Ugh man I hate it when I hear someone mention a "podcast" that sounds interesting and I can't find it in the app I use to listen to podcasts because it's actually a YouTube channel 🤦‍♂️

Like, "come watch my cable TV channel" (it's a DVD) "i'll give you a ride in my car" (it's a cargo e-bike with a big basket in front) "would you like a sandwich?" (it's an omelet)

Like "my podcast is on YouTube" is the "no coke just pepsi" of the content world

@phildini @ubernostrum do you want Crusades? because that's how we get Crusades

Sometimes I want to make a slightly more accessible new version of Zoids from the C64. That game was really cool and surprisingly complex for the time, but also way too hard to be much fun. But it was kind of amazing how much mech combat management it managed to cram in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1tjnD9Q8yA

Like, you had to navigate the Zoid mech in an overworld. Shoot railguns at baddies. Fuel up and navigate missiles to targets. Manage shields and damage control. Jam radio signals. Collect macguffins. Fight a boss baddie.

Almost each part was a hard-as-nails little minigame you had to manage while the rest of the hazards in the world continued pummeling you in real time. Oh and the machine + human health readouts rendered as EEG graphs and lubb-dubb sound effects, so cool and stressful

Oh, and all the above controlled with an old-school one-button Atari-style joystick. No mouse or keyboard controls in sight.

Totally blew my 11-year-old mind