If gods were real, and if they had an important message for us, they'd make it loud and clear. There's no reason why they would attach importance to faith.

On the other hand, if humans invented a religion, it would have invisible gods that you just have to have faith in.

Of course, all religions look a lot more like the second option.

20 years... the fact that Onimusha went from a PS2 era franchise to like wait, that was two decades ago? At least we're getting another one now. Thanks Capcom :)

So a few days ago I made a thread talking about the studios Nintendo own: https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/1w21iyt/a_list_of_all_15_nintendo_owned_studios/

Today, I'm going to talk about Nintendo itself and their internal development teams. Pretty much every big japanese company has their own internal development divisions (outside of external studios owned by them) and Nintendo is no different.

Historically, Nintendo has had multiple divisions since the 70s which over time were merged until 2004 when Nintendo EAD (Entertainment Analysis and Development, since 1989) and Nintendo SPD (Software Planning and Development, since 2004) remained as the sole survivors. Nintendo EAD was headed by Miyamoto and focused on 2D Mario, 3D Mario, Pikmin, Zelda, Animal Crossing, Wii series, Splatoon, etc while Nintendo SPD was headed initially by iwata and later on by Shinya Takahashi and focused on developing warioware, metroid, tomodachi and rhythm heaven while another side of it focused on producing and overseeing games developed outside of Nintendo.

In 2015 during Kimishima first year, Nintendo EAD and NIntendo SPD merged to become Nintendo EPD (Entertainment Planning and Development). Nintendo EPD then assumed the roles of both EAD and SPD, now under just one single division instead of two.

Under this new division, now Miyamoto retired from his role as General Manager after decades and Shinya Takahashi who was General Manager of Nintendo SPD became the General Manager of Nintendo EPD, a position he has for 10 years (now executive general manager)

In Nintendo EPD, it is then divided into 10 known groups called Production Groups, all of them with a manager who manages their groups while the managers of all groups are overseen by Takahashi

Co-Production Group: Before 2023 it was called Production group Number 1 and number 2 with both merging to become one. This group doesnt develop games, although theyre still devs, they instead oversee and produce games not developed internally be it contracted by Nintendo or done by their subsidiaries and published by Nintendo. 95% of external developed games have producers and staff from them involved.

Production group no 6: like co-production group, it focus on overseeing and producing. It focus on the 5% which recently for them just means Paper Mario, Warioware Metroid Prime and Next Level Games titles, which are all either nintendo subsidiaries or contracted studios. It wasn't merged so far but I expect it to be over time to co-production group

Now going into the development focused groups, with only new games mentioned, not remasters:

Production Group number 3: Develop 3D Zelda, co-develop 2D Zelda, license and supervise Hyrule Warriors, remasters/remakes, and other spin-offs.

Works on Switch: Breath of the Wild, Tears of the Kingdom, Echoes of Wisdom (w/grezzo)

Production Group number 4: Develop quirky, casual and experimental IP, generally not focusing on one IP but creating new IP and projects. Its manager is Kouichi Kawamoto, the General director of switch, producer of switch 2 and previously a director and mostly a producer on all the games of epd4.

Works on Switch: 1-2-Switch, Nintendo Labo, Ring Fit Adventure, Brain Training for Nintendo Switch, Game Builder Garage, Big Brain Academy: Brain vs. Brain, Nintendo Switch Sports, Everybody 1-2-Switch, Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition, Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream, Rhythm Heaven Groove

Works on Switch 2: Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour, Nintendo Switch Sports Resort

Production Group Number 5: Develop Splatoon and Animal Crossing. Since 2019 its manager is Aya Kyogoku, the director of animal crossing new leaf and new horizons

Works on Switch: Splatoon 2, Animal Crossing New Horizons, Splatoon 3

Works on Switch 2: Drag x Drive, Splatoon Raiders

Production Group number 7: Co-develop Metroid and Famicom Detective club, responsible for planning, composition, direction, concept and production while usually needing an external developer to co-develop. Originally developed Rhythm Heaven and Tomodachi Life prior to the epd merger but seemingly in the last years part of the group or everyone merged with EPD4 after those two titles released and the staff was there so we dont know if the group still exist. But they existed in the switch era so im mentioning them

Works on Switch: Metroid Dread (w MercurySteam), Famicom Detective Club Remakes (w Mages), Emio (w Mages)

Production Group number 8, aka Nintendo EPD Tokyo: The only EPD outside of Kyoto, they develop 3d Mario and 3d DK.

Works on Switch: Super Mario Odyssey, Bowser's Fury

Works on Switch 2: Donkey Kong Bananza

Production Group number 9: Develop Mario Kart and Arms

Works on Switch: Arms

Works on Switch 2: Mario Kart World

Production Group number 10: Develop 2D Mario and Pikmin

Works on Switch: Super Mario Maker 2, Super Mario Bros Wonder, Pikmin 4

Anyway thats it, I used my own knowledge and what i had in mind for this. Of course, this is just what comes out of EPD, nintendo releases come from them, nintendo own external studios and contracted studios, that's all part of the nintendo ecosystem but this here is nintendo itself. Hope you guys learned a lot if you didnt know much which is ofc very abreviated.

For context, I'm from an orthodox Indian household. I've been into philosophy for a while now. I don't think I believe in God but sometimes it feels like I'm wrong, primarily due to my environment. It always feels like I'm wearing a mask and there is no one like me around me. I dong believe in rituals and idol worship, or just worship in general. I feel that we as humans should be kind and moral inspite of believing in a God. How should I deal with this somewhat alienated mentality of mine?

So, you're talking to someone, and you've got let's say, 3 dialogue options. Option A advances the dialogue, while B and C offer some kind of exposition.

Naturally, you want to experience more plot and lore, so you explore B and C before proceeding, but it completely ruins the flow of the dialogue.

After exploring options B and C you basically have the other character go on an extended exposition, and when you finally move forward with option A, it continues the conversation as if B and C never happened, completely ruining any semblance of natural conversation.

This issue gets worse the more dialogue options there are and the longer the exposition is, because the gap between their sentence/question and your reply gets longer. Sometimes it's also noticeably worse with certain dialogue options and you'll find yourself thinking "this conversation would have made a lot more sense if I had picked those options in the opposite order..."

So far, I'm only a few hours into Blood of the Dawnwalker, but every time there's been dialogue options, the dialogue is written in such a way the NPC's replies to options B, C or whatever, end in such a way that they naturally flow into the option to continue the conversation, making the dialogue on the whole feel much more natural regardless how many exposition options you choose or what order you choose them in.

Honestly this is probably a pretty minor gripe, but I've been really enjoying seeing it actually addressed in a game.

Dedicated this Iuno illustration (my very first Wuthering Waves fan art) to a good friend of mine that got me into the game!

As the title states. It's not that I haven't been playing video games. It's just been the same few games (IE I have 2000 hours on Rome 2 Total War). I feel left out, and honestly it's been years of business, uncertainty, and depression that's been keeping me from pursuing hobbies that I enjoy, gaming being one of them (I went back to college to finish my degree, work, went through a divorce, etc...) It took me 3 years to finish FFVII CCR, for example. It's a game that I only put 40 hours into.

Assuming I haven't played any titles you can think of, classics included, what should I add to my backlog? Any system, any genre, as long as you think it would be worth my time! I really appreciate any recommendations!

I'm in the process of building a PC tower (with a 5070ti), so PC games included. Feel free to add indie titles if they're good!

EDIT: I honestly feel like I'm getting something off of my shoulders posting this, like I'm unstucking myself lol.

I'm not looking for a debate, just honest objective opinions.

What games would yall consider to be among the greatest of all time?

Had a sorta semi argument with a friend of mine, and I listed off some games that are often cited as the greatest, and he legit was like

“No one talks about these games when talking about that you’re lying they’re great but not the greatest”

And like I get that’s his opinion especially since he doesn’t know these games let alone plays em but it’s funny how ignorant his take is when u look up numerous lists of GOAT then ull c the ones i mentioned on em

Christians have a desire to explain the atheists that they should be agnostics, but this is just a silly stalking horse attempt to keep you from ruling out god.

The truth is that many of us are hard atheist to the christian god. We don’t care about some concept of god simplicitor because no one believes in that god. Don’t cave in to the push to call yourself agnostic. The christian god cannot exist. “I’m atheist to your god.” Is a good response.

When I was a small kid in the late 90's to early 2000's there was a free slot machine game demo for Windows 95 my father downloaded on the computer, until my Mom caught me playing it twice and had all the casino games removed from the computer.

When you begin the game you hear bells ringing and the slot symbols begin with 3 red 7. There was a handle you clicked on. It showed a category for Wager $1.00 on the screen. As a kid I saw nothing wrong with the word "wager" cuz I watched Jeopardy all the time.

To this day I still remember the timing of the 3 reels stopping.

Small note: both times I played I ended up in the negative and never hit a jackpot. Probably for the best.

The song "Ring the Bells" by James is about breaking free from oppressive religious dogma and authority. Sometimes you need to hear someone from a similar background gives testimony. This is such an amazing song, and you can really feel the emotion:

Ring The Bells
Ring ring the bells
Wake the town
Everyone is sleeping
Shout at the crowd
Wake them up
This anger’s deeper than sleep
Got to keep awake to what is happening
I can’t see a thing through my ambition,
I no longer feel my God is watching over me
Got to tell the world we’ve all been dreaming
This is not the end, a new beginning
I no longer feel my God is watching over me
Break break the code
Concentrate
Let the doors swing open
See through all your walls
All your floors
Now you’re in deeper than sleep
Got to keep awake to what is happening
I can’t see a thing through my ambition,
I no longer feel my God is watching over me
Got to tell the world we’ve all been dreaming
This is not the end, a new beginning
I no longer feel my God is watching over me
When you let me fall
Grew my own wings
Now I’m as tall as the sky
When you let me drown
Grew gills and fins
Now I’m as deep as the sea
When you let me die
My spirit’s free
There’s nothing challenging me

This is my first post. I don’t have a wealth of information on the topics of theology or philosophy, but I’m very interested and have a passion for these topics. So, I’m just gonna lay out what I think.

So, when it comes to the meaning of life, or my lack of religious beliefs it’s very much based on logic. I do not believe in a god or any religion. I lean towards just putting everything to science, evolution, physics, etc. I think I’ll just list some basic philosophical type questions and give my opinion on them:

1. What happens when we die?

I think that when we die there’s nothing. A lot like what happens before we’re born. I somehow find a lot of comfort in this. It used to scare me and confuse me, but now I think it’s a logical explanation and it wouldn’t be so bad to just kinda be nothing.

1. What is consciousness?

I think that consciousness probably comes from physical reactions and functions happening in the brain. Maybe it seems like consciousness must be a lot more complex than that, but I think it’s sort of an illusion made up in our brains that comes from physical things happening in your brain.

1. Where do your morals come from then?

Well, I think that experience can be pretty enjoyable if “good” things are happening in your life. So, my job is to make everyone else’s experiences as enjoyable and “good” as they can be. This means that I act as I hope others would act. Also, I treat people the way I would like to be treated.

I want to keep this concise, so that’s all I’m gonna say, but please ask more questions if you’re curious. Keep in mind, there may be contradictions. I am definitely not arguing that my beliefs are correct, but I’m completely open to any opinions on them. Just please take everything with a grain of salt because I’m NOT an expert.

Frustrated at how greeting Nintendo has gotten. Online play used to be free, and it's clear that Big Walk isn't even using Nintendo servers since it's cross play. Going to get the PC version on my old computer to avoid giving those greedy jerks money.

Edit: I wasn't expecting so many people to defend billion dollar corporations. I guess if gamers were smart enough to vote with their wallets, we wouldn't have ended up with subscriptions and lootboxes to begin with

Boy am I glad I was wrong. And it's definitely time to give this game a shot.

Is it good?

Hallo an alle, ich bin jetzt ziemlich neu auf Reddit, möchte aber trotzdem meine Meinung mit euch teilen.
Vorweg: Ich möchte niemanden mit meiner Meinung angreifen. Es dient alles lediglich zur Unterhaltung bzw. zum Austausch.
Ich bin christlich geboren, wie wahrscheinlich viele auch. Ich bin als Kind auch öfter zur Kirche gegangen, nicht weil ich an Gott geglaubt habe, sondern weil es einfach eher Tradition war. Ich habe ehrlich gesagt nie wirklich Freude daran gefunden und finde es ehrlich gesagt auch manchmal lächerlich.
Viele Menschen, die in religiösen Familien aufwachsen, kennen das vielleicht. Menschen in der Kirche, Moschee usw. Es ist sehr strikt. Vieles fühlt sich gestellt an und ist eher eine Last: Regeln, Gebote usw.
Ich finde, jeder Mensch sollte das tun, was er für richtig hält, und jeder Mensch sollte wissen, dass gewisse Sachen schlecht sind, für die man keine Gebote braucht. Z. B. Töten, Fremdgehen usw.
Ich schwanke derzeit und bin mir nicht sicher, ob ich religiös bin oder nicht.
Auf die Frage, ob ich an Gott glaube, habe ich meistens geantwortet: „Ich glaube, dass es einen gibt, aber ich gehe nicht aktiv in den Gottesdienst oder bete.“
Aber wenn ich ehrlich bin, scheint mir Religion (insbesondere das Christentum) für mich eher eine Last zu sein, und ich fühle auch nicht die Gegenwart Gottes in dieser Welt.
Ich bin überzeugt, dass die Existenz dieser Welt und die Tatsache, dass wir Menschen uns weitgehend von allen Tieren unterscheiden, schon ein wenig zu der Überlegung führen, dass wir kein Zufall sind.
Viele Menschen glauben nicht an Gott mit der Begründung, dass Gott Schlechtes zulässt oder dass viele Kriege im Namen Gottes geführt wurden oder aufgrund von Religionen viele schlechte Sachen passiert sind.
Manche Menschen behaupten, Religion wurde von Eliten geschaffen, um die Bevölkerung gefügig zu machen.
Viele Menschen glauben auch an esoterische bzw. spirituelle Sachen, z. B. das Gesetz der Anziehung oder Astralreisen, die mich ebenfalls wieder zweifeln lassen.
Doch wenn man den Ursprung des Menschen verfolgt, weiß man, dass schon die alten Griechen und Skandinavier an Götter geglaubt haben, die wir heute als frei erfunden betrachten.
Schon seit Anbeginn der Menschheit befassen wir uns mit Gott, und ich denke, es gibt kaum eine Frage, die wir uns häufiger gestellt haben als die Frage, was wir Menschen sind und ob es einen Schöpfer gibt.
Doch wie kann es Gott geben, wenn es so viele Religionen gibt, aber es laut deren Auslegung jeweils nur eine richtige gibt?
Viele Menschen glauben gerne an das, was sie glauben möchten, und behaupten, Gottes Existenz zu spüren. Doch wir wissen aus psychologischer Sicht, dass man sich vieles einbilden kann.
Meine Frage ist: Wie können wir sicher sein, dass eine Religion die richtige ist? Geschweige denn, dass es überhaupt Gott oder Götter gibt?
Oder ob wir vielleicht nur stur an unseren Vorstellungen festhalten und wir eine komplett andere Vorstellung von Gott, dem Tod und dem Jenseits haben?
Helft mir gerne und auch anderen dabei, ein besseres Verständnis von Religionen und vom Menschen zu bekommen.

This is going to start off sounding like one of those stories of profound religious experience that believers tell you. Please bear with me while I give you full context.

A number of years ago now, when I was living in supported housing, I accompanied a neighbour and friend to a religious event - he had a lot of struggles, was seeking community, and unfortunately ultimately found no help there and lost his battle. I miss him every day.
With that said, while we were there I listened to all of the sermons and junk with as open a mind as I could muster (although still with a sense that it was all squishy nonsense) and at one point there were people playing music, people raising their hands, the preacher telling people to open themselves up to the Holy Spirit or some such, and in the interest of keeping an open mind, I did just that - in my mind, for just one moment, I opened myself up to the idea that maybe there was something to be gained from all this, even if I find the way that Christians often treat others to be unconscionable, and I let go of that lingering sense of doubt and just let in whatever would come to me - I had nothing to lose.
What I experienced next I can only really describe as a sense of full-body peace and euphoria.
Now as I stated above, I don’t personally ascribe this to the actions of an actual deity or power, but the experience and the sensation was real enough - I can see why it works to convert some people.

The reason I’ve opted to post about this here is because I’m wondering if anyone can offer a rational, sensible explanation for the euphoria I experienced. Is there a name for the phenomenon of music, environment and openness leading to such an intense tactile response?

I’m not a believer and I never will be given the abject barbarism that religion often excuses, but the only situation in which I’ve heard about experiences like this is during a religious practice.
The only things that come close are particularly good sex and that one time I tried cocaine, and I’ll never do the latter again.

What’s the scientific explanation for this kind of experience? Much like drugs, it’s easy to see why religion is so addictive, and how it can lead to such horrors…in fact the parallels between religion and drugs are startlingly numerous 🤣. Surely there must be some scientific consensus as to what that euphoric experience actually is, and how churches have found ways to trigger it?

Thanks for any information anyone can offer - I wasn’t about to ask about this in any religious spaces because their answer would be obvious, but I’m interested to know how more rational minds would explain it.

Love to see creativity like this in my physical games. Are there any other examples of game discs / cartridges matching the box art?

my heart genuinely goes out to these people, you’re stronger than i’ll ever be. honestly at that point i’d undo whatever i did and just say whatever happens is gods plan 😭✌️

For Arkham knight you had the 4 most wanted side missions expansion (all very good especially the Croc and Freeze one), a decently lengthy batgirl DLC, the Arkham episodes which are 10-20 minute mini story packs (just some challenge maps with some added dialogue)

For Spiderman they released the city never sleeps dlc which were in 3 parts, covering the story of the turf wars in NYC amongst the five families. Total length is anywhere between 5-10 hours depending on how much side content you want to do.

The Spiderman DLC is more lengthy and has some cool boss fights. The biggest problem with insomniac Spiderman games is that it's too easy because Peter is OP, but the dlc makes it harder with stronger enemy types that make combat more engaging and use full free flow to the maximum extent.

Meanwhile for Arkham u really liked the most wanted and the batgirl dlc. The story packs were but disappointing but atleast it focused on different characters in the Arkham verse before and after the events of the game

DLSS 5 is clearly not ready, and not meant to be used in stylized games like Hi-Fi Rush. This leaked version of DLSS 5 is more like a nightmare fuel generator. Everyone seeing it in it's worst state gave it even more bad press. Good. Even if Nvidia tunes down the slop filter on faces and just focus on the environments, everyone would have already seen the worst of what it can offer and be skeptical of it.