Lapsed Gamer

It was an apt name when I started this blog.

[lapsedgamer]

You will not believe the production values in this short video about a bit of FF7 minutia.

[theonion]

Expressing regret that the interruption would delay the highly anticipated video game adaptation, the producers of A24’s upcoming Elden Ring film announced Tuesday that the project had stalled after a red phantom named TwinkPunisher invaded the set. “Despite our security team’s best efforts, a loincloth-wearing invader with the handle TwinkPunisher was able to gain access to the shoot through the use of a Festering Bloody Finger, disrupting production for the foreseeable future,” said a spokesperson for the studio, adding that TwinkPunisher had tauntingly placed a Rainbow Stone on the ground for every take he managed to render unusable by performing the “warm welcome” gesture, by obscuring the actors with the Ekzykes’s Decay incantation, or by repeatedly spamming the “You’re beautiful” Prattling Pate over dialogue.

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[yodaprod]

[cosmicretreat]

Ralph McQuarrie (June 13, 1929 - March 3, 2012)

[lapsedgamer]

Why was Ralph McQuarrie drawing Big Yoda?

[lastoneout]

Here's my real tip for anyone moving out on their own for the first time; when you buy a set of measuring cups or spoons buy ones that have the measurement engraved into the cup/spoon and do NOT buy ones where it's just printed on. Because that ink/paint/ect. can rub off and then you'll have a bunch of useless little spoons and cups you have to get rid of bcs they no longer say what size they are. Don't ask me how I know, just trust me that you wanna buy engraved ones.

[lapsedgamer]

Counterpoint: the labels all wear off at different rates in different places so there is a long time period where you’re getting a fun little Professor Layton logic puzzle with every recipe.

[moviemoods]

🎬 In the Mouth of Madness (1994)

[eternalgirlscout]

you can't say "hydrogen bomb vs coughing baby" on a poll with a 60/40 split. that's hydrogen bomb vs regular bomb

[prokopetz]

Pipe bomb versus somewhat smaller pipe bomb.

[thecolorofthegame]

Hydrogen baby va coughing bomb

[rudywiser]

Two bombs, both alike in dignity, in fair tumblr, where we lay our scene

[lapsedgamer]

The wonderful Raph Koster (“A Theory of Fun for Game Design”) on how he tried to solve the Jedi Problem.

[captain-price-returns]

another BaalBuddy banger

[myjetpack]

My latest New Scientist cartoon. Many more here: https://www.newscientist.com/author/tom-gauld/

[vgadvisor]

[legionofpotatoes]

Normandy's Ascent

[legionofpotatoes]

prints [x]

[legionofpotatoes]

Just to alleviate any doubts, she is here too of course. Just hiding a little more tastefully.

[card-of-the-day]

Today's Card Is: Gogiga Gagagigo

[lapsedgamer]

[epicsause-official]

i think we are long overdue for a game that does the reverse of 90s first person shooters and actively makes fun of the player for picking the hard difficulty

[epicsause-official]

heres kinda what i mean

[oneheadtoanother]

[lapsedgamer]

Pragmata (PS5)

Barnstorming high-concept action-adventure, with a satisfying simultaneous hacking-shooting gimmick. The main gameplay ideas are elaborated upon and polished comprehensively but not exhaustively; this is a game you can settle in to, get to grips with and see 90% of the way through without it taking over your life. Like the 2005-2015 releases it’s compared to, it’s unremittingly entertaining while it lasts and demands to be revisited.

[oldgamemags]

PlayStation MAX #1, January ‘99 - Pocketstation!

[lapsedgamer]

LIES