Video Games

[AmareIsGod]

Witchfire on PC is incredible. It's like Dark Souls FPS. It is the first FPS in a long time that makes me slow down, think, and feel genuinely tense every run. It scratches the same itch as Souls games for me, but with insanely good gunplay. Every run feels dangerous, and every upgrade feels earned. It looks really good too.

[Kryptonic]

This games got serious potential.

[Superbone]

Very imaginative.

[AmareIsGod]

This games got serious potential.

This looks amazing!

[Mori Chu]

The "animal mascot with a cool dude attitude" thing is kind of played out, but they had several creative spins on it.

[Superbone]

The "animal mascot with a cool dude attitude" thing is kind of played out, but they had several creative spins on it.

You dissing Sly Cooper now?!

[BKinSJC]

The "animal mascot with a cool dude attitude" thing is kind of played out, but they had several creative spins on it.

It was played out enough 25+ years ago that the Simpsons could completely destroy it even back then. I guess maybe it's had time to come back around to nostalgia/fun again? Especially if you tweak it a little.

[Mori Chu]

I just got Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment as a Christmas gift. Can't wait to try it out! I hear it has a really excellent story.

[AmareIsGod]

I just got Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment as a Christmas gift. Can't wait to try it out! I hear it has a really excellent story.

Are those the games where you button mash your way through endless groups of hundreds of enemies and soldiers? I remember the series from many many years ago. My college roommates would play them all night long when I had to work early the next day.

Also, not a diss on the game. This is a super popular series that tons of people love.

[Mori Chu]

I just got Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment as a Christmas gift. Can't wait to try it out! I hear it has a really excellent story.

Are those the games where you button mash your way through endless groups of hundreds of enemies and soldiers? I remember the series from many many years ago. My college roommates would play them all night long when I had to work early the next day.

Also, not a diss on the game. This is a super popular series that tons of people love.

Yes, these are those games. I think the latest couple of Hyrule Warriors ones are a bit different in that they are made with the help of the real Zelda team, so they look and feel a lot like BotW or TotK, which is cool. And they both have nice integrated stories and cutscenes that add to the lore and storyline around the last two mainline Zelda games. But yeah, at their heart they are about mashing your way through ridiculous mobs of hundreds of enemies, so the gameplay is a little silly.

[Mori Chu]

I enjoyed this interview with Roberta Williams, the co-creator of Sierra games, makers of many of my favorite PC adventure games from the '80s and '90s. Roberta is awesome, a legend in the gaming industry; I'm a big fan.

[Superbone]

I enjoyed this interview with Roberta Williams, the co-creator of Sierra games, makers of many of my favorite PC adventure games from the '80s and '90s. Roberta is awesome, a legend in the gaming industry; I'm a big fan.

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I know her and Ken. Good people too.

[BKinSJC]

I enjoyed this interview with Roberta Williams, the co-creator of Sierra games, makers of many of my favorite PC adventure games from the '80s and '90s. Roberta is awesome, a legend in the gaming industry; I'm a big fan.

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I know her and Ken. Good people too.

That's so cool. I played a bunch of their games through the years, starting with Mystery House for the Apple II.

[Superbone]

I enjoyed this interview with Roberta Williams, the co-creator of Sierra games, makers of many of my favorite PC adventure games from the '80s and '90s. Roberta is awesome, a legend in the gaming industry; I'm a big fan.

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I know her and Ken. Good people too.

That's so cool. I played a bunch of their games through the years, starting with Mystery House for the Apple II.

Yeah, that was their very first game if I'm not mistaken. Roberta wrote it and Ken programmed it. I was always a Space Quest and Leisure Suit Larry guy before I worked for the company for nine years. And I had the pleasure of working on both series in my time there.

[AmareIsGod]

Been playing SO much of this on my Steam Deck and PC. If you loved Geometry Wars (I played it all the time when I was younger on Xbox), check Sektori out. It is also available on PS5 and Xbox.

[Superbone]

Been playing SO much of this on my Steam Deck and PC. If you loved Geometry Wars (I played it all the time when I was younger on Xbox), check Sektori out. It is also available on PS5 and Xbox.

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Looks like Asteroids on steroids.

[Mori Chu]

I have finally started playing Ball X Pit. Enjoying it! Gives a very Vampire Survivors vibe, and I loved Vampire Survivors. Mindless game where each run takes 10-20 minutes, perfect for a busy dad with mashed potatoes for brains like me. I think others already mentioned it here, but here's a trailer if you haven't seen it yet.



I have also started a new Metroidvania game called Environmental Station Alpha, which has very low-fi pixel graphics but is still beautifully drawn and animated. Simple but fun. I love Metroidvanias, probably my favorite overall game genre all things considered.

[AmareIsGod]

Been playing a ton of Elden Ring finally. I can see why people love it.

[Mori Chu]

Been playing a ton of Elden Ring finally. I can see why people love it.

Any advice about how to ... get started? I have tried to play Elden Ring a few times, and I always get hung up on stuff like the following:

- What character class should I pick? Does it matter? I just want an easier simpler experience.

- Once I get out of the initial cave or whatever, where should I go? I come out into the open world, I see a big tree in the distance, I go down a hill, and there's just a giant knight on a horse and he rides up and brutally murders me. If I sneak around him, there's kind of a little ruin area with a guy selling some merchandise. But I don't really know where to go. What should I do? I just end up walking in some random direction, encountering some skull or monster that Fs me up, and dying. I have no idea where to go or what to do or how to get stronger or anything. So I just turn it off. Am I missing something?

[Kryptonic]

Been playing a ton of Elden Ring finally. I can see why people love it.

Any advice about how to ... get started? I have tried to play Elden Ring a few times, and I always get hung up on stuff like the following:

- What character class should I pick? Does it matter? I just want an easier simpler experience.

- Once I get out of the initial cave or whatever, where should I go? I come out into the open world, I see a big tree in the distance, I go down a hill, and there's just a giant knight on a horse and he rides up and brutally murders me. If I sneak around him, there's kind of a little ruin area with a guy selling some merchandise. But I don't really know where to go. What should I do? I just end up walking in some random direction, encountering some skull or monster that Fs me up, and dying. I have no idea where to go or what to do or how to get stronger or anything. So I just turn it off. Am I missing something?

I too have tried it... However, I just don't have the cat-like-reflexes that souls-like games require. Bums me out since it's one of the best games to come out.