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12 votes
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Epic Games Store has generated $680 million in revenue so far, largely from exclusives. Weekly free games will continue through 2020
12 votes -
Return to Dark Tower - An epic fantasy game pitting 1-4 heroes against an intelligent, malevolent tower - Designed by Rob Daviau (Pandemic Legacy) and Isaac Childres (Gloomhaven)
7 votes -
Magnus Carlsen breaks record for longest unbeaten streak in chess history – world's number one chess player makes it 111 games without defeat
12 votes -
Slay the Spire - Patch 2.0 released, including the fourth character "The Watcher" along with many other updates
6 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.
12 votes -
DOOM Eternal | Official trailer 2
9 votes -
The untold story behind the design of Transistor
5 votes -
Riot Tabletop - A new team from Riot Games focusing on creating board games, starting with Tellstones: King’s Gambit
6 votes -
The original Game of Life was quite different from the one we have now
8 votes -
Grand Theft Auto 4 for PC is currently not available to purchase digitally due to depending on the defunct Games for Windows Live service
7 votes -
Half-Life: Alyx - Nine exclusive screenshots and what they tell us about the game
8 votes -
Daniel Floyd's favorite game animation of 2019
4 votes -
Awesome Games Done Quick 2020, a week-long charity fundraising event featuring speedruns, has begun
17 votes -
Brink - What Happened?
5 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.
19 votes -
2020 Vision: The Witcher 2 - RED engine analysis and performance on modern PC hardware
4 votes -
The invisible art of game titles
6 votes -
Indie game VVVVVV's source code is now public
22 votes -
Magnus Carlsen: ‘You need to be very fortunate to be number one in fantasy football’
8 votes -
Pokémon Direct - January 9, 2020
9 votes -
A condemnation of time - Discussion of how to tell a linear story in a medium that is inherently nonlinear
4 votes -
Alienware’s Concept UFO prototype imagines a gaming PC that’s shaped like a Nintendo Switch
12 votes -
Magic: Legends | Gameplay trailer
4 votes -
Fantasy Flight Games appears to have laid off at least ten staff, and is shutting down Fantasy Flight Interactive
6 votes -
What are some good idle/incremental games?
I get heavily into Universal Paperclips about a year ago, it really just scratched a particular itch in my mind. It was particularly nice to be able to play it at work and not need to worry about...
I get heavily into Universal Paperclips about a year ago, it really just scratched a particular itch in my mind. It was particularly nice to be able to play it at work and not need to worry about it being open 100% of the time!
What are your recommendations for similar idle/incremental games?
22 votes -
Steam 2020 Lunar New Year Sale announced to be from Jan 23 to Jan 27
10 votes -
Finalists announced for 2020 Independent Games Festival awards
5 votes -
Meditation Games: a launcher that has a different small game for each day of the year
7 votes -
On the PlayStation 2's 20th anniversary, the former bosses of Sony Computer Entertainment UK, Europe and US take us behind the scenes of the console's launch
6 votes -
Humble Choice - January 2020
The second Humble Choice (the new version of Humble Monthly) is now available, with 12 choices for games this month: Middle-earth: Shadow of War Graveyard Keeper Two Point Hospital Dirt Rally 2.0...
The second Humble Choice (the new version of Humble Monthly) is now available, with 12 choices for games this month:
- Middle-earth: Shadow of War
- Graveyard Keeper
- Two Point Hospital
- Dirt Rally 2.0 (and 3 DLCs: H2 RWD Double Pack, Opel Manta 400, The Porsche 911 RGT)
- Street Fighter V
- Bad North: Jotunn Edition
- TrailMakers
- Unrailed!
- Whispers of a Machine
- Them's Fightin' Herds
- Mages of Mystralia
- GRIP (and 1 DLC: Artifex Car Pack)
Having 12 choices this month is fairly significant, since it means that even people on the grandfathered "Classic" plan aren't able to take all the games and have to miss two of them. It seemed to be a pretty common assumption that there would always be 10 choices so Classic members would always still get everything, but that obviously isn't necessarily true.
8 votes -
What are some games like VA-11 HALL-A and Read Only Memories : 2064?
I played VA-11 HALL-A quite a while ago and recently played ROM 2064. Both have similar aesthetics, sound, themes although they have different mechanics. I really liked how ROM had voice acting...
I played VA-11 HALL-A quite a while ago and recently played ROM 2064. Both have similar aesthetics, sound, themes although they have different mechanics. I really liked how ROM had voice acting too which is a shame to say is not the case of VA-11 HALL-A but I still quite enjoyed both. 2064 perhaps more since it felt more engaged but perhaps that's just memory tricking me.
I know there's N1RV Ann-A and ROM Neurodriver coming in 2020 but well, after that, I'll still have nothing so, what games have you played which are similar?
PS : Have a happy new year and hope I've not posted in the wrong place, I'm not sure if it would've fit in the recurring topic.
9 votes -
The man who made Wolfenstein
9 votes -
The making of Outer Wilds
9 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.
16 votes -
Prosperous Universe - This deep simulation of space economics is surprisingly compelling
7 votes -
Epic Games Holiday Sale 2019 has started - sales, one free game per day, and $10 off on everything $14.99+
25 votes -
Every year's most iconic video game since 1979 explained
5 votes -
The year in tiny video game text, 2019
10 votes -
Steam's highest grossing games of 2019
14 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.
13 votes -
The most unlikely record in Melee: The complete history of Peach's Break The Targets world record
9 votes -
How do bullets work in video games?
7 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 -
Dead Cells - The Legacy Update - All previous major versions of the game are now available, using Steam's "betas" system
4 votes -
Speedrunning is plagued with cheating, and technological advances are making it more and more difficult to detect
11 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.
13 votes -
Sixteen significant gaming industry figures talk about some of the major trends and changes in gaming over the last decade
10 votes -
Redbox is selling off its video game stock at steep discounts (COD:MW - $29.99, Death Stranding - $24.99)
12 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