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4 votes
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Steam is finally getting a redesigned library—here's our first look
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EverQuest is twenty years old, and people are still playing
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Ace Attorney: Wordplay localizations and their consequences
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The Digital Antiquarian: Darklands - The first CRPG ever released by MicroProse Software
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State of Play: PlayStation’s new video showcase debuts Monday
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The Happy Hob officially put a wrap on the entire Soulsborne series yesterday, just in time for Sekiro's release
@the_happy_hob: We Did It!!!!! All 5 Soulsborne games back to back, No hits taken. Just in time for Sekiro. #destinyrun @sekirothegame @DarkSoulsGame
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Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 announced for March 2020
Official trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYvWfDxhm_s Website: https://www.bloodlines2.com Up until the announcement an hour ago, Paradox Interactive were doing a fake "Tender" app...
Official trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYvWfDxhm_s
Website: https://www.bloodlines2.com
Up until the announcement an hour ago, Paradox Interactive were doing a fake "Tender" app teaser/promo thing. There was some kind of countdown involved which ended with this announcement, entertaining to watch: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/399100804?t=03h52m54s
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Tacoma free on Humble Bundle for a limited time
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Two devs automated the process of generating and publishing "garbage" mobile slot machine games on Google Play, and made over $50,000
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Nintendo Switch - Nindies Showcase Spring 2019
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How designers engineer luck into video games
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Apex Legends - Season 1 starts tomorrow at 10 AM PDT, Battle Pass details released
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Winners of the 21st annual Independent Games Festival Awards announced - Return of the Obra Dinn takes grand prize
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Google Stadia hands-on
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Google announces "Stadia", a new game-streaming platform with deep YouTube integration
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Heavy Rain, Beyond: Two Souls, and Detroit: Become Human are coming to PC, leading next wave of Epic Games Store exclusives
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Remembering Atta Elayyan, CS:S pro and victim of Christchurch Shooting
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Guild Wars 2 developer ArenaNet plans for mass layoffs
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Co-founder of Mode 7 (developer of Frozen Synapse) is leaving - Mode 7 will no longer develop large-scale games
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Towers | Official prototype trailer 1
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Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice | Official launch trailer
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The state of movement shooters
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Snapchat to launch gaming platform next month
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Steam announces plans to identify "off-topic review bombs", and remove them from games' review scores
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Dwarf Fortress to be released on Steam and itch.io | Announcement teaser
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GRID 2 + 2 DLC free for a limited time via Humble Bundle
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Hearthstone's next expansion, "Rise of Shadows" will launch on April 9
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New Steam client beta supports "Steam Link Anywhere", allowing streaming games outside the local network
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Baba Is You is now available on PC and Switch
@babaisyou_: Baba Is You is now out & Win/Mac/Linux! #babaisyou The Nintendo Switch™ version will available later today! Steam: https://t.co/LdRcUT04Yl Nintendo eShop: https://t.co/zTOzPuuJB7 itch: https://t.co/LxkzA1ez08 Official website: https://t.co/IsKiH2pkqz https://t.co/vZTgBnlciv
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Solar Ash Kingdom | Announcement trailer
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What is the best ‘game within a game’ you have played?
I was playing Stardew Valley recently and ended up playing the mini arcade games in the tavern for a couple hours. I was suprised at the depth they put into a video game that is inside another...
I was playing Stardew Valley recently and ended up playing the mini arcade games in the tavern for a couple hours. I was suprised at the depth they put into a video game that is inside another video game. Truly great.
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Designing natural beauty in Eastshade
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Valve lays off thirteen employees, reportedly slashing VR hardware division
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Well played: Store credit
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I don’t wanna do my video game chores
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Creating Cyberpunk 2077 - Behind the scenes with CD Projekt Red
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Remote Play for PlayStation 4 games is now available on iOS devices
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The fifteen-year hunt for Resident Evil 1.5 - How a community went to hell and back searching for the most coveted horror game ever cancelled
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Fantasy's Widow: The fight over the legacy of Dungeons & Dragons
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Slime Rancher is available for free on the Epic Store until March 21
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"There’s space in the medium for ultra-hard games." - Capybara's "Below" and the difficulty in crafting difficulty
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Apex Legends patch notes - gun balance changes, character hitboxes, battle pass update, season 1 details
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PlayStation Plus: Free games for March 2019 are Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered and The Witness
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What is Conan Unconquered? First look at Petroglyph's upcoming survival RTS
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Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince - Announcement trailer
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I want an emulation box for my TV. What options best fit my needs?
Note: I wasn't sure whether to post this in ~games or ~tech, so if it needs to be moved, feel free to put it where it belongs! I've been playing my Playstation Classic a lot, and it's made me want...
Note: I wasn't sure whether to post this in ~games or ~tech, so if it needs to be moved, feel free to put it where it belongs!
I've been playing my Playstation Classic a lot, and it's made me want to setup a full emulation box for my TV. I started looking into options and quickly got in over my head, so I'm hoping you fine folks can help me sort this out.
Caveat: I am somewhat techy, but not nearly to the same level as the average Tildes user.
Here is a rundown for what I'm going for:
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Systems: I want to be able to emulate up through the Dreamcast with no slowdown (or, at least, no slowdown as a result of my hardware--if it's natural to the original console or a limitation of the emulator, that's fine).
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Input: I want to use a wireless controller for input. Ideally six face buttons and four shoulders, so that it can easily stand in for almost all common controller layouts.
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Graphics: If possible, I'd like to be able to enhance the eye candy a bit with things like upscaling, increasing the internal resolution, and shaders. This would be nice to have, but is not a necessity. Running at fullspeed in the original with no enhancements is the target minimum, though.
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Footprint: Something up to the size of, well, a retro game console. I don't want a full PC next to my TV, but it doesn't have to be the size of a credit card either.
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Budget: Let's go with under $400 USD? Given the cost of a Raspberry Pi that seems like overkill, but I know the Pi can't do all the way up to N64/Dreamcast, and I'm not sure how much more power those need. That price limit is flexible if I'm being unreasonable with my expectations.
With all that in mind, here are my questions:
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What hardware best suits my needs? I am not interested in building my own and am seeking pre-built solutions.
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What controller is best? I'd prefer to have a one-size-fits-all solution, rather than swapping them out. Six face buttons would help make the Genesis, Saturn, and N64 feel more natural, but I suspect that might be hard to come by?
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It looks like Retroarch is definitely the way to go for easy setup, but there seem to be a lot of different standalone options (e.g. Lakka, RetroPie, Recalbox). Which one should I go with? I should add that I really only care about ease of use and simplicity. I do not need something flashy, and the less friction in both setup and use, the better.
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Any other tips, pieces of advice, or resources? I don't have a lot of experience with emulation, so a lot of this is uncharted territory for me, hence my uncertainty and need for guidance.
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Anthem players say the game is shutting down and even sometimes bricking their PS4s
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Things to consider with visual novels
Not sure if this the right place to post this but here goes... I'm writing a story and I'm trying to figure out the best medium to tell it. I'm strongly leaning toward visual novels. I like anime...
Not sure if this the right place to post this but here goes... I'm writing a story and I'm trying to figure out the best medium to tell it. I'm strongly leaning toward visual novels. I like anime and I want the story to have a similar look and feel. Maybe someday it will even become an anime. Who knows?
That said, does anyone here have any thoughts on the pros/cons of taking the visual novel approach as opposed to a traditional novel or light novel?
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Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild has been helping with my winter cabin fever!
I live in Minnesota and we have gotten record-setting cold and snow over this last month. I've noticed myself getting depressed and angry about stuff much more than I do usually. Just by...
I live in Minnesota and we have gotten record-setting cold and snow over this last month. I've noticed myself getting depressed and angry about stuff much more than I do usually. Just by coincidence, I started playing Zelda more on my Switch. Somehow, making Link walk around in the nice forests and mountains has affected me outside of the game! I feel less pissed off! Give this technique a try if you're in the same boat I am this winter.
Also, I was about to sell this game because I hated it, now I'm loving it. No prior game has caused me to simultaneously love and hate a game. Weird.
9 votes