So, there is this factually promotional short video of the game some turned-out security specialist has posted. I don't really wanna amplify, I'll just mention the concepts used.
In developing his #videogame, he employs Steam achievements... as a progress saving system. You've read this correctly. Imagine boasting about #DRM-based save "files". Can't save a blasting thing without an Internet connection! Just like many #AntiPiracy measures that rely on network, it hinders the #gaming experience, making up for flawed #UX.
Want to retract step back or two? Well, too bad - you reset everything. No Internet? You must be a speedrunner!
An exploration of #VideoGame performances, this book merges #MediaTheory with performativity, revealing insights from Western art to digital storytelling.
This week we finish off the PS2 Tenkaichi trilogy with my personal favourite of the bunch. It's a game I spent literally hundreds of hours playing as a teen, and perhaps the most detailed, granular Dragon Ball simulation ever - Budokai Tenkaichi 3!
...future Nintendo systems since the Nintendo DS. 🎮
What's your favorite controller❓
I really like the PS3 controller because it still delivers all the functionalities a controller nowadays should have without being to complex or special.
Assembled from developer interviews, "EVERYBODY SHAKE!" has just been catalogued❗️
This book follows @hengineer on his journey from creating shareware on the Apple Macintosh and attaining senior positions at #BioWare and #EA to the inception of #Spaceteam.
Released as a pre-order bonus for Japanese copies of #ShadowsOfTheDamned, PLAYBOX is a promotional mag containing a series of interviews with the dev team.
...by the limitations of the 8-bit NES, Nintendo chose to remake them for the 16-bit SNES. 🕹️
The developers based the updated designs on those from Super Mario World (1990) and strove to retain the feel of the original games. 👌
🕹️ Trivia about the game consoles of our childhood
...of Yoshi's Island, Donkey Kong Country was released, which resulted in its computer-generated graphics becoming the norm for contemporary SNES games. 🤩
It was too late for the graphic designers to incorporate such a style into Yoshi's Island; instead, they pushed the hand-drawn style further as a way to "fight back". 🖍️
🕹️ Trivia about the game consoles of our childhood
"Penny Larceny is warm. It overflows with love, empathy, and hope. It won me over right away with the genuine affection and trust Penny has for The Voice and Gibson, even when things go wrong; they’re such a perfect team! Same goes for all of the relationship interests; despite the fast progression, their friendships or romances with Penny all felt right, and their depth and character growth meant I soon grew to care for them, too.
Not that it’s all fluff and sugar; there’s plenty of adventure, too! There may not be any real challenge here, nor any wrong choices. But there were still several moments when I felt concerned about Penny’s fate, and even more when I was impressed at her badassery. And when she couldn’t solve something on her own … well, let’s just say that I got to do some badassery of my own, too!
Like all Fiction Factory games, Penny Larceny does not pretend it is not political. The world Penny moves through is full of unfairness, discrimination, and exploitation, clearly mirroring the issues present in this reality. However, the story never feels heavy or overwhelming, since all that truth is balanced with plenty of hope for the future and just as much excellent humour. Oh, and being able to steal from all the bad guys and make a positive difference helps, too!"
I just saw MsCupcakes streaming #HorizonForbiddenWest on PC and I think it's the first #VideoGame I've seen with granular difficulty settings explicitly listed in the menus. You can apparently set difficulty in combat independently of difficulty in exploration. It also lets you change how aggressively it suggests hints/gives you the solutions to puzzles vs letting you struggle to figure it out on your own.
Is that normal for AAA games these days? Because that's really awesome and I absolutely wish that more games came with stuff like that instead of relying on the modding community to figure it out. There's also a bunch of convenience and #accessibility settings which is also cool.
I now have more satisfying lighting.
Some interactible objects are lightmapped now, so it's not only about finding the objects with misfitting lighting, but finding them more logically.
I have way too many games to ever play, but still I can't help it. Today's haul: Othello (NES), Spinball (Vectrex), Colossal Cave Adventure (PS5), Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars (GBA). Read on for more details
You know that you're old when the .png screenshots of a #videogame that you loved in your early 30s are now so old that Photoshop refuses to open them.