None of the linked reviews mention the quality of the multiplayer co-op feature that was announced a few days ago (except RPS', which only tags the game "multiplayer co-op" and doesn't actually talk about it). I know that the reviews were probably written before the announcement, but that's one of the most important features for me.

Prophecy Games was spun off from Hi-Rez.

I just want another MissionForce: Cyberstorm tactical game with HERCs.

Apparently, Reddit was also never designed to be profitable.

Barbie Fashion Designer definitely deserves a Hall of Fame entry. It outsold Quake and Doom in the same yearly sales period. It launched the first wave of girls' games by proving that there was a viable games market for young girls.

I started playing Spacebourne 2 last weekend. It costs $19.99. It's not perfect (it is, in fact, janky in many ways), but I think it is really fun anyway. It gives me what I wanted from Star Citizen so many years ago when I backed the original campaign. I don't even feel like I want to play Star Citizen at this point in time, especially given that Everspace 2 is in my play queue once I'm done with Spacebourne 2.

Acleacius wrote on Mar 26, 2023, 21:41:

Bubicus wrote on Mar 26, 2023, 18:12:

Acleacius wrote on Mar 26, 2023, 13:42:
What? These aren't the assault cases. Several game companies investigated inhouse and found enough evidence to fire him, iirc.
My best guess, is he went after low hanging accusations, after the fact. Afaik, this doesn't clear him, at all. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I'm going to call you on that, Acleacius. Which companies fired him, and on what evidence?

Techland ended a contract on mutual agreement, and there was no evidence made public of any wrongdoing while he did work for them.
Owlcat said they were disapppointed and surprised, but his work was already done.

Ok, did you actually read the post? There are literally two listed there, and you want me to type them out because your reading me not the post?
Do you research, they did their own in house investigations, isn't that the way all corps do it?
What am I missing here, you clearly didn't even read the base post and now I need to do your research for you?

Ok, my turn to ask questions. Why don't you tell us how it works, then, pick a corporation and give us a break down.
How, you put, I'm call you on this one?

No one said there was evidence, all I said was there was an internal investigation, which you just corroborated.
They never give out the details, well unless it's some idiot like 'tiny hands mcdrump'.
Just like the damn public post, that was ambiguous as hell, and as mentioned they are generally sealed.

Yes, I did read the original post. I also did research, reading Techland's and Owlcat's official statements, plus interviews by their representatives with media, plus Avellone's side of the story on his Medium page. I also tried to find any evidence made public showing illegal behavior by Avellone and found none... only hearsay.

You, on the other hand, claim "no one said there was evidence", yet it is clearly visible in the original post and in the following quotes that you used the phrase "several game companies investigated inhouse and found enough evidence to fire him". You are contradicting yourself. You yourself say there is enough evidence found to fire him. And anyway, if no one said there was evidence, then there was no public reason to fire him other than fear.

Perhaps you are correct in your generalized assumption that all corporations operate that way, but if a corporation found evidence of illegal behavior and did not report it to the police during an official crime investigation, the corporation may be breaking the law, and I doubt they would hide such evidence when lawyers come requesting it.

Acleacius wrote on Mar 26, 2023, 13:42:
What? These aren't the assault cases. Several game companies investigated inhouse and found enough evidence to fire him, iirc.
My best guess, is he went after low hanging accusations, after the fact. Afaik, this doesn't clear him, at all. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I'm going to call you on that, Acleacius. Which companies fired him, and on what evidence?

Techland ended a contract on mutual agreement, and there was no evidence made public of any wrongdoing while he did work for them.
Owlcat said they were disapppointed and surprised, but his work was already done.

I'm interested in War of the Lance. Of all those games, that got the most playtime from me. I had the Apple II version, and the number of disk swaps in that game were ridiculous (although understandable once I became a programmer). My memory is kind of fuzzy, but I think I bought a second disk drive because of that game! Even then, it would take 2-5 minutes for an AI turn. I assume the PC version is a lot easier to run.

Once I got a PC, Fantasy Empires got some playtime as well, but I couldn't help but exploit the AI bug that allowed a single archer to defeat ANY army on defense.

Wow, nearly 10 hours of documentary film about arcade history?! Very impressive.

Well, the Game Awards went way over 3 hours. (Valve gave away over $150k in Steam Decks because of that...)

jdreyer wrote on Dec 8, 2022, 16:26:

Darks wrote on Dec 8, 2022, 14:05:
Looked at the game, I'm not knocking it or the devs, congrats to them, but the game just does not look all that good or interesting.

I know you are big on coop, which DF doesn't have. IMO, the biggest draw is the emergent gameplay and lack of predictability. Just read some of the Steam reviews to get an idea.

My wife and I play pseudo-co-op, in which she and I share the experience of playing together, watching each other fail, sharing stories about failure, and advising each other on how to do things like break through aquifers or build complex machines. It's a better overall cooperative experience than in most building games which generally involve never-ending defense combat.

From what I've seen on play streams, it seems pretty good, but it is releasing so closely to Dwarf Fortress that it's going to be tough to find time to play both.

The article wasn't about Native Americans.

At a $1,000/minute production cost guesstimate, this promo video required the sales of about 335 300i fighters.

After playing UFO: Enemy Unknown a ton on my work PC back in the '90s, I bought Sabre Team for my Amiga 1200 to get some kind of similar fix. It was better than I expected. I think it only had six missions, though. I do remember the UI being clunky, so I expect the game has not aged well.

I hate to admit it, but because of the subject, I first read "breadth" as "breasts".

Animal Crossing will win. None of the other games have had the social impact of this version of AC. People are hosting YouTube interview shows with it. Companies are making viral advertising with it. I don't even own the game and I can see how big it is.

Pikuniku is a pretty good game to play with a child. My daughter and I played it for hours on the Switch.

I noticed that the Switch versions now have gyro aiming support after the latest patch. Do the PC versions have that, since Switch controllers can be used on PC?

Edit: yes! It says so in the full Readme.