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Rather than joining the cacophony or feeling powerless, stepping back for a clearer perspective of the games industry, or even a reality check, may be wise. "The Best and Worst of Times in Video Games," my latest piece on my Substack! ramblingsnerd.substack.com/p…
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単体起動への変更の検討を進める見通し―Steam版『エースコンバット8』予約特典「エースコンバット・ゼロ」が現状本編のDLC扱いである件について続報 gamespark.jp/article/2026/10… 移植版『エースコンバット・ゼロ』はコンソールのでは単独起動できるものの、Steamでは現状『エースコンバット8』のDLCとして配信されています。
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Speed alone won’t be enough. Get behind the wheel of the Aston Martin Valhalla, where precision, timing and a few well-placed surprises can make all the difference when competing for a top spot on the global leaderboards. How high can you climb? Play now and #EarnTheNumber bit.ly/ExtendedOperationDLC #007FirstLight #ValhallaProtocol
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How I wish I had the resources and means to remake Tiberian Twilight into the Command and Conquer spectacle it ought to have been. There WERE pieces of a good game buried deep in there. Just a shame EA at the time squandered it all in a cheap attempt to chase the eSports craze.
If I ever become a millionaire, I'd start a game development studio that buys the remake rights to terrible video games that were "almost" fantastic, and actually make them good. Top of my list would be Driv3r and Daikatana. Never saw the point in remaking good games/movies🤔
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Steam Delivery Girl in Autumn 2026 #Steam #SteamAutumnSale
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WINGS OF THEVE IS OFFICIALLY OUT THANK YOU FOR STICKING HERE TO THE END - EVEN WITH ALL THE HICCUPS.
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こんばんは!ナゲッツです! なんとなんと!河野BDが本物の戦闘機Mig-21に登場する動画が公開されました! ぼくも戦闘機に載ってみたいのに河野マッハBDに先を越されてしまいました… みなさんもぜひ見てみてくださいね!ピヨッ! #ACE8 #ACECOMBAT
The launch of ACE COMBAT 8: WINGS OF THEVE seemed like a good time to put Brand Director Kazutoki Kono-san in the seat of a real Mig21 – joined by his flightmate @Bricky! #ACE8 is available now: spr.ly/6018BGQQaM
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「ツンデレ」による文化勝利を既に日本は成し遂げていたんだな…
Growing up with Potter #Malfoid
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Hey, @dokibird , we have a surprise for you in the new Kotamon update!
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I'm trying my best to put into words why Malfoid absolutely one-shot me so hard. I know it, I've seen it, I can feel it. No amount of lewdness or horniness could ever make me feel something as deeply as simply thinking about the position Malfoid finds herself in. There's something about the tragedy of her situation that gets to me on a completely different level. Honestly, it's almost painful just thinking about it. 😭
I understand that this is fanfiction and an alternate universe (AU), so Malfoid can behave differently. But to understand my point, you need to put yourself in her shoes. Imagine hating someone so deeply that you would rather see them lose in every situation. You despise them, and everything about your upbringing, your family, and the world you know reinforces that hatred. From your perspective, it isn’t unfounded. Your hatred is righteous. Your hatred is correct. And yet, for some unfathomable reason, your heart begins to fall for this person, someone who is practically your antithesis. At first, you dismiss those feelings, just as anyone might. But your heart refuses to listen to your mind. The feelings grow stronger and heavier with each passing day, until the mere sight of this person is enough to leave you struggling to collect yourself. It makes no sense. No medical knowledge or wizardry seems able to explain it, and you’re certain there’s no love potion or foul play involved. So why is this happening? Through all of this, you still have to pretend that everything is fine. You carry on as usual, but the realisation slowly dawns on you: what you’re feeling is love. And you can’t control it. The moment you understand that, everything changes. Of course, you keep lying to yourself, but your heart knows what it wants. Somewhere deep inside, you can feel your resistance beginning to crumble. As though under a curse or a spell, you find yourself behaving differently. Your eyes seek this person out more often. Their jabs and comebacks no longer bring the familiar satisfaction of a fight. Now, each one cuts. But what can you do? You can’t simply stop playing your part. If you change the way you treat them, someone might notice. Someone might understand. So you keep up appearances, even as doing so becomes harder to bear. Eventually, you can’t deny it any longer. Everything builds until you finally allow yourself to be honest, if only in the privacy of your own mind. You surrender to this spell called love and let yourself feel everything you’ve been trying to suppress. You begin arguing against your own convictions, entertaining possibilities you once would have dismissed. And once you allow yourself to imagine them, they become irresistible. You find yourself sitting in bed for hours, daydreaming and wondering whether things could ever change. But all of this happens in private. In front of that person, you fall back on the same behaviour you’ve spent years establishing. You don’t know how to undo it. Still, somewhere deep inside, you hope that the person you love might love you back. (1/2)
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Just wanted to say thank you to all the new followers and for the support my wife, @WritingRaven2, and I have received over the past few days because of some of the clips we’ve been digging up. Watching these panels can be grueling, but if sitting through them means catching people admitting things when they think no one is paying attention, it’s worth it. And we’re not done yet. More to come.
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Anyone remember trying to land the bloody plane in Top Gun on the NES? Times have changed 🤣
マジ自称名人おじさんやルーキー多過ぎる。縦線と横線合わせるだけだってのに。 4からACEやり続けた俺が手本見せてやる
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Replying to @grizz056
@grizz056 we did it mate
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Chinese emperors would pick girls like this, then complain about being poisoned
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Congrats on the new ACE COMBAT. Wings carrying miracles into the sky. #acecombat #ACE8
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The ritual worked!
We have received the latest mission reports for ACE COMBAT8: WINGS OF THEVE. Now's the perfect time to take to the skies of Strangereal and become an Ace: bnent.eu/BuyAC8
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When it comes to Ace Combat, this will NEVER get old.
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TLDR: Stardock's Clairvoyance AI underscores the real practical utility of AI for devs, especially when it comes to dramatically streamlining everything hindering actual game development. Also, AI isn't going to replace writers and artists outright anytime soon,
AI isn’t coming for the artists and writers or programmer jobs. It’s coming to get rid of the wasted time in between being creative. gamesbeat.com/stardock-unvei…
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That's precisely the point about "vibecoding" as actually practiced. It's not meant to replace human programming, but to streamline the process to the point that the dev not only has more time to actually MAKE the game but to fine-tune the coding itself.
Replying to @RamblingsNerd2
I do agree with Wardell's opinion on Art and Writing but I'll have to disagree on his opinion on coding. Programmers will still be needed to make your game to understand how the code works and avoid/fix bugs to make your game playable especially since AI is prone to errors.
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STEAM版に限ると #ACE8 、ACE7 よりも2.7倍売れていそう。 時代背景があるとはいえ素晴らしいスタート!
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