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Willem Hilhorst

@whilhorst.bsky.social

Games Preservation at Beeld & Geluid (Sound & Vision) | Associate Editor NWR | Games-Journalist | He/Him 🇳🇱 https://linktr.ee/willemh

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The National Videogame Museum@nvmuk.bsky.social · 2w ago

🎮 Help us map the UK’s videogame heritage We’ve launched the UK’s first nationwide survey of videogame-related collections, and we want to hear from developers, publishers, studios, collectors and industry professionals. Take part: forms.gle/z9a1qhVopYMT...

Behind the Screens: UK Videogame Preservation Survey

The Behind the Screens survey intends to establish a general picture of what videogame related collections already exist in the UK, and to assess levels of awareness towards videogame preservation and...

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Willem Hilhorst@whilhorst.bsky.social · 2w ago

Muting the Fire Emblem tags in here, can't get to Fortune's Weave till two weeks from now at the earliest, but hope everyone is having a ton of fun with it. Can't wait to play it myself!

Bertine van Hövell 🛝 Gamescom@baroness.bsky.social · 2w ago

Everyone who calls the games industry 'gaming industry' is unwittingly adopting the successful strategy of the gambling industry to make it seems digital games and gambling are the same; with the intent to fall under more lax regulations Stop them from piggybacking on our medium. We're making games

Willem Hilhorst@whilhorst.bsky.social · 2w ago

I've been organizing board game lunches at work every week on Tuesday, but keep running into limits now that more and more colleagues are joining in. Boardgame fans, what is a good 8+ players game that can be played at an office with colleagues that isn't Hitster / Exploding Kittens / Flip7?

Willem Hilhorst@whilhorst.bsky.social · 2w ago

That's a wrap on The Blood of Dawnwalker. Perhaps some of my favorite quests- and character writing in a game in quite some time. I loved untangling the web of mysteries and getting immersed in this wonderful medieval fantastical world. Truly one of the best games of the year for me.

Willem Hilhorst@whilhorst.bsky.social · 3w ago

Every second during the Level-5 Showcase I was being reminded how Gen-AI-pilled that studio seems now. Each presentation segment in between the games reeked of slop. While the gameplay did look fun for some of these. And then they show a Professor Layton Curious Village Remaster.

Willem Hilhorst@whilhorst.bsky.social · 3w ago

With all the goodwill tossed out in less than a year. What possible reason is there to even consider picking up a PS6? Tossing out exclusives, trapping customers in more and more required expensive subscriptions, and a ceiling on fidelity unless you want to play just GTA for a decade.