oh hi mark (beehaw.org)
[alt text: two screenshots from the Sims, which appear to recreate an infamous scene from the movie “The Room”. In the first frame, a Sim that looks like Tommy Wiseau is standing in front of a rooftop entryway and looking very angry. In the second panel, the camera has panned out, and “Tommy” is looking calmly at another...
The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom – Traversing Hyrule - New Trailer (youtu.be)
Sony Santa Monica is making its first new IP in over 20 years (www.eurogamer.net)
Deku Leaf (beehaw.org)
[alt text: an image of Link and Zelda sitting on a couch, which looks like a screenshot from a Nintendo 64 game. Zelda is smoking a bong, and there’s text on screen that says “That’s good Deku Leaf”.]
Metropolis 1998 lets you design every building in an isometric, pixel-art city (arstechnica.com)
Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of August 4th
Whatcha been playing! I’ve been camping all week so I really haven’t been playing anything! Aside from a few crosswords here and there :)
Avowed has been delayed until early 2025 [VGC] (www.videogameschronicle.com)
What JRPG combat is your favorite?
I’m currently playing Xenoblade Chronicles and I also played Final Fantasy remake and Golden Sun recently and all of them have wildly different combats. Which got me thinking what JRPG out there had the best combat? This doesn’t mean that it’s necessarily your favorite JRPG as well....
GameInformer shuts down (www.gameinformer.com) Greek
Bungie veterans Luke Smith and Mark Noseworthy have reportedly left [VGC] (www.videogameschronicle.com)
Know any good pinball video games?
I recently played through a demo for a game called Pinball Spire on steam, and it put me in the mood for playing pinball games. Unfortunately, and I don’t know if this is just due to me having bad google-foo, there don’t seem to be that many on Steam that catch my interest....
"My maternity leave was supposed to start next Monday and I got laid off today," former Bungie employee says (www.videogamer.com)
EU Citizen's initiative to pass legislation to stop game publishers disabling games we paid for (www.stopkillinggames.com)
Videogames are being destroyed! Most video games work indefinitely, but a growing number are designed to stop working as soon as publishers end support. This effectively robs customers, destroys games as an artform, and is unnecessary. Our movement seeks to pass new law in the EU to put an end to this practice. Our proposal...
GameStop Shuts Down Game Informer, The Longest-Running Gaming Magazine In The US (kotaku.com)
After Nearly 20 Years, ROMhacking.net Moves to News Only, Database and File Archive Released to Internet Archive (www.romhacking.net)
Been a frequent visitor of this site for many years. Sad news but I’m happy the content isn’t gone forever
Trying to remember a video game trailer about managing a big walking living tank in a fantasy setting
It’s driving me nuts that I can’t remember, but I saw this trailer that I think was posted here a couple of months ago. It had a steampunk-ish but bright fantasy aesthetic, and it was about managing this giant walking tank as it walked towards the right of the screen, going from place to place, with the occasional battle...
Braid Anniversary Edition has ‘sold like dog sh*t’, creator Jonathan Blow says (www.videogameschronicle.com)
Kitsune Tails, the colorful platformer inspired by Super Mario 3, is out now (store.steampowered.com)
cross-posted from: discuss.tchncs.de/post/19770710...
Bungie Lays Off Over 200 Employees, Announces Plans For Deeper Integration With Sony - Game Informer (www.gameinformer.com)
A Complete History of Birdo’s Gender (www.thrillingtalesofoldvideogames.com)
Looper is a mind-bending puzzle game that challenges you to think inside the box (www.polygon.com)
Europeans can save gaming! (youtu.be)
Maybe A Lousy Mobile Game Is The Perfect Game For The Olympics (aftermath.site)
TIL about Bomba Patch, a series of Brazilian mods for Pro Evolution Soccer for the PS2 that, for a number of years, were more popular than the official FIFA games. (en.wikipedia.org)
Bomba updates the game with current rosters, Brazilian translations, a custom theme song, and even meme teams (like a team of real players that all went to prison at some point, and the whole team is in matching prison gear. They’re still updating to this day! The Patch was originally sold on discs, but has since moved to...