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16 votes
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Ubisoft delays Watch Dogs Legion, Gods & Monsters, Rainbow Six Quarantine and dramatically drops financial targets
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Legends of Runeterra announced - A strategy card game set in the world of League of Legends
8 votes -
Nanotale: Typing Chronicles | Early Access trailer
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The creative camaraderie behind Wilmot's Warehouse
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The mathematics of winning Monopoly
9 votes -
Darksiders Genesis | Not Alone trailer - Releasing Dec 5 on PC/Stadia and Feb 14, 2020 on consoles
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Borderlands 2 VR | Now available on PC
6 votes -
Fortnite is the future, but probably not for the reasons you think
10 votes -
AI War 2 has been released out of Early Access
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The stairstep approach to indie game marketing
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Designing River City Girls' approachable, challenging brawling
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Fortnite's new season has brought the game back to its roots
For at least a year I'd been rather disappointed with Fortnite. It kept appealing to the lowest common denominator and the game that I fell in love with in the end of season 2 (which is almost two...
For at least a year I'd been rather disappointed with Fortnite. It kept appealing to the lowest common denominator and the game that I fell in love with in the end of season 2 (which is almost two years ago) kept changing for the worse. It became less of a Battle Royale game and more of a playground where you never knew what you were gonna get. It kept getting worse through the seasons and I played it less and less. So during season 9 I was only barely hanging on - and once season 10 launched with even more proverbial bullshit, I finally decided to uninstall the game. That was in the beginning of August and I never looked back for a second - I was done with it!
With Chapter 2 however (season 11), it's back to basics. The many weapons have been trimmed and there are only very few left - and none of the crazy ones. It's simpler and easier to navigate, and all the vehicles and movement mechanics have also been scrapped almost entirely. There are no more hover boards, ATVs, golf carts, airplanes, jump pads, rifts, etc. There's a harmless boat, and that's it! So when I saw the trailer for this new version of Fortnite, I reinstalled the game immediately. I've played 9 games now and this is the version I fell in love with - if not better! It's so good in its simplicity. The mechanics with building and whatnot have stayed the same, but the gameplay itself is much improved. It went from chaotic and action-packed to feeling more like a survival game. And the aesthetic of the new map is also just beautiful.
I'm no game reviewer but I thought that this overhaul of a pretty massive game is worth talking about!
Edit: not to mention the marketing stunt they pulled before launching this new version of the game was insanely clever. It made headlines all over the world, they even talked about it on the evening news here in little ol' Denmark!
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At the FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss tournament, two games between high-ranked players on adjacent boards were identical for the first 19 moves, then diverged as soon as one of the games was relocated
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Crusader Kings III | Announcement trailer - An heir is born
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Play a game from your backlog for at least 15 minutes, then come back and tell us about it here.
Choose any game from your backlog. Play the game for at least 15 minutes. Tell us how your introduction to the game went, and how you felt about it. Decide whether you're going to continue playing...
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Choose any game from your backlog.
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Play the game for at least 15 minutes.
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Tell us how your introduction to the game went, and how you felt about it.
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Decide whether you're going to continue playing the game past your introduction, or whether you'll put it aside for good.
Meta: I make a lot of "ask" posts, but I've been thinking more and more about something like "task" posts or "event" posts. This is the first in a few that I plan to try out to see how they go over with the community.
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Minecraft: Builders & Biomes condenses series tropes into a family-friendly board game with tough tactical decisions
12 votes -
Manifold Garden | Release date trailer (October 18, 2019)
10 votes -
Humble Monthly is becoming Humble Choice - More games each month, no mystery, choose which to keep
12 votes -
Mini Motorways: Build roads, grow cities, fight gridlock
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Google Stadia's controller will only work wirelessly with a Chromecast Ultra at launch, and must be connected to PCs and phones with a cable
7 votes -
Red Dead Redemption 2 | PC trailer
6 votes -
Amnesia: The Dark Descent released nine years ago - lessons about designing horror games from Frictional's creative director
7 votes -
Analogue Pocket - A multi-video-game-system portable FPGA handheld and digital audio workstation
7 votes -
Chinese-British citizen posts detailed explanation of reasoning behind Chinese views on Hong Kong/China/Blizzard situation
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Introducing Launcher, a new section covering video games and e-sports from The Washington Post
7 votes -
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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Stellaris: Galaxy Command launches on mobile, is immediately taken down after players discover it's using Halo 4 concept artwork
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Forager - Combat Update now available
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Fortnite was down for over 24 hours after a Season 10 finale involving the entire game getting sucked into a black hole
24 votes -
2,500 more MS-DOS games playable at the Internet Archive
13 votes -
Area-focused narrative design
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What would you want in a Digital Card Game?
So, I quit Hearthstone recently. Not just because of current events, but because I lost my taste for the game. Which is a shame, because Hearthstone is pretty well made and what it simplifies from...
So, I quit Hearthstone recently. Not just because of current events, but because I lost my taste for the game. Which is a shame, because Hearthstone is pretty well made and what it simplifies from Magic the Gathering and comparible card games is pretty inspired.
Couple things I Liked
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You pick one class when you create a deck, and your resource management is doled out every turn without intervention or having to worry about Mana Burn or Flood.
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It had a sort of chess by mail setup, where you couldn't really interrupt your opponents turn without laying a Secret trap for them that would trigger when a condition was met. I appreciated that you weren't on the clock for having to play an interrupt or cancel an opponent's move, especially since I mostly play on mobile.
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Finally, it had one of the best UI for getting things done, and letting you know where you wanted to know. The main menu was organized, the deck builder was clean, and the playmat was very polished with the oval minion pieces, while informative on what everything did. I've been trying Eternal recently, and it's certainly an adjustment.
But to prevent this from being a one sided breakup post, I ask you, dear Tildos, what would you want out of a Digital Card Game? Be it a weird mechanic, playing mode, ideal platform or like this except with that, what would keep you coming back to such a game?
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Disco Elysium | Launch trailer
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The architect for the Atari VCS retro console has quit the project, claiming he hasn't been paid in six months
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Dragon Quest XI (dunkview)
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Introducing "Double Trouble", an upcoming free, co-op-focused DLC for Wargroove
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ScummVM 2.1.0 "Electric Sheep" has been produced
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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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Who are the best and worst members of your game group and what do they do?
People you are most happy to have in your group of players vs. "that player". What are the things people do that you like the most? What things are just insufferable?
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What games would you consider "hidden gems"?
A "hidden gem" is a game that is considered to be great but not well-known at all. It's something you believe deserves far more recognition and reach than it currently has. A diamond in the rough....
A "hidden gem" is a game that is considered to be great but not well-known at all. It's something you believe deserves far more recognition and reach than it currently has. A diamond in the rough.
Though a hidden gem certainly can be a highly polished experience, the term also allows a bit of roughness, leaving room for clunkiness or flaws on account of the game's scope and production values (hidden gems are rarely, if ever, big-budget). It also seems to place a slight premium on novelty and innovation, favoring but not requiring games to be fresh or experimental for their time.
With this in mind, I'm curious to hear people's opinions and hopefully get some new stuff to check out for when I find myself needing to take a break from Crash and Spyro.
- What games would you consider "hidden gems"?
- Why do you feel they fit the criteria?
- Why do you think they aren't more widely known?
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Official Blizzard statement about Blitzchung's punishment at the Hearthstone Grandmasters tournament
32 votes -
Blitzchung's personal statement on Blizzard and his ban after voicing support for HK
11 votes -
An overview and ranking of the seventeen available Ticket to Ride maps
13 votes -
The original Half-Life just got patched for some reason
11 votes -
Rimworld, Dwarf Fortress, and procedurally generated story telling
11 votes -
Red Dead Redemption 2 for PC - First screenshots, details about new features and updates, and system requirements
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Mark Kern, Classic WoW dev, on why he is boycotting Blizzard
@grummz: This hurts. But until Blizzard reverses their decision on @blitzchungHS I am giving up playing Classic WoW, which I helped make and helped convince Blizzard to relaunch. There will be no Mark of Kern guild after all. Let me explain why I am #BoycottBlizzard
14 votes -
The Biblioteca de Marvila library in Lisbon helped rejuvenate a neglected neighborhood through embracing and encouraging gaming
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Murder By Numbers | Announcement trailer
3 votes