It’s one of the easiest to pick up and play imo. There’s no bad tracks so just select a cup and you’re guaranteed to have a good time with or without friends
Got this for Christmas in 1997 and it blew my mind. Had an NES with super mario bros, and had never heard of an N64 before we got it, and the leap was just staggering at the time. Went to bed dreaming of mario kart lol
Game is pretty fun but once you beat gold stake it’s just an exercise in frustration. I lose most runs just because the game won’t give me anything decent to buy, not because I didn’t play correctly.
Yeah I was talking about for mere mortals. I’m no card counter but like I said, I beat gold stake so I’ve played a fair bit. I’m trying to finish out some of the other decks now and just find it tedious on the final stakes.
Of course there’s always somebody out there that can make any game look as easy as breathing. See: Guy who just beat every dark souls game back to back without leveling up or getting hit, once.
Having played almost every beta release, I assumed the full game would have had a different curve to it. I was expecting that by the end of the run my deck would be unrecognizable
Saving this post to read in the evening! (Working atm). Do you do this every week/ month?
I wonder whether it’s worth to get the Steam Deck (PC games + Emulation). However also debating about the Switch 1 (or 2). Just don’t know how to do the mod-chip (and if it will be available on the 2).
Since getting my Steam Deck, I sold my Switch collection, since (for the most part), emulating Switch games are a breeze. Theres obviously ones which perform poorly, but the vast, vast majority run so well!
You can always get the original launch model of Switch - you can jailbreak it with a little ‘jig’ and its the easiest thing in the world. No mod chip required. There’s even tablet-only ones, even OLEDs on aliexp if you want to have someone do they hard work for you, too!
The Steam Deck is incredibly hard to beat - Steam games, GOG, Epic and Amazon games. Emulation. Its a lot of gaming :)
(And as to frequency posting these? Lately, every 3 or 4 days!!!)
You are right that the Steam Deck is hard to beat due to availability of games, platform and emulation (though considering the instance I’m in, I’ll acquire games a different way).
I’m uncertain due to the fact there’s a lot of uncertainty about the emulation of the Switch 2 games.
Tried getting the original switch but, I’m a sucker for OLED screen (if I can afford it, I want it hah).
I worked with the RetroDeck and underlying EmulationStation devs on a bug and they were incredibly cool and welcoming. I didn’t really have time to start taking on other tickets, but their documentation and availability made it easy to find the problem, get a workaround, and submit a fix.
Great to see another update. One of my buddies is practically a game industry savant so I always feel a bit out of my depth with him. Reading this is my cheat sheet for talking points with him.
Who do you know of that talks about games as art? That’s more my focus, and the only one that really seems to tick that box for me is Noah Gervais - and he’s great, but I would love more variety if you know anyone doing pieces like that.
Cara Ellison. She’s touched on it before, that I’ve noticed when writing for The Guardian - how strong videogames are for the medium of telling stories, and also for expressing art.
Matthewmatosis on YouTube, does some great work on at least the artistic choices teams make when creating the games
Critical Distance is a good site, critiquing games as a serious art form
I mean…this is in my eyes, and in my experience reading them. The thing about art is though…it’s so damned subjective, so what I found related to that point, you might find is totally, totally off-the-mark!
lemmy.world
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