Pondscape - Croaking Bad

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Meeplelowda wrote: 22 August 2026, 19:41
lefalaf wrote: 21 August 2026, 20:36 “Croaking Bad”? Interesting, the AI, or whomever, is now offering opinions on the quality of games.
Or maybe, as is the style of many of these announcements, it's a pun based on "Breaking Bad."
I thought that might be the case, but having never seen the show, and I doubt I'm alone, it just looks, well, bad.

Wonder what the connection is. I don't recall the game being about meth.
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I just came here to say; that frog is so freaking cute!! :D
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lefalaf wrote: 22 August 2026, 22:41
Meeplelowda wrote: 22 August 2026, 19:41
lefalaf wrote: 21 August 2026, 20:36 “Croaking Bad”? Interesting, the AI, or whomever, is now offering opinions on the quality of games.
Or maybe, as is the style of many of these announcements, it's a pun based on "Breaking Bad."
I thought that might be the case, but having never seen the show, and I doubt I'm alone, it just looks, well, bad.

Wonder what the connection is. I don't recall the game being about meth.
Some of them are kinda forced and don't really tie in to the theme/mechanics. Like "DNUP: Everything, Everywhere, All At Your Table!" I think Croaking Bad falls in that category.

But some of my recent favorites:
Nucleum: Ohm Alone
Emberleaf: Groot Expectations
Pyramis: Block to the Future
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Re: Pondscape - Croaking Bad

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Meeplelowda wrote: 23 August 2026, 06:59
lefalaf wrote: 22 August 2026, 22:41
Meeplelowda wrote: 22 August 2026, 19:41
Or maybe, as is the style of many of these announcements, it's a pun based on "Breaking Bad."
I thought that might be the case, but having never seen the show, and I doubt I'm alone, it just looks, well, bad.

Wonder what the connection is. I don't recall the game being about meth.
Some of them are kinda forced and don't really tie in to the theme/mechanics. Like "DNUP: Everything, Everywhere, All At Your Table!" I think Croaking Bad falls in that category.

But some of my recent favorites:
Nucleum: Ohm Alone
Emberleaf: Groot Expectations
Pyramis: Block to the Future
Seems they are just instructing the AI to pick a random movie/series title to pair with, and aren't (always) bothering to redo it when it spits out slop. At least those three made sense. A human would attempt to make every selection / post make sense.
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Re: Pondscape - Croaking Bad

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lefalaf wrote: 21 August 2026, 20:36 “Croaking Bad”? Interesting, the AI, or whomever, is now offering opinions on the quality of games.
The game's actually good. What about Ribbiting Fun?
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drewco wrote: 24 August 2026, 03:25
lefalaf wrote: 21 August 2026, 20:36 “Croaking Bad”? Interesting, the AI, or whomever, is now offering opinions on the quality of games.
The game's actually good. What about Ribbiting Fun?
Sounds much more enticing.
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drewco wrote: 24 August 2026, 03:25 What about Ribbiting Fun?
Much better. Want to take over writing the release announcements?
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