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- Comment on Fatekeeper - Official Gameplay Reveal Trailer 56 minutes ago:
I was just thinking “Hey, this kind of looks like Dark Messiah.” And then he kicked an enemy off of a ledge and I thought “Oh it’s 100% a sequel to Dark Messiah.”
- Comment on What is your favorite Metroidvania? 7 hours ago:
I’ve always thought it was both. I’m definitely no expert on Metroidvanias, since I’ve only played the one (if Dead Cells counts as one). I actually thought the term “Metroidvania” was about the movement and combat – today I just learned that it’s about the exploration and finding things. You do at least have to do that in the bank level, if I remember right. And the castle level.
- Comment on What is your favorite Metroidvania? 8 hours ago:
The only one I’ve played is Dead Cells, and it’s fantastic. I haven’t even bought any of the DLC, the base game is already endlessly replayable. I also listen to the soundtrack at least once a week.
I definitely want to get around to playing Hollow Knight and Animal Well at some point.
- Comment on Uh oh: Ubisoft postpones its quarterly financial report at the last minute and halts stock trading 1 week ago:
Wait…you can just do that?
- Comment on While we eagerly await the second coming of Steam Machines, it's worth remembering what a gloriously awful mess Valve got itself in over a decade ago 1 week ago:
I don’t think that is true, but I certainly like the idea of it being true.
- Comment on Godot Engine – 2025 Showreel 1 week ago:
These look great, I love the diversity of art styles on display here.
The title “The Adventures of Gary Pretzelneck” cracked me up. :D
- Comment on Day 477 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing 2 weeks ago:
This is making me want to replay this game. I don’t really remember much about the story of this one, but I do remember than the slow motion mechanics were much better than those of the first game.
- Comment on The Palantir Stare aka The Thiel Razzle 2 weeks ago:
Peter Thiel gives himself blood transfusions with the blood of younger people in order to slow the aging process. It is a procedure that scientists call “not working.”
- Comment on Inside ARMSX2: Interviewing the Team Reviving PS2 Emulation on Android (my article!) 2 weeks ago:
That was a great interview, thanks for doing it! And I bet the devs enjoy getting to talk about this kind of thing. There are plenty of blog posts about what new features are coming out in open source projects, but very few interviews like this one.
It’s cool how everything right now is still (mostly) focused on translating x86 to ARM, but how we’re starting to hear talk about native ARM. I’m guessing that there won’t enough of a push for that, though, until Linux ARM PCs become more popular. I’m definitely looking forward to that.
- 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! 1 month 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 month 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 month 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 month 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 month 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 month 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 month 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 month 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 1 month 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! 1 month 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! 1 month ago:
The Guinness! Makes everything else tolerable. (But also, shepherd’s pie is in there.)
- Comment on Dinner is ready! 1 month 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! 1 month 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 2 months 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 2 months 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 2 months 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 2 months 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 3 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 3 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 3 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! 4 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.