Well its does not mean "fuck all". It means the games are run based and randomised.

Also Rogue had zero meta progression.

Yeah I get that they created roguelite for games that are based on rng runs and has some sort of async progression and I think that has become a pretty practical genre to categorize a wide array of hands that share those traits. 

But roguelike should be kept to games like nethack, pixel dungeon etc that share the basic concepts of rogue.

Roguelike was the term generally used for all roguelites before they became so popular someone invented a separate word for it.

semantics is the lowest form of discussion

Oh, after doing some research, it seems the person who wrote this article did not do theirs. I'm pretty sure Don't Starve Together, Megabonk, and Elden Ring Nightreign (if you want to count that) all still beat out Mewgenics (especially Nightreign if we count it, by like such a large gap.)

The previous record was actually Hades 2 which surprised me too.

Super worth picking up if you like grid based tactics type games. It has so much more depth than I was expecting, every run or two I’m getting some new twist or ability that makes it play quite differently to anything I’ve tried yet.

Plus the sound track is great.

Interesting take. You bring up a good point, but the game has been in development for 10 years and it's a really small cameo. I'm assuming most did the voice work for free or a small flat rate. It's not like you're supporting them with royalties every time the cat meows.

If you asked Ben Stiller to remove the Donald Trump cameo from Zoolander he'd probably give a similar answer despite Donald Trump being a far worse person and Ben Stiller publicly being a Democrat. I don't think it's a "centrist bullshit" position to work with people with wildly different views.

For me, it's just such a small issue to focus on and ruin something else you find enjoyable. It's one thing if McMillen was a vocal supporter of Israel or vocal MAGA. Like, I haven't watched a Tom Cruise movie in almost 2 decades because of his role in Scientology, but I watch Zoolander like once a year.

Eh, I would prefer that they weren't in, but there's 100+ voice actors in it and their only contributions is literally meowing. It's such a microscopic part of a phenomenal game, I can look past it.

Ugh I know, imagine playing a game and hearing idubbz, the n-word/f-slur guy. Fucking gross.

It means “similar to red”

The headline says "roguelite", the Berlin Interpretation is safe for now

Edmund has said he specifically did this on purpose. There's no singular game winning item. The power comes from combinations. He added passives and items that seem boring at face value but get better when synergizing with something else.

With all that said I think the breeding is what will make runs broken. Good items will be an unnecessary cherry on top when your cats are overpowered from the start.

From what ive seen the crazy stuff is quite a ways into the game, too much of a time commitment for me

I mean that is what Edmund McMillan started as, up until the remake of Binding of Isaac really