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  • A bit of a non-answer, but I’d say “as long as it is enjoyable”.

    For example, Muramasa Rebirth and LiEat both are rather grindy in their own scopes, but the latter still manages to be short enough it doesn’t overstays its welcome.

    Or on another example, Solatorobo could easily have ended at the villain’s defeat, but the events afterwards still build up on that world’s lore, and so making the extra playtime worth it.

    And then there’s sandbox games like Minecraft and Starbound, which are literally as long as the person is enjoying them.





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    Each request referenced a slightly malformed version of the article’s URL, with variations in capitalization. After the first request expired, the same party submitted additional requests – each time changing a different letter’s capitalization. When Google attempted to reindex the malformed URL, it encountered an HTTP 404 error, meaning the page appeared to be missing.

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  • Have never thought about it so dunno how awkward it’d be, but maybe NES and SNES turn-based RPGs? Quite like Mystic Quest out of them, Final Fantasy on easy mode pretty much but pretty chill and enjoyable imo.

    Would recommend also hasicontent, Slipways Classic and Dust Bunny, all for PICO-8 and on Itchio, and those I think that’d be more feasible one-handed. Also Final Fantasy II for the PSP specifically as it’s the most feature complete version, and this one iirc is feasible with one hand.

    Also more feasible and native to Android if that’s your phone system, Chloe Playtime (Google Play), Codemancer (Itchio), Deeper Down Dungeons (Google Play), Quest of Dungeons (Google Play, Humble Bundle, Itchio), REDDEN (dunno if still distributed anywhere) and Tyrant’s Blessing (Google Play).

    And don’t remember any, but if there’s any game compatible, maybe also check stuff playable on ScummVM, Joiplay, and other similar projects?

    Anyways, hope you get well soon, fellow stranger!




  • About the Raspberry Pi running 4K stuff, as it is still a computer, I’d imagine only through official streaming programs and not through browsers or unofficial players. Now, through Grayjay for Android I can play Crunchyroll videos (tested on a vanilla phone but Grayjay build is the same), and was able to run Amazon videos on vanilla Android on the Raspberry Pi 5, so I think it has potential as a streaming platform.














  • Final Fantasy XII is pretty high up there for me.

    Bestiary entries are vast, almost a book in game format, and most add to lot of worldbuilding even if not needed for the main plot itself.

    Also bosses, sidequests, enviromental cues seldom aren’t at least hinted by a few NPCs often dozens of hours before they’re relevant.

    Overall details are often explained when you look in the right corners of the game. Even some weird weather cycles seem to have some logic applied. And in a single case, it felt inspired by a real-world element, one even Mad Max 4 used a cut in the beginning.

    And I wonder if the sky-gazing kid in one of the airships that says she saw something in the sky was referring to Deathgaze or the continent from Revenant Wings…