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What are your gaming plans for the summer? This poll is closed. |
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| Win at video games |
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37 | 23.72% |
| Hone gaming skills |
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27 | 17.31% |
| Unlock hardcore mode achievements |
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14 | 8.97% |
| More grinding |
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24 | 15.38% |
| Post about video games |
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54 | 34.62% |
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Emulation and piracy ftw.
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Jul 11, 2023 17:02
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Infinitum posted:I've got covid atm, can't sleep, and my throat is nothing but fire and pain, but this did make me smile. If nothing else, at least Kotick is no longer harming the game industry with his presence in it. All of the employees that work under him are probably feeling safer today. I have my doubts about the union situation, but we will see. In the U.S. there are still a million different avenues a huge corporation can take in order to stall and squash a union even if the vote to create one passes. Passing the creation of a union is only step one in what is actually a pretty long process that can take years.
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Jul 11, 2023 17:03
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sounds like an epic win for microsoft and an epic fail for joe brandon
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Jul 11, 2023 17:10
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Unionize and demand to make something other than CoD for the 27th time in a row.
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Jul 11, 2023 17:14
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Feels Villeneuve posted:Emulation and piracy ftw. Also PC gaming FTW, and any first party companies/devs that embrace the platform.
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Jul 11, 2023 17:15
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Feels Villeneuve posted:Emulation and piracy ftw. Don't let a nintendo fan hear this...
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Jul 11, 2023 17:18
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Microsoft and the CMA have put a stay on litigation. Microsoft is open to modifying the deal to ease their concernsIbram Gaunt posted:Don't let a nintendo fan hear this... poo poo, don't let Nintendo hear this. They'll put you in the mines
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Jul 11, 2023 17:18
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The deal is probably just going to be to keep putting Call of Duty on PlayStation, which honestly is sort of a given. It seems like it would be super foolish to not keep CoD on PlayStation.
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Jul 11, 2023 17:19
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TheWorldsaStage posted:https://twitter.com/IGN/status/1678755045947449344?t=xRoA0PJNMt5rejC9By0FmA&s=19 That seems…disingenuous at best? Like, most silent films are gone, not just not for sale anymore. Also seems more than a little ironic to me that Activision, literally the first third party console game maker, is ending their run with becoming part of Microsoft. Sic semper corporations I guess.
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Jul 11, 2023 17:31
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i knew people were getting ahead of themselves when they were acting like the UK thing was the end of the acquisition
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Jul 11, 2023 17:37
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Dewgy posted:That seems…disingenuous at best? I don't think the statistic is wrong, just not necessarily important. If you then take a look at those games no longer being sold, but then compare them to versions that have had re-releases as remasters or remakes, then that number is much higher, its just that their original versions are no longer available. The question is why are they no longer available, and this is much more complicated and nuanced, and what can we do about it.
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Jul 11, 2023 17:44
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I said come in! posted:I don't think the statistic is wrong, just not necessarily important. If you then take a look at those games no longer being sold, but then compare them to versions that have had re-releases as remasters or remakes, then that number is much higher, its just that their original versions are no longer available. The question is why are they no longer available, and this is much more complicated and nuanced, and what can we do about it. Yeah but even then, “no longer available” is still pushing it. I mean, sure we’ve got tons of old text adventure games that are worthless without their feelies, maybe that’s the most obvious loss, but piracy and archival efforts have done a hell of a lot of heavy lifting for game preservation. They’re not affected by problems like the BBC erasing their old broadcast tapes or old film stock self-immolating. You can’t really compare the state of a medium that’s more or less infinitely copyable with hundred-year old films. Commercial availability is just a relatively small part of the picture.
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Jul 11, 2023 17:49
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Dewgy posted:Yeah but even then, “no longer available” is still pushing it. I mean, sure we’ve got tons of old text adventure games that are worthless without their feelies, maybe that’s the most obvious loss, but piracy and archival efforts have done a hell of a lot of heavy lifting for game preservation. They’re not affected by problems like the BBC erasing their old broadcast tapes or old film stock self-immolating. Right, I think we are in agreement. The articles criteria is "these games are no longer being produced with new copies and sold in stores." which I think is too narrow of a criteria.
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Jul 11, 2023 17:50
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i think the least available stuff generally speaking is pre-smartphone mobile games, which include a lot of notable VNs and RPGs from the Japanese market in particular
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Jul 11, 2023 17:52
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I said come in! posted:Right, I think we are in agreement. The articles criteria is "these games are no longer being produced with new copies and sold in stores." which I think is too narrow of a criteria. They also list online stores but yeah it's specifically "can no longer legally be obtained" which is a very relevant distinction for retro games
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Jul 11, 2023 17:57
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I had to get a VPN because my ISP harassed me for downloading a GameCube iso
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Jul 11, 2023 17:59
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Waffleman_ posted:Microsoft won the case, they will be buying Activision-Blizzard. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLtFUWzpKQE 1000 years of darkness, end times, gonna start a bbq
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Jul 11, 2023 18:31
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Feels Villeneuve posted:i think the least available stuff generally speaking is pre-smartphone mobile games, which include a lot of notable VNs and RPGs from the Japanese market in particular The G-Mode Archives and Archives+ releases are kinda neat for making some of these available again even if most of them still end up Japan only.
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Jul 11, 2023 18:41
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it'd be fine if there was an Orphaned Works bill but there's no way of pushing that through the US Congress without getting defeated by Disney lobbying
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Jul 11, 2023 18:42
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I dont even know that there is a need for lobbying right now. The Senate is split pretty evenly currently so nothing gets passed anyways.
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Jul 11, 2023 18:52
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I'm an uncle now! Woohoo!
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Jul 11, 2023 19:54
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Lmao https://twitter.com/matthewstoller/status/1678781659255291906?s=46&t=-VZSxDkiWhxQSeyPFaKJQw
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Jul 11, 2023 20:14
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i've got the lego bug now. but.... it's all too expensive -_-
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Jul 11, 2023 20:19
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The 7th Guest posted:i've got the lego bug now. but.... it's all too expensive -_- Funny thing, last night YouTube recommended me this guy who's building a huge Lego city. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMc-lddpyFA
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Jul 11, 2023 20:27
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Draga posted:I'm an uncle now! Woohoo! Congratulations! Remember to use your cool uncle influence to warp your nephew's minds with videogames in about a decade or so
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Jul 11, 2023 20:47
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Draga posted:I'm an uncle now! Woohoo! Hello fellow uncle gamer. My newphew is three years old, so got a ways to go until I buy them their first console, i'm unsure which side of the console war I want them on. My sister and her husband are hardcore gamers too, so i'm sure they have a side, i'm pretty sure its going to be Nintendo, which is what I grew up with anyways.
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Jul 11, 2023 20:48
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I said come in! posted:Hello fellow uncle gamer. My newphew is three years old, so got a ways to go until I buy them their first console, i'm unsure which side of the console war I want them on. My sister and her husband are hardcore gamers too, so i'm sure they have a side, i'm pretty sure its going to be Nintendo, which is what I grew up with anyways. console wars? Who bothers with that now a days, just buy them a Steamdeck and a PC. Switch is cool too imo, it has Monster Hunter after all.
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Jul 11, 2023 21:12
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Evil Kit posted:console wars? Who bothers with that now a days, just buy them a Steamdeck and a PC. Switch is cool too imo, it has Monster Hunter after all. Hopefully there will be a SteamDeck 2, and Switch 2 by the time they are old enough to game. Deck 2 is more likely lol.
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Jul 11, 2023 21:12
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Jerma is hosting a House Flipper tournament at the moment with a whole mess of other streamers https://www.twitch.tv/jerma985
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Jul 11, 2023 21:19
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Propaganda Hour posted:Jerma is hosting a House Flipper tournament at the moment with a whole mess of other streamers oh poo poo dougdoug's in it
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Jul 11, 2023 21:27
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Who the Frick is doig doug
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Jul 11, 2023 21:49
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Game Pass's value only continues to grow, further proving the success and power of capitalism
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Jul 11, 2023 21:56
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I got the harvest moon itch, what's a good harvestmoonlike on switch?
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Jul 11, 2023 21:56
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Dabir posted:Who the Frick is doig doug 
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Jul 11, 2023 21:56
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sadly there are no farming games on the nintendo switch
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Jul 11, 2023 21:57
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Been saying this
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Jul 11, 2023 22:00
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Jay Rust posted:I got the harvest moon itch, what's a good harvestmoonlike on switch? Rune Factory the Fourth
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Jul 11, 2023 22:07
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Been playing harvest moon snes, and enjoying the callousness of the guide I’m using (« don’t talk to your kids. Don’t talk to your wife. Give her an egg every other day to offset the relationship damage »)
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Jul 11, 2023 22:07
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Jay Rust posted:I got the harvest moon itch, what's a good harvestmoonlike on switch? Stardew Valley is still considered the best one I think? Alternatively I think there are Harvest Moon games on Switch Online.
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Jul 11, 2023 22:19
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Is there not a dave the diver thread?
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