World Rally Championship in the arcade was my first experience and have been a fan ever since. Even though I have EA WRC, Dirt Rally games and a wheel/pedal setup I mostly play Art of Rally.

UBOAT, submarine sim and even though it gets very tense at times it is also quite cathartic.

Euro/American Truck Simulator, its the perfect game to chill to and I have been known to fall asleep while driving :/

God of War on the PS4. I dropped off for about a month but I’m back and just picked up the Blades of Chaos and finishing off a couple side missions before I progress.

I’m sorry to hear that. Obviously we don’t know your situation but I just want to say that gaming doesn’t have to be expensive so hopefully you’re back to it sooner rather than later.

I’ve been playing some Bomberman.

I feel like I’ve started so many games these past weeks and months but haven’t stuck with any… but I guess nothing new for me really as I never finish games anyway.

That’s very cool. Do you have any in-progress photos?

It’s not Valve/Steam killing Xbox. Microsoft is killing Xbox.

Citizen Sleeper

Switch 1 would be my recommendation.

I’m interested but will wait until release to get excited.

A great read as always. Thanks for the Xbox tip, that shit was annoying having the hub pop up instead of launching the games. If it wasn’t for quick resume I think the Xbox would be gathering dust… all the updates to it nowadays are ruining it more and more.

That’s probably mostly true but optimisation is becoming a lost art form that some devs just don’t know.

CTA Gates of Hell Ostfront

I’ve been going through the campaign mission on hard and hardcore which requires a lot of micromanagement and they take ages to complete!

Me too. So far I’m a few hours in and it’s very good.

I’ll admit I’m very pessimistic they will continue the upwards trend but with the remakes/reboots/sequels due (hopefully) later this year I hope they do.

https://www.thegamer.com/jet-set-radio-reboot-remake-sega-suggests-news-coming-2025-for-25-anniversary-developer-interview/

Wargroove is very good.

DK64 for me too. I played the shit out of it for probably a solid 6 months to a year and loved it but it has no doubt aged badly.

I really like my Series S but having a few games be X exclusive would be fine. It’s definitely holding the X back at this point.

Yuri from Command and Conquer

The same can be said about the average Steam Deck owner.

Art of Rally

Did a few stages in the Group B cars and then a couple of free roam areas getting all the collectables.

Tony Hawks Pro Skater 2

Playing the PS1 version on the Miyoo Flip and loving it. I have it on Dreamcast too but this version looks and plays great on the handheld.

The trailer was actually pretty bad but the gameplay at the end seems like it could be interesting.

I’ve been playing some favourites this week as I just need to take my mind off of life for a bit.

The Division, I started with 2 but it’s just inferior to the first game. The snowy city just does it for me.

The Long Dark, I started a stalker run and have been hot with blizzard after blizzard and am almost starving to death now.

Football Manager 2024, I’ve had this on the second monitor in the mornings while I have a coffee and wake up.

and then I’m still hoping around all the games I put on my Anbernic handheld. Too many games so nothing sticks for long but it’s fun trying them all!

Thanks for this.

The biggest feature I’m waiting for is family sharing of some sort. That would get Epic a lot more use from us since whenever I think my wife/kids might like a game I use GOG or Steam.

Regarding DMs, people need to stand up for the little guy… Steam won’t survive without complete devotion… I’m sorry to hear it happens because your post are great.

grabs popcorn

It’s a show piece. No one expects it to sell for that much but it gets eyeballs on the store.

How this stuff makes for “news” is beyond me…

The update is ok. Stuff like terrain blending looks bad and the random environment things, like rocks falling, do break the immersion because they repeat in the same places.

The games been riding the line of too many changes the last couple years and losing the uniqueness that makes it great.

And in our case, I really feel it boosts our creativity. We’re making this game [TMNT] for less than $300,000 in 18 months.”

I genuinely believe this and it’s kind of a lost sentiment. Hopefully they continue doing what they’re doing and how they want.

I’m still playing lots on my Miyoo handheld and think its amazing. Mostly GBA and Mega Drive stuff.

I did buy Robocop: Rogue City yesterday so tonight I’m going to watch the movie and then play on the weekend. I’ve heard very good things so really looking forward to it.

Thomas Was Alone

I’ve never felt so much for quadrilateral shapes.

• Ready or Not
• Six Days in Fallujah
• Halo

Halo is an all time great and especially for co-op.

Out of Print archive is my go to for nostalgia.

make sure to look in the WIP section for even more magazines

Hang On main theme tune is excellent. The soundtrack to Hang-On and Super Hang-On are both top tier.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHfvmJtB2gs&pp=ygUSaGFuZyBvbiBtYWluIHRoZW1l

I like the look of the white custom title cards but whenever I get to a game that doesn’t have one it ruins the theme and I end up changing them back…

Also if Old School Rally does come to GOG I would buy it in a heartbeat. Colin McRae Rally (and 2.0) are some of my all time favorites and I still play them regularly.

I haven’t played for years now but NeoTokyo still has an active community.

Post Scriptum (now known as Squad 44) is still alive. A very under-appreciated game and they are trying to revive it with a new dev team who have been doing wonders but the active player count is still well below 1k.

Streets of Rage on my little handheld emulator that I bought last week. I’d forgotten how long it’s been since I last played!

Thanks for this. Long overdue from GOG.

I mean you do you but this is a prime example of bandwagon and hardly warrants a whole website.

People are overly loyal to Steam and don’t realise the huge market share they have. It’s not technically a monopoly but everyone else is fighting over the 20% that Steam doesn’t have so who can blame Epic for throwing money at the problem.

I don’t care for either side but it’s fun to watch it all unfold.