Stellaris for me…

Yeah I keep falling off Elite Dangerous, despite loving it. I’m been playing Caves of Qud and ToTK and loving them.

You’re not wrong, but at least I get to experience games with him, so that’s fun most of the time.

“People in their 40s… even if you have kids, you have more disposable income than you did in your 20s, but you have less time. So you might still want to play games, but I feel repressed by games that want me to play every week.”

Oof I feel that.

They came through and sent me the game like they said!

I am super intrigued by this, might pick it up next time it goes on a big sale.

Anyone try playing it on the Deck?

That looks incredible! The second one was good but I think I still like the first one better. I would love to dive back in.

Friend bought me ToTK so I’ve been having fun with that.

Also really enjoyed that one.

Now he knows how us regular people feel when we have to fight insurance and the doctor’s billing office to get them to code/process the claim correctly and keep calling to bug them for the refund check and it still takes over a year. Welcome to the real word.

Why does this guy’s camera always look greasy!?

Yeah I play FH5 and have not touched the DLC. I feel like there is more than enough cars and content in the base game that I will probably never get to as is. It’s just a chill game for me, drive around the beautiful scenery, relax, and do a race here or there.

I agree completely, I was just trying to say I think that was the beginning of it. I never touch cosmetic DLC but I at least consider DLC that adds story or more content. I play Paradox games after all. :-)

I feel like DLC is just a re-branding of ‘expansion packs’ that we used to have in the 90s.

That’s how I’ve felt about The Sims since the first one. It was so boring making my Sim go to work, come home, eat, go to bed, shower, etc. I bounced off it hard and never went back. If someone likes it, good for them, but I’ve never gotten it.

I’ve been following this one, but I’m not really sold on it. I feel like it’s a little too sandbox for my tastes, but I love the aesthetics!

Just picked up Dave the Diver on sale and am loving it.

Edit to remove a game newer than 12 months! :-p

Thanks, edited.

I am just now learning from your comment that Annapurna does film! I just know them from Kentucky Route Zero and Outer Wilds. Crazy, I thought they were just a gaming company.

This was a wonderful little experience.

I don’t get why anyone pays attention to these wannabe Hollywood producers like him or Todd Howard. The most interesting and innovative things in gaming are NOT happening in the AAA space.

I know, like I said I was too dumb to figure out exactly what to do when I got there :-). I definitely plan on diving back in, though.

I played this game and loved it but never finished it. I feel like I was either too dumb to figure out what to do next, or I could tell what I needed to do but couldn’t maneuver my ship/character well enough. Total skill issue on my part, though I intend to dive back in at some point.

Star Control 2: The Ur-Quan Masters has some great tunes.

Edit: and The Talos Principle

I have been meaning to pick this up for a while! Just wish it ran better on the Deck.

Haha no worries. Did you see the Kickstarter for the sequel to Star Control 2?

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/pistolshrimp/free-stars-children-of-infinity

Do you mean Stardock?

Interesting! I recently finished my playthru and while I feel like it slogged a bit at the end, it was good!

Thanks for the review. I’ve had this one on my wishlist for a while!

I can’t believe I won! Thank you!

I’m happy for people who like these games, but I am so tired of seeing articles about them in my feeds. They are still companies, they still don’t care about you, just your money, but everyone acts like these two are their best friends and the saviors of gaming.

Steam gift card, which I think you might be able to digitally send to someone, not sure? I’d probably pick up Pacific Drive or Dave the Diver.

Wow. So glad I didn’t but this right away.

I came to a realization a few years ago that I am too boring to play sandbox games. I need a tightly crafted narrative, I cannot be left to my own devices. After a long time of trying to get into every sandbox game that looked cool, it was such a relief to finally realize that about myself.

I think Rocket League is cross-platform.

All I can think of is Strong Bad’s vector graphic head appearing and saying stuff like ‘your head a-splode’ in that voice you describe. :-)

Incredible game, well worth your time if you haven’t played it.

This article really confused me because I thought Below Zero was Subnautica 2, LOL.

EVE Online

Pacific Drive is looking incredible!