Mr Delabee
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Happy Friday and podcast day! This week, @rorenado.bsky.social joins me to talk about Sony's plans for an all-digital future, as well as some great PS3 games stuck on that console. Read my intro here and find links below:
Introducing: The Checkpoint Episode 18— Digital Love? (with Justin, Rorenado)
This podcast does not have a boutique physical edition.
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Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.
Jackie Chan in Wheels On Meals - Fight Prep
Alt: Jackie Chan in Wheels On Meals - Fight Prep.
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Mike Ryan@mikeryan.bsky.social · 7d agoFilm you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.
Wonderful news! It must have been hard keeping the cat in the bag-a-reno, @davidbfox.com! (Or the hamster in the microwave?) What excites me the most: people I admire are working together to create, and enjoy the process. That's a gift for the soul. 💙
Thimbleweed Park 2
Ron Gilbert's often incoherent and bitter ramblings about the Game Industry
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'You should try making funnier posts:' the shittiest parts of being a video game's social media manager aftermath.site/video-game-soc...
in her Mothership debut, @megannicolett.bsky.social spoke to Consume Me developer @qdork.bsky.social about looksmaxxing, "Get Ready With Me" videos, and how Consume Me upends it all:
Consume Me dev Jenny Jiao Hsia rejects glow-up culture
It’s no coincidence that Hsia encountered "looksmaxxing" content while promoting the game.
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Apart from DOOM, any computer game before 1995 is basically long-forgotten arcane knowledge. I remember when they made a book with 1001 games you must play and it didn't have a single King's Quest but listed all the GTAs & Mario Karts.
headfallsoff@headfallsoff.com · last wk.i think one of the biggest underlinings in just how bad the western industry has been about its own legacy is like. myst isnt just an old game. it was final fantasy vii before final fantasy vii. it was that fucking huge.
Set off on a quest for the Great White Birds in a mysterious land full of secrets with Amerzone - The Explorer’s Legacy! Point Click Package supports Xperience Studios | https://bit.ly/4fiyadS
I have to take some positives from this trailer, everything shown, the performance and atmosphere were amazing. I can only imagine what they are cooking up right now, I’m sure it will be equally amazing when it arrives, I can’t wait.
Cyan Worlds@cyan.com · last wk.Over a year ago, we built a prototype for a new Myst Universe game meant for publisher eyes only. This project is NOT in active development, but we're proud of the work the team did, and wanted to share it with you all. Presenting: Project Anglerfish. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvNGt02yZNc
"the graphics have caught up with our imagination" is intended as a compliment but is inadvertently damning of the whole project. Yeah, the imagination of Halo no longer exceeds a high-resolution tree. Cool.
This was a fascinating exercise: find out what went wrong with creativity in the games industry. The conclusion: there are too many cowards controlling too many critical levers, and until we figure out how to put people -taste, creativity, and craft- back at the top, we're going to be stuck.
GamesIndustry.biz@gibiz.bsky.social · 2w agoThe games industry is stifled by a culture of fear, concludes a workgroup hosted by Rami Ismail. https://bit.ly/4vPbIzv
I always forget JUST how nicely M8 runs on the Steam Deck Amazing for cooking up crunchy little bangers 😍
"The games industry will never unionize" even the gaming-related YouTubers are unionizing!
Aftermath@aftermath.site · 2w agoWorkers behind immensely popular Game Theorists YouTube channel will get their union, with or without MatPat's help aftermath.site/game-theorists...
Time between ruthlessly laying off the person who did the work & Xbox claiming that work as a forward-looking team victory: 14 days. www.gamespot.com/articles/xbo...
Xbox Layoffs Included 37-Year Veteran Who Designed One Of Xbox's Best Features Ever
The Xbox cuts will affect more than 3,000 people.
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Tom Warren@tomwarren.co.uk · 2w ago🚨BIG Xbox news. Microsoft is launching Xbox backward compatibility for PC today. The initial preview will include 4 original Xbox games on PC, with plans to bring more Xbox console games to PC over time. Full details 👇 www.theverge.com/news/969117/...
Decoy Font, a font designed to be readable to humans but can trick AI scanning recognition into reading decoy text hidden in the letters. Wonder which state will offer this as a premium option for license plates? @greatdismal.bsky.social www.mixfont.com/experiments/...
Decoy Font: A TTF font that hides what you type
Decoy Font combines every letter with a decoy, making it harder for AI to read what you type. Type a message to try it out or download the TTF directly.
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The main way in which AI has negatively impacted games industry jobs is not through actual automation of those jobs or even untrue claims about automation. It's by making capital unavailable because it's tied up in AI investments while also destroying the consumer base for video game hardware.
Inspired by @meredithgran.com's writing on attending game conferences as a parent, @exalclaw.com interviewed devs who are also caretakers about balancing their careers in games with their loved ones' needs.
The games industry isn't taking care of its caretakers
We spoke with over a dozen devs who take care of children, aging parents, and sick family members
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Sure, Hotel Dusk: Room 215 is linear, but is that a negative? This wonderfully written graphic adventure from designer and writer Rika Suzuki shined on the DS nearly two decades ago, and remains as gripping of "a mystery novel" in video game form now as it was then.
Re-release this: Hotel Dusk: Room 215
A graphic point-and-click adventure where narrative remains at the heart of things.
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NEW: I spoke to multiple people impacted by the job cuts at Xbox to understand how the latest round of mass layoffs played out and what it means for the embattled video game division moving forward. This is their story.
Inside the latest round of mass layoffs at Xbox
Multiple workers impacted by the latest job cuts at Xbox believe the decision will hamstring some studios.
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Ash and I barely even scratched the surface of lesser known PS2 games but hopefully we've got something in here you haven't tried www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEx4...
20+ PlayStation 2 Hidden Gems You Need To Play
YouTube video by GVG
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- Black-owned game studio - All black Voice cast - No Ai used - Relaxing creepy game - Over 45 levels with leaderboards - Launching Sept 1 this year With the industry falling apart around us, small studios like ours that make weird games can only survive with your support
Aerial_Knight@aerialknight.com · 3w agoPlay as a woman who's an axe murderer, who kidnaps men, locks them in a basement, and decapitates them (in this light-hearted puzzle game) store.steampowered.com/app/4756010/...
Amnesty International put out a major report documenting the influence of UK based anti trans gender critical organizations and their funding. Within hours, GC groups threatened defamation lawsuits and Amnesty was forced to pull it down. Proving the point they're anti rights. Anyways, here it is.
fun fact: i only learned months after I'd written it on the US site that this story nearly had kotaku uk (who had automatically republished it) blown into low orbit
Report: Warner Bros. Games President Says Transphobe J. K. Rowling Has "The Right To Hold Her Opinions" - Kotaku
Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling is a transphobe. Maybe someone could let Warner Bros. Games president David Haddad know that that should be called out
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Alejandra Caraballo@esqueer.net · 3w agoAmnesty International put out a major report documenting the influence of UK based anti trans gender critical organizations and their funding. Within hours, GC groups threatened defamation lawsuits and Amnesty was forced to pull it down. Proving the point they're anti rights. Anyways, here it is.
Launching a new website about video games today. Meet @respec.net. A sibling to @rpgsite.net, a spiritual successor to VG247, & a brother from another mother to other 100% independent UK media brands like @videogameschronicle.com and @trueachievements.com. www.respec.net/feature/87-w...
Welcome to Respec: A word from the Editors | Respec
Welcome to our new little corner of the internet. Why a new video game website, and why now? Allow us to explain...
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