MegaBubfish

Season 5 of @bunchasquares is wrapping up by the end of the year, and there are big things still to come before it's over! But, we're looking even further beyond to SEASON 6! If you're interested in joining the SMP, check out the application below: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

@Splitgate Plasma Rifle; let's go!

Season 2 is coming next week. We’ll be sharing more details & deep dives on the content starting Monday! For now, here’s a sneak peek at the new Plasma Rifle in action. 👀

@SeaOfThieves For the briefest of moments, I thought we were finally getting a sea serpent.

Rare treasures and riches vast, eight years so far before the mast, inspired by your adventures and stories, great grand fights and many glories, from solo pirates to devoted crew, thank you all for everything you do! 🍺

@Halo_VFX I honestly thought that's where the last two games were headed- especially with the themes at play in Infinite, it felt like half the story was missing when it wasn't about passing the torch.

If they dont sunset chief as the over-arching character for Halo and replace him with Jerome next then they're lost the plot.

@zizirobinson @viking_gumball Came here to say this.

@viking_gumball this is purely my bias speaking but it’s her

you're not gonna like it but the answer is Gru

@bure_builds Absolutely love seeing more of your dinosaur designs! Easily my favorite tutorial series on YouTube.

Tyrannosaurus rex Fossil / ティラノサウルスの化石🦴 #Minecraft

@Splitgate For sure! One of my favorite QoL features is being able to select multiple playlists from the menu. It's great, because at any given time I could go for a match of any one of half a dozen game modes.

@MBubfish Two of my favorite modes for sure. Luckily we can queue both!

Had the opportunity to play some Instagib on @Splitgate last night and had to cut myself off after game 3 or I would have stayed up all night! Not sure if I like that or One In The Chamber more, but I am sure that the game continues to be a blast!

@Splitgate Let's go!

The Skybreaker Event starts tomorrow. Play Instagib from March 6th through the 20th & earn some limited time rewards! Season 2 is up next... 👀

@Xbox Xbox still hasn't given me a compelling reason to upgrade from my Xbox One. I'm losing track of how many generations I'm technically behind by now.

The next generation of Xbox console: Project Helix

@McDonalds I love the self-awareness, but I still gotta do it:

take a bite of our new product

@Pirat_Nation Aside from soulslikes, where the difficulty is part of the point, what modern games even have "tough parts" where players can get stuck anymore? Why is this even remotely a priority?

Microsoft has filed a patent for an AI-assisted Xbox feature. It would let AI or trained human helpers briefly take over your game when you're stuck on a tough part, such as a hard boss or puzzle. They aim to replace pausing the game and searching YouTube tutorials, making games more accessible.

@bacon_sanwich @jungle_penguins That's such a cool concept. H4 is my personal favorite of the series, so it's neat to see how much was going on behind the scenes.

Mission 5 was going to be a new “Library” level, but completely crazy. It was by far the most ambitious mission I designed (second to Composer) which is why it was cut. It involved traveling through a series of portals in real-time (like the Valve game) to access what was effectively a “greatest hits” sequence from Halo: CE, including finding flying vehicles inside one portal area, and then flying them through previous portals to access new areas. We built the initial portal tech, but getting it to work with the physics engine turned out to be a much harder challenge than we had hoped and we ran out of time. This was one of the initial visual concepts I built in 3D.

This was the original concept for the 3rd mission in Halo 4 (Forerunner) but we didn’t have enough time to re-code the entire physics engine 😅 This looks cool tho

@bacon_sanwich Wow, that would have been a wild level! Gotta say, I personally love what we got instead.

@jfwong @fbanda16 Fair enough. Fwiw, UB has actively (mostly) pushed me out of the game, what with the constant releases and cohesion issues, and I'd just love to come back to something that felt, well, magical. Most UB stuff hasn't fit that bill from the start, imo. I appreciate your responses!

@MBubfish @fbanda16 There will always IMO be a better way to engage with online discourse. I chose an approach that was meant to incite a bit more and I am seeing the results. As intended, no complaints here about that.

Negativity is Boring.

@jfwong @fbanda16 That is fair, and I'm sure you see more than your fair share of it on all levels. Being as ingrained with the game as you are, I understand your perspective. I do think a more encouraging approach towards positive criticism would have helped here, but I get the frustration.

@MBubfish @fbanda16 All opinions are valid IMO, but whether or not they excite me or bore me is an entirely differnet matter. I think negativity done well can be extremely effective, but I don’t honestly see much of it on my timeline. It’s mostly doomerism and name calling.

@jfwong @fbanda16 Solid criticism is all well and good, but we're talking about a game. The reaction that matters most is emotion, and that rarely has such solid foundations. I can say it's not for me and move on, as I will, but when I do, I feel I should make clear my feelings as to why.

@jfwong @fbanda16 By logic and sound reasoning, I assume you mean an objective basis for opinions, or perhaps a results-based metric of the impact of a certain product? I don't have that, but I can say with certainty that I do not like or want TMNT in Magic. Is that critique valid, or negative?

@fbanda16 @jfwong I agree. Disingenuous criticism is worthless. However, if the criticism is of the entire concept and execution of UB and TMNT's inclusion in particular, how can a person express this dissatisfaction without being labeled "negative" as he puts it?

@MBubfish @jfwong Being disingenuous is just negativity. Saying that 50% of the set is about pizza, that it's mostly cartoon style and not enough badassery, that it's the main characters over and over and no obscure characters. All those have a tiny bit of truth muddied by a desire to exaggerate.