I have been going down the rabbit hole of overclocking and undervolting Nintendo Switch. So the games I have been playing are Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and Ninja Gaiden (2004). Thanks to overclocking, the former runs at stable 40 FPS, the latter of course doesn’t need any.
Iwata was a playful public face for the company. He also had the gamer’s and developer’s perspective in things, he wasn’t just a guy in suit to make sure that lines go up and all the investors can clap their hands. He had a more consumer-oriented perspective in mind along with Reggie. When Nintendo made operating loss, instead of laying off staff and blaming others, he owned it and temporarily sliced his salary. The world of gaming needs more people like Iwata, and the words he said are more relevant than ever.
Finished the main story of Enderal. Impressive for a total conversion Skyrim mod, I wish there were more like this! Feels like I may touch this game again after five years or so.
Randy Pitchford being a walking PR problem and a condescending prick towards gamers isn’t really helping the situation. He alone doesn’t want me to play any of the games in the series.
Hey y’all! What have you been playing this week? I played a bunch of the recent Talos principle remake. It was cool! The story hits differently with the way the world is with AI but I still thought it was enjoyable. Now I’m starting up the sequel!
I saw someone, somewhere, saying something like this recently: it’s always easier to play the role of doomsayer than the optimist, because far fewer people seem to care if you’re wrong when you’re predicting something will fail....
Been playing Enderal for the last three weeks or so. Downright impressive RPG, blows Skyrim out of the water easily. Made by indies, but AAA quality, and free of all things!
Looks like open-world simulator games coming from Finland have one common theme: getting drunk. The competition between this and the previously posted Last Drop is going to be tough. Regardless I am delighted of Finnish culture being represented in games.
Feels great to have a game that represents Finnish urban culture from the 90s with promises to combine that vibe with Kaurismäki and Tarantino. However the character models could be more livelier. And that music sounds so AI-generated, hopefully the final game doesn’t use it.
Started playing the first Watch Dogs for the first time in six years after learning about the wide variety of mods. As a Linux gamer I of course had to do a bit of tinkering. Ubisoft Connect would only make a black screen and take me to the login screen. I read that had something to do with Wayland and Proton not handling Electron apps really well. After switching to Wayland I could finally use Ubisoft Connect and download the game.
Performance-wise the game does well. After setting geometry and LoD levels to High instead of Ultra, the frame rate stays above 60 FPS. This may be mainly due to me using Linux and the game’s optimization as hardware is well above the recommendations.
Modding is currently annoyingly janky, as I had to create an XML file for each zipped mod for Disrupt Manager. Still I couldn’t get that working, as I got a weird error message. Interesting to know if that tool works all well on Windows. I resorted to installing The Worse Mod with Living City, so the game’s graphics get overhauled and more randomness and chaos is added to the game world. The graphics get more closer to the infamous E3 2012 demo, but as a downside the depth of field effect is closer to the player, as if Aiden Pearce were near-sighted.
God dang it, apparently he has now stated how he is “going to dedicate more time for making music and reduce the amount of work”, so he’s not entirely retiring. I’d say to him “make up your mind!”
As the title suggests: I’ve had it with open worlds with dozens of things to do and checklists to complete. What are your favorite, delightfully simple, linear games?...
Just finished Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice. Got it five years ago but got frustrated and uninstalled it. Then I played it on-off for some time. But after lots of tries I got the final boss killed. Yes, there is an option for New Game Plus but nope, time to play something else. Brilliant game, hard but rewarding.
Twilight Princess decompilation project reaches 99% completion (gbatemp.net) angielski
Interview: Sektori's sole dev on Housemarque past, tuning Unity to 60fps (www.digitalfoundry.net) angielski
MY WINTER CAR - Cinematic Trailer (www.youtube.com) angielski
Valve Reveals New Hardware Lineup: A Controller, Compact Gaming PC, and VR-Ready Headset (www.gamespot.com) angielski
Interview with Reggie Fils-Aime on Nintendo Switch 2, leadership and the console war (www.youtube.com) angielski
Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of November 9th
Hey all! What are you playing?...
‘A force of nature who took no prisoners’: a tribute to Ninja Gaiden creator Tomonobu Itagaki (www.theguardian.com) angielski
Japan’s “worst game ever made” gets official sequel after 30 years. A “disrespectful breath of fresh air” amidst intensifying censorship [Hong Kong 2097] (automaton-media.com) angielski
TheGamer website suffers widespread editorial layoffs (www.videogameschronicle.com) angielski
Tomonobu Itagaki, Creator Of Ninja Gaiden And Dead Or Alive, Has Passed Away (www.thegamer.com) angielski
Sonic Adventure 2 'Live And Learn' Lawsuit Dismissed, Crush 40 Musician Issues Statement (www.nintendolife.com) angielski
Bubsy 4D - Announcement Trailer | gamescom 2025 (www.youtube.com) angielski
Forget about the sequels to Hollow Knight or Resident Evil, this is the real shit!
Official Studio Launch Trailer • RedOctane Games (www.youtube.com) angielski
Anniversary: 10 Years After His Passing, Satoru Iwata's Thoughts Are More Relevant Than Ever (www.nintendolife.com) angielski
Just realized it’s 10 years since Iwata’s death.
Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of June 22nd
What have you been playing?...
Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of June 8th
What have you all been playing?...
First usermode exploit and more: Nintendo Switch 2 had a busy (hacking) week for its launch (wololo.net) angielski
Reading these news feels satisfying.
[Borderlands 4] The more info that comes out about it, the less I'm interested in it. (wccftech.com) angielski
The Big Shigeru Miyamoto Interview: 'I See Nintendo as Like a Talent Agency and We Have Within Our Roster a Lot of Talented Characters' (nordic.ign.com) angielski
Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of May 18th
Hey y’all! What have you been playing this week? I played a bunch of the recent Talos principle remake. It was cool! The story hits differently with the way the world is with AI but I still thought it was enjoyable. Now I’m starting up the sequel!
Rare's Cancelled N64 Title Dinosaur Planet Is Getting The Recompilation Treatment (www.timeextension.com) angielski
GTA 6's delay doesn't mean the games industry's in trouble - it's already dead (www.eurogamer.net) angielski
I saw someone, somewhere, saying something like this recently: it’s always easier to play the role of doomsayer than the optimist, because far fewer people seem to care if you’re wrong when you’re predicting something will fail....
Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of April 27th
What are y’all playing?...
HP are interested in making a SteamOS handheld as the Windows experience sucks (www.gamingonlinux.com) angielski
Acclaim Entertainment returns to 'support indie developers and reignite classic franchises' (www.gamingonlinux.com) angielski
Drunkard Simulator – Announcement Trailer (www.youtube.com) angielski
Looks like open-world simulator games coming from Finland have one common theme: getting drunk. The competition between this and the previously posted Last Drop is going to be tough. Regardless I am delighted of Finnish culture being represented in games.
Xbox Boss Surrenders In The Great Console Wars (www.techdirt.com) angielski
This has been evident for anyone following the gaming industry, but now Phil Spencer basically admits it. Good for them, actually.
LastDrop -Global Announcement trailer- (www.youtube.com) angielski
Feels great to have a game that represents Finnish urban culture from the 90s with promises to combine that vibe with Kaurismäki and Tarantino. However the character models could be more livelier. And that music sounds so AI-generated, hopefully the final game doesn’t use it.
Viktor Antonov, art director for Half-Life 2 and Dishonored, has died, according to colleagues (archive.is) angielski
Crysis 4 is on hold as developer Crytek announces layoffs (www.theverge.com) angielski
Development on retro immersive-sim Fortune's Run paused as solo developer sentenced to prison (www.eurogamer.net) angielski
Nintendo Switch 2 is reportedly getting two major Xbox games, including Halo [VGC] (www.videogameschronicle.com) angielski
After almost a decade, cult classic car building sim [My Summer Car] hits 1.0, and it's soaring on Steam (www.pcgamesn.com)
Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of December 29th
This week I have been grinding a lot more Binding of Isaac. Finally made some progress on Jacob and Esau....
Crush 40 singer sues Sega over Sonic Adventure 2's 'Live and Learn' theme song (www.gamedeveloper.com) angielski
Assassin's Creed Shadows Will Feature Denuvo & Account Linking + EULA also requires you to allow Ubisoft to "monitor" your RAM (80.lv) angielski
Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of November 17th
Apologies for another late post....
New York Game Awards to honour Sam Lake (www.gamesindustry.biz) angielski
Game composer Nobuo Uematsu will retire after Fantasian's console launch (www.gamedeveloper.com) angielski
Recommend me your favorite linear games! angielski
As the title suggests: I’ve had it with open worlds with dozens of things to do and checklists to complete. What are your favorite, delightfully simple, linear games?...
Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of October 6th
Late thread this week, sorry bout that....