Huge +1 recommendation for Manic Miners. Functionally a 1:1 remake with everything you could ask for and more- lots of settings, remastered levels, and a level builder. The (solo) dev got hired by Lego’s video game division afterwards
I was a huge fan of Breath of the Wild when it came out and played the hell out of it. At a certain point, it felt like I hit the logical end point and there wasn’t much else to do. When I started playing Tears of the Kingdom, I got exactly what I wanted which was more Breath of the Wild. I’m still playing ToTK and really...
any of the thousands of games that predate “the cloud” or games that don’t even have a save feature.
Well sure, but those games were all made with that specific context in mind. You don’t simply start over BotW each time and have as good of an experience, because that’s not how it was designed. You don’t design 25+ hours worth of content for a campaign and expect it to be fine for players to lose their progress. This is a portalable gaming handheld we’re talking about. You can drop it. You can lose it. Spills happen. SD cards get corrupted.
Besides, if you’re not paying for the service, you’re the product not the consumer.
It wouldn’t be a problem if it wasn’t a walled garden. Forcing payment for a basic feature plus not allowing any alternatives is classic anti-competitive behavior.
To be fair, Twitter needs very good infrastructure to be usable (e.g. caching) and obviously content moderation is as robust as their investment in it (those could be contract workers though)
Oh, sure, I didn’t mean to compare the two really. Just pointing out that although Twitter is simple and easy to replicate in concept, trying to scale to support all humans as users (theoretically) is difficult
Switch 2 continues to break US launch sales records, selling more in its first three months than PS4 | VGC (www.videogameschronicle.com)
Vampire Survivors-like Megabonk makes megabucks, selling a million copies in 2 weeks, and currently has more daily players than Borderlands 4 on Steam (www.pcgamer.com)
Nintendo Is Already Punishing Switch 2 Users Over Piracy ‘Suspicions’ (www.techdirt.com)
List of Fan (OpenSource) Ports/Remakes of Games
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Zelda: Breath of the Wild is a Masterpiece, Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is an Indulgence
I was a huge fan of Breath of the Wild when it came out and played the hell out of it. At a certain point, it felt like I hit the logical end point and there wasn’t much else to do. When I started playing Tears of the Kingdom, I got exactly what I wanted which was more Breath of the Wild. I’m still playing ToTK and really...
Valve releases full Team Fortress 2 game code to encourage new, free versions (arstechnica.com)
Here’s how much Valve pays its staff — and how few people it employs (www.theverge.com)
Thoughts on the game Timberborn (store.steampowered.com)
Has anybody given this game a try? I’ve been considering it for a while, but money is tight. Curious if it was worth it....
Has anyone tried to mark a game private in Steam? Does it work as intended?
asking for a close friend
Amazon Prime Gaming titles released for Dec 2023 (gg.deals)
Slow Down With These Serene City-Building Games (www.wired.com)
I am looking for more games like this: though this list seems like a good starting point....
Manic Miners, a fan remake of a classic 1999 RTS Lego Rock Raiders, has finally reached full release. (youtu.be)
The best Nintendo Switch games for 2023 (www.engadget.com)
A guide on the best Switch games to play, from A to Z trigger....
Developers and Analysts Sound Off: Does the Next-Gen Nintendo Switch Need to Happen in 2024? (nordic.ign.com)
What are you favorite mobile games?
Looking for games to play on the ipad, what do you guys recommend