Tyler Wilde
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Who killed the game industry? Union workers make splash at Game Awards protest
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Who killed the game industry? Union workers make splash at Game Awards protest
A vigil for those trampled in the name of profits.
https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/-who-killed-the-game-industry-union-workers-make-splash-at-game-awards-protest?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky
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Anti-reductionism is a self-limiting belief. You can do anything, including develop a physical explanation for consciousness, if you just roll up your sleeves and apply yourself. Try harder scientists!!
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Kaizen Game Works - Promise Mascot Agency OUT NOW! 🛻✨💕
7 days ago
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Christopher Livingston
8 days ago
Tried recreating the Leonardo DiCaprio Pointing meme in Garry's Mod (it was for work reasons because my job is fun like that) and this is how it turned out -- only asking someone appreciate that he does have a cigarette between two fingers because that part took the longest
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Something that I think could be misleading in AI discourse is how much is said about the attitudes of working artists without asking them. Is it really the case that every artist using AI tools has been forced to do so by a mean boss who doesn't understand art? Would they broadcast that?
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8 days ago
If I had known the two paragraphs about genAI in my article today would be so controversial, I would have expanded them a bit! Here's a rough transcript of the relevant portion of my interview with Swen Vincke, so everyone has all the context. (Full article here:
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
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We knew some people would be surprised by invoking cozy here, but that was intentional. PMA is absolutely a cozy hangout game, despite eschewing the stereotypical mechanics and aesthetic of the life sims that dominate the "genre"
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Mozilla may have good intentions here, I don't know, but opening with an obvious falsehood doesn't help its case: "AI isn't just another tech trend—it's at the heart of most apps, tools and technology we use today." At the heart of most technology we use today? How do you come to that conclusion?
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Rewiring Mozilla: Doing for AI what we did for the web | The Mozilla Blog
AI isn’t just another tech trend — it’s at the heart of most apps, tools and technology we use today. It enables remarkable things: new ways to c
https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/rewiring-mozilla-ai-and-web/
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Larian is seen as a bastion of integrity in an industry that's spent the 2020s cutting corners, cutting jobs, and bending to culture warriors, so it's not surprising that generative AI use is being felt as a betrayal. But imo it's rather premature to declare it lost to hubris, based on what we know.
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Larian defends itself as fans react to generative AI use: 'I'm not entirely sure we are the ideal target for the level of scorn'
Larian says that nothing AI-generated will appear in its games, and that it does not "develop concept art" with AI tools.
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/baldurs-gate-3-developer-larian-defends-itself-as-fans-react-to-generative-ai-use-im-not-entirely-sure-we-are-the-ideal-target-for-the-level-of-scorn/
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lincoln carpenter
12 days ago
Werner Herzog is game of the year.
www.pcgamer.com/games/action...
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The true highlight of The Game Awards was Werner Herzog explaining Warframe
What could be better than this?
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/action/werner-herzog-explaining-warframe-is-the-highlight-of-the-game-awards/
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This game looks fun to me. I like that the protagonist is a big sweaty meathead.
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I remember trying out this theme, probably a few times, because I thought it was cool... maybe the colors reminded me of comic books or something. I'm sure I always switched back after a few minutes of experiencing the Hot Dog-verse.
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Windows 3.1 included a red and yellow 'Hot Dog Stand' color scheme so garish it was long assumed to be a joke, so I tracked down Microsoft's original UI designer to get the true story
Setting the record straight, 33 years later.
https://www.pcgamer.com/software/windows/windows-3-1-included-a-red-and-yellow-hot-dog-stand-color-scheme-so-garish-it-was-long-assumed-to-be-a-joke-so-i-tracked-down-the-original-designer-to-get-the-true-story/
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16 days ago
My Skate Story review's up: "It's an esoteric art installation and interactive concept album navigated via powerslide and axel grind: a mesmerizing ode to the miserable occupants of an uncannily familiar underworld."
www.pcgamer.com/games/sports...
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Skate Story review
Skate the (under)world.
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/sports/skate-story-review/
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Since it is a time of year for sharing music we listened to, I discovered the late Ryuichiro Senoh this year. RIP to a real one. Been learning to play this one.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIRn...
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Rockin' Chair
YouTube video by Ryuichiro Senoh - Topic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIRnDlu57Vk
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I am excited to Slay the Spire again.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NgL...
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Slay the Spire 2 Developer Interview | PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted 2025
YouTube video by PC Gamer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NgLqPWqDss
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Jake Tucker
20 days ago
PC Gaming Show is live now, my face is in it in a couple of places (sorry) but there's also a load of new games and chat / trailers from people much more talented than myself (not sorry) Come watch:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9DJ...
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PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted 2025
YouTube video by PC Gamer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9DJ0eynbX4
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Morgan Park
23 days ago
This week's FOV 90 asks the question: Which FPS do you firmly believe plays better on controller, even when mouse and keyboard is an option?
www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/so...
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Sometimes, an FPS really is better with a controller
FOV 90: Which FPS do most people play with a mouse, but you swear by on controller?
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/sometimes-an-fps-really-is-better-with-a-controller/
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PC Gamer
26 days ago
Don't miss the PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted on Thursday, December 4!! ⏰ 12pm PST / 3pm EST / 8pm GMT / 9pm CET 📺 Join us on X, Twitch, YouTube and Steam 🔢 Countdown the 25 Most Wanted games ✅ Exclusive interviews and announcements 🕹️ Don't miss our 30 min preshow with Midas Set a reminder below 👇
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This week I discovered an artist called Freshman Biology who uses busted up folk instruments to make music that specifically sounds like it was made by a band of small, boisterous goblins and other creatures
freshmanbiology.bandcamp.com/track/the-je...
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The Jesters of Scraprock, by Freshman Biology
track by Freshman Biology
https://freshmanbiology.bandcamp.com/track/the-jesters-of-scraprock
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The tech industry's smol bean act is so maddening. Gee, all we did is put out products that make frequent errors while telling everyone they're going to lose their jobs to them. How come they don't like that?
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Microsoft's head of AI doesn't understand why people don't like AI, and I don't understand why he doesn't understand because it's pretty obvious
Is it really "mindblowing" that people are skeptical of software that consistently doesn't do the things we're told it can do?
https://www.pcgamer.com/software/ai/microsofts-head-of-ai-doesnt-understand-why-people-dont-like-ai-and-i-dont-understand-why-he-doesnt-understand-because-its-pretty-obvious/
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Josh Sawyer
about 1 month ago
Rebecca was one of the founders of Interplay and programmed & designed for some of the most influential games of my youth, notably Bard's Tale I & III and Wasteland. She will be missed.
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PC Gamer
about 1 month ago
We're delighted that
@frankieward.bsky.social
will be joining us to present the PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted on Thursday, December 4. Join us as we unveil the 25 most wanted games coming to PC
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about 1 month ago
"I think that each project I make in whatever medium it will be, will largely be unconnected," says Blue Prince developer Tonda Ros.
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My favorite game of 2025 won't get a sequel, says its developer: 'Each of my projects will be completely standalone'
"I don't ever plan on making a sequel to Blue Prince," said developer Tonda Ros.
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/puzzle/my-favorite-game-of-2025-wont-get-a-sequel-says-its-developer-each-of-my-projects-will-be-completely-standalone/
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Morgan Park
about 1 month ago
Oh snap new FOV 90 just dropped (multiple hours ago)
www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/bl...
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Black Ops 7 has problems, but Call of Duty recognizes where the wind is blowing: The triumphant return of loose SBMM and persistent lobbies in the FPS
FOV 90: Call of Duty's "minimal SBMM" experiment makes a good impression.
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/black-ops-7-has-problems-but-call-of-duty-recognizes-where-the-wind-is-blowing-the-triumphant-return-of-loose-sbmm-and-persistent-lobbies-in-the-fps/
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PC Gamer
about 1 month ago
Big news from Valve today as it announces the Steam Frame, Steam Machine, and Steam Controller. Details here:
www.pcgamer.com/hardware/val...
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Valve announces three new products: here's what you need to know
Good things come in threes?
https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/valve-announces-steam-machine-frame-controller/
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about 1 month ago
"I'm always trying to push it, always trying to push it more. Like, how heavy can we get it? I'm really exploring the extremes of distortion with this project. How distorted can you get it, where you lose the musicality, and then bring it back."
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Mick Gordon is asking 'how heavy can we get it?' in his first full game soundtrack since Doom Eternal: 'The actual feeling I'm trying to capture is from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie'
"It's celebrating that deformity, almost like some form of rebellion."
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/mick-gordon-is-asking-how-heavy-can-we-get-it-in-his-first-full-game-soundtrack-since-doom-eternal-im-really-exploring-the-extremes-of-distortion-with-this-project/
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PC Gamer
about 2 months ago
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Wait a second: How did I not know that before the internet, 'online' actually meant 'offline'?
Back in the '80s, "up" meant "online" BUT THERE WAS ALSO "ON-LINE!!!"
https://pcgamer.com/software/i-just-learned-that-before-the-internet-online-actually-meant-offline-and-its-turned-my-world-upside-down/
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Very spirited
@pcgamer.com
GOTY meeting this year. Such a variety of games to debate the merits of, not a year where there's a perfect consensus on anything.
about 2 months ago
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Jon Bolding
about 2 months ago
Here it is. The absolute strategy beast that is Europa Universalis 5. My review:
www.pcgamer.com/games/strate...
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Europa Universalis 5 sets a new bar for historical simulation complexity
Even hardened grand strategy veterans may be startled by the complexity of this historical simulation.
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/strategy/europa-universalis-5-review/
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I really enjoy our tradition of publishing a new Top 100 list every year. Each year it makes people mad or happy in new ways and reflects something of the state of PC gaming—it's cool that Dwarf Fortress and Caves of Qud are both in the top 10 this year.
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The top 100 PC games
Welcome to the 2025 edition of the PC Gamer Top 100—our annual list of the best PC games you can play.
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/the-top-100-pc-games-2025/
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Double Fine and Obsidian appear to be doing well under Microsoft, but it is hard to square talk about nurturing creativity with everything else that has happened in the past five years.
www.pcgamer.com/gaming-indus...
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Xbox boss Phil Spencer says 'nurturing and protecting creative teams that want to go take risks' is the priority, admits 'we don't always succeed at that'
The Microsoft Gaming CEO spoke about his priorities at an industry event, but contradictions haunt the company's grand strategy.
https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/xbox-boss-phil-spencer-says-nurturing-and-protecting-creative-teams-that-want-to-go-take-risks-is-the-priority-admits-we-dont-always-succeed-at-that/
2 months ago
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Strange perspective. The audience doesn't define itself, it's defined as whoever consumes the things. If whiners were the problem, publishers could price them out by charging $1,000, and then they would no longer be the audience.
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Joshua Wolens
2 months ago
lest anyone doubt PC Gamer's serious about the top 100 please find attached this screenshot from the meeting where we all pitched each other on our most-wanted games for the list
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I've become mesmerized by Erik Satie's Gnossienne No. 1, whose sheet music includes instructions like "wonder about yourself," and spent the week practicing it obsessively. My piano skills are not quite worth sharing yet but here is someone whose performance I like.
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ERIK SATIE Gnossienne 1 - Alessio Nanni, piano
YouTube video by Alessio Nanni
https://youtu.be/oOTpQpoHHaw?si=1afXWsHxOwpRCwbf&t=20
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Morgan Park
2 months ago
After a week of good times, here's my final Battlefield 6 review. "Battlefield 6 understands that the best FPS is a place, not just a service. The execution isn't perfect, but the heart is there."
www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/ba...
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Battlefield 6 review
The series that once languished in Call of Duty's shadow now has all the juice.
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/battlefield-6-review/
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Morgan Park
3 months ago
For those with good taste in Battlefield modes
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phylan
3 months ago
I don't think they should be allowed to do that
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Evan Lahti
3 months ago
Enjoyed Absolum a lot. Definitely the most interesting beat 'em up I've ever played, with roguelite elements that I hope we'll see more of in this surprisingly quiet genre.
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Absolum review: Finally, a beat 'em up with depth
Following in the bootsteps of Golden Axe and Castle Crashers, Absolum places the beat 'em up in a gorgeous fantasy setting.
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/action/absolum-review/
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The
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team is constantly introducing me to cool games I hadn't heard of.
@dilfpatrol.bsky.social
turned me on to Sword Hero recently and it looks sick.
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The solo dev behind RPG Sword Hero is promising a 'seamless open world' with amazing combat, intricate simulation, and systemic dismemberment—the demo on Steam makes me think they can pull it off
Sword Hero: An almost parodically unspecific name for an incredible-looking game
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/the-solo-dev-behind-rpg-sword-hero-is-promising-a-seamless-open-world-with-amazing-combat-intricate-simulation-and-systemic-dismemberment-the-demo-on-steam-makes-me-think-they-can-pull-it-off/
3 months ago
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Morgan Park
3 months ago
My review-in-progress of Battlefield 6 is live.
www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/ba...
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lincoln carpenter
3 months ago
"Private equity firms have gained a sinister reputation thanks to a counter-intuitive strategy in which firms can cannibalize their own acquisitions, extracting profits at the expense of the company and its workforce."
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EA's $55 billion acquisition is the biggest leveraged buyout in private equity history. Here's why it has everyone terrified
Private equity and PIF investment aren't a reassuring pair.
https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/eas-usd55-billion-acquisition-is-the-biggest-leveraged-buyout-in-private-equity-history-heres-why-it-has-everyone-terrified/
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PC Gamer
3 months ago
Here are all the trailers and interviews from our first PC Gaming Show Tokyo Direct!
www.pcgamer.com/gaming-indus...
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Every game, trailer, and announcement in the PC Gaming Show Tokyo Direct
Every. Single. Thing.
https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/events-conferences/every-game-trailer-and-announcement-in-the-pc-gaming-show-tokyo-direct/
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Mr Midas
3 months ago
This is what dreams are made of ✨ From Anime + JRPGs as a kid ➝ to Tokyo for the first time, 🇯🇵 filming the PC Gaming Show: Tokyo Direct with PC Gamer. Truly blessed ❤️ tune in 28th September onTwitch & YouTube
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3 months ago
I reviewed the bug game.
www.pcgamer.com/games/action...
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Hollow Knight: Silksong review
A 2D action game that'll make you work to see what all the hype was about.
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/action/hollow-knight-silksong-review/
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Robert Jones
3 months ago
The latest
@pcgamer.com
magazine is out now, with world exclusive access to IO Interactive's exciting new James Bond action-adventure, 007 First Light. Plus, Titan Quest II, Aether & Iron, Phantom Blade Zero, Grounded 2, Raw Fury, PCIe 5.0 SSDs rated, and much more, too. 💥
tinyurl.com/mpjfn63d
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PC Gamer magazine's new issue is on sale now: 007 First Light
Plus, Titan Quest II, Aether & Iron, Phantom Blade Zero, Grounded 2, Raw Fury, Drakan: Order of the Flame, PCIe 5.0 SSDs rated, and much more, too.
https://tinyurl.com/mpjfn63d
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Wes Fenlon
4 months ago
Other websites' top story today: Look at the new thinner iPhone. It's thinner.
@pcgamer.com
today: A BUG MADE SPACE CADET PINBALL RUN AT 5,000 FRAMES PER SECOND
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Former MS engineer Dave Plummer admits he accidentally coded Pinball to run 'at like, 5,000 frames per second' on Windows NT
One whole core for pinball duties.
https://www.pcgamer.com/software/windows/former-ms-engineer-dave-plummer-admits-he-accidentally-coded-pinball-to-run-at-like-5-000-frames-per-second-on-windows-nt/
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Morgan Park
4 months ago
Hello. I just launched an FPS column I've wanted to start for ages. It's called FOV 90, it's weekly, and I hope you dig it.
www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/th...
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The death and resurrection of Battlefield: Bad Company 2 is exactly why real server browsers are important
Welcome to FOV 90, PC Gamer's new FPS column.
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/the-death-and-resurrection-of-battlefield-bad-company-2-is-exactly-why-real-server-browsers-are-important/
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Glen Tedman
4 months ago
Help us help you read about games
www.pcgamer.com/gaming-indus...
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Google now lets you choose who you trust for your gaming news—here's how to support PC Gamer and other human-made content
I choo-choo-choose you.
https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/google-now-lets-you-choose-who-you-trust-for-your-gaming-news-heres-how-to-support-pc-gamer-and-other-human-made-content/
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I still haven't finished Baldur's Gate 3, but I have restarted it with a new character way too many times, so Act 1 is basically a checklist at this point. I'm unsure if this quiz is hard or easy.
www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/ho...
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How well do you know Baldur's Gate 3's first act? See how hopeless of an RPG restarter you are with this quiz
Have you spent way too long replaying Baldur's Gate 3 Act 1 with new characters? Time to put all that knowledge to use!
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/how-well-do-you-know-baldurs-gate-3s-first-act-see-how-hopeless-of-an-rpg-restarter-you-are-with-this-quiz/
4 months ago
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This quiz by
@chrislivingston.bsky.social
is surprisingly hard. Turns out a lot of the games that stick out to me as having been huge hits came out 10+ years ago when there were far fewer Steam users.
www.pcgamer.com/games/how-we...
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How well do you know the most-played games on Steam? Take our timed quiz and put your knowledge to the test
A test of the best.
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/how-well-do-you-know-the-most-played-games-on-steam-take-our-timed-quiz-and-put-your-knowledge-to-the-test/
4 months ago
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