“I’ll have you know this wretched beast had the head of a stag, the body of a bear, and a snake for a tail! Its days of terrorizing your villagers are finally at an end!” - the ‘monster’ hunter, probably

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On my second run I discovered the joys of being Persuasive, where you can kidnap every lone gas-scavenger and store-owner, their shop items and gas, before skedaddling without killing anyone. (and leaving a trail of incensed unskilled people stranded in the middle of nowhere)

Just having competition for Valve to pay more attention to their store probably amounts to a net positive honestly. If the toxicity issue doesn’t explode anyways.

Sadly not seeing how this would incentivize Valve to spend more effort making games honestly.. well, maybe in a bizarro future where Valve is losing so much…

non-American: I’m still confused how anyone could mistake going independent, aka starting your own company, with ...... whatever it is they understood it as? I thought at first the confusion was with the word indie, but I’ve no idea how that overlaps with the idea of indies having to start from nothing (bootstraps)..…

24+ huh... *discreetly eyes the disorganized mass of...112 icons*... yea... definitely wouldn’t wan’t to clutter that up *shifts guiltily*

While I can kinda applaud the decision on the face of it, I’m stuck struggling tying my brain in knots trying to figure out practical solutions to a secondary market where infinite digital goods are cheaper, have Steam-certified perfect quality, and where the developers see no return on that secondary market. Which on…

At the behest of a few hundred fans (0.000001% or 1 in a millionth of his subscribers) Felix has decided to ‘take responsibility’ and spread misinformation about the ADL as a shady organization. That or spread the fact that hey, maybe he’s just not that passionate about fighting bigotry and prejudice. wtf Felix....

I…

“They came first for Super Meat Boy Forever, and I didn’t speak up because” ...I was going to download the freaking launcher anyways, its half of Team Meat for gods sake >_>

That aside, there are legitimate concerns with Epic. Until the tantrums quiet down though, none of that is going to get heard I’m sorry to say.…

Perhaps. I do think that the reason there’s so much nitpicking around it is that there just isn’t enough dividing lines to go around. According to the definition (taken passably strictly), only a small handful of games should be considered a (classic) roguelike, and when you look at the remaining diaspora the gut…

Is that what you got from the article? What I got was that people are shitty and Steam people felt bad for being a lightning rod for shitty people at the offset. Both the Steam people and Nathan agree on the reality that it started on/through Steam. No need to colour it with some kind of persecution complex.

We as a…

There’s a veritable spectrum of just what aspects of Roguelikes appeal to different people and having more divisions can only help I think which is why I like the classical roguelike moniker. I am partial to the Berlin Interpretation if only because it allows for that spectrum of roguelike-ness, just that it was…

And you make a good point. The problem is that so do a bunch of other people, who all use the same descriptor as you do that are equally (usually) valid, versatile and flexible. And everyone comes in to the conversation surprised that theirs is not the organically de-facto agreed upon consensus at all.. which is part…

The problem is that ‘roguelike’ as a genre is terribly vague. The Berlin Interpretations (the current and only agreed upon definition for roguelike) might be a bit too vague yet too constricting at the same time. Gungeon, as a matter of fact, breaks pretty much all (but a few) of all the high-value factors, making it…

I was a bit wary of a VN by Zachtronics as opposed to their usual fare...

...but then I saw the attached mini-game and all was right in the world :)

And part of his reaction was a PR move to make sure everyone knew that he had no control over it and painting himself victim (which is true), to (successfully) make sure the narrative wouldn’t damage his brand. Which it could have.

As he aggressively brands himself as kid-friendly, and if he was less on-the-ball, a…

I think its rather that context that has him so upset. He’s just left the platform and they’re specifically taking advantage of his brand (and his alone) to hopefully siphon some of his viewers to other streams. Which is a bit petty but still within their rights.

But then they taint his brand (and his alone) with porn…

In this modern age, journalists gaming or otherwise are allowed and actively encouraged to foster their own voices and opinions. This is especially true because the nature of the internet encourages cults of personality. So while the publication might have a certain criteria of journalist they hire for, each…

But it is apparent that the main bulk of people who hate Epic do so due to some weird Epic-hating motive. If you’re part of the normal people group who don’t care which platform you’re buying it from, then honestly this post isn’t aimed at you and you can happily go on to buy the game or not.. Its not aimed at trying…

Never heard of these people before.. but honestly a tad bit offended that that view was not “reflected by the people at Creative Assembly”...

Ehh, but is a 50/50 chance an improvement over the 100% derogative use in Twitch and elsewhere online? :T I think, seen through a gaming culture lens, any reclamation of the term at all is a sign of progress with how toxic gaming culture normally is.

Bah, but what would I know, I’m not even close enough to be on the…