#VIdeo Games

[alpha-beta-gamer]

Punk Runner is a cyberpunk car racing game inspired by Need for Speed Underground 2!

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[prokopetz]

"EasyGameStation inexplicably turns out to still be solvent after twelve years of radio silence, announces HD remake of Recettear" definitely wasn't on my gamer bingo card for 2025, but I'll definitely take it.

[felassan]

IGN: "Key Dragon Age developers have announced they are leaving BioWare after the developer restructured to focus on the next Mass Effect." Michael Douse, publishing director of Larian Studios: "*laid off I wrote more but then deleted it because I’m not about to ruin a long weekend. Something something $30 billion corporation operating for decades unable to provide the necessary economic foundation from which to support a big RPG. But again, I deleted it. It is possible not to layoff large parts of your development teams between or after projects. Critically, retaining that institutional knowledge is key for the next. It’s often used as an excuse to ‘trim fat’ and to an extent I understand that under financial pressure, but doesn’t that just highlight how needless the aggressive efficiency of giant corporations is? I’d understand it if they were pumping out hit after hit - perhaps you could argue it’s working - but clearly the aggressive streamlining (layoffs) aren’t. It’s *nothing but cost cutting* in the most brutal sense. It’s *always* people lower down the food chain that suffer, when it’s *clearly* strategy higher up the food chain that’s causing the problem. On a pirate ship, they’d toss the captain overboard. Video games companies should be run like pirate ships. The delta between VC and unemployed game developer is fascinating because where one falls upwards the other in parallel velocity tumbles downwards. You can tank an entire multi-billion dollar initiative and head upwards, while an incredibly talented artist, engineer, QA, etc can head into poverty. I don’t have LinkedIn btw 😬 Just in case any of this annoys you, just imagine I meant the exact opposite of it and you’re the best. Have a great weekend ✌️ "[source]

Michael Douse: "To make it absolutely clear, what I hate about the way layoffs are carried out is that they are done *before* decision makers know what do do with a studio, and not as a result of figuring out a direction. This is consistently true. It is a short term cost saving measure at a huge human expense that doesn’t solve a long term problem. (A lack of a viable strategic direction defined at an executive level). You can probably figure it out if you trust your developers instead of firing them. On a positive note, I’m seeing a slight shift in this direction. In the low-stakes arena of remasters and remakes, but they are the foundation of something bigger." [source]

[retrogamingblog2]

[koyoriin]

lulu // FFX

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[console-pokeballs-rupees]

Cat Raikou by tele.telo on Instagram

[zevrans]

THE SIMS 2 + Cooking

[punkandnerdy9]

the crew from it’s always sunny in philadelphia get dropped into faerûn with illithid tadpoles in their head. chaos ensues

Class ideas

charlie- rogue/wild magic sorcerer

Dennis-Bard

Mac-Barbarian or Fighter

Dee-Wizard? maybe

frank- rogue/Fighter/ Gunslinger?

thoughts?

[prokopetz]

Video game where the worldbuilding changes in real time to reflect the perspective of those in power in a very literal "the victors write the history books" fashion. You overthrew the monarchy? Whoops – it turns out those monstrous bandits you've been farming for XP were heroic freedom fighters all along, and you just retroactively took the mother of all alignment penalties!

[prokopetz]

Catering to fans of big boobs and flat chests at the same time by drawing character model accurate fanart of Tomb Raider (1996).

[actually-raised-by-wolves]

I HATE IT!!! THE WOLF LORD DESPISES CURRENCY AND IT IS ALWAYS WRONG TO KILL A WOLF

[mostly-funnytwittertweets]