a note from my org file:
billiards but itâs a platformer
wow, what does that mean?
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The closest I got for âwhat is the âbilliards but itâs a platformerâ of videogamesâ isâŠ
âŠbut thatâs really more like golf but a platformerâŠ
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to kind of riff with my past self, i would imagine iâd mean the game would have the mechanics of a platformer but with something of the structure of billiards. so, runny jumpy, time your movements right to navigate a clockwork world.
the big thing of billiards, to me, is that itâs about chain reactions. interactions to interactions and so on.
so then, maybe what i meant is something like this:
you play as 8 marios, but 1 at a time. you move mario A until youâre satisfied (or whatever), then you move mario B, but you do so in the same timeframe as mario A moved, and you repeat that for each mario. marios interact in ways, and you use them in concert to save all the flickies. the ninth mario is luigi and if you need to use him itâs a stain on your record.
or something like that.
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pasquinelli have you ever considered writing a substack or a newsletter or anything? your worldview is fascinating and refreshing and i always enjoy your posts the most.
ps - you should go ahead and join that baseball team and tell us about it.
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Based on your Mario example it almost sounds like you described Lemmings, which is what I thought of when you said billiards.
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There are some puzzle rooms in Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown that do pretty much what you describe. (I think you only get only 3 Princes at most, and time limits to make your plans) They are very interesting puzzles and the best and most challenging part of the game. An entire game like that would rule.
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oh yeah, now thatâs billiards but itâs a platformer!
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do you know youâre one of the nicest people?
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I really liked the lost crown. I usually donât cotton much to the games that focus on smooth traversal but it turned out to be one of my favorites.
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The game just feels so good to control! I didnât think a metroidvania character could feel better than Samus in Metroid Dread, but Sargon, amazingly, feels considerably better! The Rayman Legends team continues to amaze.
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A shortcut to making something interesting is to just make what you want but do it with tools that are really not suited for the job.
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The chain chomp of Bob-omb battlefield in Mario 64 is another example of Nintendo copying kingâs field. They copied the giant squid at the start of kings field ii.
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My best bud is getting married this weekend and we did some speeches last night at the rehearsal dinner and man⊠I love my friend and I love friends and I love friendship and loveâŠ
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Two of my friends and I have made ongoing collaborative playlists together over the past six years. Titles include:
- Taters and Tomaters
- Lazers and Potazers
- You Say Tomato, I Say Potato
- Tates with Mates
- Tubers and Tomuters
- Traitors and Prohaters
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Ceremony was beautiful and his wife walking down the aisle made me tear up!!! Love is real
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Waiting for satyrs and taters
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The only wedding Iâve ever been to was mine own, so I can safely say i love weddings.
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Iâve been to a lot of weddings actuallyâI worked as a banquet bartender for a year or two, so I was at about wedding a fortnight (fortnite) for a while. Even a mediocre wedding is a pretty nice time, and a great wedding is a wonderful time.
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@Gaagaagiins I used to work for a stint as a caterer in Chicago and yea, same experience, it was a nice time, some interesting venues and everyone was generally in a great mood. It was fun seeing dynamics of different families. Glimpsed the lives of some crazy wealth, donât think I wouldâve done too well in the long run, thoughâŠ
Unrelated:
I never knew this!
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Yeah! Even the uncles who you just know are shitty are in a good mood ykwim
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