Anyone who advertises their game as “non-gay” can fuck right off.

I’d say you’re definitely overthinking it. I’ll look at the high end achievements if I’ve finished a game I like, as that could point me towards things I may have missed during my initial playthrough, but other than that, I don’t think about them at all.

If I actually do 100% a major game (Like I did for Fallout New Vegas) I’m proud to have accomplished it, but I’m not losing sleep over the other 3000 unfinished titles I’ve played.

Sometimes it’s fun to compare to friends.

Unless…

a person cheats and gets them all

If you have money, you can have all the best cosmetics and make the game so easy that you don’t even have to play it anymore.

And, it’s completely true.

This is so stupid. I love it!

The only gamers that like remakes fall into one of these categories:

That’s my favorite game! I’d love to play it again!

Or

I didn’t get a chance to check it out the first time around, here’s my chance!

1997 - GoldenEye

The last 40 years are a blur, and I honestly don’t know what year any games came out. I could guess a range, but that’s about it.

I remember when there wasn’t much more to worry about besides a surge of people going outside with their phones.

Those were the days.

Have a mother Cluckin’ Day!!

I’ve learned that I am really bad at this game.

Thanks for sharing!

Stardew Valley!

I’m right there with you. I think the hamster was the last new hero I played with.

Those were good times.

Now they’re adding a cat with a jetpack, which I would love if they gave her a better name than Jetpack Cat.

That link to the different player types was very interesting. I’m somewhere between an Achiever and Explorer. Probably more explorer, but I am a sucker for hitting the next level, gear upgrade, etc.

The only possible way that a lot box can be skill based is of they are only given as play rewards. Which I have no problem with. You win a match, you get loot.

But if you can purchase loot boxes, then skill has nothing to do with it.

Im pretty sure that was a running total of multiple purchases from various people.

So, here’s the jist of it: Developer hacked dozens of accounts and took their in game gold, and sold it online for $700,000 worth of Bitcoin.

Sounds dirty as hell, and he sounds like her needed to be punished for it. But it’s got me wondering, who gets the money? The company could just return everyone’s gold with the press of a button, so if he pays restitution, who gets it and why?

I downgraded to the lowest tier, so technically they lost money on me.

I’ve been burning through some Gamepass offerings that I’ve passed over.

The Wolf Among Us is a fun Telltale game.

Superliminal is a good mindfuck puzzle game. There were a few times that it took me a while to find the key to the puzzle, but I never felt “stumped” throughout the game.

and I’m a few hours into Monster Sanctuary which is essentially Pokemon in a classic Metroid map. Having fun so far and planning on sticking with it for a while.

Fantastic write up! Thanks for sharing!

2 is by far my favorite story with the BEST character development, but it definitely has it’s flaws. And the later games have acknowledged and overcome most of those flaws, but it seems like they haven’t had the substance to make me think “That was SOOO GOOD!” like 2 did.

I’m curious what your take on Borderlands was after paying them all back to back. I’ve been a fan of that world since the beginning, and I’m curious how they stand up without the nostalgia. And of course, which was your favorite?

Balatro inspired me to download other simple rogue likes on my phone.

I also branched out on console and played both South Park RPGs and Farcry 3.

And somewhere in the middle of all that Oblivion remastered made me play that game all the way through for a fourth time.

I think I’m a competitor at 27

Perfect Saturday morning!

Super Metroid. I really haven’t liked any others that I’ve played.

Wow. Never really thought of that, but aside from reading a book, it’s probably the longest form of common media we have. Even a short game takes 10-20 hours to finish.

MegaMan.

I’d rather have 2 or 3. Those were my favorites.

I did the same! Unrelated to my thumb, but I played through Final Fantasy 4-6 and had a blast. I started 7, but I might be the only person on the planet that doesn’t enjoy it.

Welcome to the club! I did the same thing with a meat slicer about 20 years ago. My thumb was flat at the tip of the nail for a long time, but it’s grown back since then.

Turn based games are great for one handed, because you can take your time hitting the buttons. Maybe slay the spire, Inscryption or balatro if you haven’t tried those yet.

The South Park games got a few laughs out of me.

Borderlands games have a few good gags sprinkled throughout.

Maybe you’ve been a bit this whole time.

It’s been too long since I played the first game, but in 2, you try to go straight and live the simple farm life and it’s such a boring part of the game. Typically that’s a bad thing, but I loved how it simulated that itch for chaos. As a player, you’re thinking the same thing as the character. “Not long ago, I was riding around shooting people and making tons of money, and now I’m shoveling shit for pennies a day.” When the mission comes to go back to your roots and raise some hell, you know you shouldn’t, but damn does it feel good to get back to doing what you love.

The dashes and bullet points always give it away.

Looks like April Fools Day came late this year.

Luck be a Landlord is like a slot machine version of Balatro.

You select randomly generated symbols to add to your slot machine in order to get more money with each spin in order to have enough to pay the increasing “rent” at the end of each level.

Loved those remote mines!

We made a multiplayer mode that was me and my friends, plus the maximum number of lowest health lowest intelligence AI bots. We called it Sheep.

Just run around mowing down the bots until someone hits the target score.

Great stuff.

It was the perfect “sequel” to Goldeneye

Honestly, if AI was responsible for cranking out a decade’s worth of FIFA and Madden, would anybody notice?

Yeah, you didn’t even get through the “tutorial.”

So both are card game rogue likes, but…

Slay is more like “shuffle a deck of cards and try your luck”

Inscryption is more “I’ve created some puzzles for you to solve.”