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/r/AskHistorians is doing a special on Age Of Empires, analyzing its elements from a historian's perspective
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The bizarre, true story of Metal Gear Solid’s English translation
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Kind Words: A game of lo-fi beats, writing nice letters to strangers, and feeling less alone
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The Shandification of Fallout
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What mobile games do you play?
I don't play many games on my phone, mostly because I can't find any good ones that arent just lazy cash grabs. What do you play on your phone?
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Frank Pearce (one of Blizzard's three founders) announces his departure from the company
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How Japanese RPGs inspired a new generation of fantasy authors
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After a year of discoverability and communication missteps by Valve, indie devs are cautious about Steam Labs and their future visibility on Steam
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Mario Maker 2 level sharing
Share codes for your own levels and the best levels you've played so far! I'm excited to see what we've put together, and I need some people to follow anyway :)
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'The Discord is the church:' A place for gamers to worship
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Dungeon generation in Diablo 1
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Looking for game thread
Hey everyone ! Post in here if you wanna squad up with people on here. I'll start : Anyone wanna run some apex or titanfall 2 on Xbone comment in here. I play most evenings. Feel free to comment...
Hey everyone !
Post in here if you wanna squad up with people on here.
I'll start : Anyone wanna run some apex or titanfall 2 on Xbone comment in here. I play most evenings. Feel free to comment in here looking for people to play a different game with.6 votes -
New standard Switch model coming in August/September will improve battery life forty to eighty percent
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Overwatch - Introducing the Role Queue system
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Can we make talking as much fun as shooting?
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Full list of games coming to Ubisoft's Uplay+ subscription service revealed
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Minecraft Earth: Closed beta announcement + first gameplay shown
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198X and our deeply personal relationships with games
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6 ways AI is making an impact on video games
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Tetris Effect | PC announce trailer (Epic) - July 23
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Summer Catchers | Release trailer
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Red Candle Games will not re-release Devotion "in the near term"
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Turok Dinosaur Hunter - How an N64 classic evolved the console FPS
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Crowdfunding and Video Games: 2019 Mid-Year Update
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The bounty hunters of Fallout 76 will kill anyone you want, for a price
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Pac-Man ghost AI explained
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From fake news to chaos! How bad are you? An online game about fake news.
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Under fire from game devs, G2A proposes new 'Key Blocker' tool
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Minecraft AI escaping 2b2t's spawn area
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Introducing Steam Labs - a place for testing and giving feedback on experimental Steam features
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Media literacy and game news
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3D Realms' "Ion Maiden" has been renamed to "Ion Fury" due to a lawsuit - new trailer, and will release from Early Access on August 15
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Nintendo Switch Lite announced - $199 on September 20th
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Interesting fast-paced space-themed racing games on Switch
After our discussion about Tempest-like games, I looked at what else could at least scratch a similar fast-paced space-theme racing, with optional shooting itch on Switch. To kick off the...
After our discussion about Tempest-like games, I looked at what else could at least scratch a similar fast-paced space-theme racing, with optional shooting itch on Switch.
To kick off the discussion, these are the games I already tried that I kinda like. I‘ll update this list, once people suggest other entries. I realise it’s a bit of a mish-mash, but it’s more about the feel than a specific genre.
Fast RMX is a very fast-paced pod-racer, with a similar feel to Wipeout, if you take away the weapons, and add a boost mechanic where you need to switch your booster’s code with the speed lane. I prefer playing it with motion/gyro controls, which admittedly makes it harder to play, but with that actually feels a lot more like you’re travelling at massive speed where every unintentional jerk of the steering wheel can cause you to wipe out.
Velocity 2X is a very successful mix of a vertical shooter where time matters with added platforming levels in between. Boosting for speed and warping/teleporting to solve puzzles is a huge part of the game.
The Next Penelope is a top-down 2D (pod?) racing game with weapons, where the acceleration happens automatically, but is influenced by boost, boost markers on the track and bumping into stuff. I haven’t played it for a long time yet, but once you learn the controls it seems to be a very good game.
VSR is a pure zero-gravity, zero-friction 3D space racer. Which makes mastering the controls very hard for anyone who is not used to it. To be honest, I haven’t mastered them yet either, but haven’t given up, as I really liked RPGs and shooters with such a mechanic. It just gives a specific type of zennish “in the zone” feeling, once you get into it.
Fast RMX
price:20 €14 € until 2019-07-25
reviews: 81 % on MetaCritic
length: 3½ h main game (57 h completionist) on HowLongToBeartVelocity 2X
price:20 €8 € until 2019-07-18
reviews: 87 % on MetaCritic
length: 5 h main game (26 h completionist) on HowLongToBeatThe Next Penelope: Race to Odysseus
price:13 €2 € until 2019-07-11
reviews: 79 % on MetaCritic
length: 2½ h main game (5½ h completionist) on HowLongToBeatVSR: Void Space Racing
price: 5 €
reviews: 66 % on MetaCritic
length: (no HowLongToBeat entry yet)7 votes -
DeepMind's StarCraft II AI "AlphaStar" will play some games anonymously on the Europe competitive ladder against opt-in opponents
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Buy Nintendo Switch now or wait for new release?
I'm in no rush to buy but I am considering getting a Switch. From my brief bit of duckduckgo-ing, it appears that a new Switch is on the horizon, either a newer version (Switch 2) or a mini-Switch...
I'm in no rush to buy but I am considering getting a Switch. From my brief bit of duckduckgo-ing, it appears that a new Switch is on the horizon, either a newer version (Switch 2) or a mini-Switch and the current release may drop in price.
Any thoughts? What would you do at this point? Most of the shops around here that sell them are out of stock anyway so unless I was to buy online, it's not necessarily an option.
Thanks all!
Update: I bought a Switch. With Mario Kart and Zelda. It's brilliant!
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Amazon Game Studios and Leyou are developing a free-to-play Lord of the Rings MMO
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Netflix announces "The Cuphead Show!", an all-new animated series that will expand on the characters and world of the game
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Haven – Gameplay reveal
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Pokémon Sword and Shield - Four new pokemon, Gigantamaxing, and more
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Black Mesa's Xen levels will enter public beta next month
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Three years and 2600 hours later, 'Mario Maker' player still can't beat his own level
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Finite state machines and the AI of Half-Life
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D&D and things I made
Hey folks, we had our 3rd meet for the current campaign last night all went really well. Last time our Rogue upset everyone he met, stole everything that wasn't and was nailed down, including the...
Hey folks, we had our 3rd meet for the current campaign last night all went really well. Last time our Rogue upset everyone he met, stole everything that wasn't and was nailed down, including the nails. Then managed to get killed by an NPC that we were helping, it was amazing.
Now I wanted to get a little more creative with my character and since level 3 for Paladin is the oath level I went with Vengeance and wrote an Oath. I posted it in my last thread but will post again if anyone is interested.
Now I also wanted to have a go at making a dice bag, the first one is reversible but was too long so I made a few smaller ones. Then had the thought of making each of the guys a small bag with their names on them, each has a name longer than my leg so that failed before it started. I ended up with the initial of their first names, the Rogue wouldn't give up the name or initial so I did something different for his. The guys all loved the gifts especially the Rogue (now a Monk) these are the bags I made next thing I try will be a multi compartment job. All was done by hand because I couldn't get the sewing machine to work ...
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The Veterans Affairs is using video games to help disabled vets recover and reconnect
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Night City News #1 - a new magazine for Cyberpunk 2077 news and updates by gog.com staff
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Now that E3 is over, which games are you most excited about?
For those who wants to see all the games that were showcased, link to Reddit's Mega Thread.
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The history of Rainbow Road world records
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River City Girls | Teaser trailer
6 votes