#x-com

[swedebeast]

I did not make the art or the video, but I just want to share the absolute insanity of what happens when you mod... and a ton of other things.

[ironmyrmidon]

The X-Com reboot had a pretty clever plot that provided a satisfying answer to the obvious question that haunts the X-Com franchise: why don't the aliens send down a dozen sectopods day 1 and just instantly win the war instead of slowly ramping up the difficulty and giving X-Com a chance to reverse engineer the alien technologies and incorporate them into their own arsenal?

The aliens in the X-Com reboot are searching the galaxy for better soldiers. The aliens want X-Com to steadily improve their soldiers to reach the peak of human performance, so that the aliens can incorporate elite X-Com soldiers to their own ranks. If the aliens just send down a dozen sectopods, then they will win the war, but humanity won't have the chance to make those elite X-Com soldiers that the aliens want. X-Com 2 cleverly points out that humanity usually loses and the aliens incorporate mutated human soldiers into their army.

Unfortunately, X-Com 2 changes the aliens' objective to rendering humanity into genetic ectocooler. Which raises the question: why didn't the aliens send down a dozen sectopods to win the war day 1? Aliens, hit me up, I will sell out humanity and help you win this war with what I call: Strategy Dozen Sectopods.

[msvblight]

Okay, might be a little fanfiction-brained of me but I think that in Xcom it would be so thematically fitting for Bradford to marry a Hybrid.

A way of showing him coming to terms with life after ADVENT. Setting aside his hatred of aliens to find love in the new world.

[filipmagnuswrites]

Tactical Breach Wizards: A Magical Experience | Video Game Review

I’ve been chasing that original X-Com high since the last time I played The War of the Chosen; with Tactical Breach Wizards I at long last found an excellent meal. While very different, Wizards partially nails the feeling of those games in that the combat encounters make for excellent puzzles. What’s more, this is the first game I’ve played in a long time that made me lose track of time; and…

[thecountofs]

XCOM: We Were Never Alone (Comic)

'Interception'

[doolallymagpie]

rejoice! old school xcom terror mission briefing music be upon you!

[florareed]

IMPORTANT QUESTION

Double brownie points for anyone who knows what I'm talking about.

[jolikmc-thoughts]

Did You Know?™

It's physically impossible to find any relevant search results for (the website formerly known as) Twitter on YouTube since its rebranding.

Searching for its current domain results, understandably, in gameplay videos and things related to the UFO: Enemy Unknown series – otherwise known as "X-COM".

Thanks, Elon!™

[devileaterjaek]

[tagnoob]

A Tweet by Any Other Name... Might Stink Even Worse

Every times I think that, just maybe Elon Must has hit rock bottom on the dumpster fire that has become Twitter, every time I think, “this must be it, he’ll realize that he can’t just follow his impulse on everything,” he says “Hold my skull bong!” and proceeds to prove he isn’t done being the internet town fool.  And this past weekend was no different. To cut to the chase, Elon has been tweeting…

[swedebeast]

X-COM turns 30 years old

It was released in 1994. Look at all those pixels. The current generation might find it cute, but the older generations are just happy there's no Chrysalis in this image.

Because then the cold sweats would start pouring.

[alamuts-lair-of-madness]

Not again!

would u smooch her

y/y

[z2z-gaming-and-random-art-ai]

Back Cover to AI Art Season 2 Compilation Part 3

Older video games were notorious for back cover descriptions that have nothing to do with the game so let's see what a text-to-image generator makes of these descriptions. 

Season 2 of Back Cover to AI Art consists of a total of 54 issues With the majority being single-game entries, a handful will have multiple games covered with some being collections of games or trilogy releases. 

1. Intro 00:00 

2. Mass Effect Series (Xbox 360, Xbox One & Xbox Series) 00:10 

3. SimClassics Maxis Collections 2 (Windows and Windows 3.x) 11:43 

4. X-COM Collector's Edition (DOS & Windows) 19:05 

5. Realms of the Haunting (MS-DOS) 26:28 

6. Black Dahlia (Windows) 29:31

7. Heart of China (MS-DOS) 32:34 

8. Superhero League of Hoboken (MS-DOS) 35:36 

9.  Kirby Canvas Curse (Nintendo DS) 38:19 

10. Harvest Moon Friends of Mineral Town (Game Boy Advance) 41:02 

11. Wings of Fury (MS-DOS) 43:45 

12. Worms Armageddon (PlayStation) 46:48 

13. Garou Mark of the Wolves (Dreamcast) 49:31 

14. Jane's Combat Simulations: 688 Hunter/Killer (Windows) 52:14 

15. Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings (Wii) 54:56 

16. Heimdall 2: Into the Hall of Worlds (MS-DOS) 57:39 

17. Outro 01:00:09

YouTube (Gaming & AI Art)

https://www.youtube.com/@Zero2Zed

Twitter (Gaming & AI Art) 

https://twitter.com/zero2zedGaming 

Instagram (AI Art) 

https://www.instagram.com/random_art_ai/

[guywithbeer]

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[doolallymagpie]

me playing the xcom files: wow all my missions have gone so well

me, finding out: what the hell is tha-oh. it just killed my operatives and ate my car.

[ventxekart]

Ah, I remember when the X-COM: Complete Pack was released on Steam. Good times.

Steam's top sellers for September 2008