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Heads up to people who enjoy speedrunning, SGDQ just started a few hours ago. Any runs you're looking forward to?

"Stop Killing Games" is a consumer movement started to challenge the legality of publishers destroying video games they have sold to customers. An increasing number of video games are sold effectively as goods - with no stated expiration date - but designed to be completely unplayable as soon as support from the publisher ends. This practice is a form of planned obsolescence and is not only detrimental to customers, but makes preservation effectively impossible. Furthermore, the legality of this practice is largely untested in many countries.

Today's game is the Last of Us. I made it to the part where you try to get the car running with Ellie today. So far the game is holding up amazingly to my opinions yesterday. The clickers especially are scary. Usually Zombies don't scare me, but it's so hard to tell if they saw you or not so it can make it scary and lead to some really tense moments.

Nova Patria playtest request form

In case you missed it, recent reports suggest that Microsoft/Xbox has likely cancelled future Forza Motorsport titles (*effectively ending the series*), following massive layoffs that affected around half of Turn 10’s staff.

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We’ve added additional difficulty settings to allow players to further tune their “Player Combat Damage” & “Enemy Combat Damage”. Players can now select from “Novice”, “Apprentice”, “Adept”, “Journeyman”, “Expert”, and “Master” options in the Gameplay menu. We hope the “Journeyman” setting, specifically, will act as a better bridge between “Adept” and “Expert” for players.

Today's game is The Last of Us. Nearly 13 years it's been out and i am astonished it took me this long to pick it up. And jesus christ am i glad I bought a copy instead of borrowing one or other things for my PS3. It makes me glad to see Naughty Dog's story writing skills are still stellar.

The original Steam Controller is undoubtedly one of the coolest pieces of gear I own—and one of the most innovative, too.

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Repost because I forgot the link last time

An additional post on BlueSky from Danny O'Dwyer indicates that NoClip was actively in the middle of filming a documentary about the making of this game.

Today's game is Ocarina of Time. I finished my 10th something playthrough today and even fought Ganondorf off with a bottle. I know i already chose a picture of the Master Sword for a screenshot, but this really feels like an appropriate screenshot to end off on for one of my favorite games of all time.

For those of you that were subscribed to our lemm.ee community we moved here: /c/[email protected]

Hey lemmy.world!, I wanted to explore what emotional, cinematic UX could look like in a modern game website using Death Stranding 2 as a case study.

I want to shed light on a tactic that involves collecting data as you play, feeding this data into complex algorithms and models that then alter the rules of your game under the hood to optimize spending opportunities.

Today's game is Sea of Thieves. We hopped on to do a Tall Tale today and settled for the Pirates Life one (it's the last one we haven't done and we've been putting it off for ages). We've technically done this one before, but never finished it and we had a new person on, so we started it up all over again to do it through with them from the beginning.

Today's game is Ocarina of Time. I cleared the last of the Temples today and opened up Ganon's Castle after kicking Bongo Bongo's ass (along with a discovery that i can use Arrows to stun him). I'm excited and sad to be finishing this game. It's one of those games that every time i beat it i'm left wanting more. Very few games i can see leave that impact on me.

In short, we will attempt to create a new game mode as part of Vintage Story!

Today's game is Ocarina of Time. Figured for the screenshot i'd go with is one of this statue, which just today i found out was known for it's chest being hookshotable? It's an iconic set piece in my mind, still, can't say i knew it was famous for that lol. I knocked out the Gerudo fortress and the child half of the spirit temple today in total so all in all i made pretty good progress.

Hi guys! I'm a 14 year old indie dev and I just released a free game called A Survival Game on Itch.io! You control a group of stickmen trapped in a “totally safe” bunker (that's a lie). Each day you have to decide whether to explore, fight creatures or... just accept that everything will go wrong 😅

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Today's game is Sea of Thieves. Me and my friends hopped on and just messed around for about 50ish minutes (which is honestly one of the best ways to enjoy this game imo). When we spawned in we were greeted by a wonderful sunrise so it seemed like a good way to start off our session. I got this screenshot of the port right as we were leaving.

Rambo III for DOS genuinely surprised me.

Keeping with the theme of my recent interview with the developer behind the largest-running Nintendo Switch piracy program, I thought I’d post another piece in a similar vein.

Got this message immediately after we lost a game. A random team mate was unimpressed with my performance on the day, which to be fair, was entirely justified, despite a late consolation goal from me.

Interesting timing...

Stop Killing Games just reached 1 million signatures!

The page seems to be not working at the moment but keep on signing https://eci.ec.europa.eu/045/public/#/screen/home

Silverfall delivers exactly what you'd expect from a hack-'n-slash CRPG—nothing groundbreaking, but if you’re like me, those low-poly visuals are a serious charm.

If you are looking for cute and simple co-op game check out Squirreled Away. It is cute open world adventure game. Fun and chill game to play as co-op. The game is pretty simple and short, but is perfect for the gameplay experience it tries to achieve. It was fun alternative for competitive games that I usually play.

Why do I play all these games? Because it’s important that they’re played.

Today's game is Ocarina of Time. After getting the Biggoron sword last time, I decided to tackle the fire temple today. I cleared it all in one fell swoop. Going into it, i don't know why but it's occurring to me that this is the first time i'm hearing the original version of the Fire Temple theme. I don't know if last time i play SoH i somehow played a version of the game without the old theme or if i played it with the sound off, but this is the first time i'm hearing that chanting.

Please support the initiative of Stop Killing Games!

The original IP had been in development in some form for over a decade…

Kerbal Space Program 2 vibes... I'm suddenly less optimistic on subnautica 2.

Today’s game is Minecraft PS3 Edition. We had a friend visiting us today that we usually don’t get to hang out with. We did Splitscreen (I got most of the screenshots when they stepped away for a second and I was playing alone.) and started a new world (for like the 8th time). I built this little cabin to live in while they all went off on their own. I installed cute little windows and got a bed the first day (though it didn’t do much good because I was the only one who had a bed)

I'm sure you've seen by now that I've been arranging interviews with developers of various Linux and Steam Deck programs and projects, done in a question-and-answer style, and posting them here to Lemmy.

Context: There was a huge backlash over Dave the Diver being nominated for best indie game because despite being a smaller pixelart game, the developer is owned by Nexon.

That’s right, for hardware that’s now eight years old and never got a price discount. It currently sells for C$400 – but they’re about to jack the price.

It's already hard enough without the ball being nailed to the ground.

I love this game. It's a cell shaded coming of age adventure where you ride your scooter around the desert and explore ruins or meet unique characters. It's easily worth full price imo so this is definitely a steal.

Today's game is Sonic Mania. I wanted something quick and easy to jump into with tonight, and i picked this up on sale the other day. I grew up on Sonic 1-3, CD, and Knuckles so i have fond memories of the old 2D sonic (even though by the time i was born the genesis was far gone). I even put on the CRT shader! I didn't know much about Mania though and figured it was an original thing, and from what i can tell it mostly is, but the first zones of the first two levels are not.

In a statement, 11-Bit Studios confirms that an instance of AI-generated text appears in The Alters due to an "internal oversight"