Amazing as always. I have no intention of getting switch 2 ($$$ and we have a steam deck) but the new James Bond game trailer is making it tough.

I wanted to share my home screen; thought you might appreciate it. I stole one of those pixel art cityscapes you shared and might put it to use:

The message cycles Good Morning, Good Afternoon, Good Night, Good Lord (for when I really should be asleep).

On a road trip driving/exploring the coast right now, so I’m not getting any gaming in. I hope that cabin provides some peace and relaxation for you!

The gaming magazines were fun and all, but your posts take me days to get through because you really sell me on wanting to deep dive into everything, and you even provide links to exacerbate the situation!

Very nice work. These posts are genuinely my favorite thing I look forward to on Lemmy.

I finally started death stranding! I got goosebumps the first time I was out on a mission and the camera backed away letting you just experience the scenery and music. And then so scary when, you know, it’s scary. Great at setting the mood. It’s beautiful

Santa’s Red suit was a staple, at least in American advertising, for decades before coca cola did it

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/the-claus-that-refreshes/

My son and all of his friends played it for a day or two. He made a point of showing it to me, which he rarely does with Roblox. While he was showing me how to play, another player came and asked if he wanted to see his garden. It was huge. After, he gave my son a bunch of materials and cash (or something, I don’t remember), so that was pretty wholesome.

It was basic plant, water, pick, sell. Something I’d never seen in one of their games was it had a gacha system where you complete requested missions and get a random reward, like new or bigger seeds.

I have no idea what the monetization was, mine didn’t spend any.

The fact they keep doing it leads me to believe we’re missing several instances where they’ve gotten away with it

Ok then, staying the course! Also two questions…

I can’t find best answer for Death Stranding: Should I go mouse & keyboard or controller?

And what country did you end up in?

I have to stop reading these. I finally just got Death Stranding installed to play this weekend, but now I’m eyeing expedition 33 because it looks beautiful. I feel like a week from now you’ll have me pulled another direction!

I’ve learned that I’m sometimes scrolling on my app and accidentally trigger the swipe-to-like function. Just a thought for random, weird down votes.

Literally yes. Yes they do

If it follows clickbait pattern it is clickbait, whether you personally felt baited or not

Writing “This game” instead of the game’s name has literally only one possible intention.

I love reader mode. I Use it to bypass pay walls, too Did someone say something?

I don’t think Lemmy users are representative of their target demographic. The vast majority of people seem to just put up with ads

I’m equally happy whether:

A) They are a focal point of the next game

or

B) We are left wanting.

Same with Gary

Let me just open this article to see how billion dollar company Ubisoft helped defend and protect their consultant…

Told her to ignore it. Cool

Made a statement about how amazing she is after she turned the tide. Got it.

My library has kids and mature gaming sections. I think it’s a trick to get us to walk through more books to check both sections.

So many of the discs are scratched to hell, though

Split Fiction is peak, gonna be hard to beat. Too bad you can’t do ‘a way out’ it’s very well done. Might want to look into tweaks for those “unsupported” games, as many of them work fine. Unraveled 2 is a good example.

Otherwise, If this is something that is really becoming your thing, it might be time to hook your PC to the TV or invest in a console. If you go console, you additionally open up the world of games that require individual screens (crossplay games-you on steam deck screen and them on TV screen, but still sitting together OR you on pc and them on TV if same room).

Our couch coop at some points was me with my laptop on a stack of books on the coffee table while she was on a ps4. Played Aragami this way, for one.

They may seem silly, but there are a slew of Lego games that people get really into and are very impressive. Human Fall Flat also has some silliness, but good puzzles at times

Hyperion is insanity! Loved that series. Dan Simmons has a warped imagination

Everything but the combat looks amazing to me. The was a Steven universe mobile game that was this same kinda turn based with timed actions. Didn’t really like it. I feel like I’d rather have turn based or real fine. It seems kinda gimmicky. But who knows maybe I’d enjoy it in actual gameplay

It looks like they’re each compatible with different devices maybe

Necromerger

That’s damn cool!

Will do!

I have one of the hackable OG switch, no chip needed. Tried all the OS options. Pretty fun to tool around with. So cool that people spend that kind of energy making cfw and the like.

This is great! Such solid content.

I am also so incredibly disappointed in switch 2 news. We have a steam deck, so it won’t be too missed. I don’t think I’d be able to resist, though, if it were in my face every day like that. Good luck!

I picked up death stranding free giveaway recently and am waiting for the summer to dive in. Pretty stoked for it.

Right now, been playing marvel rivals with my kids. It’s a blast, and my daughter is a marvel nerd.

Nice review! Genuinely made me want to jump back in. I know I won’t, but the nostalgia is real!

This was my first year playing controller games on my pc, and now I feel like the world is my oyster

The animal crossing thumbnail alone gave me a little boost. But I’m sure I’ll just scroll on to yet another article about *****

The part that got me the most was when he was complaining about his gear (some of the very best gear in the game) “this helmet is only level 52, even though I’m level 96”. Those were equip levels, not power levels… One of his items he dismissed as not good was the one you get from the final boss. There’s no room for “allegedly” with that part.

Elon did a live stream playing the new Path of Exile game. His character was one of the top 20 ranked in the game. He has bragged about being the best on several games. Anyway, it was obvious to everyone watching that he knew very little about how the game actually worked. He finally confessed this week that he pays other people play the character for him, but also claimed that all the top players do it.

I’m ready for another Cyberpunk

There are console hackers?? Ugh.

I’m sad I stopped playing. By far the chillest way to unwind after work.

“The whole map is covered in snow… So we went up to Ambarino” kidding, yeah the snow is the absolute best. I’m gonna have to log in this week now.

What’s sad is how true this is. Companies enshitify once they have a solid hold on the market. But if they start to slip in numbers, do they ever deshitify to regain trust and users? Fuck no, they triple down on the enshitification to make one last cash grab as they prepare to abandon ship with life preservers full of bonuses for themselves

I just got it last week for holiday travel. I was pretty sure it was advertised on Google Play since it was on my front page. Kinda like how I feel like this article itself is an ad. But I guess it’s possible that it was front page because of the random sales boost

If a tree falls in the forest, and nobody is left alive to hear it, does it make a sound?

This is where my brain went, too. Even looking at this Lemmy thread. 6 of the 10 most upvoted top level comments (including THE most upvoted) are “not meee”, “not alllll men”, defensive crap or “well she should have just…” and “even men have to deal with it toooo” like damn. We ARE fucked.

Or do the trial, find some games you like, then buy them for a couple bucks when the trial ends

I saw a trailer before it came out, but it may have been in the context of how much of a guardians knockoff it was.

I’ll go watch some Prince of Persia gameplay this morning!

Casual gamer here. I’d heard of Concord. Never knew another Prince of Persia game even existed.

When the image appears on the screen, he says, “we didn’t want the blade runner future. Well, maybe that cool duster he’s wearing.” So anyone there would likely assume that the image is from Blade Runner. The intent of the image was Blade Runner.

It also says the bezels are gone, but the photo looks like massive bezels. Feel like I’m missing something