2025 www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaiG...

At Santa Monica pier.

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Lotsa cool stuff at IGDA Game-A-Palooza in New York last weekend

It's Friday. Its also #nextfest Want to 🕊️use pigeons as weapons🕊️ 🔥Start fires🔥 ⚡shock zombies ⚡ 🤜 👮Fight cops👮‍♂️🤛 🎶experience musical trancendence🎶 Then play the Beatdown City Survivors demo. All progress carries over to the final game! store.steampowered.com/app/3383040/...

Paulaner "Spezi", a soft drink also available imported to the US under the name "Sunset". Got introduced to this in Germany. Delicious Fanta/Cola mix.

The Korea booth at #gamescom went hard. We interviewed two of the developers showcasing there -- THANKS, LIGHT and MONO WAVE. More about their games in the replies below.

PVKK: Planetenverteidigungskanonenkommandant. The booth at #gamescom was a hit with attendees, it simulates planet defense through interacting with one big cannon and we got a chance to interview Raffa, one of the developers behind the project and hope to have the interview up soon.

Zenless Zone Zero had a collab with Aston Martin. Thought I posted this, but didn't. Here's a bunch of it. #gamescom

Tomorrow comes today, three weeks later. Dumping more #gamescom pics (tagged with #gamescom), and then I'll post PAX pics an indeterminate amount of time later.

The /v/GAs at gamescom 2025 medium.com/vidya-gaem-a...

My friends made a PAX West 2025 recap video and it FUCKING ROCKS www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG3v...

More photos later today.

ONL hall at #gamescom - used for more than that but looked cool nonetheless.

Yes.

Akabaka's Sucker for Love series is back, and with a new publisher this time (Black Lantern Collective). Sucker for Love: Crush Landing has you dating a shape-shifting comet that's both naive and infinitely wise to the secrets of the universe.

After burning down an orphanage on behalf of Nintendo because they found a couple MIG switches, Bowser decided to check up on SEGA's booth to check in on their progress of similar debauchery. Lookin' good!

Cult of the Lamb drew a considerable crowd nearly 2 years after the sex update

After streaming on Twitch, someone left the browser open.

MGS3 Delta. Spent an hour in line on the final day of #gamescom (Sunday). 20 minute play session of the very beginning of the game, with market-research questions in the title screen. Played it on Kojima's birthday, that is truly a sin.

This low-stakes booth (Meme Kombat) looked cool, but then I realized it was associated with NFTs. There's a narrow number of respectable artists I've seen online that leverage NFT marketplaces like OpenSea to make money. However this wasn't it in my opinion.

Lords of the Fallen booth. Didn't go in but man it looks cool. They were tattooing people there, lol.

Games, Japan at #gamescom. Despite having taken the pic I didn't play any, but I did spot Sky The Scraper and that was a welcome sight for sore eyes.

Speaking of that -- as a consumer, I wonder if exorbitant displays at gaming conventions convert into sales, or if it's just a way to level out budgets for AAA. Call of Duty Black Ops 7 had a tie-in with a local "flavor milk" brand and the line was just as long as the rest of them to play the game.

Across the Rhine, Sony had a free Helldivers II event during #gamescom to promote the fandom. It started out modestly attended but got busier as the night went on. They had a cosplay contest, and a great selection of food.

Cool as hell flight simulator at Gamescom. Didn't catch the name.

Although my arch nemesis Capcom were at Gamescom, I would be remiss if I didn't mention them. I didn't play any of their games but they had a couple highly-anticipated ones on display, including Resident Evil Requiem and Pragmata.

The Bundeswehr booth; intended to promote the agency and perhaps recruitment, but they gave out plenty of snacks and drinks. They even had the Boston Dynamics Spot dog "resting" by the door.

The crowds at Gamescom were considerable. Nevertheless, the approach I happened to take (guided by a seasoned Gamescom veteran) was to arrive early, queue in line for one big AAA game a day, and spend time playing all the Indies instead - they're better.

Ooh, banana. Chiquita was giving away free bananas at gamescom to all attendees. You also got a bag if you left a comment on their Instagram. Feel free to save it, it's all yours my friend. Also, thanks Lori.

Unlike the US, the rating system in Germany is legally enforceable. This meant that booths exhibiting 18+ games either had to be enclosed or face inwards (away from convention traffic) and incorporating privacy filters on play station monitors.

Promoting 007: First Light, and perhaps still licking their wounds after MindsEye, IO Interactive had a display of the Aston Martin DB5 at #gamescom. Funny, my grandmother got a chance to see the Aston Martin DB5 over 60 years ago at a James Bond promo event for Thunderball.

As shared in "the other app", I visited the Love and Deepspace booth too.

Black Myth Wukong at #gamescom, Game Science weren't showing any games but they kept appearances by having a display of high-quality figures and a high quality bag and holographic fan.

Gonna skeet out a butt-load of Gamescom stuff in the posts ahead, don't mind me.

my honest reaction to that information

I did an official lyric vid for Anamanaguchi and got a part from @napemango.bsky.social that will knock ur socks off Check it out!!!

That's Mama Luigi's to you, Mario!

we have performed the forbidden ritual... DUAL LAYER has risen from the dead. You're welcome! a steamy, in-person episode with the hosts of Dual Layer Podcast ( ZaccActs & @jab50yen.bsky.social‬ ) plus friend @beatstar.me‬

Great coverage by @aftermath.site aftermath.site/siivagunner-...

This does not bode well for Gherrit White

Another PAX comes to a close!! Huge thanks to everyone who checked out our horror game, oneway.exe :D Look forward to the full demo release during Steam Next Fest, June 9th!! #PAXEast #PAXRising #indiegames #horrorgames

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Shakespear Regional Park in New Zealand.

🏆2024 VIDYA GAEM AWARDS 今年は西部へ！ 🎏STREAMING MARCH 15 (US) / 16 (JP), 2025 on Twitch, YouTube, Kick, and X 🎶PRESHOW BY @nostalgiajunkie.bsky.social @lilbellepeep.bsky.social @beat-shobon.bsky.social @jab.bsky.social @wtsnacks.midnightsnacks.fm ⌚TRAILER 2 TO FOLLOW NEXT WEEK

Next /v/GA trailer has video of (You) riding through the Mojave Desert and Fukui Prefecture... and through a momentous torrent of video games. Trailer drops this Friday, gonna be a great one!

TRAILER FRIDAY 替え玉

There were some really cool devkits at MAGFest 2025

Jackson, WY

Thank you so much to everyone who tuned in. I cannot thank @jab.bsky.social @beatstar.me enough for their efforts to make this show possible. I've been dreaming of getting to share it with you all for months and I am just so happy it happened!! Stay Funny. Stay Rave. Enjoy the rest of the show ♥