the NPB…

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  2. Comment on Watch baseball games in realtime in 8-bit view in ~sports.baseball

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    yeah, the pixel art on the home page is almost certainly AI generated as well, w/ inconsistent pixel sizes and blurring. :/

    yeah, the pixel art on the home page is almost certainly AI generated as well, w/ inconsistent pixel sizes and blurring. :/

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  3. Comment on What is your eleventh favorite video game? in ~games

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    I don't have a definitive favorites list, but in the spirit of a game I like but don't love, I'm gonna say Samurai GUNN 2. It's a fast-paced & movement-heavy platform-fighter with a lot of juicy...

    I don't have a definitive favorites list, but in the spirit of a game I like but don't love, I'm gonna say Samurai GUNN 2.

    It's a fast-paced & movement-heavy platform-fighter with a lot of juicy mechanics clearly created with a healthy dose of 'rule of cool' (one hit kills, deflecting bullets, playing dead, 'bunting', movement tech, character-specific abilities, and more). It also has a really evocative art style that contributed a lot to that Epic Gun-Slinging Samurai Showdown feel, further reinforced with music by Doseone, who has a robust track record of working on generally awesome stuff. I have a lot of fond memories playing this game w/ friends and we were all pretty saddened when the game's development seemingly stopped, never coming out of early access.

    ~3 years later, in Janurary of 2026, the game "re-launched" with a new engine and other quality of life things, which was/is awesome! But with this also came with the news that the singleplayer adventure mode that was halfway-implemented was being cut and many characters were being temporarily removed to be reworked (with most still not back as of writing). Furthermore, the in-game comic disappeared, with it's future being uncertain afaik. In general, the game appears to have a renewed focus on competitive multiplayer, evidenced by the new eSports-ish UI, which has left it feeling kind of sauce-less compared to its earlier days, I think.

    My perception is that these are passionate indie developers, so I'm sure they have sound reasons for why they're doing this, it's just a little disappointing. The game is still really fun, I just don't feel as compelled to go back to it as I used to.

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