Games

God, it's like being a kid again. I haven't played in around 11 years after an unfortunate accident where I deleted my Xbox's entire memory. Call me a casual all you want, but Skyrim really is one of my favorite games. I love that you can spend a whole day going in one direction and clearing out caves and finding random superpowerful items.

It's one of the best shooters I've ever played, 10/10. Also I have not played Half-Life 1, partly bc I find its graphics hard to look at

Like I already played Battlefield 2, I want something like that 🥺

I don't have experience with Microsoft and Epic cash grab games but I used to be a League of Legends player so I have some idea what video game addiction looks and feels like.

Microtransaction peddling video game companies much casinos, social media, etc. are notorious for tweaking every possible handle and lever to eke out as much attention and money from their users as they can. Mobile games are especially infamous for this. They collect an obscene amount of data for analytics, use techniques like A/B testing to figure out strategies that would make them the most money possible.

Meanwhile there is absolutely no regulations in place to curb this behaviour. Epic Games was recently fined a large amount for using tricking children into spending money in Fortnite. But the industry as a whole has no oversight. Even in the "bastion of sanity", the EU, whatever regulations there are are lukewarm ones pertaining to lootboxes. Nothing related to the usage of dark patterns etc.

Two parents file a lawsuit against video game corporations that make billions out of this scumbaggery and reddit bros come out of the woodwork to chastise them.

The complaint is wild. The kid is homeschooled, plays 12-14 hours of games per day, and spends $350 per month on video games.

That doesn't happen because of evil corporations, even though we all know every company on the planet is doing their darndest to get you to buy as much of their product as possible, whether it's games, food, booze, or garbage bags.

"I admit that corporations are leveraging their obscenely large amount of capital to milk you but it's your fault for getting milked."

Bad parents apparently can't take any responsibility - instead it must be Microsoft and Epics fault.

"Oh no not a word against my sweet Macrohard and Ebic"

This dude went above and beyond in his bootlicking and defended Nestle and alcohol companies too in one fell swoop:

Yeah, they want whales, but they don’t make whales. If Microsoft or epic is responsible here, wouldn’t every cookie maker be responsible for obesity? Wouldn’t every liquor company be responsible for dui fatalities?

cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/989284

Check it out.

It starts talking about Hollow Knight specifically, but it's a good video documenting how trash Jimmy Wales's Fandom has become.

This is really good.

It's hilarious seeing libs absolute mad that this deal went through but absolute unable to argue why it shouldn't.

News flash: consolidation is not illegal and is the ultimate goal of capitalism

cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/809889

Easy Allies content.

Exclusive reporting by Sterling about the worker millstone we call the video game industry.

cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/795262

They are unionizing with OZZIP, an anarcho-syndicalist union in Poland that is associated with the IWW. You can read more about the union's history here: https://ozzip.pl/publicystyka/historia

cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/778594

Here's a separate question:

I'm thinking about getting a "mini-PC" for myself, but only one that can play games really well, especially "modern-day" video games.

What's a very powerful one that I can get?

I'm willing to spend up to $1,000 but maybe just mention anyone that's great or the best out there, idk.

cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/778449

I think I discovered this channel this summer. The AI avatar thing is... weird. But eh. Some of the games here look intriguing, at the very least. Anyone understand Chinese? I'd like to know your thoughts on this and whether or not you can understand any of it.

Video duration: 8:06

cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/777546

Looks better than the Steam Deck, tbh.

cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/778011

Video's duration: 28:39

I'm making note of games I might ancitipate and eventually get.

Surely they'll get what they deserve...

cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/757879

Video is 7:25 minutes long. Check it out.

Does anyone plan to get Assassin's Creed Mirage as well? Anyone else a fan of Assassin's Creed like I am?

I wrote a long article ranking what I think are the worst to best levels o’ Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy’s Kong Quest, which will be published o’er the course o’ October. Part 1 can be read @ https://www.levelrankings.com/rankings/donkey-kong-country-2-diddys-kong-quest-part-1/

#videogames #leveldesign @games @nintendo

Edit: obligatory Jim Sterling video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ed526JT15fA