Suriel Vazquez

@suriel

Writing and video games. Now: freelance consultant for Hit Detection, Magid, etc. Prev: Narrative Lead at Big Blue Sky Games, critic/essayist for YouTube, MinnMax, Polygon, GameSpot, Game Informer, lots more.

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Suriel Vazquez@suriel· 11d

Pretty funny that there's a big sale event for porn games on Steam rn but you wouldn't know it since it's not shown on the front page at all

Steam banner ad for the "Adult Heaven" Showcase going on with sales on a bunch of hentai or sexually explicit games

Suriel Vazquez@suriel· 11d

We as a culture have got to cool it on Halloween it is JULY

Photo of mini pumpkin Reese's and "count and witch" KitKats already available at store candy aisle

Suriel Vazquez@suriel· 12d

Uh oh. My bad

Screencap of a post I made yesterday: "Tool that uses Roomba telemetry data to auto-generate 2d levels in a game

is this anythying"

Suriel Vazquez@suriel· 12d

Deadlock community having a normal one

Screenshot of a stream named "Sorting Rice until patch #yoshiwatch" in which the streamer Deathy and his wife are sorting a large bowl of white and brown rice into separate bowls.

Suriel Vazquez@suriel· 13d

He still has Berserker Charge, Weapon X is completely different and Fatal Claw is silly, but Berserker Barrage specifically is imo as synonmous with Wolverine as like, Fastball Special. It's popped up in Marvel card games, too.

Berserker Barrage card from Marvel Champions.

Suriel Vazquez@suriel· 23d

Primo pinball selection for the world cup final

Photo of three pinball machines: The Sopranos, King Kong, and Pokemon

Suriel Vazquez@suriel· 26d

You know, I have my doubts.

RE3 remake note: Can you say the same for parasites, however? Doctors have tried in vain to develop a vaccine for malaria. Parasites like Plasmodium are far more genetically complex than the T-Virus, and to think they will submit to control is utter folly.

Perhaps, in your country, consumers are wiling to buy automobiles with no brakes, but here in America, they know better.

Suriel Vazquez@suriel· 26d

Me when I gotta point out who the eternal diva is

Professor Layton pointing specifically at your Diva ass

Suriel Vazquez@suriel· Jul 11

Ikaruga (2001)

Edit of a dril tweet that says "the wise man bowed his head solemnly and spoke: 'theres actually a big difference between black and white bullets. you imbecile. you fucking moron'"

Suriel Vazquez@suriel· Jul 5

. @englandft.bsky.social you can have some of my churro cheesecake, but on ONE condition

Suriel Vazquez@suriel· Jul 1

Only one thing can save Ecuador

Soccer video game screenshot of the special move Hyper Shoot

Suriel Vazquez@suriel· Jun 30

Big day for Mexico today... in Dota

Screenshot of the upcoming Canada vs Mexico match in the Esports Nations Cup tournament for Dota 2, where all the players on a team have to be from that country. Don't miss it!!!!

Suriel Vazquez@suriel· Jun 29

soccer video game where the player is intentionally kicking a ball at one of the cameramen

Suriel Vazquez@suriel· Jun 28

Suriel Vazquez@suriel· Jun 27

Straight to Jail meme template. Top text: The Straight Story?
Bottom text: Believe it or not, also gay

Suriel Vazquez@suriel· Jun 4

Need to see his editing chops on the big screen

Suriel Vazquez@suriel· Jun 3

I got a better one

Post from me on bsky that reads: Why is everyone so mad at my compromise? Both mothers got half a baby"

Suriel Vazquez@suriel· Jun 3

Suriel Vazquez@suriel· May 27

screenshot of The Wire that has Marlo saying "Price of the brick going up."

Suriel Vazquez@suriel· May 27

It's a big year for Minas

Character select image of Mina from Deadlock

Suriel Vazquez@suriel· May 26

That's usually where I make my dropoffs though

First Light objective text that says "Locate Pickup - Go to the men's toilets"

Suriel Vazquez@suriel· May 23

Yoshi thinking

Suriel Vazquez@suriel· May 22

Suriel Vazquez@suriel· May 20

My 3.5/5 review of mortal Kombat 2

"It's just a series of fights in front of green screens and the plot plot doesn't make sense and the characters are stupid" shut the fuck up this shit rules if you want a good story go play a mortal Kombat game

Suriel Vazquez@suriel· May 13

Bart Simpson chalkboard meme that says "A critic's job is not to reflet my opinions and values but their own." several times

Suriel Vazquez@suriel· May 11

Kinda rude to do this in front of him

Urban dictionary definition of Kirking:

To have several relationships with hot women in short periods of time with no attachment whatsoever.

Suriel Vazquez@suriel· May 7

Something so endearing about having a main menu option called "Notes" in your game that shows you this with a low-fi twangy guitar riff before showing you the controls or credits (Everyday Shooter by Jessica Mak)

Screenshot of Everyday Shooter's Notes section that reads:

"In the spring of 2005 I started work on what I called "the new game." It was supposed to provide maximum replayability and gameplay depth through ingenious game design innovations, but instead it was a complicated mess of rules and controls that were neither fun nor understandable. Somehow I lost myself in a ridiculous concoction of self-indulgent, games-are-art-theory-innovation wankery. Truth is, the only things that mattered were the games that inspired me to make games in the first place.

Thus began my journey back to the roots of my gaming youth: the top-down shoot-em-up. From the classic shooters of yore to today's modern interpretations, I studied the works until I realized that even the simplest of things can be the most beautiful of things. Armed with this little piece of knowledge, I finally understood how to make the game that I truly wanted to make.

A few months later, Everyday Shooter was born.

I owe a lot to the inspirational work of Kenta Cho, Kanta "OMEGA" Matsuhisa, Tetsuya Mizuguchi, and countless others in the freeware community. If this game is worth anything, it is because it was built on the shoulders of those giants. I hope so dearly that I can repay my debt to them by inspiring someone else out there to create something great.

Have fun, and good game!

Suriel Vazquez@suriel· May 5

wait now we're REALLY cookin

screenshot of a Deadlock mod page that turns the death sounds in that game into the Killer7 kill sound

Suriel Vazquez@suriel· May 5

Been cookin recently