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flango, do games w Developer Interview: my Q&A with the dev who runs 'the' Switch piracy freeshop

Making games available to people that cannot pay is still a win for Nintendo… Nintendo gets money from selling consoles, games (sold in the traditional market) and cultural influence. We just had the movie “Mario Brothers” and it was a hit. The movie sells toys thus bringing more revenue to the company.

In the end, the DMCA strikes cost Nintendo’s money with little return.

Aatube,

Honestly "cultural influence" kinda sounds like "you get paid with exposure".

ReallyActuallyFrankenstein,

Yes, but it’s legitimately different when you are a huge company versus a struggling artist. A company like Nintendo has the capital and staying power already to reap generational rewards from embedding their IP into a culture.

LaGG_3, do gaming w Any Strong Opinions on Games in my Steam Wishlist (provisional) from 2024?

Didn’t read the whole list, but Tactical Breach Wizards is amazing. It’s a must play if you’re into the genre.

Tenderizer78,

Are y’all trying to lure me to the dark side (i.e. hermit life)?

But Tactical Breach Wizards, I played the Next Fest demo and enjoyed it but removed it from my wishlist because they took down the demo. More than games that just never put out a demo, a game that puts one out and then consciously decides to take it down, those tend to be bad more often than not.

They put the demo back up so now it’s back on the list. Not a fan of complicated time-travel plots, I’ve been burnt before with them, but I’m intending to give it the benefit of the doubt.

LaGG_3,

It’s been a minute since I last played it, but the time travel is mostly just a story reason for the ability to undo moves in-game. The story is more character driven.

Tenderizer78,

Specifically I don’t like how time travel can render all the events of the narrative mute, and also because I just can’t imagine beating a chronomancer in combat (and the antagonist is a chronomancer according to the marketing).

If it’s just a maximum of 10-seconds of time travel then that’d solve both those issues.

Little8Lost, do games w Day 350 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing
@Little8Lost@lemmy.world avatar

Before i miss/forget it:
Congrats on continuing this for 350 days, almost a year
Even if i dont relate to the games you are playing it brings me joy every time because you manage to keep up your diary of gaming
Its just such a nice thing to see :D

Aussiemandeus,
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Yeah pigging back on this, having the ability to play games every day makes me so jealous.

Great for OP though

SheeEttin, do gaming w Any Strong Opinions on Games in my Steam Wishlist (provisional) from 2024?

Why remove them? If they look good enough to buy, do it, and get around to the others eventually.

Tenderizer78,

These are just the ones released this year. Next year there’ll be more. And there are games from last year I haven’t gotten to (and the classics on top of that). Leaving the list too big means I miss a lot of them and the ones I do play would be based on gut instinct.

Perhaps at this point there’s no better option than gut instinct, now that I’ve exhausted basically all other criteria. I guess there are more fundamental questions I should be asking myself about how to handle the post-scarcity world of art.

SheeEttin,

Yup. Personally now that I’m an adult and have Responsibilities, I spend less time playing games. I hardly even follow new games coming out, and just work on recommendations from friends, or stuff from developers whose games I’ve enjoyed in the past.

Tenderizer78,

I’m into discovering those unexpected hidden gems, but I’m also into those recommendations and those Zachtronics or Bennett Foddy games. Combined with my limited time … I think I’m gonna have to “kill my darlings” … and of course I can’t even imagine doing that which is probably why I’m so stuck in life.

pinki, do games w Developer Interview: my Q&A with the dev who runs 'the' Switch piracy freeshop
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@PerfectDark nice.

PerfectDark,
@PerfectDark@lemmy.world avatar

Oh thank God.

I was picturing the community sharpening their pitchforks for this kind of sensitive topic!

(Glad you enjoyed it!)

pinki,
@pinki@mas.to avatar

@PerfectDark Nah I pirate everything on the regular, 3rd world circumstance and all. Good work :D

HollowNaught,
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If buying isn’t owning, pirating isn’t stealing

mohab, do gaming w I’d love a 2d Resident Evil Metroidvania.

I was gonna say I'd love to see a Resident Evil action game but then I remembered Onimusha exists 😅 And I suppose RE 4-6 to a lesser extent.

I feel like Signalis maybe half the way to a Resident Evil metroidvania? Like, if you bring the perspective down to 2D and tie all the areas together, you basically have an RE metroidvania.

What about abilities though? In Metroid, the suit gets the abilities, but no one in the RE cast has a suit or is magic, so I assume you unlock weapons instead?

neon_nova,

Yeah, weapons. Take a look at shadow complex. It’s a great Metroidvania. You do unlock a power suit at one point, but other than that, you just upgrade your weapons.

mohab, do gaming w Any Strong Opinions on Games in my Steam Wishlist (provisional) from 2024?

Neva is nice if you can pick it up for less than $5.

The combat in Dungeons of Hinterberg bored me really quickly, but it's also a Zelda-like, so if you don't mind the basic combat, maybe give it a shot.

Tenderizer78,

I pick up all games on sale, basically. Neva especially I probably won’t get unless it goes down to $5.

Dungeons of Hinterberg is in my “only because they have demo” folder. I’m not a huge fan of combat in games partly because combat as a gameplay mechanic is conceptually uninspired and partly just because I don’t really get the thrill. Dungeon’s of Hinterberg seems like a story thing first and foremost though.

mohab,

combat as a gameplay mechanic is conceptually uninspired

Like in any game period? Big claim and you're probably not interested in backing it up, but I'm curious.

Dungeon's of Hinterberg seems like a story thing first and foremost though.

IDK, trailer had a good deal of combat—just thought to give you a heads up in case you care about the combat.

Tenderizer78,

Like in any game period? Big claim and you’re probably not interested in backing it up, but I’m curious.

Nothing major, just that combat is the default mode of operation for most games, especially AAA games. So I generally trend away from games that are built around combat.

IDK, trailer had a good deal of combat—just thought to give you a heads up in case you care about the combat.

I’ll play the demo eventually, so I’ll probably find out how I feel then.

mohab,

Nothing major, just that combat is the default mode of operation for most games, especially AAA games. So I generally trend away from games that are built around combat.

Fair enough and let me tell you: as someone who exclusively plays games where combat is the central mechanic, I wouldn't touch the current crop of AAA games either.

SharkPlushy, do games w Day 350 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing
@SharkPlushy@lemmy.world avatar

Hell yea

SanndyTheManndy, do games w Why don't Steam or Discord offer the option to hide when we're typing?

Block the typing http request in ublock origin.

Coelacanth, (edited ) do games w Developer Interview: my Q&A with the dev who runs 'the' Switch piracy freeshop
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First your regular articles, and now an in-depth interview. And you dare suggest your not a proper gaming journalist?

Love your work as always.

Ilixtze, (edited ) do gaming w I’d love a 2d Resident Evil Metroidvania.

If you ever want to play a 2d metroidvania version of silent hill + rule of rose step right up!

Probably some of the most fun I’ve had in a survival horror in ages!

neon_nova,

Thanks! I’ll check that out.

Coelacanth,
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I had no idea that existed but that looks absolutely fantastic. It’ll wishlist that one for certain.

RightHandOfIkaros, do games w Developer Interview: my Q&A with the dev who runs 'the' Switch piracy freeshop

because piracy means stealing

No. No it does not. Piracy is legally copyright infringement, not theft. Stealing requires that the thief deprive the original owner access to the stolen thing. Piracy is not stealing because there is no deprivation of access.

If I made a copy of your car, but you still had access to your car and could drive it like normal, I didn’t steal your car.

TheGreenWizard, do gaming w Stop Killing Games Initiative passes 700K milestone

critical, jacksepticeye, jeff geerling, Josh Strife Says, Luis Rossmann, and more, all helping out is so awesome to see. Suck an egg thor

AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor, do games w Steam Deck / Gaming News #22

With a little delay (sorry, life kept me busy enough so I couldn’t read this before), I just finished reading. I gotta say this was a rollercoaster.

I love the news parts, as always, since you manage to get a whole week of news compressed in a single article (and without the clickbait ads) that feels fresh and nice to read.

But knowing the kind of ordeal you are dealing with is heartbreaking. First and foremost, your health comes first. If you need to take a pause from this, you don’t have to apologize, it’s the right thing to do so go ahead and do it. I’m really sorry to hear about all you are going through, I hope you get to feel better soon!! Best wishes from an user who is clearly human!

galbraith, do games w Developer Interview: my Q&A with the dev who runs 'the' Switch piracy freeshop

Enlightening interview. Thanks for sharing.

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