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- Comment on GOG: We’re thrilled to announce that the Crysis Remastered Trilogy has joined our catalog, and the original Crysis is now part of the GOG Preservation Program! 4 days ago:
Nice, glad to hear that the original, non-remastered Crysis is available! If I remember right, Crysis Remastered is actually an update to the console port of Crysis, and the console versions simplified how your powers activate, making it easier to do on a controller.
- Comment on this level is amazing 1 week ago:
Wait, really? I looked at it on the piefed instance I’m using and also on lemmy.world.
- Comment on Is anyone NOT steaming their Music? 1 week ago:
I’m not, and I’ve enjoyed the process of finding my own music again. I started buying music CDs; there’s a used bookstore near me with a giant shelf of CDs for $1 each. I set up a music server (I chose Funkwhale, although Navidrome seems to be the more popular choice) that I upload everything to, so I can still stream things, it’s just from my own server. And I bought an MP3 player.
- Comment on this level is amazing 1 week ago:
I agree, but I think that says a lot about how good the atmosphere in this level was. Gameplay-wise, it really isn’t as interesting as the rest of the game. And yet, everyone was talking about the Scarecrow parts back when this game came out, and it’s still a memorable part of the game.
I think it helps that you won’t die too many times at this part. If it was a platformer section and you had to keep replaying it, people would remember it negatively. (Kind of like how people always hate the puzzle sections in action games.) But instead, they gave this part a great presentation, and you can get through it fairly quickly, so the gameplay didn’t really leave a bad taste in your mouth.
- Comment on this level is amazing 1 week ago:
I love this version of Scarecrow, probably one of the best iterations of the character. Although he was creepy as hell in Arkham Knight, too.
Also…
DO NOT CLICK IF YOU HAVEN’T BEATEN ARKHAM ASYLUM IT IS A CLASSIC DON’T RUIN IT
The fake game crash totally got me when I first played this.
- Comment on this level is amazing 1 week ago:
I bet it is. I haven’t played it in a few years, although I just replayed the sequel – Arkham City – earlier this year and it was still great. Arkham City added quite a few game mechanics on top of Arkham Asylum, but I bet Asylum is still fun. Most people agree that Asylum had the best atmosphere, too.
- Comment on Steam Autumn Sale 2025 Has Begun 1 week ago:
Maybe none, maybe a couple; lately I have resisted sales since my backlog is so big. That being said, some of the more interesting ones on my wishlist are on sale this time around. I might pick one or two of these:
First person shooters:
- Trepang2 (F.E.A.R. homage) - 60% off, $12
- Prodeus (boomer shooter) - 40% off, $15
- Metal: Hellsinger (boomer shooter) - 75% off, $8Indie/puzzle/chill:
- The Talos Principle 2 - 70% off, $9
- Everspace 2 - 70% off, $15
- Ultimate Chicken Horse (casual/party couch co-op) - 65% off, $5
- Spiritfarer: Farewell Edition - 90% off, $3
- Untitled Goose Game - 55% off, $9
- It Takes Two - 75% off, $10
- Kaze and the Wild Masks (2D platformer) - 80% off, $3
- The Forgotten City - 75% off, $6
- Dreamscaper (indie roguelike) - 80% off, $5Also:
- Persona 4 Golden (JRPGs aren’t really my thing, but I hear that this is literally one of the best games ever) - 50% off, $10
- God of War - 60% off, $20
- Desperados III (isometric tactics) - 90% off, $4
- Ori and the Will of the Wisps (2D platformer) - 75% off, $8
- Sifu - 60% off, $16 - Comment on Yes, Apple. This is exactly what I wanted *facepalm* 1 week ago:
Also if you type “bluetooth” it will suggest “Bluetooth File Sharing” above “Bluetooth.” That second one is the one you want for connecting to a speaker.
This irks me every day.
- Comment on PlayStation State of Play (Sept. 24, 2025) | MEGATHREAD 2 weeks ago:
Bah, I got excited and thought that you meant that it was going to be the Epic Games Store freebie next month. Wishful thinking on my part. :P
- Comment on Dinner is ready! 2 weeks ago:
I think people are mostly saying D for India, China, Japan, and Korea. It also has Greece and Lebanon.
- Comment on Dinner is ready! 2 weeks ago:
The Guinness! Makes everything else tolerable. (But also, shepherd’s pie is in there.)
- Comment on Dinner is ready! 2 weeks ago:
Korea is doing a lot to keep C viable.
F is a secret top tier with Morocco and Argentina.
- Comment on Dinner is ready! 2 weeks ago:
H has poutine and lobster, A has France and Ireland. There are some top tiers in each of these divisions.
- Comment on How they tested video games in the nineties - Spillhistorie.no 3 weeks ago:
I had never thought about recording it on a VCR. That was interesting.
- Comment on Rogue.site is a new worker-owned, reader-funded gaming site 5 weeks ago:
This has not been the case for aftermath.site nor 404media.co, two sites that got started pretty much the same way this new one has.
- Comment on A List of Open Source Game Clones 1 month ago:
Come to think of it, there are so many graphical enhancement mods for Morrowind, I'd bet that every asset has already been recreated by someone already. Not sure if they're all open source, though. There might already be something close to a libre reimplementation of Morrowind, except for rewriting the dialog and quest scripts. Which would be a lot. Ok, close-ish, maybe.
- Comment on A List of Open Source Game Clones 1 month ago:
Great resource, thanks! I played 0 A.D. for the first time recently, and was amazed by how polished it was.
Side note for anyone hoping that there is a free version of Morrowind: you still need to have Morrowind to play OpenMW. OpenMW is an open source (and improved) clone of the game's rendering engine, but you still need the game's content (models, textures, maps, etc.) from the original game.
- Comment on Castle Crashers: Painter Boss Paradise DLC Launch Trailer 2 months ago:
Has Castle Crashers been getting updates this whole time? Or is this an "out of nowhere" thing? Either way, great!
Also, between this and a new Super Meat Boy coming out, Newgrounds is having a moment right now.
- Comment on Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of August 3rd 2 months ago:
Bayonetta. Beat the first level last night; this game is ridiculous in the best possible way. I've had it on Steam for a while, but never played it. I recently cobbled together a 2010-ish PC out of parts from various family members' old computers, and installed Linux on it, so now I'm wanting to see which xbox360/ps3 era games it can play. Bayonetta runs perfectly fine.
- Comment on Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound | Review Thread 2 months ago:
I keep getting this game and the upcoming Shinobi game confused with each other, but they both look amazing. And I do mean that literally, with great pixel art for Ninja Gaiden and a kind of hand-drawn Flash game style for Shinobi. Great time to be a fan of... retro-styled 2D reboots of ninja-themed franchises, I guess?
I have too many games in my backlog right now, but I'll probably have to pick these up anyway and move them to the top of the queue.
- Comment on Smaller rally/racing games I recommend you try! 2 months ago:
This is such a great writeup, thank you! I always can't believe the actual photos I see of Group B races, lol.
- Comment on 11 years ago I released my 1st ever game on the Wii U - ZaciSa's Last Stand - A Tower Defense game 3 months ago:
Having a game out there on any platform is super cool. I love the art style, too!
- Comment on Uniciv (open-source android/desktop 4x game) 4.17 release! 3 months ago:
First time I'm hearing about this; looks great!
- Comment on Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of June 29th 3 months ago:
I didn't have the patience for RPGs like that when they were originally out (and I was a little kid), but I've also been enjoying them on my Anbernic device. For me it's been Phantasy Star IV.
- Comment on Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of June 29th 3 months ago:
Total War: Shogun 2. No idea why I decided to reinstall it out of the blue; just wanted to pick it up again after not playing for a long-ass time. I played it a bit when it first came out, but just didn't really get into it. I'm seeing if it's playable on the couch with a Steam controller now. Verdict so far: maaaaybe.
- Comment on Sign me up 3 months ago:
Reposting what I said on Mastodon, since a few people seem to be falling for this one:
[...] but this looks like satire, and searching for that poster's name suggests that he's not being serious here.
Case in point: he has a blog that shows he's not a Trumper.
https://drewpavlou.substack.com/p/maga-maoism-trumpism-as-a-third-worldConservatives have a hard time understanding satire (article about this), let's make sure progressives don't become the same way. (I know, it's hard, especially when a lot of conservative opinions are indistinguishable from satire.)
- Comment on Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of June 22nd 3 months ago:
Metal Gear Solid. Only had a few minutes to play it -- I mainly just wanted to see how it looked, so I only got through the very first introductory room. Looks just like how I remembered it. I bought the collection with MGS 1, 2, and 3. I've already played a fair amount of the first game (although like...15 years ago), but never beat it. I only ever played MGS 2 on a friends Playstation 2 occasionally, and have never played the third game. So I'm really looking forward to those.
- Comment on Persona 4 Revival and Stranger Than Heaven will both release in FY2027 or beyond (after April 2026), according to SEGA fiscal report 3 months ago:
Anyone know what "European IP" means? They announced a while ago that they working on new titles for Virtua Fighter, Golden Axe, Crazy Taxi, and a few others, so I'm assuming those are the "Legacy IPs." What is their European IP? The Total War franchise? The developer, Creative Assembly is from the UK. That just seems like a weird way to phrase it, if that's what they're talking about.
- Comment on What's an absolutely medium quality game? Not great, incredible or terrible or any single ended extreme. Dead medium quality 3 months ago:
It definitely had a lot in common with Onslaught mode. There was some overlap with the types of vehicles, too.
- Comment on What's an absolutely medium quality game? Not great, incredible or terrible or any single ended extreme. Dead medium quality 3 months ago:
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