**Hope: A Sky Full of Ghosts** is a sci-fi point-and-click adventure where you, as Agatha Hope, captain a disjointed crew on a stolen spaceship. Your goal? Escaping the corporate tyranny on Earth. Your decisions and wits will decide the course of the mission, your relationship with the crew and whether you survive or not. It blends the spirit of old-school point-and-click games with a deep narrative full of character and secrets. Dialogue choices, puzzles and minigames will help you unravel the ship's secrets and reveal your crew's motives

Our Adventurer Guild is a tactical RPG that puts you in the shoes of the new master of the Adventure Guild. Rebuild this broken down institution by recruiting adventurers, equipping them, and send them on adventures to bring in gold. This is a seriously impressive game, and might be my favorite game from last year.

The international Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement are calling on people to cancel Game Pass subscriptions, avoid Microsoft-owned video game properties such as Minecraft and Call Of Duty, and boycott all Microsoft Gaming and Xbox-branded products in protest at the company’s reported business connections with the Israeli military. The call follows allegations this January about the Israeli military’s usage of Microsoft’s Azure cloud technology and artificial intelligence products in the course of its bombardment and invasion of Gaza. According to a joint investigation between the Guardian, Israeli-Palestinian publication +972 Magazine and Hebrew-language outlet Local Call, with additional reporting from Drop Site News, Microsoft have “deepened” their relationship with Israel’s defence establishment since 7th October 2023, when several Palestinian militant groups struck across the border and massacred over a thousand people. Israel responded to the attack by mounting a ground offensive and airstrikes that have destroyed much of Gaza and killed tens of thousands of Palestinians.

A critique of the AAA games I (Triple Iris) have played from December to March. These games include Ys X, Ys Seven, The Outer Worlds, Wolfenstein: The New Order, and Watch Dogs: Legion.

https://archive.is/2025.03.06-011758/https://www.ft.com/content/4ab9efe7-36bc-44ff-b2cd-06eb2c38203a ::: spoiler Tap for article # Gaming chat platform Discord in early talks with banks about public listing ## US group has sought to broaden its appeal to a mass audience  Video game developer Jason Citron founded Discord in 2015 © Kimberly White/Getty Images/TechCrunch Discord is in early talks with banks about a public listing, according to people familiar with the matter, in a sign of a possible revival in the sluggish US IPO market. Founded in 2015 by video game developer Jason Citron, [Discord](https://www.ft.com/stream/42c52c5f-e7f3-430d-b592-5caa08de5a31) offers multi-person voice, video and text-based spaces to its 200mn global monthly active users. The San Francisco gaming chat platform was considering listing as early as 2021, according to people familiar with the matter. However, many technology companies and investors have put their [IPO plans](https://www.ft.com/ipos) on hold due to political and market uncertainty. That is expected to change this year as interest rates have fallen and US President Donald Trump has laid out a more tech-friendly regulatory agenda. Discord was last valued at about $15bn in a 2021 fundraising, according to PitchBook. The company’s revived IPO plans remain subject to change, one of the people said. “We understand there is a lot of interest around Discord’s future plans, but we do not comment on rumours or speculation,” the company said in a statement shared with the Financial Times. “Our focus remains on delivering the best possible experience for our users and building a strong, sustainable business.” CoreWeave, an [artificial intelligence](https://www.ft.com/artificial-intelligence) cloud computing provider, filed for a New York IPO this month that would raise about $4bn and value the group at more than $35bn, which could make it the largest tech flotation of the year. A series of valuable start-ups, including fintech groups Stripe and Chime and data platform Databricks that had been forced to stay private far longer than planned are expected to reignite plans to list their shares. Discord initially found popularity among gamers, as well as retail trading and cryptocurrency communities, but has since sought to broaden its appeal to a mass audience. The company has largely shunned advertising, in contrast to larger rivals such as Meta, X and Reddit, in favour of offering its users premium features for a fee. In 2021, it attracted interest from multiple Big Tech groups, rebuffing a $12bn takeover bid from Microsoft. The recent IPO plans were first reported by The New York Times. :::

Hello comrades, I'm seriously struggling financially at the moment, So I was hoping to get advice from some fellow gamers... Does anyone know of any legit and decently paying platforms, that pay you to test/play games? Please let me know! Thank you!

I'm planning on making a game dev challenge! Watch the video to understand how you can tell what challenge I should do! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4F48pxmrU4&t=59s

Dear Reader who I shall never know, in your eyes, I know this game was ultimately a fiction. However, I hope you’ll follow us in our analysis and recounting of this fantastical adventure. I hope I will be able to reminisce and review what we saw together. Even if your journey is over, I hope you’ll still want to tag along. And, most importantly, with all my heart, I hope that fantasy will keep giving you strength. Disponibile anche in 🇮🇹

I just beat the game on the easiest difficulty. That was still pretty fucking hard. The game was so fucking weird, and I mean that in a good way. I'm not quite sure what to make of it. I liked it but I wasn't super impressed with the gameplay. All in all, I'd reccommend giving it a shot if you get it on sale.

Me when hearing political news

I'll start by saying I had a bit of trouble wording the title but I'll try to elaborate on it. I find it can be a bit daunting at times figuring out what a decent entry point is in a series of video games without searching online first. Sometimes there will be ten games released across three different generation of consoles with reboots, prequels, and remasters and you can feel a bit left out of the loop if you start with the most recent release. I'm wondering where people would recommend starting in other popular series like Nier, Final Fantasy, Armored Core, Ace Combat, Assassins Creed, Metal Gear, Metroid, Resident Evil, and so on. It might make for a fun bit of Friday discussion and encourage some people to try out some new games. --- Here's my example: With the Fallout series I'd say you could easily start with any game because you have a new protagonist each time and a lot of the lore is reintroduced. The exception being Fallout 2 because it feels a bit more like a direct sequel to the original. I would probably recommend Fallout New Vegas as a starting point because it's the fan favorite, has a few quality of life upgrades over Fallout 3, Fallout 4 adds a lot of extra mechanics to the game so going backwards in the series if you wanted more Fallout could feel a tad awkward and take some readjusting if you are accustomed to them, and the classic Fallout games can be a bit of a challenge if you aren't used to old school RPGs.

With Lenovo's announcement at CES 2025 of the Lenovo Legion Go S, we are pleased to share that their "Powered by SteamOS" model is the first handheld officially licensed to ship with Valve's SteamOS. We built this operating system to provide a seamless user experience optimized for gaming, while retaining access to the power and flexibility of a PC. SteamOS is the same operating system we run on Steam Deck, and the team is making updates to ensure it fully supports the Lenovo Legion Go S and provides the same seamless experience customers expect. In addition, the same work that we are doing to support the Lenovo Legion Go S will improve compatibility with other handhelds. Ahead of Legion Go S shipping, we will be shipping a beta of SteamOS which should improve the experience on other handhelds, and users can download and test this themselves. And of course we'll continue adding support and improving the experience with future releases.

Only found this online but it's for the original PS1 version: "Pac-Man can gain extra lives by collecting gold 1UP Pac-Man items, by earning them in the slot machine at the end of every level or for every 10,000 points scored at the results screen." But I don't know what these gold 1UP Pac-Man items look like or how to recognise them, couldn't find a pic or any more information on it. Does it mean the gold coins you collect during a level? I thought those were for using in the slot machine. Also does it mean you can only get lives at the end of the level or is there a way to get lives during the progression of a level as well? And what does it mean the results screen, can we earn lives by getting 10,000 points while playing a level or only after finishing it? Wikipedia says this: "He can find small fractions of health to replenish it in levels, as well as extra lives." I was wondering if we can get new lives by collecting more fractions of health once we already have full health, but not sure. And if there is a separate in-level collectible that grants you a full life, what it looks like.

I blame the consolidation of sports titles under a limited number of developers and publishers. But maybe I just feel this way because sports games aren't my thing.

Edit: Official Riot confirmation the Asus Xonar audio driver is blocked due to a cheating exploit by user Baconspleet who received following statement by official support: "... the driver is indeed blocked by vanguard as it was reportedly being used as a way to cheat. In this case, I'm afraid the only option to have sound in the game is a hardware upgrade, though that is understandably, not ideal." https://maxedtech.com/asus-xonar-unified-drivers/comment-page-230/#show-comments As Valorant players with all kinds of Asus Xonar sound cards have noticed since the 9.x patch series, the support for these devices has been dropped and the game will no longer function acceptably. After roughly half a minute, the entire system, not just the game, loses its audio output. Reddit user /u/travishenrichs has contacted support and received following statement: "In order to protect the competitive integrity and security of our games, some pieces of hardware are not supported with VALORANT and will not function properly with the game. Having said that, this is something being looked into by our QA team, but I can't provide an ETA at this time." Since this critical bug is known for half-year, is not fixed by 9.10, it is unlikely to be resolved anytime soon as the doubtful support response suggests. I hope software developers avoid situations such as these to avoid forced obsolescence of hardware devices, as these devices do function correctly on Windows 10 and 11.

Major Update Highlights - 64-Bit Support: Enhance your gaming performance and stability with our transition to 64-bit architecture. - New Boss Units: - Double the Challenge: Confront two powerful new boss units, each offering unique gameplay experiences. - Station Unit: - Introducing the New Station Unit: Expand your strategic options with this innovative addition. - Shield Upgrade: - Fortified Defense Mechanism: Upgrade your shields to improve defense capabilities against formidable foes. - Background Graphics: - Infinite Cosmic Space String: Enjoy a stunning visual experience with our newly designed infinite cosmic space continuous string in the backdrop. Prepare for an upgraded adventure that combines enhanced visuals and intense challenges. Dive into the action and explore all these exciting new features!