this game is really damn good, it's mechanically excellent and the art's insanely charming, but i feel better off not acknowledging that fact. halfway through kirby 64, a 10 hour game, i had the realization that n64 graphics would be a good base for my next game's artstyle. my game's story amounted to just a concept for an intro yesterday, but i spent like 2 and a half hours playing pokemon black from the beginning earlier and now i actually have a sense of direction with where to go from there. i had pretty much experienced all of balatro after completing a playthrough of it's demo. i wonder where i'd be if i had spent those 50 hours differently.