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Gearbox has purchased the Risk of Rain IP from Hopoo Games
@Risk of Rain 2: Risk of Rain joins the Gearbox family. pic.twitter.com/EjlOUVi0Hq
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Ubisoft and Riot Games announce the “Zero Harm in Comms” research project to detect harmful content in game chats
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Mick Gordon's full statement regarding Doom Eternal
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What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them?
What have you been playing lately? Discussion about video games and board games are both welcome. Please don't just make a list of titles, give some thoughts about the game(s) as well.
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Warhammer 40,000: Darktide | World intro trailer
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Why do people play MMO's solo?
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Meet the inspirational owner of Norway's esports powerhouse Omaken Sports
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Making text adventure games (1985)
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How speedrunners conquered the World's Hardest Game
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What is the Fourth Dimension really? 4D Golf Devlog #2
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Alcazar puzzle generator
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Today's puzzle (not a sudoku) is one of the most interesting that Simon can remember - a combination of Araf and Aqre called Aqraf
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What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them?
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Racing / driving games: What do they get right? What do they miss?
I was playing Mario Kart 8 Deluxe with my kid the other day and it was a blast. Nintendo have really nailed this game, especially in the balance of accessible enough for beginners to have fun but...
I was playing Mario Kart 8 Deluxe with my kid the other day and it was a blast. Nintendo have really nailed this game, especially in the balance of accessible enough for beginners to have fun but hard enough for people to have a challenge too.
My other favourite game (although I haven't played it for a while) is Sega Rally Championship on Sega Saturn. This game has 4 tracks (one of which needs to be unlocked) and 3 cars (and again, one of these needs to be unlocked). The tiny number of cars and tracks means that you get to do the same corners over and over. This might sound tedious, but when you hit the corner just right you know it. You can get a sense of mastery over it. I've spent many hours playing games in the Gran Turismo series, and I really enjoy them, but fair play some of the tracks and cars are just shovelled into the game and you don't spend much time with them
In the first Gran Turismo the licensing tests were properly hard. They weren't messing around. Getting bronze requires people to read the manual and understand what the point of the test is. Getting all gold is an actual challenge for experienced players. I feel like the tests (at least, the bronze levels) got easier in later games. The UK soundtrack was small but pretty good.
My final mention is the Burnout series. I loved the crash junctions. I'm not sure the open world of Paradise was fun - it meant spending a lot of time driving across a map to get to the start line of various events. I feel the same way about many games - I'd rather just have a menu of levels and what I need to do to complete them (GoldenEye, SNES PilotWings, BlastCorps are all good examples) than have this stuff obscured by the open world. Burnout on the Nintendo DS was a genuinely awful game. I think Burnout Dominator was my favourite in the series.
So, what do driving games get right? What do they miss? What interesting game mechanics do you enjoy?
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Morality in games mechanics
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Did Real Time Strategy games die? Why?
There were a few years when RTS was a popular genre with games like Total Annihilation, Age of Empires, Command and Conquer, and Starcraft being very popular examples. But these games have mostly...
There were a few years when RTS was a popular genre with games like Total Annihilation, Age of Empires, Command and Conquer, and Starcraft being very popular examples.
But these games have mostly died out, and I was wondering if maybe I'm just not aware of modern RTS variants, or if there are good reasons why these games died off.
Like, are Tower Defence games a form of RTS?
Are there any RTS games where teams play against each other, so 2v2 rather than 1v1?
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Exclusive: Final Fantasy 16’s developers open up about Game of Thrones comparisons, sidequests, and representation
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Adversarial policies beat professional-level Go AIs
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What makes a good detective game?
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Dwarf Fortress Steam Edition | Release date trailer
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Evennia, a Python MUD/MU* creation system
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Have MMO's lost the RPG?
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The Witcher Remake is in development
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Victoria 3 | Release trailer
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Victoria III confirmed! (First impressions)
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Organizers of this week's World Fischer Random Chess Championship have introduced unprecedented new security measures to prevent cheating
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A brief history of Multi-User Dungeons
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Anyone know if there’s a way to just read text adventure games?
I found out about these types of games about three years ago. I attempted playing Zork I, as well as this other film where you’re trying to get inside something and apparently it turns into a time...
I found out about these types of games about three years ago. I attempted playing Zork I, as well as this other film where you’re trying to get inside something and apparently it turns into a time travel game where you meet The Beatles (and if someone knows the title of that game I would really appreciate it because I’ve forgotten).
I’ve been fascinated by some of these games. Big problem though, is that I suck at video games in general, and these text adventure games are particularly brutal. I saw some video about Zork, which were great, but for some of them (like the aforementioned time travel game) don’t have videos. So is there a way to just read it like a book. I’ve found guides on how to complete the games, but even those leave me lost and confused.
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Let’s talk visual novels
(Inspired by this conversation thread) Any and all thoughts on visual novels are welcome. Some potential questions for jumping off points: What are your thoughts on the VN genre/format? What are...
(Inspired by this conversation thread)
Any and all thoughts on visual novels are welcome. Some potential questions for jumping off points:
What are your thoughts on the VN genre/format?
What are some of the best VNs you’ve played/read?
What would you recommend to someone who’s new to VNs and wants to try one out?
How do you think VNs compare to games, literature, and other interactive fiction?
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What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them?
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Hans Niemann sues champion Magnus Carlsen and others for $100 million over cheating claim
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Vampire Survivors | Launch trailer
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Sudoku expert solves something that's not quite a sudoku
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Artosis, esports casting godfather, moves on
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EA has confirmed it will shut down the online services for several games early next year, including Mirror's Edge and NBA Jam: On Fire Edition
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Open source is democratizing video game development
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Rooster Teeth responds to ex-employee’s allegations of harassment, grueling hours, low pay and unpaid work
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'It gets better after 100 hours...'
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Action Button reviews Boku no Natsuyasumi
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Inglenook Shunting
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RetroAhoy: X-COM
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Learn about the economy in Victoria 3 – master the basics, find your niche, expand horizontally or vertically and lead your nation into a brighter future
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So I got DOOM running inside of Notepad
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Inform 7 concepts and strategies
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Standard patterns in choice-based games
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