For some people, video games are about the wonder of exploring strange, thrilling, action-packed worlds but for me the joy of video games has always been all about moving to a franchise-centric planning strategy to better focus resources on long-term growth and stability amid broader restructuring.

both of those articles are about how discs are fragile and unsafe, poor for digital preservation, and they argue for either 1) a return of cartridges (polygon) or 2) true ownership of data without DRM & platform locks (gizmodo) but you'd have to read more than the headline to find that out i guess

One way you can show Microsoft your concern is here through the XBOX Player Voice feedback platform: feedbackportal.microsoft.com/feedback/ide...

happy 67 day for those who celebrate

updated for the modern times

stuff like this makes me wish bsky had community notes, bc this is highly deceptive and makes people around here bat for a serial cybercriminal group that clearly did bad shit and held ppl's data for ransom. you can just look it up on wikipedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lapsus$

i'm seeing this weird "disc rot isn't actually a thing other than individual problem lots, it's scaremongering" re: physical media simply not true. disc rot is happening and if you have cds over 30 yrs old it's probably happening to you. don't politicize an oxidization phenomenon that's stupid

midwest miku has friends i swear #wip

As the director of a historical video game preservation institution, and someone who has dedicated his entire adult life to this cause, this is accurate. We have attempted to work with the industry's trade organization to find a legal path forward, but they refuse to offer a meaningful alternative.

Statement from VGHF director Frank Cifaldi on the discontinuation of physical PlayStation media, and the closure of the PS3 and PSP digital storefronts.

#SteamSummerSale discounts doko

Helping out our brothers and sisters in the Quake mapping scene! NextBroom, the non-generative-AI fork of Trenchbroom, is welcoming contributors to lend a helping hand! Head on over to codeberg.org/NextBroomTea... to check it out!

IF YOU SEE THIS CLOSE THE TAB IMMEDIATELY this is a trick to install malware on your machine. it is not a real captcha system.

Since #SteamNextFest is back, let me once again say it's actually pretty terrible browsing a large number of games on Steam. If I'm working through demos in a genre and I click on one to read more, clicking back doesn't take me back to where I was in the carousel, it refreshes with a new one.

i am lowkey miffed by ppl being like "gta 6 is definitely getting delayed cos we haven't seen gameplay yet" like showing lots of gameplay has ever been rockstar's mo. they dropped gameplay trailers for their two previous games once, two months before the release date.

Gonna keep hooting and hollering about this game all weekend, because I've upgraded my opinion to 'Actually the coolest thing ever made with the Doom engine'. It's not the biggest, or the most technically impressive. But it has the highest density of soul-achingly COOL moments and sights and sounds

They literally JUST announced a sequel a couple days ago. This is unhinged behavior from Microsoft.

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"Welcome in~!! Need something? Just ask!" (New Key Visual yay!) #SWEETSSS

Treating the imminent @hbomberguy.bsky.social release like YouTube’s equivalent of the GTA 6 release and refusing to schedule videos more than a day in advance.

"let people enjoy things" is over. we must want things to be good

Last year, miHoYo copied my puzzle game Ouros in Zenless Zone Zero. Because they are a recognized, billion-dollar studio and my game isn't well known, some people are now assuming that their version is the original, and mine is the clone. I hope this video clears that up.

Introduce yourself with 10 musical acts you've seen live: JPEGMAFIA Injury Reserve [also By Storm and solo RiTchie stuff] Sega Bodega Joey Valence & Brae [soon!] betcover!! HEALTH Rina Sawayama Chase & Status Michael Kiwanuka Toro y Moi

Some of you are actually just doing this irl this weekend.

I am somewhat disturbed how many people conflate criticizing a person who is trans for bad behavior completely divorced from their identity... with transphobia or transmisogyny It's more bigoted to act like a minority can't receive fair and reasonable criticism. That mindset is infantilizing.

So apparently, not wanting to associate with someone who says a ton of weird stuff is pedojacketing. Even if, unprompted, said person decided to debate the "moral truisms" of lolicon. ....do you guys know what words mean anymore?

this tagline makes me imagine a guy in my head who gets super excited every time he changes the keyboard layout to japanese

In addition to railing against AI, I also get to rail in favor of learning search query skills

Sorry but you’re gonna have to run Jellyfin eventually.

Copy Pasted from Twitter ⚠️CW Death Several of my family members work in the medical field and/or attend to funerals often. They've talk to me about death for years. I grew up knowing that the people around me will leave me one day. So I enjoy the temporary time I spend with my community and friends

Ha, just saw the current wave of user-reviews for Helldivers 2... I'm starting to think that a lot of people just have a fundamentally unhealthy relationship with games, and Steam has fully normalized it. All it takes is one big influencer to say 'I do not like this change, we must hurt them' now.

All this over... Mixtape? aftermath.site/mixtape-review...

fun fact you just get some random guy at steam and they go "your logo is too gross" or "your rare trading cards aren't fancy enough". and then you just do that or you get fucked! love a monopolistic rentseeker that takes 30% of every game, driving a good portion of indie devs below sustainability!!!

Before anyone goes 'But what did they ACTUALLY do wrong to get banned?', the dev's theory really does seem accurate: They drew tired office workers in their mid/late 20s looking too cute. store.steampowered.com/app/3079280/... Steam doesn't have 'rules'. Just vibes that moderation staff can invoke

strawbie munch (with @caeliastrifera.bsky.social)

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upd yea that's an actual bingo alright

100wpm monkeytype barrier crossed 😎

discord is back again, but this will happen again very soon, that is why its important to start looking into alternative social apps take back your social life with these alternative apps (that are actually BETTER than discord and bluesky) people are seriously sleeping on these apps 👇

Dusk (Zelda: Twilight Princess decomp port) out for PC/Steam Deck/Android/iOS www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9fQ... twilitrealm.dev -Enhanced res -Uncap framerate -Gyro Aim -QoL -Achievements & More

If I hear one more youtuber sputter out an "I hope I'm pronouncing that right" in reference to an easily searchable foreign name I'm going to start lighting people on fire

"The Switch is so old," you all said. "I need better graphics," you demanded. "Wah wah," you cried. And now, you sit here before Slippy Toad, the slippiest he's ever been, slippier than a fucking banana peel under a kart wheel, all thanks to the raw power of the Nintendo Switch 2—and you reject him?

Important rules for the "age verification" era of the internet that we're living in: 1. Do not do age verification. 2. If you have to do age verification, cheat. Do not under any circumstances give them your real ID.