Yeah, 1080p is fine on a small laptop screen, or a small TV on the other side of the room, but it’s unusable for desktop applications. Even 1440 is noticeably low res. I disagree about phones, though. I think 1080p is overkill and 720p is fine.

Shadow Cities was really fun back in the day. Despite coming out so long ago, I think it was the best location based game. I’m disappointed and a bit surprised that nobody ever recreated it. Niantic tried, but they never really captured the magic of it. Pokemon go was fun for a short time, but got boring fast. I think it was a huge missed opportunity to not have actual Pokemon battles, especially PvP.

If rhythm games are on the table, I’d like to recommend Sayonara Wild Hearts. It honestly doesn’t really meet the criteria of this post, (it’s more flashy than cozy, more feminine than girly, and it does have some combat) but it’s really good.

Ugh, headlines have gotten so bad these days. I clicked because I was curious why they did a 180 on policy…

My guess is $30, could be $40 although I doubt it after the response they got.

I honestly don’t think this looks very good. The lighting and assets look good on their own, but this remaster completely changes the art direction of the original, and it ends up losing a lot of the atmosphere that the original had.

I hope they make some last minute changes, or we at least get a mod to restore it to the original game’s aesthetics.

I think a simple color grade, and tweaking/removing some of the lights could basically fix it, so I’m a bit surprised they took this approach. It looks like they prioritized tech demo over faithful recreation.

How does this compare to element [matrix] ?

It’s not a moba replacement, but it’s one of my favorite multiplayer games. Highly recommend.

I think it’s going to be a long time before I upgrade my graphics card with these prices.

Looks cool, and I’ll check it out on release. If you want beta testers though, make it easier to sign up. I’m not going to write an essay just to maybe get beta access.

The notifications are coming from Google Play Services.

Look into GrapheneOS. They have a sandboxed play services implementation, and you can have multiple sandboxed users, e.g. one for foss apps, one for google and proprietary apps.

Also try TrackerControl on f-droid, it lets you block trackers from apps. You’ll still have Google to worry about though.

Well technically with early access games, it would be >0%. Although they didn’t know that back in 2023…

Thanks!

Did anyone get Scorn yet?

Yeah I recently got a year old pixel new for 400, and I bet the camera is a lot better. I don’t care about gaming performance in a phone.

I was excited for Valve to come out with something that pushed vr forward, but if it’s just a budget apple vision for gaming, I have zero interest. At that point, why not just use the regular steam controller 2?

The vr controller looks like a big step backward compared to the index. It looks bulky, but without hand tracking.

Yeah I used to have an old Windows MR headset until it stopped working (and I switched to linux)

It was a lot of fun, and I do miss beat saber.

But I’m not going to spend a thousand dollars on an outdated index, or put facebook spyware on my face. If Valve or some other company comes out with something modern without proprietary bs, I’d buy it in a heartbeat.

I was excited when I saw Necrodancer, but honestly this just looks like a rather conventional rhythm game. Would love a Necrodancer 2 though.

Here are my recommendations:

Bad North: Real time island defense with procedural islands and character permadeath.

Inscryption: Roguelite deck builder (but it’s more than that, hard to describe without spoilers. just play it)

I realize these might not be the exact type of roguelike you’re looking for, but I highly recommend them.