Square Enix uses the bastardized American pronunciation “man-nuh” for the English dubs, which is not incorrect, but the original pronunciation is “maw-nuh”
Since nobody has mentioned it yet, the other game that ruined his reputation for me is Godus. He funded it with a kickstarter with the promise it would be a successor to the God-Sim genre like Populous. It turned out to have all of the dark patterns of mobile games (time-gating with micro-transactions), but in a PC game.
The cautionary note against “feminist propaganda” is a reminder that Game Science have yet to respond to allegations of pervasive sexist behaviour from November last year. In a lengthy report for IGN, Rebekah Valentine and Khee Hoon Chan described “a studio plagued by claims of sexism”, linking this to misogyny elsewhere in the Chinese games industry and on the government-firewalled Chinese internet. The developers have raised the drawbridge in response: when Edders attended a preview event earlier this year, they refused to say anything on the subject in advance.
Any novel idea that gets a modicum of success is immediately and repeatedly flogged to death by copy-cats, both indie and corporate, for the next several years until the gaming public is sick of seeing it. See any recent successful gaming trend for an example.
This should be illegal, companies should be forced to open-source games (or at least provide the code to people who bought it) if they decide to discontinue it, so people can preserve it on their own....
TLDW: 8 minutes of vacuous navel-gazing which could have been distilled to the following 4 sentences:
But who involves themselves that much with games? Critics, journalists and enthusiasts. But what percentage of the whole do these people make? If you’re watching this video right now I imagine you’d be considered an outlying statistic a few steps away from the average demographic the industry continues to target.
Non-endemic companies such as Google and Amazon are among the biggest threats to the games industry.
That’s according to former PlayStation boss Shawn Layden, who shared his thoughts on the future of games during the keynote at last week’s GamesIndustry.biz Investment Summit in Seattle.
The irony is palpable throughout this entire article.
A Starfield player has credited the sci-fi game with saving their life after they stayed up late to play it and was awake when their apartment complex caught fire.
u/Tidyckilla took to Starfield’s subreddit over the weekend to report their amazing escape, saying that if they hadn’t been awake “bingeing” the game when the fire broke out, the player and their wife would likely have “died to smoke inhalation”.
“The official Pokémon Center shop has launched its latest plush toy - and it’s for Wiglett, the long, pink-tipped worm-like creature that stands erect at 10-and-a-quarter inches.”
What a shit website. Instant popup requiring you to consent to ads or buy a subscription, and the consent options don’t allow removal of consent for ads and tracking. This is a GDPR violation.
How to pronounce "Mana" properly (youtu.be)
Square Enix uses the bastardized American pronunciation “man-nuh” for the English dubs, which is not incorrect, but the original pronunciation is “maw-nuh”
Someone finally figured out a good use for NFTs: Peter Molyneux is using 'land' sales from his failed blockchain game to fund the development of his new project (www.pcgamer.com) angielski
Black Myth: Wukong launches to almost 1.5 million concurrent players on Steam (store.steampowered.com) angielski
SteamDB chart showing 1.4 million people playing now
Geoff Keighley: No Silksong in Gamescom. Team Cherry are still cooking. angielski
At least they said it earlier this time… The wait continues…...
More than 100,000 people are currently playing a Steam game where you click a banana (www.eurogamer.net) angielski
The future of gaming belongs to weird, little games (www.pcgamer.com) angielski
[QUESTION] What is the most realistic-looking game that can also run on Linux distros? angielski
Nintendo Forcing Garry's Mod To Delete 20 Years' Worth Of Content (kotaku.com) angielski
This should be illegal (lemmy.world) angielski
This should be illegal, companies should be forced to open-source games (or at least provide the code to people who bought it) if they decide to discontinue it, so people can preserve it on their own....
ANTI-UNITY STRATEGY (lemmy.world)
twitter.com/monsterprom/…/1702442081170383355?t=L…
Digital Foundry: Star Wars Jedi Survivor PC Is *Still* The Worst Triple-A PC Port Of 2023 (www.youtube.com) angielski
The Escapist: The Problem of Voting With Your Wallets | Cold Take (www.youtube.com) angielski
Peter Molyneux says he regrets over-promising his games (www.eurogamer.net) angielski
Tencent Games strategic advisor Shawn Layden issues warning about non-endemics breaking into games (www.gamesindustry.biz) angielski
Staying up and "bingeing" Starfield "literally saved" this player's life (www.eurogamer.net) angielski
What are your favourite classic fighting games?
Looking for fourth to sixth generation console games, and old arcade and X68000 games. Saturn is out though....
Star Citizen Funding crosses $600 million mark (robertsspaceindustries.com) angielski
Microsoft will sell Activision Blizzard streaming rights to Ubisoft (www.eurogamer.net) angielski
Bomb Rush Cyberfunk, The Jet Set Radio Successor, Is Out Now And Already Has A Discount (www.gamespot.com) angielski
You can save 10% off the regular price of this Jet Set Radio spiritual successor on its launch day.
John Carmack returns to QuakeCon for first time in a decade: ‘I’m so happy I’m now welcome’ (www.videogameschronicle.com) angielski
18+ Pokémon unveils official Wiglett toy (www.eurogamer.net)
“The official Pokémon Center shop has launched its latest plush toy - and it’s for Wiglett, the long, pink-tipped worm-like creature that stands erect at 10-and-a-quarter inches.”