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Soon as I saw Walton Goggins on the cast list, I knew it had to be good somewhere. He never disappoints.

Just wanted to chime in as well: Thought I’d watch one episode, watched all eight in the end. It was really good.

I’ve missed this thread for a few weeks already (as in, I didn’t see it). Completed Disco Elysium twice since then, amazing game! Very sad that there’s not going to be a sequel; the world is fascinating, as is the style of gameplay.

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I’m a cheapo, so I’ll wait for a sale, but yes, it looks really good. I definitely want to pick it up at some point.

So so so many. Right off the top of my head:

• Guild Wars Season 2, one of the later missions. It was stealth gameplay. I hate stealth. Paid someone 100g to run it for me.
• FTL’s boss.
• Warframe’s Glassmaker season fight with Nihil.
• Currently, Ace Combat 7’s Pipeline Destruction.

I just finished it, twice too, back-to-back. It’s really an amazing game.

I suppose the issue is with the ZA/UM politics (the original creators have been forced out of the company), so some people are suggesting to pirate it instead. That is up to you.

This is a ridiculous award to begin with, since platforms are long-running things and this is just a popularity contest for the past year.

I don’t know, it’s been another year of overpriced GPUs that didn’t advance as much as some past generations have.

Have you tried installing a copy of Windows in Dosbox, then install the game from there? I remember doing something like that to play the original SimTower.

Very likely the game is 16 bit mode, which is why nothing in Windows 10’s compatibility mode is working, as it doesn’t support 16 bit programs.

I’m sure this isn’t just a UK problem, I’m sure many countries are reporting worsening behaviour in parents, which filters down to the children. I know it’s been a problem for a while where I am!

How bad is the scalping? I’m in Singapore and the price premium is about 10%.

The higher price isn’t permanent.

I’ve worked in camera retail and the local shops do just that, actually, and it’s effective. The FOMO people get their stuff first at a higher price, the shop gets a boost in margins, and everyone else gets to enjoy cheaper prices three months later (and have the early adopters sit through the bugs and first-run issues).

Definitely a good RTS, feels like it peaked with the first Company of Heroes.

Hybrid MMO/ARPG?

Got this game as a gift. No FoV control so I get motion sickness. :(

Read some reviews, the flaws don’t sound great. It also didn’t get very high ratings, so probably they saw the writing on the wall for this one.

Sleeper hits don’t make money in games too, I guess, with the way sales are done. Usually most of the money is made within the first month or so, right? I’m guessing they did some analysis and felt that the money wouldn’t be coming in.

I think that’s how some creators do get paid. Large enough channels will get some form of revenue sharing from YouTube. That’s why when a video is demonetised the creators get very upset. As is when YT does some fuckery with their algorithms and their views plummet.

Mind, the rates keep getting worse, from what I hear. Hence more and more pateron and in-video promos, it’s a better and more stable source of income.

Yea, but the cost of having FB acquire your data doesn’t feel so… worth it? I’m not completely privacy-focused like many on the fediverse but I do view it as a trade-off, and at US$500 the trade-off no longer feels warranted.

Was thinking about the HP Reverb G2, it’s a little more expensive than the Quest 3, last I checked.

Note, it wasn’t even sold globally. Still waiting for an official launch here in SEA.