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  1. Comment on Steam Winter Sale 2023: Hidden gems in ~games

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    Snakebird is currently available for free on Epic. Really interested to try it with your recommendation!

    Snakebird is currently available for free on Epic. Really interested to try it with your recommendation!

    1 vote

  2. Comment on Tildes Game Giveaway: Holiday 2023 in ~games

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    Redeemed! Thanks very much! Have a Merry Christmas!

    Redeemed! Thanks very much! Have a Merry Christmas!

    2 votes

  3. Comment on Year in Review: Your games of 2023 in ~games

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    Getting a Steam Deck was a game changer for me. I got it on sale in March, giving me a chance to finally enter PC gaming after limiting myself to a Nintendo Switch. With so many possibilities open...

    Getting a Steam Deck was a game changer for me. I got it on sale in March, giving me a chance to finally enter PC gaming after limiting myself to a Nintendo Switch. With so many possibilities open to me (aside from being able to purchase expensive, current-year games), my selection of the biggest games I have played in 2023 show me to be more conservative than I would have expected:

    • The Bard's Tale Trilogy: Because Titanfall 2 exceeds the storage capacity of my Deck, the first game I played as a PC gamer is a remake of a 40-ish-old dungeon crawler from the eighties. I remember now why I stopped playing it halfway, it's tough as nails and merciless in its old-school difficulty. Although it loses its mythic appeal in an Information Age where mysteries have no shadows to hide in, this game still embodies the grind that has shaped my gaming ethic.

    • Dead Island: Like everything else I played this year, I got it on the cheap (a habit I picked up as a Switch customer). This is one of the games I enjoyed most from the Xbox 360 era, and the upgraded graphics are a treat to see. Can't wait for the sequel to come out on Steam next year or whenever. As a non-online-player, this also introduced me to griefing for the first time.

    • Resident Evil 5: I was most interested to play this particular game out of the entire Humble Bundle pack to see if it was still as fun and racist as before, and it sure is. Don't understand how gamers have on the whole completely washed their hands of this controversy, or how something like the DnD episode of Community gets censored but this receives no heat. The sharpest awareness gamers seem to show is when the hate for RE5's Sheeva gets corrected to "hate for the AI". Still, my biggest disappointment for the PC version is the removal of all QTE, rendering the big-boulder showdown without a solid foundation to stand upon.

    So, unfortunately, there is no Game of the Year nominee from me. But I'm looking forward to trying out all the amazing games listed on this page.

    7 votes

  4. Comment on Tildes Game Giveaway: Holiday 2023 in ~games

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    X-Morph: Defense + European Assault, Survival of the Fittest, and Last Bastion DLC, please. I don't have any holiday traditions but I can share one weird holiday-type thing. When I was young, I...

    X-Morph: Defense + European Assault, Survival of the Fittest, and Last Bastion DLC, please.

    I don't have any holiday traditions but I can share one weird holiday-type thing. When I was young, I saw an advent calendar for the month of December for which December 1st fell on a Fri which was followed (obviously) by Dec 2 on a Saturday, and I thought to myself, "That's strange." From then on, all my Decembers have been judged on whether they adhere to this strange rule, meaning that (for me) it isn't a "real" Christmas unless Dec 1 falls on a Friday. Weird.

    1 vote

  5. Comment on Steam Winter Sale 2023: Hidden gems in ~games

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    Laura Shigihara also did the Plants vs Zombies soundtrack and worked on a slew of indie games like Deltarune, Super Meat Boy, and a little game you may heard of called Minecraft. With all the work...

    made by the singer who did the songs for TO THE MOON / FINDING PARADISE

    Laura Shigihara also did the Plants vs Zombies soundtrack and worked on a slew of indie games like Deltarune, Super Meat Boy, and a little game you may heard of called Minecraft. With all the work she's done, it shouldn't be surprising that she went into programming and made her own game that has been so well received. One for the wishlist.

    3 votes

  6. Comment on Tildes Game Giveaway: Holiday 2023 in ~games

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    Thanks! Games redeemed! You have a good holiday!

    Thanks! Games redeemed! You have a good holiday!

  7. Comment on Tildes Game Giveaway: Holiday 2023 in ~games

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    I'd love to play The Textorcist and Killsquad. I am grateful this year for my job, even though I hate it. But I am still grateful. I tried hiking this year and found that I really like it. The...

    I'd love to play The Textorcist and Killsquad.

    I am grateful this year for my job, even though I hate it. But I am still grateful.

    I tried hiking this year and found that I really like it. The shame is that I haven't gone back on the trails after trying it for a couple of weeks.

    That said, I'm looking in the new Year to finding a new job and trying to go hiking some more.

  8. Comment on Tildes Game Giveaway: Holiday 2023 in ~games

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    I'd love to try Hellpoint, I still have yet to play a Souls/Souls-like. Why not one in outer space?

    I'd love to try Hellpoint, I still have yet to play a Souls/Souls-like. Why not one in outer space?

    1 vote

  9. Comment on Saints Row developer Volition permanently shuts down in ~games

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    Unlike their nominally named competition, Volition lived life large as rock stars who did whatever they pleased. With IV, they: *Released its first DLC for free on the same day GTA V was released...

    Unlike their nominally named competition, Volition lived life large as rock stars who did whatever they pleased.

    With IV, they:
    *Released its first DLC for free on the same day GTA V was released
    *Featured DLC ranging from the S&M-themed "Enter the Dominatrix" to a Christmas DLC
    *Broke the fourth wall with their own employees in-game
    *Broke the game's own canon to bring back past characters

    It seemed they could do no wrong. Alas, we are now forever deprived of knowing how Jane Austen would have changed the Saints Row universe.

    4 votes

  10. Comment on Saints Row developer Volition permanently shuts down in ~games

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    Pour one out for my homie Volition. You are too pure for this world, and its $2 billion investment restructuring deals. This studio will always have a place in my heart for making Saints Row IV...

    Pour one out for my homie Volition. You are too pure for this world, and its $2 billion investment restructuring deals.

    This studio will always have a place in my heart for making Saints Row IV run on my puny Switch and allowing me to experience the best ride-along sing-along in video game history.

    8 votes

  11. Comment on What is your most annoying (minor) movie trope? in ~movies

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    Using prop coffee cups that are obviously empty: It is incredibly disingenuous to see actors gesture about wildly without spilling the coffee cups in their hands. And by pretending to drink from...

    Using prop coffee cups that are obviously empty: It is incredibly disingenuous to see actors gesture about wildly without spilling the coffee cups in their hands. And by pretending to drink from them, this nothingness implies a coffee that is without taste. Gross.

    Being a foodie for me has been all negatives and no positives. This is one of them.

    43 votes