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13 votes
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Upcoming lecture and Q&A, May 13th 2021 - Edward Snowden, “What I learned from games: playing for and against mass surveillance”
2 votes -
LudoNarraCon 2021 - An annual digital festival held exclusively on Steam to celebrate narrative video games and the developers that make them, running April 23 - 26
7 votes -
N*ntendo cease and desist jam
14 votes -
The full schedule for BlizzCon 2021 has been released - Streaming free online on February 19-20
7 votes -
Steam Game Festival: February 3 - 9, with hundreds of game demos, livestreams and Q&As with devs, and more
11 votes -
Awesome Games Done Quick 2021 roundup - What were your favorite runs, and why?
Post your favorite runs, why they were your favorites, and ideally with a link to the VODs. (/r/speedrun VOD thread, for reference)
18 votes -
Tildes Game Giveaway Thread: Welcoming a New Year
Important: This will be a noisy thread. If you do not wish to see it in your feed, please use the "Ignore" feature to hide it! 2021 Enough has been said about 2020 — let’s put some good out into...
Important: This will be a noisy thread. If you do not wish to see it in your feed, please use the "Ignore" feature to hide it!
2021
Enough has been said about 2020 — let’s put some good out into the world in the form of game giveaways as we welcome a new and hopefully brighter year!
Gifters
Post your available games, the platform and method of delivery, rules for your giveaways (e.g. first-come first-serve, random draw, etc.), and any additional info or requirements. Feel free to get creative!
Giftees
Request giveaways according to the gifter's guidelines!
Rules
Anyone can choose to be a gifter, giftee, or both! Giveaway rules are set by individual gifters, but there are handful of guidelines everyone should follow:
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No grey market keys! Only giveaway games from reputable sources. If you're not sure what this means, please ask.
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Requests for games should be done in the thread, but if the gift is a key, those should be delivered by PMs only. Please don't post keys publicly, even obfuscated ones.
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Awesome Games Done Quick 2021 event schedule (Jan 3 - 10)
20 votes -
Monster Hunter digital event - January 2021
4 votes -
The Game Awards 2020
9 votes -
Extra Life fundraiser for Children's Miracle Network Hospitals
5 votes -
Steam Digital Tabletop Fest (Oct 21-26) - Sales, virtual let’s plays, panels, talks and more streaming activities that explore the fusion between physical and digital games
5 votes -
Steam Game Festival: Autumn Edition - Runs until October 13, with hundreds of demos, developer interviews, gameplay streams, Q&As and more
6 votes -
The PAX Online + EGX Digital event is running now until September 20 - 24-hour live-streaming including panels and tournaments, digital show floor, exclusive time-limited demos on Steam, and more
7 votes -
AMD announces CPU and GPU events on October 8th and 28th
@AMD Gaming: Join us on October 8 and October 28 to learn more about the big things on the horizon for PC gaming. pic.twitter.com/9dy8Lt5MP8
14 votes -
Tildes Game Giveaway Thread, August 2020
Important: This will be a noisy thread. If you do not wish to see it in your feed, please use the "Ignore" feature to hide it! Gifters Post your available games, the platform and method of...
Important: This will be a noisy thread. If you do not wish to see it in your feed, please use the "Ignore" feature to hide it!
Gifters
Post your available games, the platform and method of delivery, rules for your giveaways (e.g. first-come first-serve, random draw, etc.), and any additional info or requirements. Feel free to get creative!
Giftees
Request giveaways according to the gifter's guidelines!
Rules
Anyone can choose to be a gifter, giftee, or both! Giveaway rules are set by individual gifters, but there are handful of guidelines everyone should follow:
- No grey market keys! Only giveaway games from reputable sources. If you're not sure what this means, please ask.
- Requests for games should be done in the thread, but if the gift is a key, those should be delivered by PMs only. Please don't post keys publicly, even obfuscated ones.
32 votes -
The Summer Games Done Quick 2020 schedule is now available (August 16 - 23)
12 votes -
Steam Game Festival: Summer Edition - Exclusive limited-time demos available for many upcoming games, along with interviews and livestreams with devs
9 votes -
Let's do a deep dive into the itch.io Bundle for Racial Justice and Equality together!
The Bundle itch.io's Bundle for Racial Justice and Equality is a collection of indie media content offered up as a fundraiser for the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund and Community Bail...
The Bundle
itch.io's Bundle for Racial Justice and Equality is a collection of indie media content offered up as a fundraiser for the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund and Community Bail Fund. The minimum purchase is $5 which gains you access to 1637 items from 1304 different creators. The bundle has raised over $5 million dollars so far and is a genuinely incredible show of support and solidarity from the gaming community for the Black Lives Matter movement.
Here is the previous Tildes topic about it, here is a subreddit for it, and here is a community spreadsheet cataloging its contents.
The Content
The bundle is primarily video games, but it also has tabletop games, game assets, books, music, and tools. It is an intimidatingly large amount of content, and much attention has been called to some of the collection's highlights and standout titles: 1 2 3 4 (if you find other lists, let me know and I'll link them here).
I'm thinking it would be neat for us on Tildes to explore and highlight some of its less well-known content. The people who have made their creations available in this bundle have done so generously and in support of a great cause, so this is a way that we can show some appreciation for them by bringing some attention to their work. It is also possible to re-purchase games that you already own on itch.io and add tips to that purchase, so you can also monetarily support any devs you choose should you feel inclined to do so.
The Event
Using whatever selection methods or criteria you like, dive into an item/multiple items from the bundle and then report back here about it. There is a handy website that lets you filter the whole set of items, and it also has a very useful "pick a game" button that selects a game at random from the batch.
However you choose something, let us know what you've chosen, what it was, what your experience was like with it, and whether or not you recommend it. Format your entries however you like but please Bold the Titles of Items so people can scan the thread more easily!
Feel free to submit multiple entries to the topic as you explore the bundle. I'm thinking that with a few of us doing this over a couple of days, we can cover a lot of ground and surface some interesting and easily overlooked content.
Our Selections
I'll keep a table of the highly recommended things we surface here. To select something to be included here, mention in your writeup that it qualifies for "Tildes' Choice" status, and I'll add it to the list!
Title Creator Type Recommender Us Lovely Corpses d Marie Visual novel kfwyre Cardinal Chains Daniel Nora Pure puzzle game kfwyre 25 votes -
Tildes' "Shop-from-Home" Game Giveaway Event
Important: This will be a noisy thread. If you do not wish to see it in your feed, please use the "Ignore" feature to hide it! What Is This? Times are tough for a lot of us out there. I'm hoping...
Important: This will be a noisy thread. If you do not wish to see it in your feed, please use the "Ignore" feature to hide it!
What Is This?
Times are tough for a lot of us out there. I'm hoping we can make things just a little bit easier by spreading some free entertainment to those that need/want it.
This is a giveaway thread for games. Most games will be on the Steam platform for PC, though any platform is eligible.
How Does It Work?
-Gifters
Each person that wants to give away games can open up their own "shop" in a top-level comment, showcasing the games they have available to give away.
Each "shopkeep" can set their own rules for giveaways (e.g. first come, first serve; limit 2 per customer; answer a riddle to get a game; tell me about your favorite band; etc.). Feel free to have some fun with this! You can use my "shop" as an example for how to make yours, though your offering certainly doesn't have to be that involved. I got a little bit too excited and kinda went all out for this. :)
-Receivers
Shoppers, or people wanting to take advantage of the giveaways, can wander the bazaar, checking out with the vendors who have items that interest them. You do NOT have to giveaway anything in order to accept games! These are giveaways, given freely, not trades! That said, a shopkeep might ask you for a story or some wisdom in exchange. Please indulge them!
Rules
Giveaway rules are set by individual gifters, but there are handful of guidelines everyone should follow:
- No grey market keys! Only giveaway games from reputable sources. If you're not sure what this means, please ask.
- Requests for games should be done in the thread, but if the gift is a key, those should be delivered by PMs only. Please don't post keys publicly, even obfuscated ones.
Isn't there a Tildes Steam group for giveaways?
There is, but not for much longer. The group is cumbersome to keep invite-only, which limits its membership, and we now have the ignore thread feature here on Tildes which we did not have when I first made the group (and I didn't want people bothered by noisy topics like giveaways). I will be closing the Steam group soon and moving giveaways back on-site to threads like this one. I feel that's better for the community, and makes participation far easier.
47 votes -
Champions of Regnum f2p open RvR team pvp mmorpg is having is anniversary event tomorrow
In case anyone is interested, tomorrow 24 May 2020 is the anniversary of the launch of this indie mmo. Regnum is one of the largest indie mmos in the latin speaking world. The game is f2p and is...
In case anyone is interested, tomorrow 24 May 2020 is the anniversary of the launch of this indie mmo. Regnum is one of the largest indie mmos in the latin speaking world. The game is f2p and is quite simple -- 3 realms warring for fun over forts and invasions. it's very casual, so you can join in the war, or just hang around and chat, laugh at the fortunes of war, or go grind a bit etc. https://www.championsofregnum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=112175
If you guys have questions, I can try to answer.
It runs on really low spec pcs too (and runs on Maxc and Linus very well).(if you are totally new to the game, the anniversary event is usually hugely packed out, so you may find lag during these few days in the war itself)
6 votes -
Digital Dragons Indie Celebration - A Steam event from May 13-15 with dozens of demos, streams, and a collection of games hand-picked by the Digital Dragons jury
7 votes -
Tildes' Game Backlog Burner Event: Final Update Thread
What is this? See here for full details on the event. Post Your Update How did your week go? What books did you get through? How did you feel about them? What's up next for you? Also, given that...
What is this?
See here for full details on the event.
Post Your Update
- How did your week go?
- What books did you get through?
- How did you feel about them?
- What's up next for you?
Also, given that this is the last update thread:
- How was the month overall?
- Did you enjoy the event?
- Any breakthroughs, standouts, or lessons learned?
- If we did something like this again, what would you change or want to see?
9 votes -
Tildes' Game Backlog Burner Event: Week 3 Update Thread
What is this? See here for full details on the event. Post Your Update How did your week go? What games did you get through? How did you feel about them? What's up next for you? (Optional!)...
What is this?
See here for full details on the event.
Post Your Update
- How did your week go?
- What games did you get through?
- How did you feel about them?
- What's up next for you?
(Optional!) Focuses for Week 4 (Last Week!)
- ANYTHING GOES!
Let's burn through these backlogs!
9 votes -
Tildes' Game Backlog Burner Event: Week 2 Update Thread
What is this? See here for full details on the event. Post Your Update How did your week go? What games did you get through? How did you feel about them? What's up next for you? (Optional!)...
What is this?
See here for full details on the event.
Post Your Update
- How did your week go?
- What games did you get through?
- How did you feel about them?
- What's up next for you?
(Optional!) Focuses for Week 3
- Games that have a score of less than 80 on any review aggregator
- Games that someone else recommended to you
- Games that are open-ended or story-less
Let's burn through these backlogs!
10 votes -
Tildes' Game Backlog Burner Event: Week 1 Update Thread
What is this? See here for full details on the event. Post Your Update How did your week go? What games did you get through? How did you feel about them? What's up next for you? Focuses for Week 2...
What is this?
See here for full details on the event.
Post Your Update
- How did your week go?
- What games did you get through?
- How did you feel about them?
- What's up next for you?
Focuses for Week 2
- Games in genres you don't normally play
- Games that take longer than 4 hours to complete
- Story-driven games
Let's burn through these backlogs!
8 votes -
Tildes' Backlog Burner Event: Shrink your unplayed games list this April!
What is this? First off, this is NOT an April Fool (I promise!). I know that many of us will be stuck at home for this month, I know that many of us could likely use something to pull our...
What is this?
First off, this is NOT an April Fool (I promise!). I know that many of us will be stuck at home for this month, I know that many of us could likely use something to pull our attention away from the news, and I know that many of us have accumulated quite the to-play list of games. As such, I'm thinking it could be fun for us to tackle those lists together and collectively clean up our clutter! Let's all burn through our backlogs!
The goal isn't necessarily to completely clear them, just to put a dent in them.
How does it work?
Your "backlog" is all those games you've been meaning to play or get around to, but never have yet! For the purposes of this event, an item can be removed from your backlog in one of three ways:
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Finished: you completed the game, or, for open-ended games, reached some level of "done" that you consider satisfactory
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Moved On: you tried it out, but it didn't hold your interest, got repetitive, wasn't for you, or had some other issue (like compatibility problems or glitches)
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Removed: you are choosing to remove this from your backlog without playing it, likely because it no longer interests you, but really for any reason at all.
Use this thread to talk about your backlogs, plan for the month, and once you start playing, inform us of any backlog downsizing and their associated categories. Give us a list of the games you removed. Tell us why you moved on from what you were just playing. Gush about how a particular item held your interest long enough to see it through. The goal of this isn't to beat every game you own; it's to explore what you already have in the way that's best, and most meaningful, for you. If you're not enjoying a game, dump it and move on!
If you're not sure what you might write, take a look at a previous backlog post to get an idea. Also if you want to keep track of statistics or anything else like that, go for it!
What's the timeline?
I will post an update thread weekly, each Wednesday, for the four weeks of April. At the end of the month, I think it would be neat to tally how many collective games we all removed from our backlogs, as well as what the best finds were from our collective digging into our libraries. I expect we'll turn up some good hidden gems, as well as interesting insights.
Each week, I'll also include some "focus" areas which can help narrow down choices for what to play. Those are just recommendations for fun, however. Play whatever you like, whenever you like, however you like! If it's in your backlog, then it's automatically a good choice!
Do I need to sign up?
You don't have to do anything to officially join or participate in the event other than post in these threads! Participate in whatever way works for you. Also, because this is ongoing, it is okay to make more than one top-level post if you're updating the thread with new information.
Focuses for Week 1:
- Games you've been meaning to play for more than a year
- Games you can mod
- "Evening-size" games
Let's burn through these backlogs!
Meta Note: I am also running this same event for ~books as well. I am not active in the other media-focused communities on Tildes, but I encourage someone(s) to pick this up and run it concurrently for ~movies, ~tv, ~anime, and/or ~music (and any other places you think it might fit). I like the idea of it being sitewide, with people participating in their media formats of choice. Any runners for those groups have my full permission to steal this wholesale, tweak it for their target group, and post it there.
16 votes -
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Steam Game Festival: Spring Edition - Almost fifty demos for new and upcoming indie games, available to play until March 23
8 votes -
E3 2020 has been cancelled
23 votes -
Tildes' Valentine's Day Game Giveaway: Gaming Blind Dates!
Gaming Blind Dates Event For Valentine's Day, the Tildes Game Gifting Group is offering up a number of "blind dates" for any gamer who is interested in trying out something new. Each gift is a...
Gaming Blind Dates Event
For Valentine's Day, the Tildes Game Gifting Group is offering up a number of "blind dates" for any gamer who is interested in trying out something new. Each gift is a game, but you won't know the game's name -- only the top 4 tags describing the game. Select the tags which most interest you, then find out the exactly who the game is once it's given to you! Hopefully it's a keeper!
How can I participate?
You may choose to:
- gift a game/games as a blind date for others,
- go on a gaming blind date (i.e. receive a game gift),
- or both!
Steps to enroll:
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Comment either in this thread here on Tildes, or in the thread on the Steam group (if you are already a member).
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In your comment, identify whether you would like to gift a game, go on a gaming blind date, or both!
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If you are not already a member of the Tildes' Game Gifting Group on Steam, PM me with a link to your Steam profile so that I can friend and add you (the group is invite-only).
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If you are gifting a game, PM me or message me on Steam with the name of the game, how you will gift it (e.g. store purchase, key, etc.), and the platform it's on (if not Steam).
Timeline
You may enroll up through Thursday, February 13. Once all the participants have enrolled, the blind dates will be set up and will begin on Valentine's Day, Friday, February 14.
Additional Info
To ensure that giftees will have a good chance of liking their gifted game, we are requiring that gifted games have a combined user review score of at least 80%. You don't need to worry about getting a bad or junk game!
Games are given freely by their generous donors, and there are no strings attached or hidden catches. You ARE allowed to receive a game even if you don't gift one!
For other questions/specifics, full details are available in the event thread in the Steam group.
Note: If you do not wish to see this thread in your Tildes feed, please use the ignore function to hide it!
21 votes -
Rocket League | Lucky Lanterns event trailer (Starting January 20)
9 votes -
Awesome Games Done Quick 2020, a week-long charity fundraising event featuring speedruns, has begun
17 votes -
Tildes' Steam Game Gifting Group is now open, with a holiday event!
Not-So-Secret Santa Is Live! Sign-ups for the group itself will NOT close and will continue to be available on an invite-only basis. IMPORTANT EDIT: It is more than okay to join the group even if...
Not-So-Secret Santa Is Live!
Sign-ups for the group itself will NOT close and will continue to be available on an invite-only basis.
IMPORTANT EDIT: It is more than okay to join the group even if you do NOT intend to gift games to others! Please join if you want to receive games. Gifters love to have an eager audience to gift to!
For certain events (such as Not-So-Secret Santa) gifting is necessary for those choosing to participate, but these are always optional. Membership in the group and accepting freely given gifts requires no burden of gifting on your behalf.
ALSO IMPORTANT EDIT: Not-So-Secret Santa has a buy-in of under $5 USD. Though gifters can certainly choose to gift a more expensive game if they prefer, each participant is including at least one game on their wishlist that is less than $5 USD in order to minimize the people who are priced out of participating.
With @Deimos's permission, I have started the Tildes' Steam Game Gifting Group and am beginning its first event: Not-So-Secret Santa!
In proper Tildes' fashion the group is invite-only at the moment, so if you would like to join, please reply here or PM me with a link to your Steam profile or your Steam username. I'll have to friend you to send you the invite, but you don't need to keep me on your friends' list after you've accepted it if you don't want to (I promise I won't mind!).
I envision the group being used for specific events (like Not-So-Secret Santa), random giveaways, and group-limited lotteries (using the platform Steamgifts).
40 votes -
Brainstorming for a gaming "challenge checklist" for 2020
I realize this is a little early and that I've been doing a lot on Tildes lately, but I'm really into this idea and I know a lot of people will soon be busy with holiday plans (if they aren't...
I realize this is a little early and that I've been doing a lot on Tildes lately, but I'm really into this idea and I know a lot of people will soon be busy with holiday plans (if they aren't already). As such, I figured it was better to go ahead and propose this now rather than wait:
What are challenge lists?
In reading circles, it's common for sites to put out yearly "challenge checklists". They are lists of different criteria with stuff like "Read a book published in the year you were born" or "Read a book with the name of a country in the title", and the idea is that you try to complete the list over the course of the year. Here are some examples from 2019:
The Idea
I think it would be neat if Tildes came up with a gaming version of one of these challenge lists for 2020. Why?
- It's fun
- It's great for diving into your backlog (if you have one)
- It gives you incentive to play games you might otherwise overlook
- It's fulfilling to work towards a goal
- I haven't seen a gaming version of this idea before, so we could (maybe) be trailblazers!
- But mostly it's fun
The Process
I was originally considering coming up with my own individual list for myself, but I think it would be neat if we did a community version instead. As such,
- If you are interested in participating in a 2020 gaming challenge list, let me know in this thread.
- If you have ideas for criteria for the challenge list, also let me know in this thread.
- If you have any other thoughts on this setup, let me know.
This is a brainstorming thread, so feel free to submit any and all ideas you have. Throw everything at the wall. We'll see what sticks afterwards.
To be clear, the challenges are more about playing certain games than they are about completing specific tasks within games. So "play a game in which you can pet a dog" works, while "pet the dog in Zork II" does not.
After we finish brainstorming, I will compile all submitted criteria into a poll and we can vote on the ones we most like. Then, after voting, the top [number TBD] entries from the poll will become our challenge list for 2020.
8 votes -
The Game Festival - A 48-hour event associated with The Game Awards that will make over a dozen first-look playable demos available on Steam
6 votes -
BlizzCon 2019 opening ceremony
9 votes -
Steam Key Giveaway Thread, September 2019 Edition
It's been a while since the last Steam key giveaway thread, so let's have another one! Post any extras you have (or are willing to buy for others if you're feeling super generous), and let's...
It's been a while since the last Steam key giveaway thread, so let's have another one! Post any extras you have (or are willing to buy for others if you're feeling super generous), and let's share!
I won't set thread-wide rules (e.g. first come first serve, one per person, random draw after a certain amount of time, etc.) and instead let will let each individual poster set the parameters for how they want to distribute.
35 votes -
How tournaments go from 10 to 10,000 people
7 votes -
European Speedrunner Assembly's Summer 2019 event is live!
6 votes -
Summer Games Done Quick 2019 has started, running until June 30
22 votes -
Stadia Connect 6.6.2019 - Pricing, game reveals, launch info and more
13 votes -
Rocket League - Get ready for Radical Summer
8 votes -
Summer Games Done Quick 2019 schedule (June 23 - 30)
11 votes -
Awesome Games Done Quick 2019, a week-long charity fundraising event featuring speedruns, has begun
12 votes -
Rocket League's anniversary event starts July 9
5 votes -
Summer Games Done Quick 2018 is live
24 votes -
Heroes of the Storm - "Echoes of Alterac" event starting next week, update includes a new battleground and new hero
5 votes