Let's Talk About Games

Has anyone watched the Secret Level shorts released so far?

I've been playing *The Case of the Golden Idol* this week and I love how it doesn't pull punches and how I actually have to figure things out without a multiple choice quiz.

Asking as the last post here was 21 days ago.

Let's see if this community still is active.

In all the games I've played (one exception being Half-Life, but that's different) I really don't like using crossbows and avoid doing so at all costs. I don't really know why that is, but to me they don't seem to fit the setting of games like Elder Scrolls or Gothic. I love using regular bows, however. Maybe crossbows feel too modern for me? I don't really know anything about medieval weapons or when they were invented.

Come one, come all! Got a game that's not AAA (or god forbid AAAA) but you loved anyhow? Welcome to show and tell. Talk about your favorite, why people should play it, and what you love most about it. And yes, I'm aware this may just be end up being 25 comments about stardew valley.

SPOILERS FOR FALLOUT 3 ENDING

Some top ones for me would be Brother: aToTS, Blasphemous, Portal, and FF9.

Morning all. It's Monday morning which can mean but one thing....What have you been playing this last week?

Xenoblade Chronicles has been one of the broadly popular JRPG series as of late, particularly within my own social circles. I have heard mostly good things about the games, and some vocal criticisms about the second game in particular. After finally picking up a Switch last year, I have now made my way through most of the series.

How are we feeling about this?

I haven't stopped playing Overwatch since it came out, still getting on with friends 2 or 3 nights a week and putting in a few hours (and I'm still awful lol). I also still log on to Battlefield 1943 from time to time to get in a few matches.

Monday! The long weekend is nearly over and if you're anything like our house you've eaten nothing but meat, potatoes and chocolate. And maybe, just maybe you've managed to find some time over the last seven days to play some videogames!

Hello, Good morning and welcome to another fine edition of What We're Playing; our weekly round up everything that's kept us glued (or not) to our TV screens, desktop monitors, portable displays and whatever else you crazy kids are playing games on these days.

As a beloved cult classic franchise, XCOM has been around a long time and seen many forms of gameplay. While I eagerly await XCOM3 with a fervor that would put half-life 3 to shame, I'd love to hear your thoughts, stories and future hopes for the franchise. Spoiler warning, obviously.

Podcast, word of mouth, magazines, Lemmy?

I'm thinking games that have traditionally been in one genre, but that you'd love to see take a complete 180.

I've got a bit of a system.

Like a photograph issued from Buckingham Palace, the weekend is gone, and it's time to regale us with tales of what you've been playing over the last few days. And more importantly, do you think it's any good?

Okay so work with me a little here. You've just been tasked with recommending a game to someone who's got very little experience with gaming.

Howdy all! Just finished another shift diggin' for gold, and me beard is itchin' for a new vein to explore. What ~~mines~~ games have you been ~~spelunkin~~ playin' this week? Found any diamonds in the rough? Let's swap some nuggets of wisdom in the comments below!

As their name suggests, forever (or evergreen) games are games that don’t have a finale or culmination, as in “The End”. These games have a very high replayability factor (meaning we enjoy playing them over and over again).

Yay!

The latest reports are that Sony is getting ready to launch a pro version of the PS5 in the coming year or so. With the PS4 Pro i felt like the extra power made sense; The 4 was a relatively underpowered console when it launched, and the extra juice made sense for players who wanted more bang for their buck.

Growing up in the nineties, I rented (or my parents did) a lot of videogames. Namely for the PS1 and the Nintendo 64.

Monday. Bit rubbish isn't it? Oh well, at least the sun's out.

Aside from a better name that SwitchU?

A few years ago I messed up my shoulder pretty bad from work. I had to see a few different doctors and go to physical therapy. The situation made me feel very depressed and low energy. I spent a lot of time just sitting on the couch and feeling sorry for myself.

I've been using GGapp to track my game playing for the last few years. Anyone else track their games, and if so, what service do you use?

A new week doth commence, and with it, the chronicle of our digital exploits! Upon the illuminated screen, I have ventured into fantastical realms and embarked upon valiant quests. Though I cannot boast of jousting tournaments or fire-breathing dragons, mine adversaries have been no less formidable - cunning puzzles and pixelated foes.

I've got a few so I'll kick us off.

We've all got them, gaming pet-peeves. Maybe it's the unskippable cutscene, or the poorly placed checkpoint that means you've got to sit through the aforementioned cutscene once again. Maybe it's the end-game boss with a surprise second health-bar, or the random difficulty spike that doesn't feel fair.

It's Monday morning, and that can only mean one thing. Yup, time to ~~work on that get-rich-quick scheme you've been cooking up~~ talk about the games you've been playing over the last seven days.

I'll kick us off with a game I genuinely love, *Virginia*.

So I'm currently playing through *Hollow Knight*, and two months ago I played through (and loved) *Ori and the Blind Forest*.

I find many Japanese game titles (in English) cringy. Especially the excessive use of certain words like "re", "code" and "zero". This seems to have gotten worse in recent years.

It's Monday morning, and that can only mean one thing. Yup, it's time to think on those troublesome life choices that ultimately led to your current life situation. Oh and I guess it's also time to tell us what you've been playing over the last seven days.

Two initially jump to mind for me.

Despite everything you might read from gaming journos about corporate greed destroying the gaming industry I still think it's an amazing time to be into video games. I'm absolutely spoiled for choice with games to play and I think it's just down to not caring about online multiplayer or getting caught up in marketing hype.

I'm replaying SUPERHOT (again) and it's got such a great core mechanic that I can't believe we've not seen more developers use it, or build around it.

So I've been pottering around the steam store taking a look at a few of these demos; I've even downloaded a few.

Morning all. It's Monday morning and that can only mean one thing....

I'm 6-7. I'm at my grandparents house. He's got one of those old-timey Pong consoles that you plug into the TV; it had like 5-6 different 'sport' modes (Tennis, Squash etc etc), but ultimately it was still a few pixels moving up and down or maybe left and right.

I like a good list, and 2023 left me with loads to chew over. Ultimately I decided on this as my favourite five:

Four faces. From any era, console or genre. Which characters 'define' Videogames to you?

Morning folks. It's time for another roundup of what you've been playing across the last seven days.

Super niche question I know, but here we are.

I spend *far too much* time watching people talk about games on youtube. I'll go first and fire off a few of my absolute favourites.

Good Afternoon folks. It's time for our first weekly 'What I'm Playing' thread.

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