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I need casual, easy going games to help me relax. So, Tildes, what you got?
I like to play games. So I guess I'm a "gamer"? But: I'm not into arena shooters, MMORPMRPORG grinders, anything with endless cutscenes of exposition and absolutely nothing that needs a "pass" to...
I like to play games. So I guess I'm a "gamer"? But: I'm not into arena shooters, MMORPMRPORG grinders, anything with endless cutscenes of exposition and absolutely nothing that needs a "pass" to play... so where's my games? I feel like there's nothing for casual-but-not-candy-crush-or-clash-of-clans players like me out there.
I want something that takes me back to the days of Roller Coaster Tycoon, Sim City 2000 or more recently, Stardew that's not going to make my blood boil or nickel-and-dime me to progress. That doesn't mean it needs to be cute or easy, but more... meditative? Or goofy?
Given the crowd here I figured you lot would probably have some good recommendations. So: fire away!
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Norway Chess 2023 | GothamChess YouTube recaps
Background The 2023 Norway Chess is an elite over-the-board tournament in Stavanger, Norway. The event starts on May 29 at 10 a.m. PT/19:00 CEST with a blitz tournament, followed by a classical...
Background
The 2023 Norway Chess is an elite over-the-board tournament in Stavanger, Norway. The event starts on May 29 at 10 a.m. PT/19:00 CEST with a blitz tournament, followed by a classical event beginning May 30 at 8 a.m. PT/17:00 CEST.
This edition of Norway Chess features a kr$2,500,000 prize fund, roughly equivalent to $234,000 at the time of writing.
Format
The 2023 Norway Chess features a blitz tournament that precedes the classical event. The final standings of the blitz event determine players' seeds for the classical event.
Blitz Event
- 10-player single round-robin.
- Players earn 1 point for a win, 0.5 for a draw, and 0 for a loss.
- The time control is 3+2.
- In case there's a tie, the following tiebreakers apply:
- Direct Encounter
- Sonneborn-Berger
- Koya System
- The Koya System Extended
- Drawing of lots
The winner of the blitz event picks their pairing number. The remaining players pick their pairing number, one by one, according to their final standings in the blitz tournament.
Classical
- 10-player single round-robin.
- Players earn 3 points for a win, 1.5 for a draw and armageddon win, 1 for a draw and armageddon loss, and 0 for a loss.
- Players can't draw by agreement before Black's 30th move, unless it's an armageddon game.
- The time control is 120 minutes for the entire game, with a 10-second increment per move starting on move 41.
- In case there's a tie, players contest an armageddon game where White has 10 minutes on their clock and Black has seven, with a one-second increment starting on move 41. Black has draw odds. The player who played White in the classical game plays White in the armageddon.
Classical Tiebreaks
If two players tie for first place, the following tiebreakers apply:
- A two-game blitz Playoff match with a 3+2 time control.
- If the tie persists, players contest another two-game blitz match.
- If still drawn, players contest an armageddon game. White gets 10 minutes, and Black gets 7 minutes with draw odds. The armageddon game has a one-second increment per move, starting on move 41.
If more than two players tie for first place, the following tiebreakers apply:
- Drawn players contest a double round-robin with the same tiebreakers as the blitz tournament.
Players
Below is a list of the players confirmed to play in the 2023 Norway Chess tournament:
- GM Magnus Carlsen
- GM Alireza Firouzja
- GM Anish Giri
- GM Wesley So
- GM Hikaru Nakamura
- GM Fabiano Caruana
- GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
- GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov
- GM Gukesh D
- GM Aryan Tari
Source: Chess.com
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Stellaris Nexus | Announcement trailer
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Discussion Megathread | BLAST Premier Spring Final 2023
Welcome to the discussion thread for the BLAST Premier Spring Final 2023, the last Big Event before the summer break. The event will feature eight of the world’s best CS:GO teams competing for a...
Welcome to the discussion thread for the BLAST Premier Spring Final 2023, the last Big Event before the summer break. The event will feature eight of the world’s best CS:GO teams competing for a $425,000 prize pool and a spot at the BLAST Premier World Final 2023. The event will take place at the Entertainment & Sports Arena in Washington, D.C., from June 7-11.
The teams attending the event are:
- Heroic (From Spring Groups)
- G2 Esports (From Spring Groups)
- FaZe Clan (From Spring Groups)
- Natus Vincere (From Spring Groups)
- Vitality (From Spring Groups)
- Astralis (From Spring Groups)
- Cloud9 (From Spring Showdown – EU)
- Imperial (From Spring Showdown – NA)
The event will start with two double-elimination GSL groups, followed by a single-elimination playoff bracket. All matches will be best-of-three.
The event will also mark the return of Vitality to LAN for the first time since their Major triumph in Paris, where they won without dropping a single map. They will face Imperial in their opening match, who might be playing their last event with Gabriel “FalleN” Toledo as rumors of his move to FURIA are rampant.
Other interesting matchups include G2 vs Cloud9, who both had disappointing runs at IEM Dallas and the Major cycle, and Heroic vs Astralis, who will clash for the Danish supremacy.
You can follow the event on BLAST.tv, YouTube, or Twitch. The schedule and results can be found on HLTV or Liquipedia.
This is a bit of a test thread. I will try to post a comment for each match, under which you can share your thoughts and comments about each individual game. As such, it may be preferable to sort the thread by new, in order to see the most recent match-ups. Also, in case I miss any match feel free to post the results yourself!
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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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History of Kriegsspiel: How did war become a game?
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Project Zomboid: The Timeline As Seen On TV (Mostly AI Video)
10 votes -
Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name description, screenshots, and release date appear on PlayStation Store price tracker
7 votes -
Forgotlings | Official teaser
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Saw there have been few posts about rhythm games over the years. Any Clone Hero players here?
10 votes -
Norland | Gameplay overview - medieval strategy/city builder
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Diablo IV is the fastest selling Blizzard game of all-time
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Traumatarium - A new dungeon crawler RPG for the Nintendo Game Boy with killer black-metal graphics
8 votes -
No Man's Sky - Expedition Ten: Singularity
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Visual novel readers, what kinds of choices do you want to make in your games?
Do you prefer kinetic VNs (where there are no choices, just story), choices that slightly alter the dialogue but don't impact the story much, or choices that result in new scenes/routes/endings?...
Do you prefer kinetic VNs (where there are no choices, just story), choices that slightly alter the dialogue but don't impact the story much, or choices that result in new scenes/routes/endings?
Personally, I'm a fan of having choices in the game and having them impact the narrative -- either by unlocking a new route, a special scene with a character, or getting an alternative ending. Stein's;Gate was a lot of fun for me.
I do enjoy a good kinetic novel when I just want to listen to music and read, though. Queen Beast is a great recent example -- go check it out!
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Star Wars: The Old Republic going third-party as BioWare focuses on Mass Effect and Dragon Age
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Now that Amnesia: The Bunker is out and has a demo, what are your thoughts on it?
8 votes -
The OTHER most philosophical video game ever made
8 votes -
Pikmin 4 — Rise to the Occasion | Trailer
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Capcom Showcase is coming to Summer Game Fest next Monday
@Summer Game Fest: JUST ANNOUNCED:Capcom Showcase is coming to #SummerGameFest next Monday, June 12 at 3p PT / 6p ET.Set a reminder at https://t.co/gO9QVWFCdl pic.twitter.com/Ewp3kwcWUA
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Aaron Greenberg: None of our first party games in the [Xbox Showcase] are full CG trailers
@Aaron Greenberg 🙅🏼♂️💚U: None of our first party games in the show are full CG trailers. Everything is either in-game footage, in-engine footage, or in-game footage with some cinematics. Each of our trailers will be labeled so it is hopefully clear for our fans.
9 votes -
Death Stranding Director's Cut and future Hideo Kojima games heading to Mac
9 votes -
Cephalofair Games announces Gloomhaven Second Edition
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Fontemon: A video game inside a font
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In anticipation of Amnesia: The Bunker we've decided to enable Steam Workshop for Amnesia: The Dark Descent
19 votes -
Inside the making of Redfall, Xbox's latest misfire
19 votes -
Your Wii can play this (and much more)
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Summer Games Done Quick 2023, a week-long charity fundraising event featuring speedruns, has begun
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Reiza release AMS2 v1.4.8 RC
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They plugged GPT-4 into Minecraft – and unearthed new potential for AI
18 votes -
Blaseball is being discontinued
11 votes -
What makes Tetris the Grand Master so good?
7 votes -
The Expanse: A Telltale Series is a love letter to fans of the franchise
15 votes -
Mortal Kombat 1 | Trailer
12 votes -
Deep Rock Galactic Season 04: Critical Corruption preview
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Nintendo's controversial Russian CEO no longer an official employee
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Remedy's creative director Sam Lake shares how the long-awaited sequel to Alan Wake finally became a reality
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Review: Inform 7
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Shockolate - A minimalist and cross platform System Shock source port
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Investigation: Who’s telling the truth about Disco Elysium?
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THQ Nordic wants Remedy to change its mind about a digital-only release for Alan Wake II
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Magnus Carlsen triumphs in Superbet Poland Rapid & Blitz 2023 after thrilling final round against Jan-Krzysztof Duda
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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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Tildes Pop-Up Game Event: Demo Disc Days
Pop-Up Event: Demo Disc Days Today we are going to take a trip back to the 90s, when the best way to try out new games was to use a now-antiquated piece of magical circular plastic that you might...
Pop-Up Event: Demo Disc Days
Today we are going to take a trip back to the 90s, when the best way to try out new games was to use a now-antiquated piece of magical circular plastic that you might have gotten along with your subscription to something like PC Gamer, PlayStation Underground, or the Official Sega Dreamcast Magazine.
The demo disc offered gamers a small taste of a variety of different games, letting you try out the beginning levels of lots of different titles in hopes that you'd find ones you like and buy the full games.
One of the most iconic demo discs actually came with the PlayStation console itself, and featured its games laid out in a grid. This is the format we'll be exploring in this pop-up: it's our taste of the 90s, but with the games of today or yesterday or ten years ago.
Community Task: Together, we will create our own modern demo disc by filling in cells in the grid below. To fill in a cell, you must "demo" a game, which consists of:
- playing the beginning of a game,
- that you have never played before,
- for at least 30 minutes.
Choose an unfilled category below, find a game to demo that fits it, and report back here with your thoughts once you've done so! Once you successfully demo a game, it gets put into that slot.
At the end of the pop-up, we will have what may very well be the first demo disc of the 2020s featuring a spread of 42 games across multiple styles and genres!
Arcade RPG Strategy Puzzle Racing Platformer Simulation Casual (casual arcade) (casual rpg) 112 Operator Tricky Towers Tanuki Sunset Lunistice shapez Colorful Chippy (colorful rpg) (colorful strategy) Can of Wormholes You Suck at Parking (colorful platformer) Stacklands Story Rich (story rich arcade) (story rich rpg) (story rich strategy) Strange Horticulture (story rich racing) (Reserved) Lakeburg Legacies Retro Gunlocked (retro rpg) (retro strategy) Zombie Night Terror Vecter (retro platformer) (retro simulation) Dark (dark arcade) (dark rpg) Ring of Pain The Room Three (dark racing) (dark platformer) (dark simulation) Great Soundtrack (great soundtrack arcade) (great soundtrack rpg) (great soundtrack strategy) (great soundtrack puzzle) (great soundtrack racing) (great soundtrack platformer) X4: Foundations
Additional Info: The styles and genres have been taken from among the list of Steam's most popular tags (with a slight preference for things that give a more 90s feel). You can use Steam's search tool or Steam's library filtering to find games that fit two tags simultaneously.
If you don't use Steam, that's fine too! A game doesn't have to be "officially" tagged to fit its category. If you feel the game fits, then go for it -- no matter what platform you're playing it on. PC games are fine; console games are fine; emulated games are fine; web games are fine; phone games are fine. Any and all games are welcome on our demo disc!
Also, the game does not have to be a modern game -- just new to you. If the game is playable today and can be demoed, then it works for our demo disc!
Finally, it is fine to demo more than one game for the event. In fact, please do! We’ve got a lot of slots to fill!
Uh, what is this exactly?
It's a temporary event aimed at getting members of the Tildes community to individually participate in something built around a common theme or goal.
Check out the previous Pop-Ups for other examples:
Ludonostalgia! for ~games
Feelin' 22 for ~music
Twenty-Twenty Vision for ~movies13 votes -
I beat Breath of the Wild 100% in a single day
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Director’s take – reflecting on the future of Overwatch 2
9 votes -
Planet Of Lana review: A gorgeous sci-fi tale that shoots for the stars …and just about gets there
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MyHouse.WAD - Inside Doom's most terrifying mod
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How I designed Fruit Ninja
9 votes