Clench is good
actually I should think about words I use to describe spreadsheeting
rowing
deep looking
glazing
yeah, that’s right, it’s definitely a sort of meditative state for me, I don’t have violent connotations
crunch works if you’re referring specifically to slowdown as a deliberate enhancement of the action, like in bangai-o or earth defence force.
high bructose forn gyrup
cadillacs and dinosaurs
streets of rage 2 and 4
ninja saviors
master system ninja gaiden (can be sung to the tmnt theme)
speed power gunbike when you figure out how to play and get into the flow
i thought this was gonna be the thread about games you play to feel less bad, like people were talking about in another thread
i am really starting to appreciate how fragile the whole kinaesthetic task can be, like how you can completely fuck over a studio’s efforts by just using a slightly different control pad
Brain > machine interface when
has no company jumped on the idea of maximally-kinaesthetic gamer gloves yet
I hate gamefeel as much as I hate mouthfeel, like sure it’s descriptive but I don’t like it!
they’d really be playing with power if they could pull that off
switch games have terrible mouthfeel imo
Yessss, the piercing cannon in mars matrix is also v good
Proposing “Sweaty” for games with bad hit button feel good
But that’s already used for competitive games which often have good feeling button pressing
yeah but fuck fortnite
I prefer the term “treacly” or “syrupy” for games with bad HBFG.
but syrup is delicious
I’ve started using Mushy for this but I think something more esoteric is good.
yeah hit button feel bad is definitely running up the stairs in freddy 1 so i like treacly
wizard of legend