Last Game You Played

[Damien]

I think she's a valuable voice to have in the gaming space, but I always take her with a grain of salt. She's angry in a way that would've made teenage me bristle, and I was constantly furious in my youth.

She's like Yahtzee in that her criticisms don't always feel fair. Sometimes it's a critique looking for a target rather than the inverse.

It lives in a similar space to Anthony's Customs, though at least Yahtzee and SS seem to enjoy their hobby.

Exactly. Steph puts out the kind of reviews where I really need to think about whether I'm likely to be irritated by whatever her bugbear is. Yahtzee is the kind of review I put on to laugh at and -usually- it doesn't even inform whether I want to buy a game at all. In fact, I usually watch his stuff after I've already played whatever game he's reviewing.

 

[altcunningham]

Skate Story is one of those games 100% tailored for me.

Soundtrack.
Art.
Story.
Purple prose.
Skateboarding.

It has timed "boss battles", which are just score jams, really, but if you liked Abzu or Journey, it hits that note for me as well. When you are in the flow with those chill tracks. Man. Made me want to hop on a board right after.

What a delightful weird game with a top notch soundtrack by Blood Cultures.

 

[Revox]

Yeah, had a quick sesh on it last night, only done the first chapter but I love the vibe so far. Gonna eat all the moons, man.

I also picked up Unbeatable, which I have loved the look of since it was announced (rhythm action beat-em-up taking on the cops, hell yes). It does, however, have maybe the most annoyingly goddamn slow pain in the ass intro section of anything I've ever played. I just want dance and punch cops man, why the fuck is taking so long to get to the firework factory? Why does this maid have to give me a tour of the house? Why are walking halfway across town? AAAAAAAAAAH

 

[altcunningham]

Haven't heard of it, but I'll check it out. Agreed that I despise slow openers when I just wanna play their game.

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Publisher Addresses Studio Shutdown After Game Was Canceled 24 Hours After Its Reveal

Goonswarm Games issues a statement admitting AI art slipped into promo assets, leading to the cancellation of POSTAL: Bullet Paradise.

www.vice.com

Publisher and Studio deny AI.

Tell people to eat shit and they are liars. No, truly. "Eat shit." "Anti AI is ruining art."

Publisher cuts ties.

Studio shuts down despite it "being a lie in the AI war".

Admits to it all days later.

Truly the real snowflakes of our generation.