Rocket League is removing Trading on December 5th to match "Epic’s overall approach to game cosmetics and item shop policies, where items aren’t tradable, transferrable, or sellable."
#general gaming
astral steeple
Your Rocket League vehicle inventory could come to Fortnite's Del Mar racing mode in the future, as they also mention that removing trading "opens up future plans for some Rocket League vehicles to come to other Epic games over time, supporting cross-game ownership."
Ayo?
thorny loom
There doing it to crack down on potential skin gambling
Valve did something similar with CS making gamba sites a tos violation and sending cease and desists
astral steeple
Cross game cosmetic ownership would be huge ngl lol
grim stirrup
i played the Foundry demo, it feels the most like a simplified factorio in 3d out of all the 3d factory builders i've played, i'm still like 50/50 on it though
gaunt marten
50/50 is a perfect score
grim stirrup
fine 50/100
it doesn't have any problems, but it also doesn't really do anyhing to stand out and making it unique so far
gaunt marten
Yeah but since it's paradox you have to wait ten years for them to release one hundred and twenty pieces of
DLC before it's finally worth it
grim stirrup
true true
visual hill
Rocket League is no longer play to earn 😛
gaunt marten
Someone was mad about that earlier
static bluff
@kind shadow @icy tapir Found your bus.
weak river
Is that what Nat has stood for this whole time?
Huh.
That either explains everything or absolutely nothing, and I'm not sure which it is.
kind shadow
the joann mines aren't paying as good as they used to so i turn into a train on weekdays
static bluff
I train every day 💪
river veldt
what the hell lol
white phoenix
james corden lmao
hasty patio
https://vxtwitter.com/charlieINTEL/status/1711871604844597409
Just means that the end is coming for Kotick and the MSFT deal is on schedule.
harsh kestrel
Guitar Hero still has a future? That's actually shocking lol
glossy narwhal
peak berry
I removed some 1x1 array of holes in the roof to plant cocoa trees.
With that indoor heater.
icy tapir
<@232619359510462474> <@527975745780187138> Found your bus.
woah, i didn't know nat bus was real
rare garden
this is from a roblox game btw
Also that is not a cannonball shooting out, that is FIRE spewed out AFTER shooting a cannonball.
grave tide
APL?
thorny loom
QA applicant
likely having a final meeting before Friday because after that Bobby and most of the top executives have to resign per the agreement
little badger
sage iris
oh I dont have a mac pc
heck, I deleted CS2, it feels kinda terrible
I'm going back to valorant
gonna sell all my cs skins too
little badger
heck, I deleted CS2, it feels kinda terrible
I’ve heard lots of people prefer the original.
peak berry
AR
thorny loom
@quiet swift oh god https://www.pcgamer.com/at-activisions-internal-meetinginexplicably-hosted-by-james-cordenbobby-kotick-promises-a-new-dimension-of-emotional-connection-powered-by-ai/
quiet swift
<@89108905883336704> oh god https://www.pcgamer.com/at-activisions-internal-meet...
THat explains the tweet, but what in the fuck
thorny loom
Well i guess hes kinda right. Mircosoft will definitely be exposing more ai stuff to them
They already use ai to monitor chat in cod now
random steppe
Depends for what's used.
For moderating cod chat it's probably okay
If you play cod online you already deserve some scrutiny anyway
Algorgitms to monitor large amount of data are pretty much the only sane way to do it past a certain scale, even tho they do need human oversight for when they get it wrong.
I am not aware of Microsoft being especially bad for stuff like that, so if incidents happened they didn't get to me quite yet.
If anything it's Blizzard that is known for having bad moderation with too little human oversight in WoW
dire gate
- Fuck you Kotick
- There is nothing wrong about adopting AI/ML in games. It can genuinely make games better. It is actually likely that it will make many games much better.
- While that is true, it seems Kotick has no fucking idea what he is talking about
random steppe
Well, 2 is very much up in the air and it depends what those are used for
dire gate
The biggest problem is, just like how the article is pointing out, 3
It seems he has no idea what he is talking about
So it's hard to tell what this whole 'using AI' is actually about
thorny loom
Well to be fair. Kotick probably wont have to really care come Friday
random steppe
Hm, the way they put it as "emotional connection" I thought it would have been community moderation, but now that I think about it more, the term is definitely so vague that it could actually mean anything
thorny loom
EU approved already yeah unless they had more questions
It was the UK holding things up
@wind stump nerd
dire gate
Hm, the way they put it as "emotional connection" I thought it would have been c...
Kotick also spoke on the future of AI in Activision's future games: "If you look at the new technologies that are on the horizon, we're going to be able to do things that we've never done before with AI and machine learning … We have characters on the screen and video games [with] mouth movements and facial animation that is realistic—you're going to have a new dimension of emotional connection that we've not yet mastered."
random steppe
Oh that makes sense
dire gate
I like how the article uses 3 paragraphs to say "wtf is he talking about"
random steppe
Yeah for facial animation I can see it working better than hand made animation and worse but less expensive than MoCap
dire gate
I have to give that it's at least not a total bullshit
rancid herald
I kind of expect AI to be about as good as mocap tbh
random steppe
I think it'll depend from the actor
It will probably at least better than a bad actor 
But there is a decent chance of uncanny valley
bleak lintel
EU approved the mergers, however because Microsoft changed the deal for UK, EU has the right to do another review if they want.
little badger
Watch it be a monthly subscription https://fxtwitter.com/culturecrave/status/1712159261315518912?
rose rose
Subscription guitar hero doesn't actually sound awful, if they kept up a solid cadence of new song releases and bundled them all in the sub
Could beat buying tracks individually at three dollars a pop or whatever
little badger
If the price was good I wouldn’t mind it. I mean they did try something like it in guitar hero live where you had to use hero coins to play premium songs up to a week early.
rose rose
Just Dance is subscription-based these days, isn't it?
You can buy annual releases with thirty tracks or whatever but there's a subscription that gets you all of them ever
Or I think there is anyway
I confess to being outdated on Just Dance business models
little badger
I’ve been waiting years for another guitar hero game. So I hope it’s good.
astral steeple
i mean
theres already plenty of GH games
why not do tony hawk or something instead
GH has been milked to death already
there was literally 9 guitar hero games in 2009 lol
white phoenix
...and the last release was in 2015
rose rose
Because currently there are zero of them and they sort of require ongoing support (in a way Tony Hawk does not)
Rock Band 4 is actually still actively supported, but the controllers are discontinued so good luck if you don't already have them
little badger
Rock band 4 is a good game but yeah the instruments can be hard to get.
rose rose
I think I have a sealed rock band 4 guitar somewhere.
bronze abyss
gaunt marten
The actual fight is between Noelle and Scoliosis
river veldt
The actual fight is between Noelle and Scoliosis
oh
sorry i got excited about Macho Man
mossy flume
Gotta say... Why does Kingdom Hearts have such a great soundtrack? Also why is the story, in contrast, so cringy? It's misleading. 
gaunt marten
Same for Nier
mossy flume
Is NieR cringy?
sour hill
dam
random steppe
Rare Flitter L
gaunt marten
Yeah
slim thorn
in all seriousness, I think there's something about Japanese games which trends that way
mossy flume
But it was funny so I'll give him a pass
slim thorn
I can't articulate why though, these examples don't have a translation quality issue
mossy flume
NieR does have a banger of a soundtrack
gaunt marten
It's a good game too, as long as you ignore the silly writing
Just like Kingdom Hearts
mossy flume
I think it's that Japanese musicians tend to be better about capturing emotion into their compositions than western ones. At least that has been my low-key hot take on that for a while.
random steppe
I think Nier writing is pretty good, it has some silly beats for sure, and Automata in particular tends to get a bit pretentious at times, but I never felt it got to the point of being cringy
mossy flume
And I think Automata managed to earn its moments of pretentiousness.
random steppe
At least not nearly to the orbit of KH
slim thorn
most of NieR's silliness felt intentional
like, the machine's version of Romeo and Juliet could be described as incredibly cringe
gaunt marten
I think it's that Japanese musicians tend to be better about capturing emotion i...
Counterpoint, Lena Raine is pretty good
slim thorn
but we're also clearly meant to laugh at it
mossy flume
Lena Raine is amazing and I can only dream of having her make music for my games that I'll never make.
astral steeple
ngl the only KH game i ever cared for was the psp one lol
birth by sleep i think it was called
slim thorn
BBS was a regular console game
I feel like 358/2 was a DS game? not sure what if anything the PSP got
astral steeple
the psp one was the original version of birth by sleep
mossy flume
She's literally on a shortlist of dream composers of mine in the "never gonna happen" scenario of "I have money and a team and an interesting game here, who do I choose to hire?"
PSP got Birth by Sleep, yeah
slim thorn
huh
well
I would not recommend playing it on that system now that there are alternatives lol
astral steeple
lol
gaunt marten
slim thorn
that would explain why I slept (ha) on it for so long though
mossy flume
Every time she shows up where I don’t expect her to, I immediately pick out her style.
Sometimes she just does random collaborations and she always brings her chiptune filters with her
Ah, TIL she did some official Minecraft tracks. Neat.
feral tulip
Sadge
white phoenix
I can't imagine you'd get much from 30 seconds though
gaunt marten
It's an ad each
river veldt
Toby Fox is another great western game composer
gaunt marten
No Toby Fox is Japanese
river veldt
that's not true
gaunt marten
Obviously you've never been to America
river veldt
i live here !
gaunt marten
Do you know Japanese?
river veldt
no
gaunt marten
Well there you go
fresh bane
I would not recommend playing it on that system now that there are alternatives ...
Still pretty crazy how good BBS looks on the PSP though
also poor 385 days didn't get a proper remaster for the console HD versions it's just the cutscenes
which admittedly is the best and arguably only worth part of the game but still
river veldt
Kingdom Hearts is such a wild franchise
white phoenix
40?
random steppe
Opera making a good case for itself NGL
young creek
you can also download Fortnite and get 4 My Hero Academia skins
gaunt marten
You don't get to squint here. You escaped the US because you knew Japanese which is illegal
slim thorn
there were still several years of overlap
rose rose
That's what makes it an escape
little badger
PSN is currently down so if you are having issues logging in or trying to play online that’s why.
astral steeple
you can also download Fortnite and get 4 My Hero Academia skins
yeah thats a much better use of 40 dollars lol
even the michael myers and jack skellington bundles together in fort are a much better use of 40 dollars than those diablo skins
cause at least with those you can make Jack and Michael hit the gangnam style together lol
or the Macarena
dense crypt
Chaos
astral steeple
lol
its like the ultimate fever dream
jack skellington being added also opens the floodgates for other disney characters to get added
dense crypt
I dont have an issue with fork knife anymore, no reason to get mad at the game tbh
I hate Epic and Tim Sweeny, if anything
Fortnite has just been figured out and its not a game i want to spend even a dime on, except for that arctic spec ops looking dude cuz tacticool is always worth it
And by figured out, i mean people are ao damn good at that game now that i cpuld probably walk 5 feet and get domed from across the map
I want Rumbleverse back goddammit
astral steeple
see thats like one of the things with people hating the game
its usually people hating it because they hate something epic/tim has done
even though the game itself is like legitimately good
they put a lot of effort into the game to make it as enjoyable as possible for the players
then they go the extra mile getting the licenses for all these different characters/celebs/etc
and they go all in on the live events and concerts and stuff
as well as just outright removing the building mechanic into its own mode
which let people who are absolutely terrible at building have a much better way of playing the game
dense crypt
Wait they REMOVED building as its own game mode?
dense crypt
Thabk god
dense crypt
I dont keep up with the game
astral steeple
i havent gone back to the building mode since zero build was introduced
is so much better
deff worth giving a try if you dont like the building mechanic at all
fresh bane
Man this reshade looks awesome 
First time I ever use a mod like reshade on a game ever
well that's a bit of a problem 
visual hill
ReShade is pretty cool but a lot of presets you find online aren't very cool
(overly aggressive color grading, contrast tuning, etc)
personally, I mainly use it to enable ambient occlusion and SMAA in games that don't support it, sometimes glow (but that tends to mess with UI elements)
fresh bane
people in the mod comments seem to really like this preset and I can't complain much, it's mainly a reshade that aims to make the game more colorful since the original look of the game is very dull and brownish (just like the original RE4)
But if you have any tips I'm not gonna complain 
I've never used a mod like this before
Most mods I've ever used are just stuff like upscaled HD textures which I'm currently downloading for this game too and maybe costume mods
I did disable a very strong and ugly gaussian blur option this mod's presets had because it just blurred the entire thing on the edges
gaunt marten
Reshade is more basic than upscaled textures
It's just post processing, which means it's light and is applied after most of the graphics steps
fresh bane
The installation process sure didn't feel like it was more basic 
gaunt marten
Usually all you have to do is drop a dll file along with some config files into the game's folder
fresh bane
The installation guide wasn't written in a very helpful way so it took a second for me to figure it out
also seeing the fully modeled backgrounds of this game just makes me wish the game had been remade with a fully dynamic camera angle
but honestly for a 2002 game this still looks so mindblowingly impressive
gaunt marten
Oh wow, this sort of shader doesn't usually work without the game being designed for it
fresh bane
The video mentions that this is a global illumination shader and that some areas in RE1 have dynamic lighting so they had to remake those areas with full 3d models but I was under the impression that they're all just jpegs 
a pinned comment explains it a bit:
Hello, I'm a Resident Evil modder person so I know a bit about how this is stored in game files. Each background uses two textures: the diffuse texture (this is what you see in the game, which was stored literally as JPEGs on the original Gamecube release and that's what Capcom had to work with when upscaling the backgrounds for the HD release) and a texture showing the z coordinate of each pixel relative to the camera position (aka depth buffer) which is used for attaining perfect clipping for the real-time 3D objects related to the background (it was probably useful for shadow rendering as well). These z-buffer textures are what you're showcasing in your video (well, alongside shading applied by reshade) and these are stored in a lossless format, which explains why they look so sharp compared to the diffuse texture (which have gone through a horrific transformation, aka saved as JPEGs then upscaled with a cheap filter and then finally stored using lossy DXT compression).
I'm pretty sure there are 3D models for each room, but they're extremely basic meshes used for collision, so they wouldn't look very impressive. And, of course, as you mention in the video, there are a handful of rooms which were fully re-created in 3D.
gaunt marten
Yeah, it's neat that the game has a depth buffer
visual hill
OOT does a similar thing but with actual geometry
it's a funny trick, the background texture is mapped in a way to look 2D, but the actual clipping is polygon-based and not texture-based
untold vigil
RE1 is incredible
fresh bane
Sure is, I'm still mad RE2 and 3 didn't get a proper remake or haven't been properly remastered
fresh bane
I see you 
fresh bane
I'm still so mad that RE3R is now the ''new canon'' (because who even gives a shit about the canon lore on this franchise anyways) and that the RE3R Jill is the new default Jill because not only do I really not like that game I also don't really like that Jill either
river veldt
jill sandwich
fresh bane
it's also similarly very fucking hilarious that they still do the same stupid thing of refusing to age their characters specifically any female character and used the excuse of ''well Jill was infected so now she's got that magical anti-aging goo inside her so she looks exactly the same as she did in RE3 
'
they also squeezed their way out of acknowledging the fact that RE6 Ada is like 40 years old by making Ada's age unkown when back in RE2 it was 'confirmed' she was like 24 but now we just don't know!
gaunt marten
Gotta look cute
fresh bane
Her age is she's asian, so she could be any age now
river veldt
it's also similarly ***very*** fucking hilarious that they still do the same stu...
that's so stupid
fresh bane
People also made fun of this but the fact that she's also wearing the exact same outfit and they didn't even bother to change her design is also very funny
Everyone else has their current designs from RE6-forward but fuck it just use the same model from RE3, ship it
dapper cedar
Jill’s design being straight out of RE3make is the one thing that bugged me about that movie, everything else was just fun imo
river veldt
there was a movie ,
?
the only movie im aware of is the one that killed the Rich Evans
!
fresh bane
there was a movie ,
there's an entire franchise of animated movies since like the mid 2000s
fresh bane
Jill’s design being straight out of RE3make is the one thing that bugged me abou...
straight up just copy pasted the same model from RE3R it's pretty wild lol
Didn't even bother actually giving her a good new design, could've used her BSAA design which is gorgeous
harsh kestrel
I wish I could say I was entirely happy to see the return of Guitar Hero, but then I remembered what happened the last time a Guitar Hero game came out and how that was recieved
dense crypt
whats huh
chilly mural
HUD glitched out there and doesn't show the second star but I got gold 2 with Li...
ayyy lets gooooo!
quiet swift
thorny loom
Pokemon X and Y turned 10 yesterday
uneven epoch
quiet swift
rotund forge
Pokemon X and Y turned 10 yesterday
I thought you meant the anime seasons and got excited....
river veldt
they're very good cooks
thorny loom
“Throughout October we’ll be showcasing some of the creepy, scary, and haunting progress our team has made remastering Oblivion. Make sure to stay tuned through Halloween for a spooky treat!”
quiet swift
I thought for a moment that Hollow Knight turned 3d
little badger
quiet swift
green fulcrum
https://fxtwitter.com/hazzadorgamin/status/1712561981545394304?
Yup, read about this not too long ago.
thorny loom
I mean yeah. Live service games are over saturated and dying
astral steeple
lol
gaunt marten
Is it an industry wide trend? A lot of them are making more money than ever before
thorny loom
Is it an industry wide trend? A lot of them are making more money than ever befo...
The few monoliths are yes
The other smaller ones are being gutted and killed off sometimes not even a year after release
Not all but a good amount of them are listed here
astral steeple
usually due to the devs not knowing how to actually make a live service game work
hence why the bigger ones end up staying successful
dense crypt
https://kotaku.com/game-preservation-server-dead-apex-battlefield-mobile-1850083...
Rip rumbleverse, taken too soon
quiet swift
usually due to the devs not knowing how to actually make a live service game wor...
Not in the slightest
The issue is retention. These live services get a certain amount of people, but for whatever reason (not as many maps as other bigger games, or admittedly quality, yes), they just can't keep the amount of people that the initial rush brought. ANd you need a minimum amount of people (or preferably growth) to keep a game running, if it has microtransactions and is a live service
People just not sticking around/spending for XYZ reason is the death of many games, and a lot of the time is because they've already spent their money on any of the 198394872938479823498273 other live services
astral steeple
yes thats a part of it
them not being able to keep the retention because of not knowing how to properly make it work
not having the polish/quality that the bigger ones have
or even just lack of new content overall
after the initial launch
quiet swift
Again, no
You're essentially making a blanket statement of "lol they don't know how to make a game". Which is absolutely not true
And not having the polish and quantity of bigger ones is just that - a problem of size. They don't have the funding to compete on sheer volume and never will unless it's lightning in a bottle and goes extremely viral
And as a small studio they just don't have the people to both actively work on keeping the game alive and making enough large-scale changes that would actually give it the retention it needs
astral steeple
i had played a few matches of rumbleverse and just didnt care too much for it
thorny loom
It wasnt needed when they already have fortnite
dense crypt
Rumbleverse was the only battle royale i ever wanted to play
quiet swift
Knockout City's studio made a post about it, quoted in an article
astral steeple
rumbleverse wasnt even "bought by epic" at all
Iron Galaxy had literally been involved with porting fort to console
astral steeple
so they werent exactly "owned" by epic at all but did collaborate with them from time to time
which is why they let epic be the publishers for Rumbleverse
dense crypt
What a mistake
astral steeple
eh
thorny loom
Tomorrow is the big day allegedly
visual hill
https://fxtwitter.com/NartOutHere/status/1712233995906298302
this is nothing compared to the ongoing Michael Jackson peek meta
(it's a bug that occurs if you move slowly using controller input, an analog keyboard, or specific binds)
astral steeple
damn lol
fresh bane
<:Lily:1118043473489170453>
she's so adorable
and built like a damn brick house she's huge for being so small
I didn't anticipate maining and liking her so much but I'm glad I decided to lab with her that one time because she's fun
quiet swift
Talim, izzat you
fresh bane
she looks a lot like Talim in her upcoming new outfit
also look at how fucking strong she is 
fickle garnet
I like that outfit
fickle garnet
https://tenor.com/view/street-fighter6-sf6-lily-sf6lily-gif-27664577
Im not usually a fan of SF character designs but i like this one
quiet swift
thorny loom
You know what would be great
Is if for soul-caliber 6 we got jetstream sam or raiden from MGS revengance as dlc
quiet swift
Oh wow she's also wind themed
I mean I said Talim 'cause it looks almost hekking blatant 
fresh bane
I thought you meant just appearance wise
I have no idea about Soul Calibur characters
river veldt
you know about Link
little badger
fickle garnet
https://fxtwitter.com/insomniacgames/status/1712626409657835915?
If only you could do that for the physical edition
little badger
Since the game is fully offline some people will have copies so they can play. But if it was online they would need to wait for the patch in order to play.
novel pine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cN2Ysk6WTxI
thinking about getting this game because i want to get into strategy games but it looks so complex
also the strategy games (at least as a concept) that interest me the most are medieval-era ones focused on foot/troop combat
quiet swift
Having played a fair number of different 4x games, civ's actually one of the least complex. That isn't to say it's easy or simple, but I felt like others added even more layers of complexity
quiet swift
also the strategy games (at least as a concept) that interest me the most are me...
That sounds like some Total War games. Though I think that's earlier than medieval
white phoenix
yeah it's worth it, espsecially when you compare it to paradox strategy games it's actually relatively simple lol
it's dirt cheap these days on sale with all the dlc
quiet swift
novel pine
That sounds like some Total War games. Though I think that's earlier than mediev...
i just meant not gun based basically lol, and total war is interesting but the suppoesd best one (medieval 2) is a bit too dated for me
novel pine
Having played a fair number of different 4x games, civ's actually one of the lea...
I see ill think about it then
quiet swift
novel pine
i got Bannerlord and was just disappointed at how badly the command mechanics control and realized that strategy games really interest me, i just need to get into them, so im trying to find ones that are simple but still fun. about the only one ive played is Bad North which is a very simple RTS roguelike but it has barely any content
quiet swift
Or, well. Not 4x like Civ but medieval definitely: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1466860/Age_of_Empires_IV_Anniversary_Edition/ and the others
novel pine
Yeah this one is interesting me too
quiet swift
Is good stuff. If you have gamepass it should be there
novel pine
That, Civ, Total War, and Field of Glory are all games im gonna check out if Battle Brothers — an RPG im gonna get that isnt really a strategy game but seems like something im looking for — doesnt satisfy me
quiet swift
Unrelated to that:
https://vxtwitter.com/PezRadar/status/1712525922400895457 already technically possible with some tooling around obviously, but good to get the official word on it
novel pine
Genuinely did not realize people still cared about Diablo lol
Hack N' Slashes seem like definitely one of the best genres to be on the steam deck tho, at least imo
quiet swift
Fair, it's in a pretty bad state, but they've just released a bunch of info for season 2 and they're making a gigantic amount of changes that look quite good
novel pine
oh, I also want to try getting into those colony building games; dwarf fortress, songs of syx, and rimworld all have peaked my interest but if theres any other good ones anyone can recommend ill look at them
novel pine
Fair, it's in a pretty bad state, but they've just released a bunch of info for ...
Gotcha
quiet swift
DF and rimworld are the ones i see mentioned here most often. DF's I think around 20$? But that's hella complex as far as I know
novel pine
Yea, im waiting for a sale
quiet swift
For a "technically a colony/building sim" entry.... https://store.steampowered.com/app/1313140/Cult_of_the_Lamb/
rotund forge
also the strategy games (at least as a concept) that interest me the most are me...
Chess comes to mind
novel pine
lol i guess
gaunt marten
I was about to recommend Crusader Kings 2, but the combat layer of that game is overly complex and still only a small part of the game
fresh bane
I love this stupid game
fresh bane
you can not only pet the dog cat in this game, you can play with the cat 
river veldt
im watching Vinesauce Vinny play Amnesia: The Bunker and it's really really good
dire gate
I was expecting the collab to be a "famous Japanese someone"
And it was exactly how it came out
random steppe
im watching Vinesauce Vinny play Amnesia: The Bunker and it's really really good
Horror games in which you can't fight back, are a bit much for me, I'll say
I heard it was a great one tho
rotund forge
https://fxtwitter.com/Sora_Sakurai/status/1712665999340941751
Ehhhh! Mashed Potato Samarai!
fresh bane
this game has so much post-game shit it's insane
look at all these guitars
actual real guitars too
this cat has all the fucking swag in the world look at it
heady bridge
fresh bane
Oh yeah that's that 2000s PC videogame jank that I love right there
That JC feels weird but only because I'm so used to the original one
dense crypt
he looks old and shriveled up
little badger
mossy flume
Yep, all regulators have approved the merger
peak mesa
We’re so barack
little badger
Yep, all regulators have approved the merger
It should be announced officially shortly.
quiet swift
https://twitter.com/CMAgovUK/status/1712710591008157755 <-- official cma link mentioning the approval
gaunt marten
This game is getting developer responses on new negative reviews
It's eight years old
Feels like theyre the sort of person who can't accept criticism
little badger
arctic fern
honestly, i dont see a problem with that.
they had permission, which is very important. and he's dead.
gaunt marten
They should have permission from him, not his family
arctic fern
he's dead
gaunt marten
Yeah, they should have asked him before he died
arctic fern
this is the best they can do, and tbh i expected worse from a corporation
wind stump
they dig up the coffin and mime his skeleton giving permission before throwing it back in
"good enough"
quiet swift
this is the best they can do, and tbh i expected worse from a corporation
Given the game in question...
arctic fern
i dont see this company as scummy. i see them as fucking moronic
now EA or ubisoft...
quiet swift
Unrelated: this week's free stuff!
quiet swift
i dont see this company as scummy. i see them as fucking moronic
now EA or ubiso...
Oh I mean more that in the game corporations are like hugely more powerful than many nations and are generally uber evil and whatnot. Moreso than in reality, that is. It's just a tad ironic of a statement given that a lot of the game is about the corpo problem
arctic fern
oh thats fair
dire gate
Oh I mean more that in the game corporations are like hugely more powerful than ...
The game-accurate solution: shoot, kill the VA, and then make the dead body nod and announce "we got the permission"
quiet swift
Sounds about right
little badger
quiet swift
More single player content plz
gaunt marten
quiet swift
little badger
teal cliff
Cod and Halo being under the same roof feels wild though
quiet swift
"It's about time"
little badger
peak berry
Armoured trains
little badger
river veldt
Horror games in which you can't fight back, are a bit much for me, I'll say
oh those are the only horror games that really get me tbh. something about the helplessness appeals to me idk
quiet swift
dire gate
That smile terrifies me
harsh kestrel
Ubisoft Connect and Xbox Game Pass just got a major boost. Ubisoft did kinda need a boost. This is nice that the deal finally went through. I'm seriously hope this means a lot of improvements for all the franchises involved, COD included. Not to mention a complete Activision rework and facelift
Kind of annoying that hell spawn Bobby Kotick is staying around even for a day longer though
sonic dune
I'm trying to think of what pony races each character would be from RDR2
But I'm slightly worried about if I should go with racial connections for characters like Charles and races like Buffalo
In my opinion
Arthur Morgan: earth pony
Dutch Van DerLinde: unicorn
Hosea Matthews: pegasus (maybe unicorn)
Micha Belle: I do not wish to disrespect any of the three tribes by assigning them
Lenny: pegasus
Charles Smith: earth pony, or buffalo if we wanna go with the show's depiction of them being the stand in for natives
John Marston: earth pony
Bill Williamson: earth pony
Mr Swanson: pegasus (who's always too drunk to fly)
Abigail Marston: pegasus
Uncle: lumbago horse
Herr Strauss: unicorn
Javier Escuella: deer
Sadie Adler: pegasus (or maybe kirin)
Jack Marston: pegasus
Javier gives me deer vibes idk
Could also see Arthur as a deer thanks to his high honor fever dreams
thorny loom
https://fxtwitter.com/charlieintel/status/1712819162555334988?
Thats definitely odd
thorny loom
https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/following-microsoft-acquisition-activ...
Makes sense. Gives time for new management to get in and finish current admins employment year
little badger
Thats definitely odd
EE In the UK was to get it at one point I think they got it not sure.
https://fxtwitter.com/charlieintel/status/1712838936240820563? That’s a lot of money
thorny loom
“Please take this money and never contact us again”
sonic dune
Low honor Arthur Morgan as a timber wolf....
teal cliff
https://fxtwitter.com/charlieintel/status/1712838936240820563? That’s a lot of m...
rip bozo
sacred grove
I don't think Kotick cares. He's getting hundreds of millions of dollars
teal cliff
he already has hundreds of millions of dollars
I dont care how much hes paid I want him to stop having authority over the company for the sake of those who work there
little badger
teal cliff
https://fxtwitter.com/wario64/status/1712856447368012274?
I mean that makes sense
harsh kestrel
Well, at least we aren't taking another step in terms of physical games being thrown out. Yet
thorny loom
Blizzard has cod. I doubt it will close
thorny loom
World of Warcraft?
young creek
WoW Overwatch Hearthstone Diablo
peak mesa
Microsoft now owns four major FPS franchises. Doom, Quake, Wolfenstein and now Call of Duty.
grave tide
I am 200% sure that Blizzard is black hole for money in ActivisionBlizzard
peak mesa
Microsoft now owns four major FPS franchises. Doom, Quake, Wolfenstein and now C...
They got all the infinity stones.
grave tide
OW2 is the most hated game in Steam
young creek
shouldnt counter strike be on the "legendary fps franchises" list
grave tide
Diablo 4 after release is coming to dead
quiet swift
I am waiting when Blizzard will be closed soon™️
On what basis are you saying this? There's absolutely 0% chance of it happening.
grave tide
Phil Spencer already bought Bethesda with hoping that they will make 99999 games
Now Activision Blizzard
quiet swift
..You do realize the difference in scale between Bethesda and ActiBlizz?
quiet swift
Right, so you're not willing to have an actual conversation, got it
quiet swift
Phil has said he'd love to see more Starcraft
quiet swift
Again, you clearly have 0 idea how game dev works
slim thorn
everything I've heard about OW2 sounded like management/PR issues, not dev issues
quiet swift
There's like 5-6 different teams that are responsible for each game. For example, WOW's is 700 people alone, after the acquisition of the studio i've forgotten the name of
And yes. The GAME is apparently very fun. The product (battle pass, cosmetics, etc) is not
river veldt
wow Microsoft owns King
slim thorn
and the whole promising PvE thing
river veldt
oh lord Microsoft owns Space Quest and King's Quest now
quiet swift
But yeah. The team responsible for OW2 would not be the ones making Starcraft stuff. Would be an entirely different team
grave tide
But yeah. The team responsible for OW2 would not be the ones making Starcraft st...
OW2 is management issue, not dev issue
I don't believe that Phil will change AB management
quiet swift
Still, they're not gonna put management responsible for a FPS on an RTS
visual hill
https://www.trackmania.com/news/7739
only the first 10 tracks of the campaign can be played for free, starting from the next season
grave tide
Still, they're not gonna put management responsible for a FPS on an RTS
And SC3 will have battle pass, each company will cost 70$, multiplayer is only who spent 70$ on last addon, coop commanders will cost 20$ each
quiet swift
Idk if theres a market for RTS
RTS are seeing a slow resurgence. There's several C&C-type coming out, there's that one SC-like game as well in the next year or so
rancid herald
speaking of rtses, I've heard the new star trek!stellaris baby isn't very good
quiet swift
harsh kestrel
I don't think Blizzard is gonna straight up disappear
slim thorn
there is probably no scenario in which the branding completely disappears from future products, or in which all of the associated developers quit game development forever
I dunno how much might get reshuffled though
peak mesa
If you think about it, Microsoft now owns multiple franchises ending with the word “craft”.
Minecraft. Starcraft. Warcraft.
little badger
I don't think Blizzard is gonna straight up disappear
How so?
rancid herald
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VRsBnNRy4k
What is This?
rose rose
Microsoft might have some incentive to not brand things under anything Activision if they can avoid it, given the concessions they made to do the acquisition
But I doubt they could get away with moving any IPs they already have
random steppe
The Blizzard brand might have fallen from grance but I think people massively overestimate by how much
And even Activision, millions of COD players see the activision logo everytime they boot up their game, that logo isn't going anywhere
rose rose
I mean more with regard to being forced to grant Ubisoft exclusive worldwide streaming rights to all of their games (except in the EU, where different rules apply).
Which I believe applies only to Activision games
So they have incentive to have new things not be "Activision games"
random steppe
Oh I got what you mean
And maybe I am wrong on this, but I feel like microsoft doesn't care that much about cloud gaming for the moment
Maybe they will change gears if it grows enough
rose rose
They might not now, but the licensing for any game they produce is indefinite.
So if they will ever care in the future they have a motivation now
It's already a bit weird that Ubisoft is going to be able (and apparently plans) to stick the entire Activision back catalogue on a competing subscription service.
(well, I assume not the entire thing. but presumably the currently popular stuff)
And I think they care more than zero.
If nothing else, Ubisoft can undercut them if it wants to. And they have to pay Ubisoft for the streaming rights to their own games, I think? Which they do at least want to have available.
In any case I assume this deal is structured in a way that prevents them immediately killing Activision and rendering it moot, I certainly haven't read it
But I also think it's very likely that Microsoft will engage in creative corporate structuring to minimise the impact of the agreements.
Which will incidentally constrain the use of ABK brands going forward
(I also agree it's very unlikely they'd want to discard the Blizzard brand. I doubt people have terribly strong feelings on Activision or King though.)
(strong positive ones anyway.)
random steppe
It's already a bit weird that Ubisoft is going to be able (and apparently plans)...
Isn't that what Microsoft is essentially doing eith Electronic Arts tho?
Gamepass giving you access to EA own subscription service as well.
All they have is to not make it exclusive to comply, they will get compensanted for the games they give to those platforms.
rose rose
The EA subscription service barely lets you play anything, but sort of
Not making it exclusive is the rule in the EU
In the rest of the world they lose the rights completely and indefinitely
(and then license them back from Ubisoft)
random steppe
It's a weird addition but I agree that MS owns a lot of shit now, so I'm fine with them having some extra rules.
now if we could apply this more broadly
rose rose
I don't object to them having more rules
I more object to the acquisition in the first place
I just think Microsoft is likely to take actions to minimise the impact of the rules
harsh kestrel
I see it as Microsoft is gonna give Activision the facelift it desperately needs
random steppe
maybe, we'll see
rose rose
I don't know if we ever will, honestly, unless decision making shows up in a court case in a decade
I don't think they're going to take any existing mainline IPs out or anything in the foreseeable future
But this can probably only ever be speculation 
random steppe
I mostly don't mind the aquisition that much because I think Blizzard was going to turn into a mobile game factory in less than 10 years, so this maybe will give us a better timeline.
And let's be honest, it's hard to be more unethical than whatever Activision was doing anyway.
rose rose
Microsoft was fairly clear the acquisition was substantially about mobile so I don't think that's necessarily going to go better.
More excited about King than Blizzard
little badger
I see it as Microsoft is gonna give Activision the facelift it desperately needs
But do you think it will improve the games?
rose rose
Microsoft studios do not have a stellar track record of late 
random steppe
Well it's the bit that makes more money so it makes sense it'll be the highlight in their investors calls.
For Blizzard, regardless than other IPs we will see a new WoW expansion and the ongoing Diablo 4 development, we don't need to see new games right away to see if there is a change in company philosophy.
rose rose
Though I wouldn't read anything into that
random steppe
At worse it'll just keep seeing business as usual.
harsh kestrel
I still see this as an overall win just because Kotick is getting the fuck out in a few months. That's already an improvement on it's own lol
rose rose
I'm not sure the replacement of one guy is a compelling argument for further consolidation of the industry under the platform holders' roofs
But
random steppe
It's an improvment in my mental health if I don't have to read articles about Kotick so that's fair
young creek
you never had to read them 
little badger
I still see this as an overall win just because Kotick is getting the fuck out i...
Do you have a favourite game from Activision?
quiet swift
little badger
https://fxtwitter.com/wario64/status/1712906611118035253? @river veldt
river veldt
waow
harsh kestrel
Let's see if that's who it is in the game next week
Also, the potential acquisition that scares me is Disney potentially buying EA. That would be hell on Earth
little badger
Also, the potential acquisition that scares me is Disney potentially buying EA. ...
If that happened would more MTX be added?
harsh kestrel
I have no idea, but the thought of something like that is scary. People are even thinking Microsoft is gonna fire a lot of people in general. Especially if a game franchise and game studio they now own doesn't turn a profit. They've been known for doing that before. Some are also worried about what this means for the gaming industry as a whole in the long term. Like, the question of, where will the gaming industry be a decade from now because of this?
little badger
I have no idea, but the thought of something like that is scary. People are even...
There were rumours that Apple was going to buy a few studios but haven’t seen anything happen
gaunt marten
It's the "What's your variety score" sheet but for Nintendo console exclusive games
I have 25, which is pretty high for someone who can't afford consoles
minor gorge
I got four. 
uneven epoch
16 if i counted right
rose rose
Thirty
gaunt marten
I have not even heard of style savvy, game builder garage, waverace, box boy, art academy or rusty's real deal baseball
river veldt
Wave Race 64 is a super good racing game where you're on jet skis
Game Builder Garage is baby's first programming, you can make really simple games with it
Box Boy is a platformer by the Kirby devs iirc
gaunt marten
Yeah, I figured as much from names and logos
river veldt
Art Academy i only know from Pokémon Art Academy and it teaches you to draw Pokémon
static bluff
gaunt marten
How does it do that?
river veldt
Rusty's Real Deal Baseball is a really interesting one because it was the first time Nintendo dabbled in microtransactions, and you could buy fun little minigames from Rusty (a dog) but you could haggle with him to but it for less
river veldt
How does it do that?
it was a 3ds game so you draw with the stylus
gaunt marten
Oh that makes sense
The moment I google it I'm struck with a game grumps thumbnail that has a pikachu in a bikini
river veldt
and the only thing i know about Style Savvy is that it was on the DS i think ? and Paris Hilton was in an ad for it ?
random steppe
Literally 4,and 3 of them are games I player more than 15 years ago
river veldt
it's great
random steppe
And the other one is Bayonetta because the 1st game is on PC
river veldt
Literally 4,and 3 of them are games I player more than 15 years ago
you're telling me youve never played Steel Diver ???1?1??1?111? /s
river veldt
3ds launch title
you're in a submarine i think
the 3ds did not have good launch titles
gaunt marten
Iron Lung
random steppe
Oh, I remember a super cool submarine game from the PS1
I don't remember how it's called
gaunt marten
The only two Submarine games I played are Subnautica and https://youtu.be/fp0DaysKdU0
river veldt
like i said to Onosa in cs, StarTropics is a really good NES game that's stupid hard to emulate because at one point you have to soak a piece of paper that you get in the game box irl in water
rose rose
Oh I actually did play Steel Diver, so 31 I guess
random steppe
I don't remember how it's called
Google tells me that the name is Submarine Commander
mossy flume
84
random steppe
I don't actually know if it was any good BTW, I was a kid, I had shit taste.
Actually it's 5, I did play a xenobladr a long time go, and I do plan to play Wonderful 101 eventually so will be 6.
The slow crawl to 10 is real.
little badger
Anyone here remember the first game they ever played?
gaunt marten
No I played a ton of shit MS DOS games
random steppe
Probably solitaire on windows 98 or something
little badger
Probably solitaire on windows 98 or something
The pinball game was good
gaunt marten
One of them you had to color in a clown
random steppe
I'm probably forgetting something even earlier TBH
Almost for sure
Actually definitely, 98 is way too late
mossy flume
Simcity 2000 or Space Cadet Pinball, possibly.
Or some obscure Tonka or Hot Wheels game, actually.
I had for years said Pokémon Blue, but that's actually false.
little badger
Simcity 2000 or Space Cadet Pinball, possibly.
Yes! How many times did you tilt it?
gaunt marten
The first videogames I actually chose to play were probably space cadet pinball or one of those floppy disk demos from PC Magazine
mossy flume
I started playing games when I was like 2 or 3 years old
mossy flume
Yes! How many times did you tilt it?
shrug
quiet swift
has a look at the nintendo checklist
little badger
I started playing games when I was like 2 or 3 years old
Wait is Tonka the construction one?
quiet swift
I think I score... 4?
mossy flume
Wait is Tonka the construction one?
Yeah
little badger
I loved that game
mossy flume
Also Lego games, but I think I had played others before then
But it's certainly some game from no later than 1995
little badger
Actually I still have the tonka game somewhere.
gaunt marten
Yeah you won't score high if you didn't have any Nintendo consoles
Most of my games were from the Nintendo handhelds, but I did play some Gamecube and Wii games too
little badger
But it's certainly some game from no later than 1995
This is the one I played
mossy flume
That's probably the one
little badger
1992 wow
white phoenix
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/737097862864699402/1162358420515598386/IM...
2 💀
there was a wii at a friend's house lol
river veldt
have you guys played Space Quest 3
gaunt marten
No
mossy flume
This, I think: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Putt-Putt_Joins_the_Parade
I had this too
little badger
I had this too
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonka Hasbro still owns the rights to the series so maybe it’ll get revived one day?
mossy flume
...I have no memory of it but I had it
mossy flume
But I didn't really get into gaming very meaningfully until Pokémon Blue happened.
rose rose
I had a whole bunch of old point and click adventure games for kids
little badger
But I didn't really get into gaming very meaningfully until Pokémon Blue happene...
Was that the first Pokémon you played?
rose rose
mossy flume
Was that the first Pokémon you played?
Yeah. The Christmas it came out in 1998 my brother and I were gifted Gameboy Colors and copies of Red & Blue.
rose rose
Pokémon Blue was the first non-adventure game I completed.
My... mum's friend? gave it to me, along with a Game Boy Color.
For my birthday
Dunno which birthday
little badger
Yeah. The Christmas it came out in 1998 my brother and I were gifted Gameboy Col...
Ooooh. Nice
rose rose
Pokémon Blue is also the only Pokémon game in which I completed the Pokédex.
little badger
That had 151 Pokémon
rose rose
Well, 150, anyway. I don't think I ever got Mew and I don't think it actually counted.
wind stump
you just need to look under the truck
... You know they added a Lava Cookie under that truck for FR/LG so I think they knew
rose rose
Well someone had to have told their uncle at Nintendo about it
mossy flume
Well, 150, anyway. I don't think I ever got Mew and I don't think it actually co...
You wouldn’t have gotten Mew unless you used a glitch or hacking device. Mew was never legitimately acquirable outside of Japan because Nintendo never held the required distribution events outside of Japan.
mossy flume
Huh, I guess they just never bothered with the US, then.
true maple
I got 146 pokemon in blue
Closest i ever got to completing one
Then my stepbrother tried to use a game genie to put mew on it and erased my save
mossy flume
I finished the Pokédex in Blue, Yellow, Gold, Crystal, Sapphire, Emerald, Diamond, and Platinum.
rose rose
Huh, I guess they just never bothered with the US, then.
They were distributed in the US in various ways too, or so says the internet.
mossy flume
Then Gen 5-onwards I just stopped caring
mossy flume
They were distributed in the US in various ways too, or so says the internet.
????? As far as I’m aware they famously never did
rose rose
true maple
I always heard you could mail your cartridge with 150 on it to Nintendo and they'd put mew on it, but i don't know if that was true
There was a lot of misinformation about pokemon then
quiet swift
On the topic of older games, anyone ever play any of the Dr Brain games?
mossy flume
There was a lot of misinformation about pokemon then
That playground talk about Pokémon myths was part of how it got so big, to be fair
rose rose
In the December 1999 issue of Nintendo Power (Issue 127), Nintendo Power ran a promotion to give away up to 1,000 Mew. 1,000 winners were selected from among the applicants, but winners who did not have a Pokémon game cartridge received a T-shirt instead of Mew.
Gotta say the t-shirt seems like a better deal
mossy flume
Famously, holding down + B would increase the chance of catching Pokémon. 
light gate
That playground talk about Pokémon myths was part of how it got so big, to be fa...
Its interesting that I've never saw anyone who played Pokemon until Middle School, and that was the TCG.
river veldt
did your middle school not have a playground
light gate
No.
river veldt
why
true maple
On the topic of older games, anyone ever play any of the Dr Brain games? <:ppenk...
YES
PUZZLE MADNESS
One of my favorite games still
mossy flume
Really? It was the opposite for me - everyone played it until middle school where you were openly mocked, even physically attacked, for still playing “kid games” like Pokémon.
river veldt
Because at middle, you're already expected to think about College and transfers.
you are ??????
light gate
Yeah.
mossy flume
you are ??????
Yes
gaunt marten
Famously, holding down + B would increase the chance of catching Pokémon. <:Eeve...
No you have to tap A and B as fast as possible
river veldt
i never thought about college until junior year of high school
rose rose
Because at middle, you're already expected to think about College and transfers.
And... therefore not play? What?
light gate
Funniest part is that I never paid any attention to it, because I was never debrief how all of it worked. So that entire system they've made to prevent that, literally did not prevent that.
true maple
I got bullied for playing pokemon in 8th grade
mossy flume
Same
light gate
And... therefore not play? What? <:peachwut:642854795580801024>
Phones were banned, handheld consoles were also banned.
mossy flume
People got weirdly hostile about me playing Pokémon Sapphire
true maple
Then a year later, it had gone mainstream and everyone was playing it
light gate
High School allowed phones and handheld devices but only during recess.
mossy flume
You had to keep your hobbies secret unless you played Halo or CoD or EVE Online or something
river veldt
i played my Switch in high school and never got shit for it maybe im just lucky
true maple
Bear in mind, 8th grade was 1998 for me, so it had just come out
rose rose
My school also banned all electronics so I guess not seeing people play it is unsurprising. But everyone talked about it all the time.
light gate
Ehh, to be fair nobody wanted to be around me 
mossy flume
i played my Switch in high school and never got shit for it maybe im just lucky
My school admin was constantly furious with me about having my GBA or DS on me, but I got away with it largely by stretching the ASD support system I had
rose rose
In a later instance they also banned Pokémon cards because people kept starting fights over them
river veldt
i rnemever taking my Gameboy Color to middle school in 2017 and then it fell out of my locker and shattered into a billion piece s
mossy flume
But it wasn’t uncommon for people to have a PSP or something on them anyway
little badger
But it wasn’t uncommon for people to have a PSP or something on them anyway
Gaming was so good in the early 2000s
rose rose
But not Magic cards, which apparently caused fewer fights
light gate
In a later instance they also banned Pokémon cards because people kept starting ...
I thought YuGiOh would do this more often, but honestly Pokemon:TCG was more on brand.
Pokemon card fights were a thing.
mossy flume
Oh right, Pokémon cards were illegal at my Christian school
true maple
I was in band, i was already in the "not popular" zone, so my hobbies didn't matter
mossy flume
Because witchcraft
little badger
Because witchcraft
Midnight do you remember the halo 3 launch it was fun.
river veldt
i brought my iPad to 7th grade middle school a lot and then in 8th grade i brought my phone instead
iPad Mini
not the big one
mossy flume
Midnight do you remember the halo 3 launch it was fun.
I didn’t play Halo at the time
little badger
Ah right.
mossy flume
Couldn’t afford a non-Nintendo console
light gate
I remember wanting a PS3 so bad.
mossy flume
But I do remember the Halo 2 and Halo 3 launches
little badger
Which was your first halo?
mossy flume
Because HALF THE FUCKING SCHOOL WAS MISSING
rose rose
I had a PS3 but never owned a PS3 game I actually liked.
light gate
That was the setiment I heard a lot Hack.
little badger
I remember wanting a PS3 so bad.
I remember when they announced the price of the PS3 live I was like how much?!
river veldt
i remember wanting a Switch really bad when it came out and i asked for it for my birthday in July but i didn't get it until August
mossy flume
It was absolutely wild that literally like 50% of students suddenly called in sick on the same day as Halo 2 and Halo 3.
rose rose
(the PS3 was also located in Dubai, where I only lived some of the time)
river veldt
15th birthday
light gate
I remember when they announced the price of the PS3 live I was like how much?!
I didn't know E3 existed at that time.
All I knew was that PS3 existed, and the YouTube PS3 memes were there.
little badger
I didn't know E3 existed at that time.
E3 has been going since the 90S
mossy flume
One of my classes managed to only have like six students left in it that day, so we just did nothing
little badger
Smol pone
river veldt
i thought games just magically were announced on the tv until 2015
river veldt
but i didn't start watching E3 until 2017
mossy flume
“Wii would like to play”
light gate
And then the jamming song played.
mossy flume
I actually have the song from that ad on my phone
little badger
“Wii would like to play”
I hope E3 comes back
rose rose
In 2023, of course, games are in fact just magically announced on the TV.
mossy flume
It won’t and it shouldn’t
rose rose
But we put the TV on the internet
mossy flume
E3 died for good reason
river veldt
but i like the bad funny E3 moments
little badger
I know the game awards is the new E3 but it was something I looked forward to every year.
river veldt
The Game Awards is basically E3 now yeah
mossy flume
The new E3 is just dedicated Nintendo Direct style streaming events held in the summer
TGA is The Other One
light gate
I had a PSP though, and the PSP rocked my world.
little badger
The new E3 is just dedicated Nintendo Direct style streaming events held in the ...
Now that Microsoft owns Activision it wouldn’t surprise me if they show off some new games coming
light gate
Like it blew me away I could watch movies, listen to music, surf the web, and play games.
Then the iPhone happened.
river veldt
iphone
mossy flume
Christmas gift
light gate
I got an iPod Touch 4G, I miss it lol.
mossy flume
Then all the students at the school hated me
light gate
"Look at this nerd"
mossy flume
And accused me of being a showoffy rich guy
light gate
"Go back to the chess club"
little badger
But I did get the iPhone
My first iPhone was the 4
river veldt
my furst handheld console was a DSi XL that i got for christmas and then the 3ds came out the next year but i didn't get a 2ds until 2014 and i only played Animal Crossing New Leaf on it
mossy flume
Of course after the 3G came out everyone had an iPhone
river veldt
what is with your guys' schools
mossy flume
Texans. shrug
light gate
So-cal, strict and public.
little badger
Texans. *shrug*
Did your school ever let you listen to music when you were working?
light gate
Just realized I had the launch PSP model.
river veldt
i was also in public school
light gate
Holy hell.
river veldt
yellow
mossy flume
Did your school ever let you listen to music when you were working?
Only when I was in the disability support classroom.
little badger
Just realized I had the launch PSP model.
Me too!
true maple
Also Texas
river veldt
no im in Iowa
gaunt marten
And accused me of being a showoffy rich guy
My cousin bought a Gameboy Advance just after I finally managed to buy a Gameboy Color
mossy flume
My school banned phones and technology in general
gaunt marten
I was so mad that my purchase was already obsolete
little badger
Wow
river veldt
that's not true Flitter
little badger
My school banned phones and technology in general
Even if you needed it for an emergency?
gaunt marten
It was totally true though. Gameboy Advance games were way better
mossy flume
Even if you needed it for an emergency?
Depended on who the teacher was
gaunt marten
Sure, the GBC had a lot of amazing games
mossy flume
The school had a hard policy of requiring staff to forcefully take phones and other gadgets and then charging students $50-$100 to return them.
gaunt marten
But the hardware of the GBA enabled games to be much better, and in general that was the case
river veldt
what the hell
gaunt marten
My high school had a phone confiscation policy but they couldn't charge you to return them
little badger
Depended on who the teacher was
Ah.
mossy flume
Yeah, charging to return them basically made it theft and extortion.
gaunt marten
They still do! You're supposed to keep your phone with you until you leave school if you needed to call someone to take you home
river veldt
my school you only got your phone taken away if you used it in class. you could use it in study hall the hallway or during lunch
true maple
I think the rich kids had text messaging then
light gate
I had a phone at a young age, it was one of these.
gaunt marten
Wow it has colors
light gate
Yes, and I couldn't text on it because it was TOO EXPENSIVE to text. But my god was that keyboard good.
mossy flume
After a few years of running this policy they once tried to take my phone. I pointed that out. The argument escalated to the principle. He let me go immediately and two weeks later the policy was suddenly axed.
gaunt marten
Mine was the Nokia brick phone all the way up to college
thorny loom
river veldt
blizzard makes me think of iced cream
river veldt
https://www.google.com/aclk?sa=l&ai=DChcSEwj3zcHY_POBAxXONtQBHareAygYABAzGgJvYQ&...
did yoy have snake
mossy flume
I had a Virgin flip phone before the iPhone came out
It had snake
And custom ringtones and stuff, it was kinda neat
gaunt marten
Every phone had snake back then
mossy flume
Snake was an important feature!
gaunt marten
It's simple to make and everyone likes it
light gate
My first actual smartphone was this though.
true maple
light gate
Jelly Bean Android
mossy flume
I first learned about Android from those teaser ads that Google ran on TV
river veldt
i dont like snake
light gate
This one https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia_5110
god that looks like a good brick
river veldt
it makes me unhappy
true maple
I can feel how hard it was to push the buttons still
river veldt
This one https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia_5110
i think i can make out the camera that took this picture in the screen
gaunt marten
Why does it make you unhappy?
true maple
This one was my favorite flip phone https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_U750_Alias_2
river veldt
Why does it make you unhappy?
i dont knwo
gaunt marten
What makes you unhappy exactly, playing it? Looking at it? Thinking about it? Losing in it?
river veldt
everybting
light gate
Also, we had a car that contained a phone installed. You could pull it off and do a call on your phone, while driving.
Kinda like this one, but different.
thorny loom
My stepdad had one of those
gaunt marten
Fucking lie detector ass phone
thorny loom
Prehistoric cell phone
uneven epoch
fashionably late for the "first video game" topic to say Mickey's jigsaw puzzles 1991 for the ms dos
the best part is dad's ye olde computer down the basement is still functional n therefore this is still playable
river veldt
that's epic
robust steppe
oh shit I had this game
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3A_VGAPPC0
gaunt marten
that's epic
No, that game released in 2010
fresh bane
oh shit I had this game
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3A_VGAPPC0
Holy fucking shit
That unlocked some core memories of my childhood right there, I loved this fucking game
river veldt
No, that game released in 2010
i remember the at game
visual hill
oh I remember this game now that you mention it
I watched my brother play it when I was a kid
true maple
My first video game would have been where in the world is Carmen Sandiego on the Apple IIc, on 5.25" floppy
green fulcrum
I am quite a bit late to this since I was napping, but here's my score, low though it may be. Frankly, a third of these games I've never even heard of, much less played.
The f*ck is Style Savvy, Sin and Punishment, and Fluidity?
river veldt
Fluidity was a cool WiiWare game where you tilted the wii remote around and had to get a certain amount of water to the goal
mossy flume
Sin and Punishment was a Japan-only N64 game
Actually a pretty well known title
It's weird that it's on this list at all because it was a one-off
But it is technically a Nintendo franchise
rose rose
A lot of these feel like they're reaching a bit
rotund forge
I am quite a bit late to this since I was napping, but here's my score, low thou...
I got 19/100
rose rose
But in listing 100 things from one company that is unsurprising.
rotund forge
20 if I play F-Zero 99 tonight
river veldt
none of them feel reachy to me
rose rose
"Pokémon" and then another ten specific Pokémon games
gaunt marten
Yeah but when I say Pokemon is a Nintendo game people get mad
river veldt
right true
gaunt marten
I would never in a million years consider Golden Sun a Nintendo game, but it's true that it was published by Nintendo and released exclusively on Nintendo hardware
rose rose
Daemon X Machina is not Nintendo exclusive and was not developed by Nintendo
Though Nintendo did publish the Switch version
rotund forge
It's like calling Sonic Generations or Colors a Nintendo game
gaunt marten
Generations was released on PC and I played it only there
rotund forge
Also Mario VS Sonic is developed by both companies it shouldn't be there either if that was the case
mossy flume
rose rose
mossy flume
For my list
gaunt marten
Fortunately, ActualAero helpfully put their address in the image so we can complain
rose rose
Which is on the list
mossy flume
Easier to say what I haven't played
But some of the ones I haven't played I've certainly heard of
There are only... three or four things here I haven't heard of before?
But yeah some of these are not Nintendo games
rotund forge
mario, pikmin, kirby, pokemon (for 20 minutes total), ssb, splatoon, mario kart, dk, wii sports and fit, paper mario, nintendo land, tomadachi life, mario party, mario and luigi, and luigi's mansion. + F-Zero 99 tonight maybe
Oh and yoshi
quiet swift
Mario, zelda, pokemon, smash bros. Managed to have not touched anything else
rare garden
yooo one of my sister's friends is borrowing us a PS4
minor plover
aww yeah doin Sedecordle and my starting word was one of the words
astral steeple
transformers fort pack is out physically now nice
white phoenix
Yeah somewhere deep within the inventories of some obscure store
fresh bane
While hilarious, this isn’t a new phenomenon. Piscatella’s tweet mentioned that three new PS Vitas were sold in 2021, and back in 2018, some soul, who clearly has a penchant for self-mutilation, bought a retail copy of Sonic: The Hedgehog 2... for the Game Gear.
white phoenix
This stuff is so fascinating
The sales tracking part is really cool, but also imagine all the old stuff that's still in some obscure store's warehouse
fresh bane
Weirdly the most interesting part to me is that they even got a notification of the sale at all
mossy flume
So I got curious and decided to check my real cartridges of my GB/GBC/GBA Pokémon games. Found that now all but one of them have dead batteries. 
At least I backed up their saves.
gaunt marten
Why are they detouring functions? I wonder how this works
visual hill
I'm late to the party, in both meanings of the term
Even though you were late to the party, you were still the life of it. —TF2 Mercenary badge
I forgot to fill in the text but that's 13/100
weak river
You've never played Paper Mario?
I can't believe you would betray us like this.
visual hill
sorry, no 1-2 Switch either
quiet swift
random steppe
To be fair, Wonderful 101 was an exclusive for 7 years, it's more a Nintendo property than not
And arguably Bayonetta as well, with only one game being cross plat
dense crypt
Nintendo didnt make the game
So im assuming this list includes games nintendo published rsther than made
weak river
Seems to be the case. Games like Fluidity and Custom Robo are also Nintendo-published, but not Nintendo-developed.
I still think it's reasonable to include them in the list, though, on account of the fact that they're still Nintendo-affiliated.
bleak lintel
Nintendo funded the 2nd and 3rd Bayonetta.
mossy flume
So what I’ve learned is that y’all are all disappointing Nintendo fans.
visual hill
don't worry, I'll play F-Zero eventually
dense crypt
I love F-Zero
We arent gonna get another one but its still a fun franchise
Though that "battle royale" thing they made could potentially be an attempt to gauge interest in thr series...
kind shadow
https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/13/23915974/new-wii-u-sold-september-2023
100% chance it's a gaming youtuber
"you've asked for it, today we're playing wii sports"
light gate
I played F-Zero 99, found it to be very chaotic and hard to see what I'm doing. I think I'll have to try the original instead.
static bluff
I got really into F-Zero 99 but the only people who still play it are extremely good. I did better than average but I'm no where here near the top 1%.
visual hill
F-Zero 1
static bluff
I placed in Knight League and got to rank S. That was good enough for me
thorny loom
dense crypt
meanwhile, at the TF2 economy...
river veldt
new Iron Lung trailer ! (tw lots of blood)
||https://youtu.be/x8E8Ryx49so?feature=shared||
dense crypt
ironic lung
random steppe
Do we know how long this will be?
Like I can't imagine you can stretch the premise to a feature lenght movie
thorny loom
fresh bane
Like I can't imagine you can stretch the premise to a feature lenght movie
It will be a feature length movie
rotund forge
If I remember isn't it going to theaters?
random steppe
That's suprising.
I mean I loved Iron Lung, and while I am ambivalent about Markiplier, I was too old for him during his rise to power, it's clear that this project stems from a genuine love for the game
So pretty happy it's happening
slim thorn
wait it's a movie