CommunistCuddlefish [she/her]

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Cake day: August 13th, 2023

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  • Blue Prince is cool but spooky and made me motion sick.

    I still haven’t gotten around to playing the original Oblivion so idk why I would bother with a remake. I have not generally found remakes or remasters to be worth it at all because part of the charm of the games is their art style and jankiness, historical snapshot in the time of a game remake. Thank fuck Remedy never decided to make a Max Payne (yes I know ACAB but I have a weakness for noir, it’s so good) remake because the janky graphics are part of it.

    I tried the Spyro remake and preferred the original – they butchered the art style. These older games made good use of the fuzziness and lower resolution to evoke a sense of grandeur and opportunity. Adding too much detail and resolution actually robs from them. I worry about that with Oblivion. I think Demons Souls is the only good remaster I’ve seen and part of that is just that it made such big quality of life improvements to inventory management.



  • Good song. I also feel like I’ve gotten more of an appreciation for this older pop as the musical landscape has moved on to more chaotic and complicated, overproduced soundscapes. There’s something catchy and comfy about the relative simplicity of this older music.

    Damn that reminds me, I really liked their song Land of Confusion when I was in like, 3rd grade, then I forgot it existed for a couple decades. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yq7FKO5DlV0

    I never knew it had such a bizarre and disturbing music video. I always imagined scenes from the War of the Worlds book when listening to it for some reason.

    “My generation will put it right/ and not just making promises we know we’ll never keep” Oof, I sure wish that had been true because we’re all getting fucked.