Although somewhat unrelated, I thought this excerpt from the article was interesting and sad.

Asked in an interview if he regrets Balatro’s success, he replied: "Honestly, yeah. Don’t get me wrong - this has changed my life in a lot of amazing ways. I’m so grateful. But I do miss that time before. It was just a hobby that recharged my batteries. Sometimes I think, ‘Maybe I would’ve been happier if I had never released this game to the public.’

Read the title of this post and immediately thought Noita. It’s such a fantastic game both stock and modded and even after 100 hours in it, I’m far from an expert.

You definitely will feel like a badass wizard.

Gave it a shot this weekend after seeing a piece about it on Friday. Generally I thought it was OK. The match making kind of sucks and it took me a number of “quick play” attempts until I was actually able to play.

Gameplay was fun, if not a bit frustrating. I got completely smoked by a couple of people and it felt like they had deep knowledge of the maps which was tough to counter.

All in all, for the price, it’s worth a pickup.

Right? Some of us buy no AAA games and don’t even kinda care it can’t run them

Maybe some, maybe even most, but as a blanket statement, no.

I buy games and consoles but haven’t bought an Ubisoft or EA title in a decade. My own personal little boycott against bullshit required launchers may not matter, but I am consistent. I suspect others do the same as well and in aggregate, it might have an impact.

It’s way more fun than I thought it would be. I’m excited to see where they take it

Amazon literally runs a Mechanical Turk service, so it’s pretty on brand.

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Definitely one of the first strand type games.

Oh me too bud, first clan, first time hosting a gaming server, lots of firsts and good memories.

Shazbot!

Shazbot!

Not every project’s goal is to make money. I’d argue that spending time learning now to remake a game that you personally love is not a waste of time. You get the thing you wanted (a remaster) and you’ve honed a skill.

OpenTTD is a good time if you like those types of management games. The graphics are old, but it’s still fun.

I keep waiting for the patch note that tells me I can change my load out from the main menu. I hate needing to join a game to do that.