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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are there any story ripoffs that are actually good?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  For more details on this: https://kotaku.com/how-warcraft-was-almost-a-warhammer-game-and-how-that-5929161

  Warcraft was originally supposed to be a Warhammer 40K game, but Blizzard ended up not getting the license, so they created their own universe instead.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are there any story ripoffs that are actually good?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Back when Avatar came out, I heard someone call it “Fern Gully with better graphics.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Project Shadowglass | Gameplay Reveal Trailer (FGS 2026)⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  That looks so good! Looks like the Thief reboot that everyone has been wanting.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  A DRM system that makes the game run slower.

  My very limited understanding of it is that the game is divided up into pieces, and each piece is then encrypted into a large, unreadable piece. These pieces are then decrypted back into their normal, readable state while you’re playing the game, which is a fairly CPU-intensive process.

  It’s also part of the reason why game updates are so big. The developer can’t just send a small update to you, they have to re-encrypt the entire piece and send that to you.

  And it’s also why, about a year after a game stops getting updates, you suddenly have to download one huge update that is the size of the entire game, even though this “update” contains no actual changes. It’s because the developer has stopped paying the Denuvo license for that game, so they’re now just replacing the encrypted pieces with the normal, unencrypted pieces.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"I made a website to revive dead multiplayer games (GameDate)" by batty⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Damn, this looks good! This is a huge coincidence: just a few days ago, I was hoping that something like this existed when another thread reminded me of Unreal 2’s long-dead multiplayer mode.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Xbox chief Phil Spencer is leaving Microsoft⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Crazy how Microsoft spent the GDP of a decent sized country on acquiring game developers to bolster Xbox, then gave that strategy about 25 months to actually work before deciding “nevermind, pivot to AI then sell it for parts.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  ^ yes, that. It’s just the character animations, I’m not saying the entire game is running at a low framerate. That would not look good.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This is the first I’m hearing of it, looks interesting. Also I love how a lot of developers have suddenly realized that a lower framerate in 2D games makes them look amazing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Battle of Wesnoth for the Miyoo Mini Plus - start screen⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Nice! This is also the first I’ve heard about this game. Looks cool. I love the idea of playing games made for Linux on these handhelds, instead of just emulated games.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Rayman: 30th Anniversary Edition out today⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The MS-DOS version of Rayman was the best one. All of the console versions had to cut various things from it. Lower resolution sprites, removing layers from the soundtrack, etc. The Sega Saturn was probably the closest to the MS-DOS version, and that one isn’t included in this edition.

  I’m not really sure if this new $20 edition is worth it. You can get the MS-DOS version, plus all of the bonus levels mentioned, for $1.50 right now. https://www.gog.com/en/game/rayman_forever

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Rayman: 30th Anniversary Edition out today⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Hopefully this is intended to generate interest in a new Rayman game! Rayman Origins and Rayman Legends were some of the best 2D platformers in recent years. Hell, some of the best ever, in my opinion.

  This 30th anniversary edition looks like it’s basically the same thing as Rayman Forever, which is currently $1.50 on GOG. It’s usually $6. https://www.gog.com/en/game/rayman_forever

  This new edition says it includes versions from 5 different consoles (missing the Saturn version though, which was a really good version), plus a “making of” video. So unless you care about seeing the differences on those consoles, I’m not sure if this new one is worth $20.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ubisoft Randomly Gives Far Cry 3 A 60FPS Current-Gen Upgrade⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  They definitely do! A very distinctive look for FC2, another thing that sets it apart from the rest of the series. (I mean, OK, Blood Dragon is very distinct, too, but that’s kind of another thing.)

  Unfortunately, there are still no computers that can run Crysis well. Some things are outside the reach of current science. Maybe in another ten years or so, we’ll get there. It’s still worth playing, though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ubisoft Randomly Gives Far Cry 3 A 60FPS Current-Gen Upgrade⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  My opinion about Far Cry 2 did a complete 180 over the last few years. When it first came out, all I remember thinking was that it was less technically impressive than Crysis. (I was just obsessed with graphics in 2008. There were many of us like that. I have changed.) Now I see it as the most distinct entry in the series.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Shenmue II⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If you close the program, you might lose information. Like where the sailors are.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Video Game Websites in the early 00s⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh man, I even recognize a few of those! I miss that era of web design.

  I found some old websites myself a few months ago and put some links on my blog. These aren’t archive links, they’re still up in their original form.

  Pasting a summary below:

  Sonic Team, https://www.sonicteam.com

  A bunch of websites for Sonic Team’s games are still up, dating back to the Sega Saturn. Here’s a few highlights:

  • Sonic Adventure, for the Dreamcast, released in 1998.
    • A blog from the music team about their trip to a recording studio in New York. Check this one out with Google Translate, it’s amazing.
    • Photos from the trip
  • Space Channel 5, also for the Dreamcast, released in 1999.
  • Sonic R, for the Saturn, released in 1997.
  • Nights into Dreams, also Saturn, relased in 1996. The footer mentions Netscape 3.0.
    • a page about the story with a very 90s era background

  The King of Fighters. This fighting game series still has some of the original marketing sites up for its earlier
  titles.

  • KOF 98 "Unlimited Match". I’m not sure when this was made. This is for the 2008 re-release of KOF 98. The copyright date says 2007 and there’s a Wordpress logo for the favicon. However, everything else about the website screams <marquee>"1998."</marquee> It’s using tables for the layout and font tags for text colors. I’m wondering if there was an existing site for KOF 98, and they gave it an update for 2008 without changing the way it was written.
  • KOF 2000. A great example of how a site would sometimes have completely different layouts for each page.
  • KOF 2002
  • A general information site about SNK’s games, last updated in 2009, but looks like it was designed before then.

  Honorable Mention: Team Fortress 2, https://www.teamfortress.com

  This one is newer, of course, but still has some hallmarks of mid-2000s web design. I point out some things about it in the blog post.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My time with Anbernic's RG477V⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Thank you! That is good to know.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My time with Anbernic's RG477V⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I have a couple of questions, one about this device and one for anyone just in general:

  1. For Android games, does this have the actual Google play store? Or do you need to use the Aurora store? And if so, do you use a throwaway account because Google might decide that they aren’t OK with that someday?
  2. This is available with 8 GB or 12 GB of memory. I’ve never played PS2 games on one of these handhelds before – would 8 GB be fine for that?
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My time with Anbernic's RG477V⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Great review! And wow, this thing looks fantastic. After using a horizontal retro emulator, I wasn’t sure if I would ever want a vertical one again. Horizontal just immediately felt so much more comfortable for me. But this one definitely looks tempting. Also, the vertical handheld I have, a Miyoo mini, is really small, so maybe that’s part of my ergonomics problem.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Among 2025 games with over 10K reviews, Deltarune is the most highly rated⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s amazing just how much better games have been from indie devs and smaller publishers. I don’t see a single game from EA, Ubisoft, or Activision on there.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨delicious wrap⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Baconator Aero was the best design trend.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Naz Reid gets a huge block that leads to a monster jam by Jaden McDaniels⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Honestly, the policy for a while has been 1) superstars like an extra step, 2) LeBron gets two extra steps, 3) if it looked cool, let them do it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do you cheat in video games?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Finding cheat codes for Sega Genesis games was my introduction to the internet. It was so fun getting to tell other kids at school about cheat codes that you knew about for their games.

  These days I don’t, mainly because they don’t seem to have them anymore, and also because if I’m not enjoying the game with its base mechanics I have plenty of other games in my backlog that I can check out instead.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fatekeeper - Official Gameplay Reveal Trailer⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t think that is true, but I certainly like the idea of it being true.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Godot Engine – 2025 Showreel⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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.”