MurrayL
@MurrayL@lemmy.world
- Comment on As someone who is aging. Late thirties. How can I keep my finger on the pulse of current trends, particularly in music? 5 days ago:
Start paying attention to the top new & trending Spotify playlists in genres you’re interested in.
- Comment on Microsoft says it needs games like Hi-Fi Rush the day after killing its studio 1 week ago:
I don’t disagree with the sentiment, but I don’t see even a single mention of cloud gaming in the article?
- Comment on Favourite controllers 1 week ago:
Mostly agree, except I’ve never liked the dpad on the 360 controller. An XB1 or Series controller is a noticeable step up IMO!
- Comment on Devolver co-founder says large-scale game dev "crushing under its own weight a little bit" 1 week ago:
The return on indie games (if there even is a return) is already vanishingly small for 99% of releases - printing physical copies would just be pouring even money down the drain.
- Comment on Recommendations for Pacific Northwest Themed Games? 1 week ago:
Lake
- Comment on Half Life 3 2 weeks ago:
And yet that’s exactly how they operate!
Valve: How going boss-free empowered the games-maker
… But you’re right that it is often considered the cause of many of their problems: Valve’s unusual corporate structure causes its problems, report suggests
- Comment on What are some mainstream game series where you really do need to start from the first game? 2 weeks ago:
Jumping into the Yakuza/Like A Dragon series from a random point would be incredibly confusing because of the storyline.
There are actually 3 good entry points (Yakuza 0, Yakuza 1/Kiwami, or Yakuza 7: Like A Dragon) but couldn’t recommend starting outside one of that set.
- Comment on Former Fable devs reveal a new co-op RPG, then announce its development is on hold amid layoffs 3 weeks ago:
Flaming Fowl were founded back in 2016 by a bunch of former Fable devs out of original studio Lionhead
Literally just had to scroll a tiny bit further
- Comment on How Greed Ruined Gaming 3 weeks ago:
It’s easier to rant about a boogeyman like SBI than to engage with any of the actual issues facing the industry, unfortunately
- Comment on Scanner Sombre: Analysis of a Flawed but Underappreciated Game 3 weeks ago:
I’m really not a fan of the trend for really long video essays, especially since it’s almost always padding and repeating similar points.
Anything up to 25 mins is usually fine, but 35+ is in the realm of ‘I’ll add it to Watch Later but never bother watching it’ and over an hour I’m just going to keep scrolling
- Comment on Anon caused 9/11 4 weeks ago:
Do you think people in the UK have to greet royalty every other week or something? I’ve lived here for 34 years and it’s never come up.
- Comment on Why there are 861 roguelike deckbuilders on Steam all of a sudden 4 weeks ago:
I don’t think we need an article to figure out the answer: Slay the Spire was a megahit and it’s a copycat industry.
I don’t necessarily mean that in a bad way either; there’re always plenty of devs finding interesting new angles on the current hot genre and creating genuinely interesting new games in the process, but also a huge number of devs that end up just chasing the trend and releasing something uninspired/derivative.
- Comment on Centipede: Recharged for the Atari VCS 5 weeks ago:
How would you say it compares to the original, since I can see you played both recently?
- Comment on Which Mortal Kombat games across the years should I start with? 5 weeks ago:
Since people have already covered the modern games, I’ll offer two classic suggestions: Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 and Mortal Kombat Armageddon.
- Comment on 'The gold rush is over:' Slay the Spire and Darkest Dungeon devs say that big Game Pass and Epic exclusive deals have dried up for indie devs 1 month ago:
“I talked to at least five small teams, like 35 [members] and under, during GDC, and they’re like: Cuts, cuts, cuts, funding canceled, talks that were going on for a year, canceled,” said Casey Yano, the co-founder of Slay the Spire studio Mega Crit. “It sounds like it’s shit. We’re definitely very privileged to be able to self-fund. [Otherwise] I’d be very, very, very scared right now.”
If these deals didn’t exist, lots of games simply wouldn’t get made. You can hate on the platforms all you like but the deals are one of the only sources of funding for small & solo developers.
- Comment on Can't block admin? 4 months ago:
It’s like RoboCop having a meltdown when he tries to arrest an OCP officer
- Comment on Coming Soon to Game Pass: Like A Dragon Gaiden, Wild Hearts, Football Manager 2024, and More - Xbox Wire 6 months ago:
If you don’t finish Y6 (or at least watch the cutscenes on YouTube or read a story summary) then the setup for MWEHN won’t make sense. Judgment and Ishin are standalone spin-offs so they can be played at any point.
- Comment on Nigel Farage called ‘sketchy crackpot’ in secret NatWest emails 6 months ago:
The Scunthorpe problem rears its ugly head
- Comment on [discussion] The Nice Guys (2016) 8 months ago:
Great movie, and sharply written too. The bit where they try to surreptitiously dump a body over a ledge, only to have it land in the middle of a group of party goers, had me crying with laughter the first time I saw it.
- Comment on 8 months ago:
Fortnite most definitely does have modding - have you not checked out Creative/UEFN?