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Christmas Hat Thread

IT'S THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR

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Featured Game: Namco Museum Vol. 1 (PSX)

>What is this? Games are chosen (relatively or totally obscure on purpose) with hopes of bringing new avenues of playing potential to anons with narrow video game perspectives. The goal isn't necessarily to pick bad games, but obscure ones nobody, or as few people as possible, have played. You can play the game and then use that fact as bragging rights to others! You can use it to broaden your backlog horizons! or you can forget about it. It's up to you. THIS GAME: Namco Museum Vol. 1 (PSX) >Where do I get this? Namco Museum Vol. 1 (PSX): https://romhustler.org/rom/psx/namco-museum-vol1-u-slus-00215 MAME set including Arcade games in Namco Museum Vol. 1 (PSX): https://pleasuredome.github.io/pleasuredome/mame/ Ports of Arcade games in Namco Museum Vol. 1 (PSX): Pac-Man (NES): https://files.catbox.moe/sp4ndz.nes Pac-Man (SNES): https://files.catbox.moe/vh30uq.sfc Galaga (NES): https://files.catbox.moe/oilynj.nes >How does it play? Namco Museum Vol. 1 (PSX) was the first volume in the Namco Museum collection. The player walks into a virtual museum, the games are surrounded by its mainboards, marketing material and concept art. The games that are featured are: - Pac-Man; - Rally-X; - New Rally-X; - Galaga; - Toy Pop; - Pole Position; - Bosconian. >Next Game For the next game, the theme will be Shoot 'em ups! Poll: https://poal.me/6p7abo The next games will be all about Shoot 'em up titles. The entries must be in the Shoot 'em up category. GUIDELINES FOR FUTURE FEATURED GAMES: If you do not like any of the games in the poll, you can either add a new entry manually, or reply to the OP. If you DO suggest a game though, please, report all relevant information on the game (magnet/dl link, interesting mods, guides, tutorials on tech, speedrun etc.). Feel free to suggest any and every game you can think of, bonus points if it's games that barely anyone has played or talks about in the [Current Year] or that fit the time of the year thematically. However, try and follow these rules: 1) No game that relies on modern hardware. If the game cannot be pirated or emulated properly, or no working emulator for the game exists, most people won't be able to enjoy it, rendering the thread kind of pointless; 2) No always-online games, meaning no live service games or mobile games that are dependent on external servers, unless a backup instance of said servers has been created by its fans or the offline content is significantly larger than the online content; 3) For multiplayer games, provide only free to play games that let players create their own servers, or games with local multiplayer that can be set up to play online (requires someone to be a hostfag, or, and may Allah forgive me for uttering these words, using Parsec); 4) No game that requires gimmicky controls to be enjoyable (guitar pedals, Wiimotes, cameras etc.) unless they can be easily remapped or translated into some other control scheme. Previous Featured Games: https://unknown.spam/4azon9x8 OP Copypasta: https://unknown.spam/u2fcpagd

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Souls Thread: Melina has no closure edition.

Let's discuss Elden Meme and the other souls games (Sekiro included). I hope everyone is enjoying the expansion for Elden Ring and let's hope that Black Myth: Wukong won't be chink trash. I've personally been having a great time with SoTE save for the sheer lack of closure for Melina and other lose ends. The lack of new endings and questionable final boss with Shota Femto and his buck broken brother along with some story flaws are my biggest gripes out of what is otherwise a very solid DLC. Last thread >>985814

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#AskMeAboutGamerGate on X and Bluesky

Hey everyone, I've asked most of the people I've interviewed on both sides, as well as neutral observers, to post on the #AskMeAboutGamerGate hashtag today on X and Bluesky to share their stories, take questions from the public and support the Kickstarter campaign. I'm making this thread with the approval of Mark. Please consider tweeting on X or Bluesky using the hashtag today -- December 21 -- to help get this campaign from 68% to 100%! Thank you very much for your support and have a wonderful Christmas, Hannukah and New Year! Here is the Kickstarter campaign link: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tachyonblue/the-people-of-gamergate/ Some tweets so far: Tachyon Blue - https://x.com/TachyonBlu/status/1870499472024785261 Aurondarklord - https://x.com/auronburner/status/1870503216275984865 Hannah Wallen - https://x.com/Oneiorosgrip/status/1870514572068876688 Mark Samenfink - https://x.com/MSamenfink/status/1870468532338913562

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Gensokyo Massacre: cuz I'm bored edition

I feel like playing another game of EratohoK, so I will probably start one up tomorrow and post screenshots and commentary as I play it. What to expect: > a war strategy game with Touhou characters > and porn > and lots of other characters we've added in earlier threads > Set kill rate to "high" and watch them all die It will probably take a week to finish. If you want to recommend yet another new character before I start, I can add them.

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Exploits In videogames Thread

I like to discover advantageous exploits in video games. I'm playing this ps2 game called Playboy: The mansion. You play as Hef and do parties and other sim tycoon business things. I discovered that by organizing a party and having 1 playmate, 1 bunnie and 1 girlfriend in it you can use them to increase the mood of the party in its duration. So far this is normal in mechanics. But if your guests are in a house with 4 walls without doors they will never be able to escape because they will not be able to find escape routes and will remain immobile as the party time passes and the party will last indefinitely allowing you to increase the friendship, professional and love relationships with unlimited time (and I haven't increased the stats like charisma of Hef or my npc (maybe i can train these npc stats?) as bunnies or girlfriend yet for more rush relationships) at the cost that their needs will slowly decrease because they will stop interacting with items and npc. Bunnies have unlimited needs which makes them very useful. >Do you know more videogame exploits that ruin or improve all the mechanics in a useful or broken way? Any exploit for the fun play KEK?

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Drawthread - Comfy fall improvement

/v/ Draw Thread Archive of last thread: https://archive.ph/v1UHd Last thread: >>986513 Thread making resources + the OP can be found here: https://mega.nz/#F!Suhz0D5Y!BSrBrV1kxK9B5G1SSiJmwQ REMINDER TO SAVE THREADS LOCALLY (and all the pictures you want to) SINCE ARCHIVES DON'T HAVE IMAGES ANYMORE Relevant Boards And Threads >>>/loomis/ >>>smuglo.li/a/ - Drawing Improvement Club >>>/a/2358 - /a/ Drawthread >>>/drawarchive/ - Mirrored drawthreads with images; living archive Books and Tutorials If you're starting out, just have as much fun as possible and give it your best shot. Don't worry too much about these as they're info overload for absolute beginners. Sometimes they get nuked but >we try to keep them updated. https://sites.google.com/site/ourwici/ https://www.mediafire.com/folder/5strtvods5gda/Drawgfag_Resources https://hubpages.com/art/how-to-draw-learn Helpful Resources Interested in learning how to draw? Check this shit out. Learn fundamentals with exercises: drawabox.com 8Chan Art Wiki: infiniteart.wikia.com/wiki/InfiniteArt_Wiki Online poses with timer: quickposes.com/en/gestures/timed /loomis/ resource hub: web.archive.org/web/20190721220321/http://www.8ch.net/loomis/hub.html HOW TO DRAW - an /ic/ guide: hubpages.com/art/how-to-draw-learn Great resources by /co/ veteran: comic-con.org/toucan ''Real life reference of normal people: oh-hi.info/ Animu key frames: sakugabooru.com Drawfag resources:'' mediafire.com/folder/5strtvods5gda/Drawgfag_Resources 4/ic/ Resources: /ic/ itself: Filled with namefag, cancer and horny art but its where all drawfagging began. Explore around, you can still find diamond in that septic tank. /ic/ Beginner Guide: docs.google.com/document/d/1uwaXKU7ev6Tw_or__o8ARpUb6r2rCZYJGqwSFV9AD98/edit#bookmark=id.15jx3pyuimvj Drawfag resources: mediafire.com/folder/5strtvods5gda/Drawgfag_Resources Helpful Video Resources, mostly YouTube ProkoTV: Good for basic anatomy needs Sycra Yasin: General in-depth talk about ways to improve and being an artist'' CG Cookie / ConceptCookie: Advanced techniques and many livestreams (on Wednesdays) and tutorials FZDSCHOOL: Founder of FZD School (in Singapore) Feng Zhu showcases his workflows by re-working art from his students Scott Robertson: Advanced lessons on drawing fundamentals and concept artwork Ctrl+Paint: Free lessons on basics and fundamentals of drawing and painting Draw Mix Paint: Free lessons in traditional painting Level Up Sessions: Livestreams and talks with professional artists Booru and Delivery Archive https://sites.google.com/site/ourwici/ https://www.mediafire.com/folder/5strtvods5gda/Drawgfag_Resources https://hubpages.com/art/how-to-draw-learn Helpful Resources Interested in learning how to draw? Check this shit out. Learn fundamentals with exercises: drawabox.com 8Chan Art Wiki: infiniteart.wikia.com/wiki/InfiniteArt_Wiki Online poses with timer: quickposes.com/en/gestures/timed /loomis/ resource hub: web.archive.org/web/20190721220321/http://www.8ch.net/loomis/hub.html HOW TO DRAW - an /ic/ guide: hubpages.com/art/how-to-draw-learn Great resources by /co/ veteran: comic-con.org/toucan ''Real life reference of normal people: oh-hi.info/ Animu key frames: sakugabooru.com Drawfag resources:'' mediafire.com/folder/5strtvods5gda/Drawgfag_Resources 4/ic/ Resources: /ic/ itself: Filled with namefag, cancer and horny art but its where all drawfagging began. Explore around, you can still find diamond in that septic tank. /ic/ Beginner Guide: docs.google.com/document/d/1uwaXKU7ev6Tw_or__o8ARpUb6r2rCZYJGqwSFV9AD98/edit#bookmark=id.15jx3pyuimvj Drawfag resources: mediafire.com/folder/5strtvods5gda/Drawgfag_Resources Helpful Video Resources, mostly YouTube ProkoTV: Good for basic anatomy needs Sycra Yasin: General in-depth talk about ways to improve and being an artist'' CG Cookie / ConceptCookie: Advanced techniques and many livestreams (on Wednesdays) and tutorials FZDSCHOOL: Founder of FZD School (in Singapore) Feng Zhu showcases his workflows by re-working art from his students Scott Robertson: Advanced lessons on drawing fundamentals and concept artwork Ctrl+Paint: Free lessons on basics and fundamentals of drawing and painting Draw Mix Paint: Free lessons in traditional painting Level Up Sessions: Livestreams and talks with professional artists Booru and Delivery Archive https://ourobooru.booru.org/ (Superior new booru, continue using this until the new site works properly) 8-booru.booru.org/ (Retired booru because the owner is fucking dead) https://ourobooru.art (New booru site, still being worked on) https://consoletan.booru.org (An additional place to post consoletan artworks to) Tips for a healthier Drawthread >Spot out any autistic shitter and repeat offenders You know who they are unless you're new, in which case lurk moar. >Anyone can participate, even if you're dog shit. The livelier it is, the better, but don't go begging for (you)s or pity. This is not deviantArt. >If you do draw, draw to the best of your ability! If you're not giving it your all people will notice. >Any drawfags with works in progress, please post any updates so that the requester and everyone else knows that people are still working hard! >If for any reason a request is scrapped, upload what you have and say it's at its most complete state. Maybe ask if someone wants to take over and finish it for you. >Comment. Every artist loves a compliment, it validates their hard work. Don't be afraid of dishing out them (you)s as long as you feel they deserve them. LASTLY, PLEASE READ THIS These threads are not meant to be spammed every day like a fucking general. This isn't an art board. Give the Drawfags their time to do their thing and leave the thread-making to them. Anyone attempting to make this thread in a newfag/cuckchan/low effort manner will be met with disdain and mockery.

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AI General ( DALL-E 3 / Stable Diffusion / Voice Cloning / Chatbot )

Just Like One Of My Japanese Animes Edition [Copied OP from previous thread] Use this thread as a catch-all for AI related topics. Try to stick to vidya and help your fellow anons out. PLEASE SHARE EVERY NEW RESOURCE YOU FIND ───────── ✦ ✦ ✦ ───────── Resources: https://pastebin.com/fLMeAMb1 Previous Thread: https://archive.fo/SLOaP Previous threads are moved to >>>/ais/

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webm thread - member movies edition

They no longer make movies out of games, this time you get to play the movie! You can be sure the second I find a nigger there will be a video of him getting whipped. Last thread >>1018065

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Another MMO Thread

The last one is sinking off the board, and the previous attempt at a new thread was done by a faggot who could not contain his shitposting. What the fuck have you been playing lately?

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jackbox

>ctrl + f "jackbox" <no results What's /v/'s stance on jackbox? Would anyone be willing to join if I hosted? Also /v/ackbox thread

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/40k/ Thread

Discuss Warhammer 40k games and lore. Previous thread >>1033135

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QTDDTOT

you know the script, niggers for any 8/16bit and certain ps1 games, i've been using the 6 btn megadrive/genesis controller, love the d-pad and clicky buttons, so my question is, should i re-order another 6btn megadrive, or is there a better alternative?

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Meta Thread

READ THE RULES BEFORE YOU GET SCHOOLED https://8chan.moe/v/rules.html Keep all of the board drama, autism, site issues, feedback and shitting on the website administration here. Do not post about illegal topics, or you will be banned. Thank you.

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Vidya Lounge Thread

Welcome to /v/'s comfy lounge. This thread is for general discussion about /v/-related topics that don't deserve/fit in regular threads. The rules 'may be treated more flexibly here, but please take care not to make a mess and don't be a retard. Rules: 1. The lounge is a shared community with /v/. Posters should have posts elsewhere on the board before entering the lounge. 2. Discussion should pertain to /v/-type content only, such as funposting about video games, more video games, industry matters, and gamer™ interests. Colouring outside the lines MAY be okay, however posters do so at their own risk with the understanding that said posts might be moderated without forewarning at any time.

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'Team Fortress' issue no. 7 has released

https://www.teamfortress.com/tf07_thedayshavewornaway/

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Amateur Game Development General: Prototype and Production Edition

Share progress, ask for feedback, argue about little things in game design. Resources: >#8/agdg/ via irc.rizon.net >https://app.element.io/#/room/#agdg:matrix.org via matrix programs >Dev resources: http://8agdg.wikidot.com/resources >Wiki: http://8agdg.wikidot.com/ >http://mu-sic-production.wikia.com >https://pastebin.com/qtDwktHP

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Indie Games

After years of avoiding indie games like the plague because of how cancerous the community surrounding them is, I've finally decided to give them a try. I really love the 16 and 32 bit eras of games but I've played virtually all of the ones from that period that I would be interested in to death and the only people who seem to still be making games like that are indies. But there are so many out there and I'm certain 99% of them are bad so I need your help. What are the best indie games reminiscent of old 16 and 32 bit games? I'm up for pretty much any genre, 2D or 3D, except horror and roguelikes. They don't have to look exactly like games from back then but I'd prefer something that doesn't push gay/tranny/furry/feminist pozz; at least, not explicitly. I've already tried Undertale and I didn't like it. Also, general indie games thread.

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PC Hardware & News Thread: SSD Edition

>Discuss PC Hardware & News >Share Specs & Pics Current News >Ryzen 9000 X3D series out late Jan 2025 >RTX 5000 due early Q1 2025 >Intel's new CPUs suck ass and Intel is pozzed by DEI Last thread >>977640

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Touhou Thread: Take it Easy!!! Edition

A new thread for the series that defines the Otaku. Last thread was on post 500 and it's been a while since someone made a new thread, so I figured I'd do it myself. If you haven't had the chance, get Artificial Dream in Arcadia on steam since it's really good and the dev is making free DLC that lets people make their own dungeons. What 2hu and 2hu spin offs have you been playing /v/?

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LOL

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Onirism is no longer indie

Crimson Tales has struck a marketing deal with a recently created publisher named Shoreline Games, made by people who recently worked on vidya like Space Marine II or Subnautica's marketing. CT keeps full control of the dev while SG makes sure the game is marketed properly. Also, the Onirism page in Shoreline Game's website claims the games is set to get its 1.0 release in Q3 2025, but knowing the game's many setbacks and what's left to do, they might not meet the deadline. https://archive.is/7ksT7 Also, here's Blueberry's father, King Strawberry.

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DOOM/Retro FPS: Shy Skellys

No Christmas theme. Demons don't celebrate Christmas. Old thread: >>937850 Post anything relating to >DOOM >its wads >its sequels >its community >its copycats >all 90s FPS related accessories

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Eroge

Last thread is on page 12 and beyond the bump limit, but eroge marches steadily onward. Just at the beginning of this month, Monster Girl Quest:Paradox Part 3 finally released, making the game complete unless I missed something about them extending it to a 4th part. Available here, https://www.dlsite.com/maniax/work/=/product_id/RJ01114724.html I do not yet know where to pirate it, but I'm sure it will crop up one of my usual sites around when translation is finished. Still being actively translated, you can follow translation progress here, https://arzorx.wordpress.com/ Given Part 2 took 3 months from the date of release, I except this one take at least that long, if not at least 4 months, as it's larger. In the meanwhile, I'm sure there's anons learning JP that may still enjoy the game, or may even want to contact the current team to contribute to the translation in the coming months. Also mentioned at the end of the last thread and currently in development with a free demo is Princess Reconquista. Play a (totally not) Central/South American Princess and fight off your white (totally not) Spaniard conquerors in a pixelshit action game. Makes the mistake of losing being the method of accessing many scenes, but you can also tempt your enemies and watch other girls get BLEACHED. https://sorry-carl.itch.io/princess-reconquista Last thread >>819339 https://archive.is/CEm8b Someone else archived it just 8 hours ago. What a coincidence.

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UNCOMMON TIME 2024 CHRISTMAS THREAD!

CORRECT YEAR EDITION! IT'S THAT TIME AGAIN! You are cordially invited to the UT Christmas Stream at https://cytu.be/r/uncommontime There will be some new Tactics and ReTuned content if Tactics and ReTuned devs remember to post a new link and I will DEFINITELY beat Arietta with only Teagan (probably not), but I will give it my all in the attempt. I don't know what else to say besides thank you for all the laughs, and I hope to see you there. [addendum] TEAGAN DID NOTHING WRONG! START TIME: DECEMBER 7TH AT 3pm CDT/1pm PST/9pm for Britbongs/10pm for the rest of Europe [Tentative Schedule subject to change if 8tv go's tits up] Dec 7th: Start Vanilla UT plus Nuclear if there's time for it. Dec 8th - 10th: Finish Vanilla UT content Dec 11th: CODA and Duet, Start Tactics Dec 12th - 13th: Finish Predecessors(Tactics) and move on to Retuned IF a new version is available Dec 14 - 15th: Finished ReTuned and may God have mercy upon my soul I'll stream Sullen Boku Girls Alliance if there's time. [As stated above this schedule is subject to change depending on several factors including] >8tv shits the bed, again. >My internet dies, again. >OBS is being a bitch, again. >I'm taken away by the jews for internet crimes! >How quickly I'm able to complete the content. [Questions you may have] >How long will you stream for? I'll stream 5-6 hours. This is a good time frame to complete UT in a timely manner but also give anons a chance to see the important stuff like Nuclear Teags! >Will the stream be recorded Yes I will record the stream. >Are you really half yid and half pizza? Definitely! >Will you stream a pre-stream I may stream a bit early to test everything and make sure it works. But that remains to be determined, if I do I will announce it in the threads. >Did Teagan really do nothing, or is Alto misunderstood? YES! >Is Teagan a nigger? Most certainly Probably not!

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Video Game Waifu Thread #2: Festive Fun Edition!

Previous waifu thread got bumplocked, so here's a new one! Just in time for the Christmas season as well! So, /v/, who's your videogame waifu? Got some good art of her you simply must display? Done anything to show how much you care for that lass? Gather around and share! Or you can just talk about your favorite female charcters, if that's more your thing. Show us all why your waifu truly is the best girl!

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Luanti thread

I'm afraid to make a Luanti thread because the game is much better than Minecraft. It's the definitive block building video game. (popularity is not a measure of quality). I'm afraid to make a thread and advertise it's existence for fear of it becoming too popular (normalfags ruin everything). I'm going to make 1 thread about it (per imageboard) and that's it because the userbase is a bit TOO small for my taste and this game could use a bit more players. >How is Luanti better than Minecraft -it is a self contained and simple application. The audio always works, the game always runs reliably. -simple and intuitive Linux and Windows support -it is a convenient platform for mods. This is a big deal. Mods are a 1 click install. There's been times where I didn't like something about the base game so I immediately went and downloaded a mod and the problem was fixed in 5 minutes. -Open source for maximum customizability -every aspect of this game is free as in costs no money. -no corporate faggotry overlordom from micro$oft -Online play is simple and intuitive

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IT'S FRIDAY NIGHT MUTHAFUCKA

...because I've lost control of my life. WHATCHA' >PLAYAN >WATCHAN >LISTENAN >READAN >EATAN >DRINKAN >FAPPAN >FEELAN

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Stream Thread 14: Album Cover

https://8chan.tv/ Post link to your streams here. Any subject: Games, movies, anime, art, programming, politics... whatever you like! >How do I stream? ∙ Register an account at https://8chan.tv/. ∙ Go to My Channels under your avatar icon, top right. ∙ Create a channel, click on it and then the ⚙ icon (channel settings) to find your stream key. ∙ Install OBS Studio https://obsproject.com/ and paste your stream key to Settings/Stream, set Service to Custom and Server to rtmp://8chan.tv/stream/. Some emails may not work when registering. Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo (and maybe others) have issues with Cockmail and won't receive the verification email. If you insist in using these emails or have already registered using one, email sudsshit@proton.me for help with your account. Max supported bitrate is 3500 Kbps. Set Keyframe Interval to 1 for lowest stream delay. Ask here if you have further questions and also on >>>/site/1519 Last thread >>990608 And remember. HAVE FUN!

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Sonic the Hedgehog

With Sonic X Shadow Generations coming out in less than a week, now is a good time for a new Sonic thread. Personally I'm quite excited for the game, and am surprised it hasn't already leaked since it usually leaks around this time. Although I'm kinda disappointed we haven't seen a proper Adventure remake yet, hopefully this game will be good and will lead to good things as time goes on. Oh, and hopefully we'll get a Shadow remake that's actually good this time. I doubt SEGA has the balls to make that kinda game in the modern age though. Are you looking forward to Shadow Generations? Do you think we'll get more Sonic stages as DLC? Or will the game just be average and a waste of money and the cycle will repeat itself all over again, even though Frontiers as a modded game is solid. Still, this is the thread to discuss anything and everything Sonic the Hedgehog! please don't porn dump, I'm looking at you Bui

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UMPC/Handheld thread

Old thread: >>608298 News >The Rog Ally has released, and it's.. fine. The claimed 2-3x performance boost was closer to 5%-30% and the custom GUI isn't anywhere near the level of the Deck >The Edion in Osaka talked about last thread has set up a longer-term or possibly permanent Steam Deck display following a presumably successful 'trial market', Japan is now one of the few, if not only, countries to sell the Steam Deck at major retailers >Computer and hardware manufacturer Orange Pi has soft-announced their first handheld after a leak. It reportedly accommodates both Linux/Windows, the device will either use a 7800U or a RK3588S processor for the higher-end model and will launch in October with three models costing between an estimated 1500元 ($220) and 3500元 ($500), though prices are not final. There is no publicly known name for the device yet >Gaming analyst firm Omdia estimates Steam Deck has sold over 2,000,000 units so far, having sold 1,600,000 in 2021 alone, and will likely surpass 3,000,000 this year. This makes the SD not just the bestselling UMPC in history, but possibly majority of UMPC sales ever. The firm believes the device "will open the door to a new PC gaming product category" Thread questions >What do you own? >What are you playing on it? >Anybody gotten involved in the scary world of hardmodding yet, and how did it go? >Anything you're excited for?

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Do you own any vidya merchandise?

Toys, t-shirts, kitchenware, statues, etc. If not, Is there any you would like to own but is too expensive/not worth it? If you don't know, Resaurus is a toy company from the late 90s which made toys from vidya franchises at from the time. They went bankrupt shortly after due to how high detailed these figures were compared to their prices, making them unprofitable. Because of this they will fetch very high prices in today's market.

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XSeed: "Senran Kagura Would not Prosper in the West in This Day and Age"

This really needs its own thread because of how right STUPID this shit is. This is like banning RPGs on the Sega Saturn levels of stupid, all because of retarded twitter/reddit/discord politics. These people can't see outside their little Californian bubble, and it pisses me the fuck off. The console game market is run by people who hate games, that's the only excuse I can think of when explaining this malicious ignorance. It's been proven time and time again that these games sell as long as there's a good gameplay structure. Even with an above average gameplay structure, Stellar Blade selling over a million copies in the past year alone PROVES that now is the best time to release Senran Kagura IN SPITE of gaming journalists and the reddit/twitter/discord grooming audience. Not only that, but the entire mobile market with games like Blue Archive and NIKKE is making millions of dollars in capital. You could make the market that "Oh it's just whales", but I would argue that's not a legitimate excuse when Stellar Blade sells over a million copies and other games like fucking Capes don't even sell close to that. That's not to mention Flintlock that has its numbers inflated by Gamepass only sold half the amount of Stellar Blade with a much bigger marketing campaign. There's no excuse for this level of stupidity, but what can we do about it? Maybe we can contact shareholders and have them communicate our issues through them? There's no excuse for this level of incompetence, although I'd personally argue that it's maliciousness considering everything I've talked about. sauce: https://noisypixel.net/xseed-games-ken-berry-interview/ https://archive.ph/N2zJb

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Nobody actually ever plays video games

>New report claims gamers spend more time watching videos about gaming than playing games https://archive.fo/mo7lF https://archive.fo/XOAD7 <Gamers are spending more time watching videos about gaming on YouTube and Twitch than playing games themselves. So here is my question: If no one is playing video games, why are we wasting time buying the damn things? Even if you're only pirating games, why waste the time downloading the fucking things?

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#GamerGate + #NotYourShield [#GG + #NYS]:A Wonderous Rosalina Winterland Edition

ONGOING DISCUSSIONS <The Holidays are upon us >Alyssa Mercante, Other Staff, No Longer Working At Kotaku https://archive.ph/nekgy >HAPPY 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ZOEPOST THAT STARTED IT ALL!: You did it Gaymergays! https://archive.is/5h44h >Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster will not award “Erotica” points for taking cleavage and crotch photos like original https://archive.ph/4sTGR >Game Informer is DEAD https://archive.ph/jWMly >Sweet Baby Inc designer attempts to censor Steam Curator List highlighting which games the company were hired for- has now surpassed 400,000 subscribers https://archive.is/6BHuP https://archive.is/OSsi2 >IGN Entertainment acquires Eurogamer, GI, VG247, Rock Paper Shotgun and more https://archive.ph/HNnJS >Nintendo Of America Appears To Turn ‘Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door’s Character Into Transgender https://archive.ph/4oNPC https://archive.ph/7ASdr >Kotaku Writer Targets YouTuber’s Wife, Game Dev Calls for More https://archive.is/MQCr5 >Deidetected.com Website By Sweet Baby Inc List Creator Kabrutus Launches https://archive.is/jGzXI >Helldivers 2 Community Manager Fired After PSN Controversy; Sony Cancels Mandatory Helldivers 2 PSN Linking Update https://archive.is/7OUyl https://archive.is/9rKLK >Kotaku EIC Resigns Over New Editorial Edict; More staff lay-offs follow Nathan Grayson exits The Washington Post as it shuts down Launcher, their gaming section https://archive.ph/Oojm4 https://archive.is/fo8Qw https://archive.is/B9wT2 >Vice to lay off hundreds of staffers, stop publishing content on its website https://archive.ph/wip/O036P >Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth content being localized during development comes under scrutiny https://archive.is/1b5Dj https://archive.is/8IBSn >Feminist Frequency is dead https://archive.is/gHAZc >Buzzfeed News is shutting down https://archive.is/mI2rz >The Gamer Praises Censorship in ‘Resident Evil 4’ Remake, Claims Original Game’s Panty Shots Encourage “Misogynistic Behaviour In Real Life” https://archive.is/qGtKO >Chris Avellone wins seven figures lawsuit, possible return to video games industry https://archive.is/ZDgT7 >GJP is attacking Valve over not supporting BLM https://archive.vn/12kPM >Nathan Grayson laid off as The Washington Post shuts down Launcher, their gaming section https://archive.is/B9wT2 >Limited Run Games fires employee after complaints over who she follows on Twitter https://archive.vn/obNiJ >Regulators (FTC) Look To Block Microsoft Acquisition Of Activision Blizzard Inc https://archive.ph/rKNDf >EU antitrust regulators to probe Microsoft's $69 billion Activision bid https://archive.ph/SqhgU >IGN Journalist who reviewed The Last of Us Part 2 joins Naughty Dog as Editorial Content Manager https://archive.ph/eTmtu https://pastebin.com/GGG5Kwdr >Arc System Works confirms that Bridget is trans https://archive.ph/lkbiL >Cloudflare bans Kiwifarms https://archive.ph/5ziDX >Ben Kuchera claims he was fired by Vox Media for taking time off to deal with his children being sexually abused https://archive.ph/nB79z >Wiki is up again! https://ggwiki.deepfreeze.it/index.php/Main_Page CURRENT TASKS: 1. OPERATION MAX REVIVE Rebuild the board's userbase and activity through simple, but effective methods 1. Post across the entire board Activity creates activity. Use threads you like, make new ones if topics don't exist. Easy examples are Drawthreads and Friday Night threads, go request or draw something right now. 2. Recruit and recover lost or potential anons Use this site's OC and features to entice anons if necessary when recruiting, just inform that we are alive. Here's some sites and links with at least some confirmed anons that can be recruited again: https://steamcommunity.com/groups/8chotwheels https://steamcommunity.com/groups/SSAVCH https://steamcommunity.com/groups/video_games https://steamcommunity.com/groups/8chmohun https://steamcommunity.com/groups/8chan_monster https://steamcommunity.com/groups/GoodLuckEbolaChan https://steamcommunity.com/search/groups/#text=8ch.net https://steamcommunity.com/search/groups/#text=8chan Other sites that might yield fruitful results and have anons (art sites use an account so you can see 18+ content): https://www.deviantart.com/search?q=Vivian+James https://www.newgrounds.com/search/summary?suitabilities=etm&terms=Vivian%20James https://twitter.com/search?q=Vivian%20James&src=typed_query&f=image https://rpgcodex.net/ https://old.reddit.com/r/KotakuInAction/ Somewhere on Telegram Just searching up GG or 8chan-related terms on certain places/sites can get you possible results. 3. Make your own OC/Memes/Content Doesn't matter what it is even if its just simple edits or full-on drawings or webms, just make it and have fun. Ask in thread for software recs if necessary. 4. Encourage or create fun events, activities, projects, etc. Think things like 8chanmania, weekly streams, re-translation projects, demo days, or zzz's gaming magazine for example. If you want to do something, try making or reviving it, it can't hurt and these things are great for the board. 5. Use other boards All it takes for a board to grow is at least 2 dedicated anons using it. Don't be afraid to make a post, check places periodically, shill, or what have you. Don't force discussions to boards, just encourage the usage of them. 2. OPERATION TRAJAN: Collect and catalog all of the various localization and censorship accounts of past video games into a single repository from these sources: romhacking.net The_Cutting_Room_Floor/tcrf.net Segaretro.org https://redirect.invidious.io/channel/UCFItIX8SIs4zqhJCHpbeV1A Examples: http://archive.vn/XQOHW Sony's policies forces censorship; JP devs allegedly have to go through ENG approval process: https://archive.fo/awzFF - Japanese blog post about it: https://archive.fo/bF9bE Sony Japan President Says PS4 Censorship Policy Is To Match Global Standards And Protect Kids: https://archive.fo/U3GLa - Confirms censorship was deliberate: https://archive.fo/XgAgP - No rules for censorship policies, games judged case-by-case: https://archive.fo/37DhK - Marvelous partner starts petition against policy: https://archive.fo/rxQtf https://archive.fo/84UHo • Twitterfags: Tweet with Sony's stock code $SNE so that investors see your tweets and know you're pissed. • Consider spreading OP Timber materials to targets as well: http://archive.vn/URjtu ONGOING TASKS: A. Operation Download And Conquer: Loosen the death-grip of Google that has taken hold of the internet's audio and video services >>>/t/5546 B. Support archive.fo! Accountability needs proof: https://liberapay.com/archiveis/donate C. OP DisNod: Contact the FTC and advertisers about violations and unethical practices http://archive.vn/9bylT D. Internet Censorship happenings: Spread the word about the dangers of FOSTA/CLOUD act/Article 13, etc. https://www.eff.org/de/deeplinks/2020/03/earn-it-act-violates-constitution E. OP End the Era: Dig into resetera and their connections to journos, devs, etc. http://archive.vn/JfuSb Reminders (important, READ THESE!): • Use https://archive.today to deny sites ad revenue and traffic and preserve pages in case they are deleted later • Be civil if you have to argue with people on Twitter, Tumblr or any forum - don't make us look like douchebags • Do not accept requests for any goal, demand lists or personal army requests: https://pastebin.com/p5dVp1e5 • Beware COINTELPRO: The Gentleperson's Guide to Forum Spies: https://cryptome.org/2012/07/gent-forum-spies.htm • STOP REPLYING TO BAITS AND OBVIOUS DERAILMENT ATTEMPTS, JUST REPORT AND FILTER Resources >Summaries of #GamerGate: • https://redirect.invidious.io/watch?v=wy9bisUIP3w - #GamerGate - If It's Not About Ethics • https://redirect.invidious.io/watch?v=5fnRSL3d_xU - #GamerGate in 60 Seconds • https://archive.fo/23Fde - GamerGate: A State of the Union Address >Background and Evidence for #GamerGate: • The #GamerGate Dossier: https://archive.fo/nv1Fb • #GamerGate Wiki: https://ggwiki.deepfreeze.it/index.php?title=Main_Page • History of #GamerGate: https://www.historyofgamergate.com/ • View the timeline links in the Current Happenings section! >Lists: • GG Steam Support & Boycott List: https://v.gd/vzRsRb • Key GamerGate Hubs: https://v.gd/LNJbat >Thread Repository: https://gitgud.io/gamergate/gamergateop/blob/master/ThreadRepository.md ~~https://ggwiki.deepfreeze.it/index.php?title=Thread_Repository~~ >Full OP Text: • Current: https://ggwiki.deepfreeze.it/index.php?title=The_GamerGate_OP >How Can I Help? >>>/gamergatehq/ • All OPs: https://gitgud.io/gamergate/gamergateop/tree/master/Operations • OP Vulcan: Learn logical debating: https://v.gd/Kbzw0L • An Anon's Guide to Twitter; basics: https://v.gd/nwrbYF

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TIGER & Other LCD Games

Damn I really miss these things. They need to make a come back as fully functional 1 bit graphic handhelds. Monochrome LCDs and basic bitch chips are really cheap now.

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NIHON FALCOM THREAD: Forward Relentlessly Edition

I was hoping to make it to the shareholders meeting before the old thread got bumped off but it looks like we'll miss it by a couple of weeks. >Latest News -Falcom's 2024 title is all but confirmed to be Kuro No Kiseki 3. We don't have a title or any details yet, though, and likely won't until the shareholder's meeting in December. -Ys X released on Playstation systems and Switch. As of now, no PC announcement has been made. CLE likely will make one going by their track record, but who's to say when. Durante and his team will eventually make one too, as the norm is now for them to release the Japanese PC version and patch in the localization later. Either way, we likely won't see fan translation efforts until a PC version materializes. Thankfully, the Switch version will at least mean easy access to the Japanese script, which was a major problem when trying to translate Kuro 2. Speaking of... -Kuro no Kiseki 2 has had it's main and sub scenarios translated. That is to say, main quest, side quests, events noted on the map and connect events. Most NPCs are still machine translated. This is following Kuro no Kiseki 1 which was completely translated down to the last NPC. This was all done before NISA even officially announced their Kuro localization. As long as they remain three years behind, this should stay the norm. >Fan-translations Kuro no Kiseki 1 Translation: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1nN-39bcBkES4Wg-3-rGlRqTARuQhGybB?usp=sharing Kuro no Kiseki 2 Translation: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/120XMXZinIOWUvzyFZj4bZRYBSoZGMChO?usp=drive_link Hajimari no Kiseki Translation (NPCs incomplete. You might also have to use the CLE PC version and not Durante's. Not sure.): https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1WpcNwWXIAdrEitf7z0nIM6sZF7t3pQmw Ys Memoire: The Oath in Felghana English patch: https://files.catbox.moe/f9gv0g.zip >Undubs Mega of every undub: https://mega.nz/#F!k5ZjwTCD!A4Uyb67OpQQ_qCoB-zvx0g Merge the JP voices and Dummy files into one folder and dump that folder into the voice folder. >Falcom pastebin (download links for scans, Falcom Magazine volumes, soundtracks and more) pastebin.com/G2mswYCt >Previous Thread: https://archive.ph/k1XLz

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Sony may be buying Kadokawa

Sony Group Corporation in talks to acquire Kadokawa Corporation https://archive.ph/5paYG >Sony Group Corporation is in talks to acquire Kadokawa Corporation, according to a Reuters report citing two sources familiar with the matter. >Talks between the two sides are reportedly ongoing, and a deal could be signed in the coming weeks if successful, the sources said. >Sony Group Corporation declined to comment when asked by Reuters. Kadokawa Corporation said it could not comment. I would like to inform people that this isn't Sony Interactive here in America. This is Sony HQ in Japan (Which makes things a hundred times worse): https://infogalactic.com/info/Sony And here is a list of all of Kadokawa's current assets: https://archive.ph/WbpFw#Group_companies In addition to video games, they also own book publications, film divisions, and NicoNico (Japanese JewTube). Everything about this deal is bad and no one is happy as the acquisition would result in Sony controling the overwhelming majority of Japanese entertainment.

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When will the false dilemma end?

Why is there no such thing as a plot-driven open world game? Why do all developers seem to have this brain parasite that only allows them to make great, compelling and memorable narratives *OR* huge, exciting and completely seamless world to explore, but *NEVER* the two things together? No, excuses such as "open world and plot-driven are inherently incompatible" are 100% bullshit because there is no conceivable reason why that should be the case. As a thought experiment, take Xenoblade Chronicles X, probably the best open-world ever made, but practically devoid of story; now imagine it having the story of Xenogears; or, better yet, imagine if Xenogears got remade with an open world in the same exact style as Xenoblade Chronicles X. Would that somehow magically make the world or exploration any less compelling? No, it wouldn't, in the slightest. Would the story somehow magically lose its power? Again, no. No reason why it should. So, why?

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Metaphor: ReFantazio thread

I'm the OP of the original thread and since the last thread got ruined by autism. I decided to make a new thread focusing on discussing the game and making OC. Since I'm one of the maybe three people on this whole board playing, I'll give my impressions and speculations. >This game was rushed in aspects >The game does have Romance but it's half assed in the weirdest ways >Localisation is ass >Bong VAs are tolerable but JP is always better >Game isn't sjw but pretty critical of all the character's respective ideologies >It's genuinely critical of the MC's idealism >He and the party accept that they've been naive at certain realties >The rival throne candidates's views are also pointed at being flawed having pros >Some more incorrect then others (The eat the rich beast girl is given a nasty wake up over her fantasy Marxism for one example) >Game is much more traditional JRPG meets SMT meets FF style job system meets modified Persona links >The tolerance virtue is a lot more nuanced then what twitter sjws or RW twitter grifters would tell you >Some of the Not social links are clearly romantic in nature but Atlus cut them >Speculate they wanted to test the waters by not fully adding it but not fully removing it either >Think they'll cave with a "Throne edition" that adds full on romance and other stuff that was cut >They cucked out on giving true changeable gear >You can change weapons and buy armour >But save for costume skins they don't change outward party appearance when you put on armour from a shop >Like XB2 you can chain combos with your party with the press turn system >PC version despite denuvo hasn't ran like ass on my five year old rig <I'm just as surprised as you anons >Strohl and the male party members are bros >Hulkenberg might be best girl due how much of a spergy dork she is Note there is a way to play the full game by hacking the demo, which I'll try looking for.

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Minor News Thread

Basically this is a thread for those minor news articles that are interesting but not necessary big enough to have their own thread. We will be taking the bigger stories from these threads and making them into their own threads, Anons are welcome to do the same. We will NOT be heavily enforcing these threads, so please keep that in mind. Basically things like game announcements, live stream events, new gaming hardware, etc. should have their own threads while shit like NEW GUILTY GEAR DLC 3 "SLAYER" or something like that should be posted in this thread. While we won't ban anyone for doing the former, we encourage anons to use their best judgement when posting news content.

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Can someone please make a list of all jRPGs that match the description in pic related? Right now the only ones I know are Tales of the Abyss and Tales of Vesperia. Does anybody know other ones?

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Post about games that you just FINISHED

I seem to be getting the strange feeling more and more that the Anons who keep posting about the games they're "playing" never actually finish those games. As in they just drop the game after a certain point and lose interest in it for whatever reason (Even if it's a great game). So, to remedy that, let's have this thread, where Anons boast about crossing off another title on the backlog. And, to guilt all the other Anons into doing the same.

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Game of the Month #15 (December's Long Haul): Lobotomy Corporation (PC)

>What is this? This is exactly how it sounds: A game is chosen each month (which will be relatively or totally obscure on purpose) with hopes of bringing new avenues of playing potential to anons with narrow video game perspectives. The goal isn't necessarily to pick bad games, but obscure ones nobody, or as few people as possible, have played. You can play the game and then use that fact as bragging rights to others! You can use it to broaden your backlog horizons! or you can forget about it. It's up to you. THIS MONTH: Lobotomy Corporation (PC) >Where do I get this? aHR0cHM6Ly9tZWdhLm56LyMhc1JOSFNJYUIhbGh1QVRaQWptbUFmQVNTWnZMaUdHeVBWNVZvWUJrZkx3dF9OeGd2UHljSQ== aHR0cHM6Ly9tZWdhLm56LyMhaFZ0Z2pDQlEhN0xRS1ozN2kxdWZKdFlBUENST19lWE9GTE90NFdfdUFmdFUweU5QMnNqZw== >Next Month For January, the theme will be One Coin January! Poll: https://poal.me/4vqyi4 In honor of the long defunct /1cc/ board, next month's games will be all about Arcade titles. More specifically, the entries must pertain to one or more of the following categories: - The game is a pure Arcade game that can be emulated with MAME or similar emulators (i.e. Sunset Riders for Arcade cabinets); - The game is a remake of an Arcade cabinet (i.e. THE HOUSE OF THE DEAD: Remake); - The game is a port of an Arcade game (i.e. Virtua Striker 3 (Ver. 2002)); - The game is a collection of Arcade titles (i.e. Namco Museum Vol. 1). BONUS ROUD As the entries are all titles that can be reasonably beat within a couple of hours at best, in January we will celebrate the new year with THREE games being voted as the Games of the Month! So don't forget to make your voice heard! GUIDELINES FOR FUTURE GotMs: If you do not like any of the games in the poll, you can either add a new entry manually, or reply to the OP with a different suggestion. Don't come crying to me if you don't like the game, blame democracy. If you DO suggest a game though, please, report all relevant information on the game (magnet/dl link, interesting mods, guides, tutorials on tech, speedrun etc.). Feel free to suggest any and every game you can think of, bonus points if it's games that barely anyone has played or talks about in the [Current Year] or that fit the month thematically. However, try and follow these rules: 1) No game that relies on modern hardware. If the game cannot be pirated or emulated properly, or no working emulator for the game exists, most people won't be able to enjoy it, rendering the thread kind of pointless; 2) No always-online games, meaning no live service games or mobile games that are dependent on external servers, unless a backup instance of said servers has been created by its fans or the offline content is significantly larger than the online content; 3) For multiplayer games, provide only free to play games that let players create their own servers, or games with local multiplayer that can be set up to play online (requires someone to be a hostfag, or, and may Allah forgive me for uttering these words, using Parsec); 4) No game that requires gimmicky controls to be enjoyable (guitar pedals, Wiimotes, cameras etc.) unless they can be easily remapped or translated into some other control scheme. Previous Games of the Month: https://unknown.spam/p58zse2f OP Copypasta: https://unknown.spam/akaqy3oq

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Gachashit Ghetto - Mobage Galore

Aka be glad (((Tel Aviv))) only knows how to make Raid: Shadow Legends edition. Given how many anons here play these titles and request an area to discuss them beyond Blue Archive >>1034800, given how many JP devs have fled to mobile as some of their more senile contemporaries chase the dead ESG gold rush, given how the bishoujo market is concentrated in mobage, and given how many players have actually banded together and organized to repel and BTFO globohomo as of late, I think a mini >>>/vmg/ is warranted. As OP I however get to christen it a "ghetto" until somebody else takes over the succeeding OPs. Do note that all discussion related to the technological and industry dynamic shifts these live services (yes they are live services) propose as well as topics directly pertaining to their cross-platform nature (i.e talking about how Aether Gazer is available on both PC and mobile or the number of gacha games on Steam) should be directed to this thread instead >>986877 If you want to discuss, say, how Lies of P and Brown Dust 2 were both developed by Neowiz, or how neato Versus and Relink are as part of Cygames' Granblue Fantasy IP, do it over there. You can talk about Action Taimanin's 4th anniversary, you can't talk about how well it runs on PC here. Non-gacha MMOs should also be directed to the existing MMO thread >>897003 Post memes, post updates to your chosen main gacha, post liveblogs of your playthroughs, post artdumps, post collabs, post obscure JP and about-to-EOS gachas, post about how the fuck match-three RPGs are still on the market, post about Senran Kagura New Link and Dead or Alive: Penis Vacation, complain about drama and monetization and mixed toilet games and girls trying to push their otome bishie gachas, just make your contributions high effort and high quality and try to max out 8chan's 5-file 50MB upload limit. You are allowed to be horny about certain characters, but your posts about them must be substantive (no >>>/vb/ template posting, for example). <geez, are you smug's owner No, I care about digital hygiene and board nettiquette. NEWS AT A GLANCE Going to try to hash out a format since this is very new for 8/v/. >GFL2, the successor to many anons' favorite gacha circa 2017, is set to come to Global this fall with a closed beta test and prereg being held. (Read: they need that gweilo piggu money.) Luckily, they are cranking up that fanservice, of which I won't post yet because this OP needs to cover multiple titles. >Unluckily, the CN state censor department has randomly struck a bunch of gachas with notices to sharpie over their character designs, the most notable of which was Snowbreak, enrager of BPD harpies everywhere, and Path to Nowhere. For the time being, Snowbreak has elected to use the localization toggle as a way to technically comply with said censor wave while still giving its playerbase what it wants; its future is still uncertain though as the devs continue to give Winnie the Pooh the finger. It seems like more and more that CN devs need to move off West Taiwan's mainland if they are to realize their creative and financial ambitions. >In general, the global economic downturn has meant that the gacha market has slowly been contracting on mobile. PC, however, seems to be booming as devs find that players are willing to open their wallets without having to pay Apple and Gulag the provider tax. >Arknights and Nikke are holding their 5.5 and 2nd anniversaries respectively, with both of them making big stinks about how they have new anime projects in the pipeline, never mind how all people remember from Blue Archive airing is Iori's toes getting sucked. >Azur Promilia has started receiving age ratings in Taiwan. >Mihomo has rebranded its Harvest Moon knockoff project from Asteweave Heaven to Petit Planet. >Uma Musume is gearing up for a global release. When? Not clear. This is for umaanon though. >Infinity Nikki is making waves as a big open world gacha that Soyny is banking on to get some crumbs after chasing off every Asian third party in existence. >Persona X, the one with the hag, has been spotted on Steam's database as coming to Global on PC. >Atelier Resleriana seems to want to apologize for Koei Tecmo's egregious globohomo censorship by parading the cast out for the obligatory summer event with bikini and swimsuit costumes. Unfortunately, it doesn't undo the fact that policore safety shorts are being slapped everywhere faster than pedophiles can slap children's asses. >Tribe Nine is a thing. Came and went on Steam Next Fest. >Dead or Alive: Penis Vacation is pushing out Prism onto consoles, but the original gacha still exists in its glory. >I'm going to go out on a limb and start editorializing, because Netease has the unenviable task of trying to sell Destiny Rising to the gacha demographic and it is hilarious. Yes, I'm sure pronouns are going to help it compete with big titty anime girls. --- ///I would put resources to combat gaming and gambling addiction here...if I HAD ANY\\\ Play responsibly and don't pay any money, how about that. Should be the norm but we have an awful lot of newfags here on the younger side who have yet to benefit from elders' experience.

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Fighting Game Thread: RONALDO CONFIRMED FOR BRAWL Edition

>News: <SEGA confirms Virtua Fighter 6 https://archive.ph/wFc6J <Aquapazza: Aquaplus Dream Match Coming to Steam in 2025 https://archive.ph/ce14F https://store.steampowered.com/app/3229260/AQUAPAZZA_Aquaplus_Dream_Match/ <Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. coming to Steam sometime this month or next month >check the embedded trailer silly https://store.steampowered.com/app/3112260/Virtua_Fighter_5_REVO/ <Tekken 8 Confirms Appearance At The Game Awards >probably a guest character https://archive.ph/MzWcd <Ken, Chun Li, and Cristiano Ronaldo are confirmed DLC for Fatal Fury: City Of The Wolves https://archive.ph/SmVVi https://archive.ph/ZN2NM <Young Ladies Don't Play Fighting Games is getting an anime https://archive.ph/wip/0ffFL Oh, and if you're sick of the modern gaming autism then just play Third Strike or Guilty Gear: https://fightcaderoms.com/

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So new AI has had some time to mature. Are there any games that make good use of it as tactical and strategic opponents in any genre aside from chess and such? Any smart RTS game? An adventure game where others in the world have their own agendas? An RPG with opponents that are smart with their weapons and the territory or a companion with unique lines and an ability to use tactics?

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RTS/Strategy thread

Post your favorite quotes, talk about your favorite or old games, shitpost, discuss upcoming stuff. Upcoming stuff: >Company of Heroes 3 >Homeworld 3 >Sins of a Solar Empire 2 >Ratten Reich >The Great War Western Front >WarNo >Broken Arrow >Xenonauts 2 >Touhou Empires >Men of War 2 >Tempest Rising >SeaPower A remaster of Tiberian Sun/Red Alert 2 much like the OG would be nice, though I doubt they wouldn't fuck up the spritework on them since that has way higher definition and small details than the original.

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Girls Frontline 2

https://gf2exilium.sunborngame.com/ So this just came out globally recently. Is anyone playing it? Any fans of the original mobage/kusoge? This one plays a lot like XCOM, kind of. The similarities end pretty quickly when compared to XCOM but it's the best one most people will be familiar with. The visual style is 3D anime, but in my opinion, tastefully done. Not a shill by the way

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Shoot em' Ups

Does anyone here play shoot em ups? Let's have a shmup thread! space dad shmups and anime bullet hells alike are welcome. just go for the clear my nigga! >How can i play retro shmups on pc? With shmupmame. it's a fork of mame optimized to reduce input lag as much as possible alongside some other benefits like gadgets and replays. Here's a link to a preconfigured install with the some of the more popular shmups (mostly cave) https://archive.org/details/mature-dot-dodging-games-gaiden-v-1.0.7z of course you dont have to use shmupmame, you could use mame, fbneo, retroarch, or even support the official ports on steam/switch. What matters is actually playing the games! >What about touhou? Here's a collection of all the games with the english patch preinstalled. https://nyaa.si/view/1743411 What games in the genre are you favorite? What games are you trying to 1cc currently? I'm a total shitter trying to get my skills up, but I'm closing in on a Deathsmiles clear.

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Statlet and Waldorf Thread: The Game Awards Post Show

With the inclusion of Statler and Waldorf as the best parts of that shitshow, I found this twitter template and think it's a great opportunity for anons to make some great jokes at the expense of the show. Let's get creative, shall we? Posting the template first and then the examples (courtesy of @oreste_comics)

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Old 8/v/ Nostalgia Thread

Post what you've got. I have more stuff on my computer but it's going to take some time find it all.

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Blue Archive new thread

Making a new thread for the hit game taking the comiket doujin world by storm! The last thread >>793596 hit the bump limit, so I decided to make a new one as well considering we're close to the anniversary events >What is Blue Archive? A mobile game on iOS and Android, you play as a male teacher in a world where the only other humans are all female. Command your students as you take down enemies and learn about the world you've been thrust into. You're sure to find a favorite among the many students available to you. Also the soundtrack of the game is easily top tier. >Is this a gacha game? Yeah, it's a mobage, but F2P users are capable of winning as well on their own pace, and in the late-game, the gap between F2P and P2W is very small indeed - perhaps even nonexistent. Many of the students in this game are available for free (and useful on raids) without even rolling once in the gacha system (Over time you have a chance at unlocking students by beating the hard mode levels) >Are the girls cute? Yes For the loli fan out there, sate your thirsts on this game with the most lolis per capita out of every mobage out there. For the hagfan or oppailoli fan, this game can cater to your needs as well. >Isn't this game censored? Since China doesn't like nudity in any fashion, the game was split so that the chinks have their own censored version. The NA and JP versions are unaffected and the lolis untouched. >Can I play it on my PC? Yes, with the mobile phone to PC emulator LDPlayer or Bluestacks >How do I play? Here are some useful links https://bluearchive.nexon.com/home https://rentry.org/how2playba

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ITT: Characters that flopped and how they could've been salvaged

With pic related, I think he could've been much better if he had been programmed to be a more cerebral boss fight where you have to flexibilize your strategies in order to beat him, possibly based on your class and those of your party members. Snipe your big guns, suppress your sniper, maybe some weird supertech that lets him cuck your biotics, and so on. If you rely on one playstyle for most of the game and get complacent he'll wreck your shit and force you out of your comfort zone. His tactics evolve across his multiple boss fights and you have to keep up and avoid stagnating or relying too much on one thing, as well as beat him to the punch. Personality is a more complicated subject. I think he could've benefited from being more no-nonsense, crib off some traits off Shepard to add to his status as an arch-enemy, either bringing his own party members with distinct personalities and skillsets to counter yours or leaning more on his one-man-army hype and make him a cold and detached warrior type. Maybe if you feel adventurous you could have him pick up traits that depends on how you played your Shepard's personality for added contrast. TL;DR: Make him someone you have to struggle to beat, and you WANT to beat to prove yourself superior. What about you? Any characters you could mention that had wasted potential but could've been good?

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Cuhrayzee Vidya

I haven't seen a thread discussing stylish action for a while, let's change that. Honestly I was kinda disappointed with Bayonetta 3, it wasn't nearly as good as the previous two games and I feel basically killed the series seeing as Kamiya left Platinum in order to work at Hamster probably. Still, it's kinda sad that Bayonetta was destined to die a mediocre death. That said as for Bayonetta's twin IP Astral Chain, apparently Nintendo completely owns the rights to that IP now, so hopefully we can see them develop the sequel in house since I would love to see how Nintendo tackles these kinds of games. Other than a few indie games, there's not really much going on with the genre. The Genokids demo was top notch and I highly recommend everyone here give it a chance, but other than that I'm waiting to hear about some surprise hits like Hi-Fi Rush since that was an extremely pleasant surprise and was actually did better than both Microsoft and Bethesda expected it to be. So hopefully we'll see a new Hi-Fi Rush in the future. Other than that, I'm sure Capcom is gonna remake DMC1 or DMC3 at some point in the near future, and like I said before Hi-Fi Rush did surprisingly well. So I strongly doubt the genre is dead, but that it usually takes a bit to get one of these games off the ground since Souls is the hot sauce these days. Still, what cuhrayzee games are you playing right now /v/? I'm going through Ninja Gaiden and God Hand myself, enjoying them as always.

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MOUTHWASHING

Surprised no one here brought this game up, it's an interesting little indie game. It has honestly one of the worst main characters I've seen in a while, not like in a cringe way or a cartoonish way. But someone who'd exist in real life and pull this shit bad kinda way, Jimmy is a genuinely terrible human being.

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Midna

So... if I've found Midna (imp form) unironically sexually attractive phisically, and I've also been attracted to her personality and even her voice since the mid 2000s, what am I? Not a furry, right? She doesn't count as that because she's not an animal, right? This would be closer to finding hot an alien. The thing is, all fuckin' furries must fuckin' hang so I wanna know whether or not I'm one. I hope I'm not. If I am I'll probably have to kill myself.

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Favorite gay character thread

I am going to start with my 2 favourite homos. Takatoshi Hijiyama and Tsukasa Okino. I find their relationship really cute. How Hijiyama will spend a good chunk of his story wondering if he is gay while Okino teases him. Editing the OP because I fucked up the merge

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Xbox will no longer have permanent console exclusives going forward, according to Jez Corden

Xbox will no longer have permanent console exclusives going forward, according to Jez Corden. https://x.com/JezCorden/status/1867407921199362372 >the era of Xbox having permanent console exclusives is over Jez Corden is a generally reliable source.

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Soul Reaver 1&2 Remastered

So I finished getting all the Achievements, in both games of the remaster, and thought I'd give a run-down of things, since currently the remaster has some good points, but is also a bit rough around the edges. When it comes to the Graphics, I'd describe SR1 as the kind of graphical update that is like putting on a par of glasses to see more clearly. The developers of this remaster were able to get the original images that were used for all of the textures, so all the textures in the game are the pretty much the same just in a higher resolution, although at some points it can feel like this added Clarity to everything can remove a some of the grit that the original visuals lend to the art style. There are new character models for every being in the games, and some of SR1's new models now actually have their lips move when they are speaking. SR1 also features a day and night cycle now, which was cut from it's original release. Both games now feature Subtitles, and you can change the Language of the voice acting if you want. When it comes to SR2 the Graphical improvements can feel a lot less noticeable, and there is actually a reason for this. Where with SR1 they were able to use the original assets to make smaller sized textures more clear, SR2 has it's textures stretched over much larger peaces of Geometry, so using those original assets just achieve the same result as they are stretched too far for the texture to look good. Outside the new character models, only smaller objects will have more noticeable improvements due to this. The new character models look good in SR2, but in some cases they can lose a little something during the cutscenes compared to the original models, as the cutscenes are designed with the original models in mind. In terms of gameplay content, the games are very much still the same as they ever were, I think the just streamlined the controls so SR1 and SR2 both use the same control scheme, and you are now a bit more in control of the camera in SR1. There is a Map now for SR1, and when hovering over areas it'll show a notification of the collectables you have or haven't acquired, so that can be useful. The most Significant addition to this remaster is the section for the Lost Levels, it features access to play and explore the cut levels from SR1, which they did need to remove quite a bit from. Now the main negatives of this Remaster is that in its current state it has it's fair share of bugs. I didn't encounter too many in my play time, but others have seen a lot. It's possible for a loading zone to not render the game world right and to just be standing in a black void, until you have the game re-load again. Some people have managed to have block puzzles messed up and be rendered impossible to solve, some have claimed the Night time lighting is way too dark for them, making the game unplayable until day, SR2 just has this Black Cube show up in the Air Forge when viewing the remastered Graphics. Personally I didn't have a bad Experience with this remaster, but it undoubtably needs an update or two, before it's in a complete state.

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Anon's Bizarre Adventure AKA /v/ makes an RPG maker game

What happened to it? I feel like working on it again, but i don't have the latest version. For those that don't know, here’s how it works. Everyone is taking turns downloading the newest version of the game, making contributions before reuploading it for someone else to work on it. Only one person can actively work on it at a time. This is because if two people make overlapping changes to the database, scripts or switches, they will conflict resulting in one person having to redo all their work. Changes to the map and events can be copy-pasted from one version of a project to another so you’re free to work on new maps and new events if its not your turn and add them to the current version of the game once it is your turn. It should work like this. OP posts newest version of the map. The first person (Anon #1) to respond to OP stating that he’s going to work on it becomes the active game dev. Once Anon #1 finishes and re-uploads it, the first person to respond to him gets to work on it. So on and so forth. Additionally, whenever you re-upload a new version, reply to the anchor post, it’ll make things a lot easier. General Rules >Don’t mess with maps, events or anything else you didn’t make. Although, adding minor stuff like a connection between two areas or fixing bugs and typos is all fine. >If you’re ok with others editing your stuff, leave a note saying so. >You’re free to add characters and the like, to the inter-dimensional tavern. >You’re also free to make changes to game settings, unless its something we’ve agreed upon (we’ll probably do this via a poll) >We also have a dedicated board now >>>/bizarre/ come post and check it out! (The exact way we use, and the general purpose of the board in relation to the threads on /v/ will probably change change over time. However there will always be threads maintained on /v/, regardless of what happens on the board.) Current version of the game: UNKNOWN! I HAVE 0.55 BUT I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S THE LATEST ONE. IF YOU HAVE A LATER VERSION AVAILABLE POST IT! RPG Maker VX ACE magnet: This one contains all the DLC 76UC6DG7 Sprites and stuff: Feel free to steal https://rpg-maker-artists.deviantart.com/gallery/25208345/RPG-Maker-Sprites You can also steal more shit from the XV Ace steam workshop using this http://steamworkshopdownloader.com/ Archive of Previous Thread: https://8kun.top/v/res/16890428.html (Threads here aren't archived) FAQ >How do I RPG Maker VX Ace? Here’s a good tutorial series if you want to learn how to use it. inb4 jewtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzqt1PzBxxQ&list=PLzevVXwTX9wipsdJnTsuzUoCLb9v5npat >What about RPG Maker MV? We decided in the last thread that we’re using VX Ace. We’re not changing this again. Get it out of your head right now. If you made content in MV you’ll have to back port it to VX Ace. It sucks, but we’re not doing any more engine changes. >Why don't you fucks use version control? Like RPG Maker MV, we tried that and the project died. Nobody wanted to learn git. It can't be helped. Plus someone needs a (((premium))) account if we want the project to be private. >Are you guys affiliated with [PUT ANY OTHER /v/ PROJECT HERE] No, the group creating this game is not a stable dev group and is only comprised of random anons who get interested in the project enough to start developing is. >Add X to the Game! Suggestions are fine, but if you want something added to the game. DO IT YOURSELF. Its not that hard. >What should I add? Go nuts, add whatever the hell you like! (However, please keep in mind that if the filesize of this project gets too large it’ll become unruly to work with. So please be somewhat conservative when adding large music or .ogv files.) >Is OP a faggot? Yes. Forever and ever.

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Games that made you feel

This thread isn't specifically about sadness, it can be a wide range of things. Wherever you felt surprise at how good or shit a game was, anger due to something that happened in game or external factors, excitement at an unexpected announcement or at an extremely cool set piece or moment, as long as the game elicited a strong emotion out of you while playing. You can go with something that you played recently or one of your favorite games. I'll give one of my favorites, Nier Automata. It's a basic choice, but it's the first time I remember a game being able to make me react to something strongly. I had already thoroughly enjoyed the game but by the time I had gotten to Ending E and the credits sequence the game really got to me. It was amazing, the way the music was synced to the scene and how hopeful it felt after seeing so many characters die shitty deaths just really hit hard. It's the second time a game has gotten me teary eyed. Looking forward to hearing what you anons have to say!

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The Elder Scrolls thread

We have furries and they're all addicted to crack. Covering the basic news. >The Elder Scrolls VI is officially in early development, all eagerly await its 2065 release to play a TES game with even fewer RPG mechanics. >Daggerfall Unity is leaving Beta and considering a full 1.0 release, the in-dev 0.16 release being the earliest candidate. This would mark the completion of its 9-year development and the first major TES engine port to be finished. The project will enter a stage of "post-release support" likely involving bug fixes and further modding improvements. >Skyblivion posted a new status report, showing major progress. There's too much to cover, I recommend watching their 2023 roadmap if interested https://yewtu.be/watch?v=H1q1nXLDjB8

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Shin Megami Tensei Thread

Just an SMT General thread since the previous one's now gone and I wanted to post some news in regards to SMT V. There's a trailer for the new SMT V: Vengeance and there's been some new content reveals so far for both the English & Japanese versions of Both Trailers. >Protags friends can be used as extra party members as previously revealed but they take up a slot in your combat party. >Introduction of teleporters that function similarly to leylines without loading transitions within the overworld. >Azazel and Mastema are confirmed with the former revealed as an obtainable demon fusion. >You fight all four of the Qadištu at some point and the fight has up to five press turn actions. >They have an AOE Alimighty magatsuhi skill called Qadištu's Entropy that fully heals all of the Qadištu and deals damage on all targets with heavy damage. >Lilith's Skill Earth Mother can nullify physical attacks and remove Debuffs. >Naamah's Capitulate to pleasure removes all stat buffs. >Could be a scripted boss fight considering the cutscene that follows it up has Nahobino Acquiring a new ninja-esque form. > A New Area known as the Shakan that relates to the transformation and the form has a 4x hit Hama skill called Paraselene Blur. >More scenes involving Khonsu implying greater plot relevance this time. >You can play as Nahoheeho in the overworld after encountering him at some point. >Confirmed New demons in the trailer are Amabie, Gurr/Gurulu, Azazel, Mastema, and Kinmamon.

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Loli games

With the demo confirming Dragon's Dogma 2 is shit, even beyond lack of loli MC, let's talk about games that do let you play as a loli. Any recommendations for games not on this chart? With mods Mount and Blade II: Bannerlord lets you play as a loli using base game assets. It's a pretty fun experience. During Early Access they actually had nipples and a barbie doll lower half, but this was changed near the final version. Since the same update made everyone's underwear part of their body, it's likely due to consoles than specifically anti-loli. Anyone know if there's a mod to restore these bodies? I haven't played in a year and I'm hoping for a new land mod to release in a playable state before giving another go with my new GPU. Fallout 3, New Vegas, Skyrim and Fallout 4 all let you play as a loli with mods (3 also makes you play as a loli during a brief tutorial section). Unfortunately most clothing/armor doesn't really fit your character (at best she'll grow boobs) and only Fallout 4 has a mostly complete set of alternate models for clothing (I think there was also a mod for Skyrim to dynamically resize things but I have no idea what it was). Otherwise it works pretty well and is pretty fun. Only reason to play Fallout 4. The demo for the new Alone in the Dark is a short prologue starring a little girl in a dress. Has anyone ripped the model/used cheat engine freecam/etc. to see if she's properly modeled or if the devs took the cowardly way out?

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Super Mario /v/orld Thread

>What's this? A SMW romhack filled with player-made levels. >This is a cuckchan ROMhack, isn't it? Yes, but it's fun. SOURCE: >Sites with fan arts and game files https://longc.at/vhacks.html >SNES Emulator [Use to play .smc games] https://www.emulator-zone.com/snes/ >Super Mario World - Short4Sure.sfc [Ayamari's short game] https://files.catbox.moe/clsq99.smc >Super Mario /v/orld.sfc https://files.catbox.moe/6369aw.zip (v. 1.33) https://longc.at/vorld1.html >Super Mario /v/orld 2 - Moot Point.sfc https://files.catbox.moe/pf3trm.zip (v. 1.1) https://longc.at/vorld2.html >Super Mario /v/orld 3 - New Vegas with fan art from site included https://files.catbox.moe/gk3ctj.zip without fan art included (much smaller download) https://files.catbox.moe/qjn6xc.zip (v. 1.09) https://longc.at/vorld3.html Super Mario /v/orld New Vegas : Attempts to make Vivian James sprite playable for 8moe https://files.catbox.moe/74ytlm.rar >End of /v/orld [Browser game, not ROMhack] https://notvhack.itch.io/vhack --- >[Mostly] Finished and Ready To Use Sprites [Part one].zip https://files.catbox.moe/b4qqx9.zip >WIP SMV3 CHARACTERS [Part two of the file].zip https://files.catbox.moe/79c431.zip

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#GamerGate + #NotYourShield [#GG + #NYS]:Feeling Peachy Keen Edition

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/v/ is formally invited to the /christmas/ interboard event of 2024

Merry Christmas, anon. You are invited to this year's >>>/christmas/ event. This project aims to gather anons from different board from inside and outside 8chan and hang out together and have fun. The planned date is December 14 and 15, so I hope I'll see you there. If you have any questions about the event, please make me know here or in the organization thread >>>/christmas/3691

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Game Awards 2024 Thread

IT'S OVER IT'S TIME FOR THE BIGGEST VIDEO GAME EVEN OF THE YEAR™..... ARE YOU EXCITED TO VOTE FOR YOUR TOTALLY UNBIASED SELECTION OF THE BEST VIDEO GAMES OF THE YEAR? READY OR NOT, IT'S COMING..... Who do you wish to win? Who do you think will win? What funny shenanigans will occur this time? Will Geoff Keighley drop the facade that he isn't just a paid industry shill who should fuck off and realize he will never be taken seriously no matter how many big events he plans like this?

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God Games

>tfw the only decent modern God Game is worldbox. This thread is to talk about the almost dead genre of God Games a simulation subgenre where you play as the almighty deity and watch shit unfold or at the very least manipulate a somewhat complex simulation to get a specific outcome. Examples include Sim Earth, Worldbox, Black and White games and some other. >Do City Builders count? Depends. I personally don't count them in the genre as I believe that God games are about manipulating a sandbox environment and watching shit unfold rather than about solving logistical challenges and city planning, but some people consider it a part of the genre. >What are the good games? EarthSim, Black and White, Wordlbox and that's about all of the ones that I could find. Galimulator is also a thing if you want to do nothing more than just watch things unfold rather than have more control over the simulation. Species is incredibly janky and also in the "watch shit unfold" category but it's a cool evolution simulator. You can change the way that things evolve by introducing different environmental challenges or fucking with their genetics to see what kind of abominations you will come across. Some people consider Spore a part of this category, I would not agree with them but if you can get over the pain of not getting the version promised to you it can still somewhat scratch the itch.

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Animated PNG thread - Rebuilt Geocities Edition

Suggested from >>1031266 in the sexy sprite thread The idea is very simple: You take your GIFs & convert them to APNG. Why would you want to do this? Let me explain >APNG is usually smaller in file size vs. GIF while still maintaining the same quality >thus, APNG images in posts endlessly loop without having to click on them due to the smaller filesizes. <GIF animations not so much even with the fewer frames of animation Based on my testings, here is what I have determined to get working APNG animations on the posts in this site >must not exceed above 25.00 KB in file size >must not exceed above above 220px x 220px in image size Use this website to convert your GIFs to APNGs: https://ezgif.com/gif-to-apng Then repost them if they meet the above criteria.

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Slay the Princess: Pristine Cut

Recently played STP and has surprisingly fun time with it. I thought it'd be doki or Stanley Parable clone but it ended up being this bizarre horror love story. The director's cut is this fall and thought it's a better time to discuss this weird little game. What routes were /v/'s favorites?

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The Video Game Industry is imploding

I wanted to make a thread for this since it seems every day there's either a massive amount of industry layoffs or some publisher splitting off. Most recently Toys for Bob and Saber Interactive have split from their previous holders with rumors of Gearbox being sold off or going private after splitting off from Embracer like Saber just did. Additionally 505 have just shut down a bunch of offices in Spain, Germany, and France. Since just last holiday there have been over 15,000+ layoffs in the video games industry with a lot of companies restructuring like Embracer and Sony after deals with the Saudi's and the Chinese have basically gone sour. This is in addition to games like Spider-Man 2 (2023) costing over 300 million dollars and with the constant failures of live service games, it makes sense why the industry is experiencing a soft crash as it were. It remains to be seen what will come of the video games industry and what will rise from the ashes. I'm expecting to see more smaller publishers pop up while the current publishers will focus on making smaller games with tighter budgets. That being said no one really knows where the industry will go from here. sources: https://archive.ph/YI6OK https://archive.is/ZzK5C https://archive.ph/3z9RF

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Unicorn Overlord a masterpiece you should not buy

/v/ I'm here to say after playing it via emulation of the Switch version that Unicorn Overlord is a masterpiece , 10/10 and as the kids would say GOAT. If not for the fact Elden Meme's DLC is coming out and the potential of Metaphor: ReFantazio, I would say this is JPRG of 2024 hands fucking down. This might even surpass Odin Sphere: Leifthrasir , Dragon's Crown and 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim as Vanillaware's best game, it's that fucking good. <But anon you just spend the first bit of this post practically on the knees sucking it off why are you saying not buy it? The localisation of this game is not great and if you're a Vanillaware fag like I am you should not support the English version of this game period, if you want to support Vanillaware go buy a JP copy of this from Amazon jp or other moon storefront. Yes it's not totally pozzed like say FE or others have been but it still changes the tone and intent of the game >WHO CARES IF THE DIALOGUE IS FLOWERY ANON? You should care as it's still an alter of the original work and an utter disrespect of Vanillaware >WHERE IS THE PC VERSION YOU NIGGER? There is none as for whatever reason the CEO of Vanillware is super butthurt towards PC as platform, which is a shame as the mods of this game would be amazing and patches to unfuck the localisation would also be very welcomed. I think this would've added another 500k sales or even more if it was on steam as let's face it consoles are pretty much dying, even in Japan PC has gotten pretty big (not big enough where it's fully taken over like the west and Slavland), even Atlus was scratching their heads on why Vanillaware asked them to not allow a PC version. >DOES THIS GAME HAVE WAIFUS? Yes it does and they are all amazing but if you're a hag lover like myself Yahna is best girl. >WHERE CAN ONE EUMLATE IT? Ryujinx is what I used and I'm unsure if there are others, so perhaps a kind anon could correct me. <Closing notes If you're looking for something that beats modern FE(FE: Three Houses wasn't too bad but I understand why people might not care for it) this next to StellaGlow will fill that Strategy JRPG niche. How many hours you anons put into it and and who were your favourites? Also SCARLETT A SHIT!

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S.T.A.L.K.E.R thread

STALKER 2 development blog just released with some gameplay >TAA everywhere >Generic visuals and music >FarCry towers >Yellow paint on wood boards and stairs as a "clue" >Press X to use canned animations >Console gameplay >Console UI >Creative Director is a woman Fucking hell, it hurts

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Emulation Megathread

What games are you emulating? What do you need help emulating? Post screenshots of games you are emulating. Discuss games you are emulating. Discuss hacks of games you are emulating. ROMs https://r-roms.github.io Emulators Nintendo Entertainment System https://github.com/SourMesen/Mesen2 Super Nintendo Entertainment System https://github.com/SourMesen/Mesen2 https://nightly.link/bsnes-emu/bsnes/workflows/build/master Nintendo 64 https://github.com/ares-emulator/ares/releases https://github.com/simple64/simple64/releases https://github.com/Rosalie241/RMG/releases GameCube/Wii https://dolphin-emu.org/download/#download-dev Wii U https://github.com/cemu-project/Cemu/releases Nintendo Switch https://gamebanana.com/tools/16395 https://www.softpedia.com/get/Gaming-Related/Ryujinx.shtml Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance https://mgba.io/downloads.html#current-downloads Nintendo DS melonds.kuribo64.net/downloads.php Nintendo 3DS https://github.com/PabloMK7/citra/releases Sega Genesis https://github.com/ares-emulator/ares/releases Sega Dreamcast https://redream.io/download https://github.com/flyinghead/flycast/releases PlayStation https://github.com/stenzek/duckstation/releases PlayStation 2 https://pcsx2.net/downloads PlayStation 3 https://rpcs3.net/download PlayStation 4 https://github.com/shadps4-emu/shadPS4/releases PlayStation Portable https://nightly.link/hrydgard/ppsspp/workflows/build/master PlayStation Vita https://vita3k.github.io/#download Xbox https://github.com/xemu-project/xemu/releases Xbox 360 https://github.com/xenia-project/release-builds-windows/releases Arcade https://www.mamedev.org/release.php Flash https://ruffle.rs/downloads FAQ Where do I get BIOS files, prod.keys, NAND dumps, system ROMs, and other firmware? https://emulation.gametechwiki.com/index.php/Emulator_files My PC is a toaster. Are there any emulators I can run? Most emulators of the 16-bit era (fourth generation) and earlier consoles (e.g., Sega Genesis, NES, Atari 2600, etc.) can be run on any PC, even one with a CPU clock speed of below 1 GHz. higan is the only exception because it's highly accurate and requires a 3 GHz CPU for optimal performance. Other emulators such as Snes9x, Kega Fusion, Mesen, etc. can be run on any PC that can run Windows. My save states do not work in the new version of the emulator I downloaded. Why? Save states are not compatible between different versions of emulators, or between different emulators. Don't rely on them. Use real/battery saves which typically can be transferred, even if they need to be converted first. My game isn't working. How do I resolve problems on my own? Emulators can have stable builds that are weeks, months, and sometimes even years old. The "stable" version is often just a randomly picked dev (short for development) version, which is why the latest dev versions should often be preferred, as they solve emulation issues most of the time. If you're using a plugin-based emulator, graphical glitches and sound issues could be solved by changing the settings or using a different, better plugin altogether. Newer, more accurate emulators that do not use a plugin system may also be recommended. Try changing the graphics backend between OpenGL, Direct3D, and Vulkan. Sometimes, questions may have been asked and answered multiple times in the past. Check online. If you still can't find a solution, ask. Provide system specs, operating system, emulator, version, settings, plugins, system emulated, game emulated, and the problem itself.

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Space Marine 2 and 40k thread

Space Marine 2 magnet [DODI repack] - magnet:?xt=urn:btih:d514e812ab7cb3436286b5c1bf654f7c88044a6b FoV mod - https://github.com/St1ckys/SpaceMarine2FovChanger Disable depth of field, vignettes and other stuff - https://www.nexusmods.com/warhammer40000spacemarine2/mods/29 Space Marine 2 sold quite well, about 3M copies and has sizable concurrent players. Last thread anons talked about how Rogue Trader was also a good entry and future 40k titles

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Games in 2024

now that we are on the second half of the year. What games released this year had /v/ played? bonus points if you write what you think about them i only played 3 >Balatro Basically poker but rogue-like it's breddy good, was very fun at the begining but after wining a couple of runs i got bored quickly, but i still once in a while return to it to do a couple of runs. >Crow Country it was a nice surprise, a new survival horror with interesting enemy designs, i haven't played the hard mode added after release so i can't say much about that, but for what i've played, i felt it leaned too much on the easy side. >Nine Sols Hollow knigh meets Sekiro's gameplay. without a doubt my GOTY for this year. is a game that did everything well especially the gameplay, when it click it fucking CLICK, and it has the best bosses in a while.

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ITT: Kusoge you like

I dunno why. But I just like some bad games. Like You are Empty. Despite looking linda like ass, being buggy. Story not making sense and feeling like someone who hit the crackpipe wrote it. And english voiceacting is super bad. But enjoyed playing it. Either because of the depressing soviet artstyle. Or the fine gameplay loop. I just find it fun. What about you anon

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Share Thread - Chaika Forever v2.0

Previous Thread: >>476242 SITES TO FIND SHIT, CHECK HERE BEFORE ASKING Gitgud archive and Volafile are as good as dead and as such have been pruned entirely, don't rely on them for anything. https://vimm.net - Accessible archive of retro console games. https://gog-games.to - Downloads of GOG's titles. Owner throws tantrums a lot so the site occasionally goes down. https://archive.org - Internet Archive, you would be very surprised how much is here if you go looking. https://www.myabandonware.com - Mostly retro PC games, often obscure and "abandoned" titles. The following are cracking/repacking sites. If there's a major release, it'll probably show up on one of these. https://dodi-repacks.site https://kaoskrew.org https://fitgirl-repacks.site Privacy and OPSEC tools Try not to get yourself v&, OK? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anonymous_p2p#List_of_anonymous_P2P_networks_and_clients wiki.installgentoo.com/index.php/Anonymising_yourself privacytools.io thatoneprivacysite.net Emulation Think you're a bad enough dude to emulate games? Be sure to visit our emulation sister thread. >>1028520 For all your emulator needs, see GTW. https://emulation.gametechwiki.com/index.php/Main_Page Want ROMs? No-Intro contains almost everything you'd ever want. https://archive.org/details/ni-romsets Platform-specific resources for trickier emulators. https://wiki.rpcs3.net/ - PS3 https://github.com/xenia-canary/xenia-canary/wiki 360 https://wiki.dolphin-emu.org/index.php?title=Main_Page GameCube and Wii https://wiki.pcsx2.net/Main_Page - PS2 https://yuzu-emu.org/wiki/ - Switch (Now defunct. Must be accessed through Internet Archive.) Guide to a Happy Share Thread >Requesters 1. Before requesting, search online and even use distributed search engines (e.g. InfraSearch, Opencola, YaCy, FAROO). 2. Look in linked sites at the top of the OP 3. Be as specific as possible. A title, release year and cover art will help. 4. Some links might purposely be misleading by having spaces, lines, keys & passwords split in the post. This includes torrent hashes. a. If you see a string of characters (e.g. c12fe1c06bba254a9dc9f519b335aa7c1367a88a) with or without dashes, it is a magnet link. b. If your bittorrent is shit, prepend magnet:?xt=urn:btih: to the string. c. Find and Replace (sed/tr/awk) is your friend. >Uploaders 1. Try to make sure whatever you post isn't infected with 15 different Russian crypto miners. 2. Please make sure your files actually work. 3. If your link is password protected, PLEASE provide it. This isn't Cicada 3301, nobody wants to play riddles. 4. If there are any special provisions in playing a game, such as requiring SmartSteamEmu or a cracked executable, don't assume everybody knows that and provide clear instructions. 5. Try to avoid uploading to sites that require an account or throttle download speed. a. ESPECIALLY not websites that make you jump through hoops to setup an account. Again, nobody likes riddles. b. Websites that limit you to one download at a time or every X number of hours should also be avoided. 6. No "Oh, you can find that on SLSK" or "This private tracker has the upload!". Don't defer to private communities and don't just tell somebody where the files are, actually share them! Most importantly, DO WHAT YOU WANT BECAUSE A PIRATE IS FREE.

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Did Call of Duty kill arena shooters?

I've been thinking about this for a while, mainly after playing a few rounds in the Arcade mode of Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 that came with my Game Pass subscription. Do you guys think Call of Duty killed the modern arena shooter? I'm asking since we don't really have an active platform in these types of games outside small communities that gather together on a Friday night. I'm mainly concerned since I remember looking for a classic FPS to play with a group of 16 people, and I just couldn't find one. The numbers are too little for there to be a sustained player base. This comes after the failure of Halo Infinite which was really killed by Microsoft's desperate desire for a live service game for the Xbox platform. This isn't to say I don't enjoy Call of Duty, as it IS a guilty pleasure of mine to fuck around and shoot people without thinking about it. Although my main concern is that games like Quake don't really exist anymore since there aren't any people willing to join a match at 3AM on a Tuesday, which is sad, but it appears to be the reality of the situation that only games like Call of Duty have the numbers to support a PVP Team Deathmatch like mode. I know Ubisoft tried putting out a F2P version of Call of Duty called XDefiant, although it failed due to Ubisoft refusing to put the game on Steam because they're kinda retarded. What do you think about these popcorn shooters like Call of Duty, Halo, XDefiant, Quake, etc?. Do you think they deserve the fate of being lost to time, or is it just an issue of promotion.

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Nintendo Switch thread

Basically a thread about the Nintendo Switch itself and its library of games, probably with more news on the successor in the following months. Feel free to share what you recently (or previously) played and what are you looking forward to. Notable upcoming releases >ASTLIBRA Gaiden: The Cave of Phantom Mist (October 17th) https://youtu.be/YaOID2PmR7U >Sonic x Shadow Generations (October 25th) >Ryu ga Gotoku Kiwami / Yakuza Kiwami (October 25th) https://youtu.be/1MaIqoYg2TI >STALKER - Legends of the Zone (October 31st) https://youtu.be/-QPR5_n3ZAQ >Mario & Luigi: Brothership (November 7th) https://youtu.be/zF96tpchink https://youtu.be/2LSUAIpUtjU >Dragon Quest III 2D-HD (November 11th) https://youtu.be/Dy7VDHNGEpQ https://youtu.be/fhRxTkwEGu8 >LAPIN (December 5th) https://youtu.be/cXa3PAZZyWA >Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 1 & 2 (December 12th) https://youtu.be/ftGoq2EmdRs >Mystery Walk (December 12th) https://youtu.be/_XtUXecLLL8 >Stray Children (December 26th) https://youtu.be/C9MpwdBmi5c >Freedom Wars Remastered (January 10th 2025) https://youtu.be/feD7epA4CBk https://youtu.be/3D0LX6d--3E >YOBARAI Detective: Miasma Breaker (January 16th 2025) https://youtu.be/2VSTIrans6g >Tales of Graces f Remastered (January 16th 2025) https://youtu.be/xhTr6199NBc >ENDER MAGNOLIA: Bloom in the Mist (January 22th 2025) https://youtu.be/UKWhY22fKU0 >Guilty Gear: Strive (January 23th 2025) https://youtu.be/ByP0f5Y08fk https://youtu.be/rHqlMPRgbV8 >Wizardry: The Five Ordeals (January 30th 2025) https://youtu.be/3WpLXpbiU5w >Utawarerumono Trilogy Set (January 30th 2025) https://youtu.be/sAsmPqk-qxQ >Urban Myth Dissolution Center (February 13th 2025) https://youtu.be/6RewZmb-RFg >Cladun X3 (February 27th 2025) https://youtu.be/-ZUiZ4ewXhY >Suikoden I & II HD Remaster (March 6th 2025) https://youtu.be/VIL88ZqQurQ >Momodora: Moonlit Farewell (Early 2025) >LUNAR Remastered Collection (Spring 2025) https://youtu.be/naWKVl_5-JE >Tokimeki Memorial: forever with you Emotional https://youtu.be/dPVI8tg0jyo >Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma https://youtu.be/idZov-CjcHA <(TBA) >Yu-Gi-Oh! Early Days Collection https://www.konami.com/yugioh/earlydayscollection/ >R-Type Tactics I • II Cosmos https://rtypetactics.com/ >TriggerHeart EXELICA Enhanced https://youtu.be/a1CtyWiOtSI >Tomb Raider IV-V-VI Remastered https://youtu.be/-6zntsnuFjc >Professor Layton and the New World of Steam https://youtu.be/RKwpKw2v6RE >SHINONOME ABYSS: The Maiden Exorcist https://youtu.be/6G_rsNUr_6Q >Gal Guardians: Servants of the Dark https://youtu.be/xl420g0QaEo >Atelier Resleriana: The Red Alchemist & the White Guardian https://youtu.be/ZQXqnr0maj4 >Rusty Rabbit https://youtu.be/SdaP7ARiDMQ >Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky remake https://youtu.be/0vmMaTcluNo >Metroid 4 Beyond https://youtu.be/kZ-Xv5Pw3uA

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Sony reportedly working on new (actual) handheld

Reporting from Bloomberg. https://archive.is/4VRRs Very quick notes, there isn't much to the article so I can condense all its info down. >console is early in production >inspired by the Steam Deck >is what the Portal was meant to be? >planned 8-inches >isn't planned to be new architecture, will be based on the PS5 >likely several years away I wonder if they'll call it the PS5 Portable or the PSP2?

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Advance Wars By Web

Hey anons, do you also enjoy the Nintendo Wars series? How about making some sort of clan (similar to fullderp's) and beat up other Advance Wars players online, or organize ~~gamenights~~ gamedays? https://awbw.amarriner.com/ Wiki, use it to learn the single units' strengths and weaknesses - https://awbw.fandom.com/wiki/Advance_Wars_By_Web_Wiki Useful channels to learn about the intricacies of the game from some top players Deejus (Standard, Fog) - https://invidious.protokolla.fi/channel/UCdVletBUPnDn3199K_PRLKw Go7 (Fog) - https://invidious.protokolla.fi/channel/UCbHQsp34FNSxkyYZDto6pcQ atrueboss (High Funds) - https://invidious.protokolla.fi/channel/UCyobnXFu3iCr2wRyQl0-4UQ There is also Tinywars, if you're into Days of Ruin instead, but I'm not as knowledgeable of the meta. https://tinywars.online/game/legacy/index.html

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Fighting Game Thread: God I hope I can change the face in Tekken 8 Edition

>News: <TEKKEN 8 Stream Confirms Iconic Costumes, In-Game Shop, Eddy Gordo on Character Select / Main Menu https://archive.is/SNs8h <Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves released a new trailer and gameplay information https://archive.is/Ltp8b >Project L Officially Named "2XKO", New Gameplay Trailer, 2025 Release Window Announced https://archive.is/7quK5 >Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising 2B Released, New Trailer / Character Guide, Version 1.21 Update https://archive.ph/EtazP <Street Fighter 6: Akuma DLC teased >EVO 2024 Games List Just look at the embeds <MultiVersus will relaunch on May 28 https://archive.is/EysY7 <Under Night in Birth 2 mostly fixed on PC https://archive.is/TicWs REMINDER Always remember to bully Josh! The only way the bullying will end is when the Gigamaidens finally releases. Which is NEVER Oh, and if you're sick of the modern gaming autism then just play Third Strike or Guilty Gear: https://fightcaderoms.com/

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JRPG/RPG recommendation thread

I'm still new (；^ω^）!

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Dragon Quest General

Do you like playing Dragon Quest, anon? Are you looking forward to Dragon Quest XII or the new Monster spinoff? Which girl is the best girl? Which monster is the best monster?

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Web and Flash Games

Usually these kinds of threads begin with the mandatory "back in my day" type of post, but I really wanted to know something about the anons who were too young to be there when web-based games were the undisputed kings: have you ever played any of these games, and if so, what's your stance on them compared to your other gaming experiences? Also, don't forget to check out the Flashpoint Project at https://bluemaxima.org/flashpoint/ and the very large collection of games they have.

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The cross-platform singularity: the convergence of PC and mobile gaming

I've been struggling to make a thread like this because of how to express such a niche topic that gets zero attention. But here goes: Over the past few years, a certain game Genshit Impact blew up and changed the mobile market completely. A key factor to its success was not only that it was chinkshit BOTW but it was playable outside of muh wife's boyfriend's Switch for "free." Suddenly, the field went from disposable side games played by turd worlders to being taken seriously overnight. And with it came the copycats, and with that came the need to grow and grab more dollars free of Grapple and Gulag's clutches. Thus the PC clients and controller support rolled out. The advent of Unity and Unreal to Eastern devs, combined with chinks and gooks growing up with always online games and expanding in soft power, while the Nipponese gravitate increasingly towards portability, has resulted in a glut of titles that are available on both PC and phones (sometimes web). As more and more of them come out, some of them, in the spirit of Ross Freeman, convert themselves into packaged games you can purchase on retail. Some mobile devs capitalize off their success on phones to develop real hardcore games. Meanwhile, hardcore games have slowly adopted the same live service trappings of mobile titles, and handheld game ports are making more money than ever. <battle passes <microtransaction shops, lootboxes, and gachas <deckbuilding <wikis and metas <"gameplay loops" <limited time collabs and crossovers All the talk about normalfag gamers suddenly discovering indie games is BS as Palworld and Helldivers 2 were both live service games that happened to have the aesthetic of hardcore games. This development is what flash games and handheld titles were leading up to. My thesis is that games will eventually be designed for both mobile and PC from the ground up, due to the rise of the East in influence, and the future of gaming relies on the direction this development takes, for the better or worse. Ideally all games will start out free, replacing traditional demos, but there will be an option to buy the game outright or play it with microtransactions. Alternatively, hardcore games will be ported to ARM as we are starting to see over the years, with Crapple and Microshit making a huge push with ISA translation. Pros >devs essentially have more creative freedom >low budget and barrier of entry, means a return to the PS2 era of development >shift to developing for multiple resolutions which helps with preservation as upscaling and temporal aliasing become more popular; something I've seen that is interesting is that some mobile games are designed at a 1:1 ratio so they can adapt to any screen >smaller gaymen devices are kewl >grawfix will stop being wanked over and focus will be on battery life and thermals instead >hot anime babes will eventually cleanse and purify the Jewish rot of the West Cons <the live service approach is akin to commercial serial storytelling and most of it fucking sucks, especially with the hero collectors <mobile gamers are fucking stupid and the mobile market is predatory; there's increasing tribalism over fucking gachas and online shooters like they're football teams <mobile games tend to have high marketing budgets to try to expand player bases which is not much better than the current triple gAAAy norm <many mobile games are just rehashes of other concepts, not that that changes much either <mobile games developed improperly cause heat issues with devices that only have passive cooling <treadmill work, dailies and external reward campaigns <devs are also stupid as shit, Alchemy Stars is a 2D gacha that is as big as some AAA games in file size, I started this thread because of how some successful mobile games run like shit and are unoptimized on phones <mobile gamers understand nothing about technicals <trannylators Discuss the inane technical, economic and sociopolitical ramifications, like Fortnite and Roblox just being lesser copies of GMod.

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#GamerGate + #NotYourShield [#GG + #NYS]: Happy Thanksgiving Edition

ONGOING DISCUSSIONS >Alyssa Mercante, Other Staff, No Longer Working At Kotaku https://archive.ph/nekgy >HAPPY 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ZOEPOST THAT STARTED IT ALL!: You did it Gaymergays! https://archive.is/5h44h >Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster will not award “Erotica” points for taking cleavage and crotch photos like original https://archive.ph/4sTGR >Game Informer is DEAD https://archive.ph/jWMly >Sweet Baby Inc designer attempts to censor Steam Curator List highlighting which games the company were hired for- has now surpassed 400,000 subscribers https://archive.is/6BHuP https://archive.is/OSsi2 >IGN Entertainment acquires Eurogamer, GI, VG247, Rock Paper Shotgun and more https://archive.ph/HNnJS >Nintendo Of America Appears To Turn ‘Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door’s Character Into Transgender https://archive.ph/4oNPC https://archive.ph/7ASdr >Kotaku Writer Targets YouTuber’s Wife, Game Dev Calls for More https://archive.is/MQCr5 >Deidetected.com Website By Sweet Baby Inc List Creator Kabrutus Launches https://archive.is/jGzXI >Helldivers 2 Community Manager Fired After PSN Controversy; Sony Cancels Mandatory Helldivers 2 PSN Linking Update https://archive.is/7OUyl https://archive.is/9rKLK >Kotaku EIC Resigns Over New Editorial Edict; More staff lay-offs follow Nathan Grayson exits The Washington Post as it shuts down Launcher, their gaming section https://archive.ph/Oojm4 https://archive.is/fo8Qw https://archive.is/B9wT2 >Vice to lay off hundreds of staffers, stop publishing content on its website https://archive.ph/wip/O036P >Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth content being localized during development comes under scrutiny https://archive.is/1b5Dj https://archive.is/8IBSn >Feminist Frequency is dead https://archive.is/gHAZc >Buzzfeed News is shutting down https://archive.is/mI2rz >The Gamer Praises Censorship in ‘Resident Evil 4’ Remake, Claims Original Game’s Panty Shots Encourage “Misogynistic Behaviour In Real Life” https://archive.is/qGtKO >Chris Avellone wins seven figures lawsuit, possible return to video games industry https://archive.is/ZDgT7 >GJP is attacking Valve over not supporting BLM https://archive.vn/12kPM >Nathan Grayson laid off as The Washington Post shuts down Launcher, their gaming section https://archive.is/B9wT2 >Limited Run Games fires employee after complaints over who she follows on Twitter https://archive.vn/obNiJ >Regulators (FTC) Look To Block Microsoft Acquisition Of Activision Blizzard Inc https://archive.ph/rKNDf >EU antitrust regulators to probe Microsoft's $69 billion Activision bid https://archive.ph/SqhgU >IGN Journalist who reviewed The Last of Us Part 2 joins Naughty Dog as Editorial Content Manager https://archive.ph/eTmtu https://pastebin.com/GGG5Kwdr >Arc System Works confirms that Bridget is trans https://archive.ph/lkbiL >Cloudflare bans Kiwifarms https://archive.ph/5ziDX >Ben Kuchera claims he was fired by Vox Media for taking time off to deal with his children being sexually abused https://archive.ph/nB79z >Wiki is up again! https://ggwiki.deepfreeze.it/index.php/Main_Page CURRENT TASKS: 1. OPERATION MAX REVIVE Rebuild the board's userbase and activity through simple, but effective methods 1. Post across the entire board Activity creates activity. Use threads you like, make new ones if topics don't exist. Easy examples are Drawthreads and Friday Night threads, go request or draw something right now. 2. Recruit and recover lost or potential anons Use this site's OC and features to entice anons if necessary when recruiting, just inform that we are alive. Here's some sites and links with at least some confirmed anons that can be recruited again: https://steamcommunity.com/groups/8chotwheels https://steamcommunity.com/groups/SSAVCH https://steamcommunity.com/groups/video_games https://steamcommunity.com/groups/8chmohun https://steamcommunity.com/groups/8chan_monster https://steamcommunity.com/groups/GoodLuckEbolaChan https://steamcommunity.com/search/groups/#text=8ch.net https://steamcommunity.com/search/groups/#text=8chan Other sites that might yield fruitful results and have anons (art sites use an account so you can see 18+ content): https://www.deviantart.com/search?q=Vivian+James https://www.newgrounds.com/search/summary?suitabilities=etm&terms=Vivian%20James https://twitter.com/search?q=Vivian%20James&src=typed_query&f=image https://rpgcodex.net/ https://old.reddit.com/r/KotakuInAction/ Somewhere on Telegram Just searching up GG or 8chan-related terms on certain places/sites can get you possible results. 3. Make your own OC/Memes/Content Doesn't matter what it is even if its just simple edits or full-on drawings or webms, just make it and have fun. Ask in thread for software recs if necessary. 4. Encourage or create fun events, activities, projects, etc. Think things like 8chanmania, weekly streams, re-translation projects, demo days, or zzz's gaming magazine for example. If you want to do something, try making or reviving it, it can't hurt and these things are great for the board. 5. Use other boards All it takes for a board to grow is at least 2 dedicated anons using it. Don't be afraid to make a post, check places periodically, shill, or what have you. Don't force discussions to boards, just encourage the usage of them. 2. OPERATION TRAJAN: Collect and catalog all of the various localization and censorship accounts of past video games into a single repository from these sources: romhacking.net The_Cutting_Room_Floor/tcrf.net Segaretro.org https://redirect.invidious.io/channel/UCFItIX8SIs4zqhJCHpbeV1A Examples: http://archive.vn/XQOHW Sony's policies forces censorship; JP devs allegedly have to go through ENG approval process: https://archive.fo/awzFF - Japanese blog post about it: https://archive.fo/bF9bE Sony Japan President Says PS4 Censorship Policy Is To Match Global Standards And Protect Kids: https://archive.fo/U3GLa - Confirms censorship was deliberate: https://archive.fo/XgAgP - No rules for censorship policies, games judged case-by-case: https://archive.fo/37DhK - Marvelous partner starts petition against policy: https://archive.fo/rxQtf https://archive.fo/84UHo • Twitterfags: Tweet with Sony's stock code $SNE so that investors see your tweets and know you're pissed. • Consider spreading OP Timber materials to targets as well: http://archive.vn/URjtu ONGOING TASKS: A. Operation Download And Conquer: Loosen the death-grip of Google that has taken hold of the internet's audio and video services >>>/t/5546 B. Support archive.fo! Accountability needs proof: https://liberapay.com/archiveis/donate C. OP DisNod: Contact the FTC and advertisers about violations and unethical practices http://archive.vn/9bylT D. Internet Censorship happenings: Spread the word about the dangers of FOSTA/CLOUD act/Article 13, etc. https://www.eff.org/de/deeplinks/2020/03/earn-it-act-violates-constitution E. OP End the Era: Dig into resetera and their connections to journos, devs, etc. http://archive.vn/JfuSb Reminders (important, READ THESE!): • Use https://archive.today to deny sites ad revenue and traffic and preserve pages in case they are deleted later • Be civil if you have to argue with people on Twitter, Tumblr or any forum - don't make us look like douchebags • Do not accept requests for any goal, demand lists or personal army requests: https://pastebin.com/p5dVp1e5 • Beware COINTELPRO: The Gentleperson's Guide to Forum Spies: https://cryptome.org/2012/07/gent-forum-spies.htm • STOP REPLYING TO BAITS AND OBVIOUS DERAILMENT ATTEMPTS, JUST REPORT AND FILTER Resources >Summaries of #GamerGate: • https://redirect.invidious.io/watch?v=wy9bisUIP3w - #GamerGate - If It's Not About Ethics • https://redirect.invidious.io/watch?v=5fnRSL3d_xU - #GamerGate in 60 Seconds • https://archive.fo/23Fde - GamerGate: A State of the Union Address >Background and Evidence for #GamerGate: • The #GamerGate Dossier: https://archive.fo/nv1Fb • #GamerGate Wiki: https://ggwiki.deepfreeze.it/index.php?title=Main_Page • History of #GamerGate: https://www.historyofgamergate.com/ • View the timeline links in the Current Happenings section! >Lists: • GG Steam Support & Boycott List: https://v.gd/vzRsRb • Key GamerGate Hubs: https://v.gd/LNJbat >Thread Repository: https://gitgud.io/gamergate/gamergateop/blob/master/ThreadRepository.md ~~https://ggwiki.deepfreeze.it/index.php?title=Thread_Repository~~ >Full OP Text: • Current: https://ggwiki.deepfreeze.it/index.php?title=The_GamerGate_OP >How Can I Help? >>>/gamergatehq/ • All OPs: https://gitgud.io/gamergate/gamergateop/tree/master/Operations • OP Vulcan: Learn logical debating: https://v.gd/Kbzw0L • An Anon's Guide to Twitter; basics: https://v.gd/nwrbYF

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Game of the Month #14 (Fanservice Frenzy Edition): Pseudoregalia (PC)

>What is this? This is exactly how it sounds: A game is chosen each month (which will be relatively or totally obscure on purpose) with hopes of bringing new avenues of playing potential to anons with narrow video game perspectives. The goal isn't necessarily to pick bad games, but obscure ones nobody, or as few people as possible, have played. You can play the game and then use that fact as bragging rights to others! You can use it to broaden your backlog horizons! or you can forget about it. It's up to you. THIS MONTH: Pseudoregalia (PC) >Where do I get this? https://multiup.org/561d1ade2b2085ad61059aae41a0fd3a GUIDELINES FOR FUTURE GotMs: Poll for December 2024: December's Long Haul! https://poal.me/7yo83j This month we'll celebrate those titles that take absurdly long to beat, let alone 100%, or that take place over the span of an extremely long time, be it years, decades or even eras. Pick any game, as long as it meets the criteria, it can make it to next month's thread! If you do not like any of the games in the poll, you can either add a new entry manually, or reply to the OP with a different suggestion. Don't come crying to me if you don't like the game, blame democracy. If you DO suggest a game though, please, report all relevant information on the game (magnet/dl link, interesting mods, guides, tutorials on tech, speedrun etc.). Feel free to suggest any and every game you can think of, bonus points if it's games that barely anyone has played or talks about in the [Current Year] or that fit the month thematically. However, try and follow these rules: 1) No game that relies on modern hardware. If the game cannot be pirated or emulated properly, or no working emulator for the game exists, most people won't be able to enjoy it, rendering the thread kind of pointless; 2) No always-online games, meaning no live service games or mobile games that are dependent on external servers, unless a backup instance of said servers has been created by its fans or the offline content is significantly larger than the online content; 3) For multiplayer games, provide only free to play games that let players create their own servers, or games with local multiplayer that can be set up to play online (requires someone to be a hostfag, or, and may Allah forgive me for uttering these words, using Parsec); 4) No game that requires gimmicky controls to be enjoyable (guitar pedals, Wiimotes, cameras etc.) unless they can be easily remapped or translated into some other control scheme. Previous Games of the Month: https://rentry.co/p58zse2f OP Copypasta: https://rentry.co/akaqy3oq

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webm thread - No more 360p rips edition

Hey, did you know Bobbypills of Peepoodo fame put out an animated series for Dead Cells? Me neither, but here're the encodes of the first half of the series. >where other half Working on those when the time comes. On another note, have you a moment for the word and gospel of our savior SVT-AV1-PSY? https://github.com/gianni-rosato/aviator (Linux only) https://github.com/Nj0be/HandBrake-SVT-AV1-PSY (All desktop OSes) https://github.com/staxrip/staxrip (Wangblows) >why use this Maximum bitrate efficiency in compression, mah boi. Set speed to 4, CRF to 56, Opus bitrate to 16k, QP compress to 3, and variance octile to 8/8ths and you're off to the races, now faster than ever. Higher resolutions, longer runtimes, the works. With enough ingenuity entire shows and movies can be uploaded here. If you want to stick with VP9 and are on Linux I heartily recommend https://codeberg.org/deterenkelt/Nadeshiko/ as your one-stop shop to eliminate any encoding headaches. Here's to a better 8chan on mark/v/ and no more 360p videos unless they're super long, of course Last bread >>992920

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Steam Controller 2

How much are you looking forward to buying this?

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Atelier Thread: Beginner Friendly Edition

What's your favourite game in the Atelier series? Who is best girl? Where would you suggest newcomers start?

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Elin/Elona Thread/General: 8ternal League of Nefia

Fuck /v/, this is /jp/ territory now. Remember when roguelikes were fun and not just a cynical means of nodevs avoiding having to handmake content? Remember when Elona consumed your life? Remember eating children and rounding up a monster sex slave harem during a run? Lafrontier certainly remembers, and not even (((Unity))) or ///Early Access\\\ can dampen the fun. >Elin Download: https://mega.nz/file/jRd1jKyY#ZylETgXk_FKFKtsIqpcq_7pCMpcQUyZvj6MHW8e3hOk this is last week's version, whatever >Elin Wiki: https://ylvapedia.wiki >Elin Player Guide-Compilation: https://ylvapedia.wiki/wiki/Elin:Player_Guides >Elona+ Custom-GX continued branch: https://github.com/JianmengYu/ElonaPlusCustom-GX >Beginner guide, FAQ and links for Elona+: https://rentry.org/8vkaw >New child mechanics guide for Elona+: https://unknown.spam/xccbd5of >Extra sprites/PCCs: https://elonaup.x0.com/sozai/index.htm

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Lollipop Chainsaw RePOP

This used to be a console exclusive (PS3/X360), but it's out already on PC along with those other new consoles (no word on Steam Deck support yet). There's supposedly no censorship, but the licensed music and DLC are removed. Discuss the gameplay, plot, and more here.

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Shuhei Yoshida to leave Sony Interactive Entertainment on January 15, 2025

“I’m leaving Sony Interactive Entertainment on January 15, 2025…,” Yoshida said in an Official PlayStation Podcast interview. “It’s like announcing the launch date of a new game, [something] I haven’t done for a long time [laughs].” He continued, “I’ve been with PlayStation from the beginning, and this is my 31st year with PlayStation. And when I hit 30 years, I was thinking, hmm, it may be about time for me to move on. You know, the company’s been doing great. I love [PlayStation 5], I love the games that are coming out on this platform. And we have new generations of management who I respect and admire. And I’m so excited for the future of PlayStation. So you know, PlayStation is in really good hands. I thought, okay, this is my time.” Yoshida joined Sony Interactive Entertainment, then Sony Computer Entertainment, when it was still just a department under PlayStation creator Ken Kutaragi. “Ken’s team was doing the development, and there was another team under Sony Music Entertainment Japan making games for Super Nintendo, and that was another small team preparing to make games for PlayStation,” Yoshida said. “So the two teams merged, Ken’s team under Sony and Sato-san’s team under Sony Music Entertainment Japan, to create Sony Computer Entertainment in November 1993. When the company was established as a joint venture, we held a party and everybody was in one room at the hotel [laughs]. I remember we had about 80 people total. We were very small.” Yoshida’s job was to talk to publishers and developers in Japan, making phone calls and visits in hopes that they would make games for PlayStation. Yoshida eventually became president of Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios, today known as PlayStation Studios, before stepping down to lead Sony Interactive Entertainment’s indie games initiative. “When I was managing [PlayStation Studios] working with big studios, making AAA games was great,” Yoshida said. “However, when I went to events like E3 or Gamescom, I always went to the indie game area. And I found games that I liked, and oftentimes the developer was there showcasing it. So I’d take a photo with the developer, trying to help promote these games.” As for what the future holds, Yoshida said while he has no plans yet, he would like to stay in the industry, helping independent game developers. “I have a couple of events to visit. The Game Awards are in December. I have commitments to the Taipei Game Show in January and DICE Summit in February, because I’m on the board… so that I’ll continue to do. But other than that, I have no plan. I enjoy my free time… I would like to continue to help indie developers or indie publishers if they need me. So I’ll probably continue to help these creative, talented indie teams in the future.” Personally I think this is just more signs that PlayStation wants to shed itself of its Japanese roots and continue bleeding money. We've already seen how the brand keeps wanting to push AAA cinematic shit with how they shutdown Japan Studio and are just tripping down on bad decisions. Although this could also be a sign of a complete shift in terms of how PlayStation is handled as Sony President, COO and CFO Hiroki Totoki says that PlayStation are currently reforming their gaming business, although how they reform said business could go one of two ways either they could have more of a free market approach or they can once again double down. Still this is pretty big news and I hope Sony moves the PlayStation HQ out of California. and gains a more "free market" approach where ecchi developers can make games for the PlayStation platform again rather than relying on AAAA cinematic shit to dominate the industry. The brand has been dead to me for a while, so I'm unsure what to expect at this point. https://blog.playstation.com/2024/11/26/all-good-things-a-look-back-at-shuhei-yoshidas-31-years-with-playstation/ https://archive.ph/wip/qOuVJ

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Have more recent versions of these, or better infographics?

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Japanese learning thread

I have no idea how to bake this thread I'm just copying from zchan thread pls help me. Archive of previous thread - https://archive.is/rJ3Wh Step 0. Resource Acquisition Go here to get Anki, a flash card program: http://ankisrs.net/ Here are some suggested decks: Core2k/6k: https://mega.nz/#!QIQywAAZ!g6wRM6KvDVmLxq7X5xLrvaw7HZGyYULUkT_YDtQdgfU KanjiDamage: https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/748570187 Kana: https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/1632090287 Tae Kim's grammar: https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/242060646 Other Resources RealKana: http://realkana.com/ (alternate version) https://itazuraneko.neocities.org/learn/kana.html Click the column of characters you want to study and type the corresponding romaji into the box as they appear Kana Invaders: https://learnjapanesepod.com/kana-invaders/ Space Invaders/Galaga style clone. Type the romaji to shoot the kana alien KanjiVG: http://kanji.sljfaq.org/kanjivg.html Simply plug the character in and instantly get a stroke order diagram Forvo.com: http://ja.forvo.com/ Type in a word or phrase to hear a native speaker's pronunciation Tae Kim's Guide to Japanese: http://www.guidetojapanese.org/learn/ Great introduction to Nipponese, you can start here to learn basic grammar and vocabulary KanjiDamage: http://www.kanjidamage.com/ Learn Kanji by using mnemonics and radicals Mainichi browser extension: http://mainichi.me/ Learn a new vocabulary word every time you open a new tab JapaneseClass: http://japaneseclass.jp/ Learn Nipponese by playing games (requires registration) DJT Guide: https://itazuraneko.neocities.org/ [YOUTUBE VIDEOS] JapanesePod101: https://www.youtube.com/user/japanesepod101/videos Namasensei: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqJ5wU4FamA&list=PL9987A659670D60E0 JapaneseVideocast: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLX6kjDZDLD_dNyrkdvTRKVKIJRo4g7xFD From previous thread Gonna leave these here for those that belieb https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKg23ZFURX0[Embed] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJG9kpqTRmU[Embed] The Guy with mega of japanese dub movies Use the decoder below to get the link & key. YUhSMGNITTZMeTl0WldkaExtNTZMMlp2YkdSbGNpOVpjekI1VWtGdlF3PT0= X1FrMmpJaVQ0aXpZVGhYS241UGNMUQ== The unironic links guy For beginner/early level: https://www.youtube.com/c/ComprehensibleJapanese For more intermediate levels: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh-GhnQ7qDQmS6Bz3pGc1Mw https://www.youtube.com/c/nihongonomori2013 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcCeJ3pQYFgvfVuMxVRWhoA

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AI RPG Text Adventure

https://perchance.org/ai-rpg Let's start a thread and share the results of our stories. I've been playing around with this and want to see what others can do with it. This is a digital dm. It can run any campaign you give it and it doesn't seem as restricted like other chat AIs. It goes along with some weird shit. Fantasy, modern day, sci fi. If you can think of it, it can do it if you give it some form of goal. I haven't played around with this part enough, but I assume you can make it stick to different rule sets or game mechanics if you explain it. Fill out the top box with the rules and world building. it will generate a paragraph of setting and other characters. You can then tell it what you'll do next or just hit continue and it will keep the story going without your input (often creating actions on your part). If you don't like something, you can directly edit the story text. Just delete a few lines here and there or rewrite it yourself and it parses that text as it continues the story. If you click generate template on the tracked info, it will keep a track of inventory, stats, character relationships and whatever else you want to write in there like a notepad. Play a game. Post your story highlights in this thread.

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Amateur Game Development General: Be Kind To Beginners Edition

Resources: >#8/agdg/ via irc.rizon.net >https://app.element.io/#/room/#agdg:matrix.org via matrix programs >Dev resources: http://8agdg.wikidot.com/resources >Wiki: http://8agdg.wikidot.com/ >http://mu-sic-production.wikia.com >https://pastebin.com/qtDwktHP

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DOOM/Retro FPS: Everyone is here

Has anyone ever got a gamenight of Samsara going on? I know we had one for Christmas of 2018, but I'm surprised we haven't got one going since then. Here's a link to the updated mod if you guys wanna get a gamenight going on. https://forum.zdoom.org/viewtopic.php?t=74652 That being said: Post anything relating to >DOOM >its wads >its sequels >its community >its copycats >all 90s FPS related accessories

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Zelda/Link OR Zelink Thread

This thread is dedicated to the most prolific and wholesome videogame pairing ever, Zelda and Link! Discussion about the Zelda series itself and other girls is completely welcome here, as are other pairings and stuff. Share your cute art, doujins, and other things! The Zelink MEGA (3000+ images of Zelink organized by game) https://mega.nz/file/UUAiVILT#qrE4vrrk8iGRv-JjkTBF4tgyXCUJMFXOglD3g_jMnnA The mega will be updated once per month Rules: 1. Keep it civil. 2. No NTR/cuckold/demoralization culture. 3. Be kind to others Previous: >>910969

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NES/Famicom thread! Replacing the 72 pin connector for glorious memories

I wanna have my NES working properly, and since the cartridge connection seemed pretty precarious (the screen had a tendency to go gray randomly and no cartridge connected well at the first try) I figured it could be the 72 pin connector. Is this gon' be easy? Or will it be impossible? Will my dreams come true? Let's see. Also, let's talk about the NES/Famicoim.

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Half-Life 2 and its episodes are free, they already released the update

Kind of minor but big enough I thought some anons would like to know. Going on until the 18th. https://store.steampowered.com/app/220/HalfLife_2/ This is for the 20th anniversary, they already released the update. https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/220?updates=true&emclan=103582791433473994&emgid=6633333780228604001 https://www.half-life.com/en/halflife2/20th#longlost

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Dragon's Dogma 2: CapJews

So it seems that the launch of this game was piss poor due to the bad performance issues and normalfags waking up to the DRM/Microtransactions shit. Still there's a good game to be found, and I hope everyone is enjoying the game as much as I am. Just recently capcom released a new patch where they added a New Game function in addition to a FPS Lock for console fags. In addition to being able to get your own house earlier in the game, and changing Art of Metamorphosis to 99 instead of 2 in the Pawn Guild, thus eliminating the need for microtransactions altogether. Sadly it seems the performance issues won't be release until later this year since it seems capcom needs some more time to cook the game and have it working with DLSS3 and other techniques to make the game actually run at a bearable framerate. Still with all of the complaints they got, hopefully they can have some options to fix the performance issues by using the GPU a bit more in towns. Still, have you been enjoying the game /v/?

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Please, help me to find this mysterious fps.

>Pic not related but its something from a cop I don't remember the name of the game but I remember this >Fps >Zombies (looks normal not like mutants i think maybe some mutants) >Source engine? (Or mod of half life source?) >Looks like left 4 dead (or mod of l4d?) >Look like Estranged (in history topic) >2009-2012 fps vibe maybe? >You're a police guy (or soldier?), lost, in a route and walk to a "empty" town >game completely at night with shadows (entire game occurs at night except the end at morning i think) >there's a level in a hospital with a lot of zombies >there's a electric granade or something like that >gravity gun with color blue or something? >Bill from left 4 dead as npc? (or a para-military npc that look like bill) I don't remember more about the game. I'm sure it was an official game or a mod but it was very long. >Also You were a cop (off duty) traveling a route and your car broke down or you had an accident, then you would walk to a nearby town (in the middle of nowhere in the countryside) and find it empty and then face a wave of zombies. There was a whole level in a hospital and the whole game took place in the dark except for the ending which was in the morning. There was an npc friend that look like para-military or something that gave you a gravity gun and I think some electric grenades or something. I don't remember more, but I remember it as a long game and for some reason I associate it with left 4 dead and half life blue shift or one of the other stories.

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Visual Novel General

Welcome to the 8chan Visual Novel Thread Post all visual novel-related news and discussions here if you'd like. Don't feel constrained to post ITT if you want to make a thread about big news related to a visual novel's release or something - within reason. When in doubt, just put it here. Archive of previous thread: https://archive.ph/V2sPk Archive to all VN Threads: https://pst.moe/paste/mtqzct Visual Novel Database/VNstat: https://vndb.org/ (https://vnstat.net/) Visual Novel Starter Kit: https://pst.moe/paste/ypmpss (Includes info for beginners, terminology, recommendations, sources, and downloads [nearly all are dead] for fonts and visual novels for beginners.) Visual novel recommendation charts: http://animu-mango.wikia.com/wiki/VN_Recommendations Nostalgic Visual Novels on-line: http://tss.asenheim.org/ Another online visual novel reading site: http://vnjs.thatplayer.com/ English VN DDL sites: https://www.craneanime.com/wp/tag/english/ - https://erogedownload.com/ English and raw VN downloads for PC and Console: http://www.vn-meido.com/k1/ Rockmandash's Guide to Tablets for VNs: http://archive.is/B3cv5 (outdated but still guides you in the right direction) Fuwanovel VNs on Android Guide: https://forums.fuwanovel.net/topic/1323-android-visual-novel-lets-play-visual-novel-on-the-go/ Machine translation guides: https://amaenboda.wordpress.com/tag/how-to-use-agth/ & http://archive.is/5vgDa The Beginner’s Guide to Visual Novel Development: https://www.twoandahalfstudios.com/2020/02/the-beginners-guide-to-visual-novel-development PC VNs on DS/3DS Guide: https://pst.moe/paste/tediml Free resource for Japanese media (including VNs): https://www.tokyotosho.info/ Resource for eroge: https://ad-hentai.com/ Monster Girl Games collection: https://rentry.org/zb6zw Another good resource for VNs and eroge: https://sukebei.nyaa.si/ <Recent News/Releases >Rance IX -The Helmanian Revolution- Physical Edition Available for Pre-Order https://www.mangagamer.com/r18/detail.php?aflg=18over&product_code=314&af=751d46c96f8d0effb17c1b24799f7795 >Sony Censors Limited Edition Artbook for English Tsukihime Remake PS4 https://twitter.com/tsukihime_en/status/1785821495274426623 >Taimanin Yukikaze released on Steam https://store.steampowered.com/app/2739700/Taimanin_Yukikaze/ >CLANNAD just had its 20th birthday a few days ago https://infogalactic.com/info/Clannad_(visual_novel)

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Concord - flop of the decade?

If you're unaware, the Sony-backed GaaS Concord just launched to an astounding 660 peak players. Not 6600, but six hundred and sixty-six. Currently sitting at 407. This is a flop on a level that is genuinely astounding. Battleborn launched to 12000~ players, LawBreakers launched to 7579. Gollum launched to 768. This game was in development for eight years, is getting an episode on the upcoming Secret Level show, and had a budget estimated at well over $100,000,000. All of that to hit a peak player count rivalling Far Cry Primal on a random Monday. The game didn't even enter Steam's top 500 and is about to drop out of the top 1000. It's a failure the likes of which I can only compare to The Culling 2. I would not be surprised if this game ended Sony's live service ambitions here and now, this is nearly unprecedented in the AAA space.

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EDF Thread : No Epic Account needed edition

EDF 6 no longer requires epic gays store account to play multiplayer. We did it by passively sending ill will towards them. Im getting my ass kicked in later missions on hard and have switched to hardest to get some better weapons, only to get obliterated in early missions. Grinding is hard and Im tempted to get a mod to cheese through missions. Anon who's making edf mods, also has gdrive links in previous thread https://next.nexusmods.com/profile/xdiesp/mods Previous thread - >>895955

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Star Wars Outlaws turns out to be brutal flop - only one million copies sold

This seemed large enough to be posted outside of minor news. https://archive.ph/O10dQ The sales targets are not known, but Ubisoft has publicly admitted they're lower than than expected. It's currently believed this might be the reason AC: Shadows was delayed, not the controversies surrounding it.

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Major release Unknown 9: Awakening goes by practically unheard of, peaking at 224 players and mostly negative reviews

Less players than Concord, by the way. Bandi Namco were trying to build an entire multimedia IP out of this, they bought the studio outright in 2020. AMD were giving codes away with hardware purchases. They really thought they had something here. How does stuff like this keep happening? https://archive.is/jAkAY I only vaguely remember this for having been at one of those Xbox showcases. It's gotten pretty middling reviews from the press too, largely getting 5s.

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Squilliam compilation thread – The End of E3gelion

> -1085 days until E3 Since it's summertime and E3 is officially dead and buried, I'm making one final Squilliam compilation video. Any Squilliam ideas you've been sitting on, this is your chance to get them in. Let's take a moment to remember the time every studio used to gather in one place to present their latest and greatest, before everyone started holding their own little conference no one cares about. If you have any memorable moments of past E3s, good or bad, post them in this thread. For old time's sake and so I can put some of it into the video. >I'm a newfag and what is this? It's been an 8chan tradition to make OC from a template based on Squilliam from Spongebob getting a heart attack. Download a template, open it in your favorite drawing/editing software and go nuts. When you're done, post it here (in a reply to the right anchor post to help me keep track of it). >How long do I have? I'm aiming for Sunday the 23rd of June as submission deadline, the video will be released sometime after that. >Can [board] on the webring participate? Of course! Whether it's a video game board, or just a hangout board interested in making OC. All I ask is that you help me find it by cross-posting your stuff here and linking it to the proper anchors. Feel free to share in your post what board you're representing. >What song are you going to use? Walk Away by Dokken >Is there gonna be a mosaic? Yes, see the later post. Try to make your squares E3-related if you can, this is about the death of E3, after all. >Are we never gonna see another compilation again? You probably will, I hope to make another one with a new template next year. I'm not making any promises, however.

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Games where the villain technically won in the end.

/v/ what are some games where the main villain technically won? My example is Metal Gear Rising, Armstrong technically won in the end as he got Raiden to accept his ideology in the end.

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Renewed Mario Paint Thread

The old thread was lost. Let's revive it and all try to participate this time, especially since everyone can post again. If someone would be so good as to give a link to the Mario Paint download since I seem to have lost my archive file.

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"Romeo and Juliet" style endings/relationships in games

For some reason, I'm rather interested in stories where something like this happens >Star-crossed lovers >Seems to be a perfect pair >They get into some sort of trouble and have to separate or can never see each other again, or one of them loses their memories or something like that Maybe I'm just feeling masochistic. I don't know. In any case, the only ones like this I can think of are <Tatsuya and Maya in Persona 2 <Kurisu and Okabe in Steins;Gate Unless you count the true ending <Professor Layton and Claire from the Unwound Future Got any more? Post them ITT. Bonus points if it's not just from visual novels because I could probably name a few more from that genre. Also use this thread to post some good couples from vidya in general.

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Dragon age.

I want to talk about dragon age. >Beat DA:O a few months ago as a dual wielding warrior. >Think to myself to play as a mage. >Never finish mage playthrough. >Thanks to technical problems I never will and also my warrior is forever gone. >After fixing my technical problems I finally make a new character. >Dalish elf rogue. >Plan to be a total bitch with a bow. >Playing on hard and noticing that Bow kinda sucks. >Don't want to pivot to another dual-wielding bastard. >Try and look up online and the best bow in the game requires me to make a guy kill himself. >Other alternatives either suck dick or they are shit you get from the DLC for free (already destroyed them). >Kinda just want to make a new character but I still want to make archer work. What do I do /v/? Is there something I need to do to make bow rogue good? Also discuss Origins in general and why Sten is the best companion.

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2009 legacy league of legends

Take down if you feel fit. But I'm not the most savvy with trying to get old games to work and figured I'd make a post here where riot cucks wont touch. So I noticed you can get a copy of the 2009 cd League of Legends on internet archive. I wanted to see about hosting some old league with friend's but every ounce of research I do to see if there's anyway to do that with the files. But I just get stuff about riot taking down fan project attempts to revive old league. I just want to have a silly time with the superior version of league with friend's so any software savvy peep's able to tell me how I might be able to achieve my goal? On another note favorite splash-art or design from classic league?

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MONSTER HUNTER THREAD: (Breath of the) Wilds Edition.

So the beta for MonHun Wilds is out and I've played it. It's OK. I'm not a hardcore Monster Hunter fan, I only played World and Rise up to the end of the story and didn't go for any post-game content, but this is way more casual-friendly than the previous entries. The camera now locks on to the monster instead of just centering on them for a split second. I could spam attacks with dual blades and interrupt at a moment's notice with the dodge roll, so I didn't have to pace my button presses. The wound feature is pretty cool. Basically you just attack one body part over and over until it glows red, then enter focus mode with L2 and press R1, and you do a super move on it. Focus mode lets you basically strafe and finely aim your attacks like it's a third-person shooter. The new support creature, the seikret, is cool. It automatically follows the monster's scent once you're on it so tracking the monster is now piss-easy. I only did the first hunt against the giant toad, I turned it off after that. There is another hunt you can do afterwards but I wanted to get back to the Romancing Saga 2 remake. Overall, I think I would play it. I expect hardcore MonHun fans will be pissed at how baby-mode it is now though. I'm nowhere near a seasoned veteran and I played it just like Dark Souls and that worked fine for me. YMMV.

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STOP KILLING GAMES CAMPAIGN

TO EUROBROS AND STRAYAN ANONS: YOU CAN DO YOUR PART AND TAKE ACTION TO MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD, AS A CONSUMER, TO STOP GAMES AS A SERVICE. https://www.stopkillinggames.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w70Xc9CStoE >An increasing number of videogames are sold as goods, but designed to be completely unplayable for everyone as soon as support ends. The legality of this practice is untested worldwide, and many governments do not have clear laws regarding these actions. It is our goal to have authorities examine this behavior and hopefully end it, as it is an assault on both consumer rights and preservation of media. This campaign originally started from some youtuber who hated the fact that The Crew, an Ubishit racing game, would close their online services and making the game he purchased basically unplayable. Even if it would technically be possible to run the game offline, it's unfortunately prevented by DRM and other jewish nonsense plaguing modern gaming today. He is making a rallying campaign, asking for the 12 million people who effectively got scammed after buying The Crew to make their voice heard and complain about this, so that governments can take action and hopefully set a precedent to destroy GAAS as we know it in an effort to preserve videogames. Any step taken towards making publishers and greedy kike game companies release offline versions of multiplayer-only games is a win. Any effort contributing to popularizing the now lost practice of giving server tools to gamers for them to make their own community servers is a good thing in my eyes. If you care about vidya, it's in your best interest to spread awareness of this campaign and do as much as you possibly can, even if you don't like the EU. Sign petitions, screech about it, etc. They've shown that they can seriously cripple anti-consumer practices, as seen with Apple.

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PC Hardware & News Thread: CPU Edition

>Discuss PC Hardware & News >Share Specs & Pics Current News >Ryzen 9000 series out next month >Snapdragon elite X chips use 65% less battery then AMD and Intel chips >Intel runs hot Last thread >>870915

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Prediction thread

Conjecture based on how the industry and companies operate: >Half Life title will be released with the Steam Deck 2, won't be Half Life 3 >Switch successor will be unveiled in February, right before the financial quarter ends as Nintendo stated >Ubisoft will start selling their aseets and IP to other companies after Asscreed: Nigger flops >EA will gut Bioware like a fish early next year >AAA companies outside EA will dial back on the poz due to Trumpstein winning >PS6 and the next Xbox will sell like absolute dogshit >GTA6 will be ported to PC in less than 6 months >S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2 will be fun but pale in comparison to the originals atmosphere >Metroid Prime 4 will skip the Switch >Bloodborne fully emulateable on PC late next year Feel free to post your own predictions

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/v/ specific gamenight servers

In light of the fun TF2 gamenight, I wish to start some sort of collaborative effort to maintain a list of active /v/ servers, so that our gamenights can be easier to organize. If you have any specific server you're hosting, or know that the people hosting are old 8chan anons or otherwise cool guys, let me know and I'll add them to the pile. REDCHANNIT OFFICIAL SITE: https://redchanit.xyz/ Half-Life 2 Deathmatch (Courtesy of zombie9143): 198.72.135.130:27015 Minecraft Mikecraft 1.20.1 (Courtesy of segamastersystem): 51.81.52.43:25571 Matchaland 1.20.1: 199.247.69.220:25565 Boba changed Matchaland Minceraft to 1.20.2 vanilla https://matchaland.net/minecraft and here's its dynmap: http://199.247.69.220:8123/ Minecraft Beta 1.7.3 (zombie9143): 198.72.135.130:35600 /v/craft IP: mc.chimpout.club:25600 Open Fortress https://openfortress.fun/ >REDchanit: OF, Custom Maps, Custom Playermodels: 35.132.109.29:27015 Pre-Fortress 2 https://prefortress.com/ >REDchanit PF2, some custom maps: 35.132.109.29:26335 Quake III Arena 35.132.109.29:34560 QuakeWorld 35.132.109.29:27960 Sven Co-op ~~REDchanit Half-Life Sven Co-op 35.132.109.29:34560~~ Has the following campaigns, plus all default maps: Half-Life Opposing Force Blue Shift Quake (Shareware) Ocarina of Time (Deku Tree) Half-Quake Crack-Life Bonus Levels: Deathmatch Classic Quake DM Maps (DM2, DM4, DM6) Ricochet Sneed Use these https://anonfiles.com/F5zbF059z9/SvenCoopAddins_7z SRB2K Sleepychan's server: 45.63.8.116 >How to play: https://archive.fo/TPXTs Team Fortress Classic TFC (Goldsrc): 35.132.109.29:34531 TF2 Servers (All TF2 servers have a Custom Classes plugin which features the Civilian from TF2C and Merc from Open Fortress) >REDchanit Site for all servers if they ever change IPs: https://redchanit.xyz/servers.html Valve Maps + Custom Maps: 35.132.109.29:25565 VScript Custom Maps + MvM Upgrades Maps: 35.132.109.29:51840 "SoapDM" Team Deathmatch: 35.132.109.29:27335 >Matchaland Official Valve Maps Only: 199.247.69.220:27015 Custom Maps Only: 199.247.69.220:27045 Mann vs Machine: 199.247.69.220:27055 100 Players: 199.247.69.220:27065 Freak Fortress / Vs Saxton Hale 199.247.69.220:27075 TF2Classic Servers https://tf2classic.com/ >REDchanit TF2C + Custom Weapons: 35.132.109.29:27020 (Features a few custom weapons, nothing too crazy, mostly weapons from previous builds of TF2C which got cut like the Sten Gun and Poacher's Pride. Also features custom player models of extended-universe TF2 characters within the TF2C community like Janitor, Driver etc. If that's too much for you I recommend playing Matchaland TF2C insttead since it's totally vanilla TF2C basically) >Matchaland: TF2C Official Maps Only: 199.247.69.220:27025 TF2C Custom Maps Only: 199.247.69.220:27035 Official Maps (TF2C) 199.247.69.220:27025 Custom Maps (TF2C) 199.247.69.220:27035 Xonotic 167.114.96.61 Download and install version 0.8.6: Windows: https://dl.xonotic.org/xonotic-0.8.6.zip or any other mirrors at https://xonotic.org/download/ Other systems: it may be available as a package in your system. If not, use the same download as Windows. Official newbie guide: https://xonotic.org/guide Xonotic wiki: https://gitlab.com/xonotic/xonotic/-/wikis/home How to join >Launch Xonotic >Complete the new player setup >Go to multiplayer >Enter the server IP in "Address" at the bottom and press Join If your server is not on the list, just let me know. Additionally, consider checking out https://rentry.org/abmfz for updates.

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Blizzard completely redid the botched Warcraft III remaster

They also remade Warcraft I and II.

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Project borealis came out

Kinda... as a tech demo https://store.steampowered.com/app/2215490/Project_Borealis_Prologue/ Uhh it's something.

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Itsuno is leaving Capcom

https://archive.is/8Rzb9

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Sega Dreamcast 25th Anniversary

Happy Birthday Sega Dreamcast. Happy 25th Anniversary of the Sega Dreamcast's Release in America

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Game of the Month #13 (One Year of Gaming Edition): Barkley, Shut up and Jam: Gaiden (PC)

Happy Anniversary, Gamers! >What is this? This is exactly how it sounds: A game is chosen each month (which will be relatively or totally obscure on purpose) with hopes of bringing new avenues of playing potential to anons with narrow video game perspectives. The goal isn't necessarily to pick bad games, but obscure ones nobody, or as few people as possible, have played. You can play the game and then use that fact as bragging rights to others! You can use it to broaden your backlog horizons! or you can forget about it. It's up to you. THIS MONTH: Tales of Game's Studios Presents Chef Boyardee's Barkley, Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden, Chapter 1 of the Hoopz Barkley SaGa >Where do I get this? https://www.talesofgames.com/related_game/barkley-shut-up-jam-gaiden/ https://archive.org/details/Barkley_Shut_Up_and_Jam_Gaiden GUIDELINES FOR FUTURE GotMs: Poll for November 2024: November Fanservice Frenzy! https://poal.me/gu2u9q If you do not like any of the games in the poll, you can either add a new entry manually, or reply to the OP with a different suggestion. Don't come crying to me if you don't like the game, blame democracy. If you DO suggest a game though, please, report all relevant information on the game (magnet/dl link, interesting mods, guides, tutorials on tech, speedrun etc.). Feel free to suggest any and every game you can think of, bonus points if it's games that barely anyone has played or talks about in the [Current Year] or that fit the month thematically. However, try and follow these rules: 1) No game that relies on modern hardware. If the game cannot be pirated or emulated properly, or no working emulator for the game exists, most people won't be able to enjoy it, rendering the thread kind of pointless; 2) No always-online games, meaning no live service games or mobile games that are dependent on external servers, unless a backup instance of said servers has been created by its fans or the offline content is significantly larger than the online content; 3) For multiplayer games, provide only free to play games that let players create their own servers, or games with local multiplayer that can be set up to play online (requires someone to be a hostfag, or, and may Allah forgive me for uttering these words, using Parsec); 4) No game that requires gimmicky controls to be enjoyable (guitar pedals, Wiimotes, cameras etc.) unless they can be easily remapped or translated into some other control scheme. Previous Games of the Month: https://rentry.co/p58zse2f OP Copypasta: https://rentry.co/akaqy3oq

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Video Game Waifu Thread: Haydee Edition

/v/, who is your video game waifu? Mine is definitely Haydee. I love her curvy body and thick round ass. I believe she would make a submissive loyal house wife. I know some may call me a nigger lover but when served properly, chocolate is delicious dish.

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Metal Gear Solid

I've been thinking about Vol 2 of the Master collection. There is no doubt Peace Walker is going to be apart of it, and MGS4 has to be the main draw of the package, otherwise they don't really have much to sell that people don't already have access to on modern platforms. But that's making me think Peace Walker is built entirely around Co-op so they will be supporting that, and that's making me think if they are working on PW's MP stuff then there is a chance they're also going to relaunch MGS4's Multiplayer, I'm not gonna hold my breath of course they didn't bother with MGS3's MP, still seems like there is a slim chance of it, but it's interesting to think about.

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VR Games

VR has been around for around ten years at this point, and personally while I think overall there's not a single game that I'd suggest is a "system seller" for any headset, I'm a bit curious to see if there's anything that has captured anyone's interest for more than a couple hours. I'll list a few of mine in the thread.

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Vidya Enhacements: Mods, Romhacks, Remasters, Texture Packs, Undubs, ReShade, etc

Do you like to garnish your vidya experiences? Whenever I play a videogame, I like to see if there are enhanced fan made versions of them, and if there are I will play those instead of anything official, not that official is bad ofc but fans tend to make the better creative decisions. The most common mods are used in BOTW and minecrank, but it should be our duty to share the more obscure or newer mods to give anons a nice feeling of catharsis. That's what I'm doing. Check these two mods out, feel free to share your favorites too! Sonic Free Riders: Controller Patch https://yewtu.be/watch?v=VmK3rCxL4mE Paper Mario: Originality King https://yewtu.be/watch?v=blmnHQnVZTk

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Nintendo is trying to kill emulation

Nintendo has been going hard against emulation recently and is trying to set a precedent with its recent actions. So basically some youtuber faggot has been taunting Nintendo for some time, actively streaming pre-released games while making accounts on top of accounts. Now Nintendo is suing the guy for copyright infringement and is trying to get emulation as a whole taken down as a result of the suit. They argument they have is that emulating the consoles custom OS and ripping the tools from owned systems is illegal and is protected under the law. While everyone knows that's bullshit, Nintendo is still trying to set a precedent by having the courts making ripping your legal keys illegal, thus making any console emulation of any 8+ console illegal. While Nintendo has gone after emulators in the past, I don't think they've gone this hard in recent memory. Perhaps it's a result of the Switch successor being a rehash of the Switch but with more powerful hardware, and as a result emulators of the Switch can also run Switch 2 games. Honestly, at this point Nintendo should just release their old games on PC, since there's clearly a demand for their games on PC but Nintendo doesn't want to play ball, which is retarded because they could make a decent amount of money just by making ports with minimal effort, putting them on Steam, and making a shit ton of money as a result of Nintendrones rebuying their games. Releasing these old games on PC would probably stop emulation development in its tracks rather than having people in Russia combining emulation with spyware. Mind you, I'm not even talking about brand new Switch 2 games or whatever they want to put out in the future. I'm talking purely about games that are around three to five years old, that aren't growing significantly in sales and could easily be ported to the PC if desired. It's upsetting since Vanillaware pulled this same shit with Unicorn Overlord for some reason, although the fact that Vanillaware outright BLOCKED the game on PC is insane to me. At least with Nintendo they have dedicated hardware and shit they're trying to push. I think with Vanillaware they're actively a hindrance to themselves, although a few Japanese developers seem to be adverse to the PC market for some reason. In any case, if Nintendo gets their way expect the only way to play games like Xenoblade and Zelda is at a sub 10FPS limit with a shitty brick rather than having the games run at least bearable frame rates. It sucks because developers like Monolith Soft and Good Feel can put out some solid games that are exclusive to the Switch. That being said I doubt Bakeru did that well on Steam due to being released at a terrible time, and with very little fanfare. That being said, I really hope the Judge throws out the case for being a repeat of the Sony vs Bleem case, although with the DRM shit that Nintendo put into the consoles, who knows.

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Nintendo sues Palworld

https://www.nintendo.co.jp/corporate/release/en/2024/240919.html https://archive.is/hlTK6 Nintendo has filed a lawsuit against Palworld. In this case, it's patent-based, not copyright. The specific patents aren't stated, but since Japanese patents expire after 20 years, it would seem to be for features that first appeared in or after Emerald. So it's not something as fundamental as "catching monsters in a ball".

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Slitterhead

So ~~Zipperhead~~ Slitterhead is out Has anyone given it a try? It has Denuvo shamefully, so I'm not touching it. https://store.steampowered.com/app/2631250/Slitterhead/

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Mecha Thread

This month it will have been one year since the last thread. Any decent upcoming Mecha Geimus anon? Also, r8 my AC

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Pathologic 3 suddenly announced

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3199650/Pathologic_3/ Coming out next year. Hopefully it's a full sequel instead of the weird half-sequel half-remake 2 was. I still liked it, though. Also hope journos don't fucking whine it's too hard again.

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Tomb Raider: A Netflix Original

Introducing Netflix's take on the Tomb Raider series, starring the lovely Lara Croft! Sarcastic header over. I did watch this schlock so you didn't have to. It wasn't very good. Lara in particular struggled to land, because it's like they erased all her character development from the entire reboot series. By the end of the first game (let alone second or third) she went from a fearful girl into a ruthless fucking murderess. Then in this series she's crying and having panic attacks twice an episode while needing to talk about her feelings all the time. Same for Croft manor. End of the series, it was restored and she was living there with it as her base in the last scene. Cartoon? It's a ruin. Still. It's fucking weird and tonally a whiplash, and the animation isn't good enough to gloss over it (and the characters are collectively ugly, the designs are terrible). I can't work out who this cartoon was supposed to be made for. It wasn't for fans of the reboot series, since it ignores character development she had there, and it certainly wasn't for fans of old Lara (or "real Lara"). So who the fuck is the audience? All that and I didn't even get into the whitewashing of Chinese history (Daji is not fucking misunderstood), including that ludicrous "secret Alexandria archive" in China funded by the government that "restores artifacts to their rightful owners unlike the British Museum". How much did China pay Netflix to include that? I'd like to know. Anyways, use this thread to discuss Tomb Raider as well as the new show

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/Fit/ness 'games' thread - Do you even /fit/ games bro?

Didn't have this kind of thread for a long while so its time to make another one. Talk about which fitness games to play, what kind of diet works and what doesn't. Do you use any games as warmup for gym? Post game progress, advice, exercises and how to sail through your 20s, 30s being vfit. Your body will thank you in the coming years

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Deadlock thread #2: "Semi-officially announced" edition

Old one here >>969360 What a strange rollout this game has had, I can't think of anything else quite like it. It seems to have worked for Valve, the game is pulling great numbers. <Who are you maining? <What changes do you want to see? <What classes do you hope get redesigns?

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Concord developer shut down

They also shut down Neon Koi, a mobile dev. Two studios in one day! Though both are completely understandable and I don't think anybody will blame SIE for doing it. https://sonyinteractive.com/en/news/blog/an-update-from-playstation-studios/

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Dragon Age: The Veilguard/Bioware Thread

I wanna talk about the new Dragon Age. It's uh... it looks rough. It's been 10 years since Inquisition but Bioware has finally revealed the next game. Featuring... prosthetics, SEA elves, black elves, & a cartoony Fortnite hero shooter looking aesthetic. Yay...

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STUPID DRAGON

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Traditional Roguelikes

Thread for discussion of traditional roguelikes: >share screenshots, characters, & runs / stories Traditional Roguelikes DCSS (Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup) https://crawl.develz.org/download.htm ADOM https://www.adom.de/home/downloads.html Brogue https://github.com/tmewett/BrogueCE/releases Dwarf Fortress (LNP) https://dffd.bay12games.com/file.php?id=7622 Rogue https://github.com/mikeyk730/Rogue-Collection Nethack https://nethack.org/v367/downloads.html Angband https://rephial.org/ TGGW (The Ground Gives Way) https://www.thegroundgivesway.com/download/ Infra Arcane (Infra Arcana) https://sites.google.com/site/infraarcana/home Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead: https://cataclysmdda.org/ DoomRL https://drl.chaosforge.org/downloads Rogue Fable III: https://armorgames.com/rogue-fable-iii-game/18602 IVAN: https://attnam.com/projects Recommendations: Elona, TOME, Caves of Qud, Cogmind, Elona, Zorbus, Rogue Fable IV, Path of Achra, Rift Wizard, Golden Krone Hotel, Jupiter Hell

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HELP WANTED: FRONT END DEVELOPER

I want a redesigned front page, so I'm making this thread in hopes of getting some anon to hopefully email codexx to help out. here's his email: Codexx@cock.li SAUCE >>1034946

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IT FINALLY HAPPENED

Dead or Alive Dating Sim 2025 https://archive.is/BAAcD

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/v/idya Summer/Beach Art thread

Post /v/idya characters in beach attire and the like. We used to have artdump threads like these on an annual basis but this place caught the gay so let's change that. If you want to request season-appropriate art the drawthread is next door >>986513 yes OP pieces are from a preexisting thread

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Fae & fay

Videogames either all about fairy tales or just have a lot of fairy tale creatures such as satyrs, changelings, trolls and faeries. I have been in a weird mood all day thinking about the fae. but reading about the dreaming changeling isn't quenching my thirst for fay. I want more. Now I know of a few games that has fairies. Quite a few of them. Legend of zelda has multiple different types. Dragons crown has a tinkerbell look alike following you all around. I think one of the other vanillaware games has you playing a fairy as well. Was it odin sphere or grim grimoire? Unicorn overlord does have elves with their fairy companions but I barely noticed the fairies during my playthrough. Fairies were a pretty big part of FFXIVs shadowbringer expansion but I am really burned out on that game. Total warhammer does have a lot of fey creatures spread throughout the beastmen and the wood elves. Preferably I would want something like a role playing game set in a feywild type world. I am willing to try other things though. I know there is one fairy RPG on XBLA but I only played the demo for it years ago and I don't think its even available anymore.

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Music thread

Last one is bumplocked and at Page 10

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Homebrew and Modding Thread

A thread for Softmodding and Jailbreaking consoles. Guides https://www.cfwaifu.com/ Nintendo 3DS: https://3ds.hacks.guide/ Nintendo Wii U: https://wiiu.hacks.guide/ PlayStation 2: https://www.psx-place.com/threads/tutorial-the-great-ps2-aio-guide.30219/ PlayStation 3: https://www.psx-place.com/threads/exploiting-4-90-ofw-installing-cfw-running-ps3hen-flash-writer-ps3hen-now-supporting-4-90-fw.39772/ PlayStation Vita: https://vita.hacks.guide/ Homebrew http://www.3dbrew.org/wiki/Homebrew_Applications (3DS only) https://apps.fortheusers.org/ (Wii U only) https://www.brewology.com/ https://www.gamebrew.org/wiki/Main_Page https://gbatemp.net/download/ https://www.psx-place.com/resources/ (Sony only) https://vitadb.rinnegatamante.it/ (Vita only) https://wiibrew.org/wiki/List_of_homebrew_applications (Wii only) https://wiiubrew.org/wiki/List_of_homebrew_applications (Wii U only) Rom/ISO sources http://emulation.gametechwiki.com/index.php/ROM_%26_ISO_sites https://gbatemp.net/threads/nusspli-install-content-directly-from-the-nintendo-update-servers-to-your-wii-u.566055/ (Wii U) https://www.nopaystation.com/ (PS3/PSP/PSV) News and forums https://gbatemp.net/ https://www.psx-place.com/ https://wololo.net/

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Pokemon Gigaleak

I'm sure those who are interested in the material have already seen it, but a bunch of source code, lore, and beta files are being posted due to a hack into gamefreaks servers. There's a ton more info in the lounge thread and the fags on 4/vp/ are actively looking into it, although I feel like considering the scale of it all that this would be worth its own thread.

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3D Printing

A thread for anything related to 3D printing and video games: figurines, controller stands, battery covers that keep getting lost, cool cases, mods and enhancements, etcetera. What cool enhancements, whether practical or just aesthetic, should I print for my old consoles? Say, for example, my Sega Genesis model 2?

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Vita thread: Enjoying Infinity Onion Rings Edition

Who knew they were so tasty. I hope you fags have been having some fun on your Vita's. Whatcha >PLAYAN >HACKAN >BUYAN (kek) >WANTAN PREVIOUS THREADS: https://ghostbin.com/paste/d2BOH https://archive.is/xQU91 (Gitgud hackpaste) Last thread: https://archive.is/gdH0I There are also numerous Vita threads across the webring as well. Check out >>>/vita/ and feel free to contribute, tis' a new board dedicated to the amazing device we all know and love. It could use some threads, CSS, assets, banners, and whatever anons feel like suggesting or making. First-time buyer's FAQ: https://pastebin.com/Xhz0ijN6 Physical game list (Western/Asia-English/EU released): http://web.archive.org/web/20190705133424/http://retailgames.net/playstation-vita/complete-list/ Vita hacking: https://gitgud.io/8vitagen/hackpaste/blob/master/guides/vitahacking.md#vita-hacking https://vita.hacks.guide/ Vita homebrew/plug-ins: https://gitgud.io/8vitagen/hackpaste/blob/master/guides/vitahomebrew.md#vita-homebrew-and-taihen-plug-in-recommendations Vita game mods: https://gitgud.io/8vitagen/hackpaste/blob/master/guides/vitamods.md#vita-game-mods docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1OkS1S2sJqs2p8jp6pxBfrQkHT4Tn2-__NmAl6BYIUw8/ Make bounties for ports/features for the Vita here: https://github.com/vita-nuova/bounties Consoletan booru: https://consoletan.booru.org I haven't played on my Vita in a fair while as I've been on more of an anime tear and I'm very busy with life, but hopefully this summer I'll have some time after finals to enjoy on my Vita. How about you anons? Feel free to do writeups and reviews of games you've played as well, they may end up getting added to the chart (eventually). Make sure you treat your Vita well. always love her, and never abandon her or allow her to be damaged or broken or you're no better than Soyny. And reminder not to buy anything digital that supports Soyny (unless its for archival, sharing and piracy purposes ofc, which might become important pretty soon). NEWS Monster Hunter Frontier is back on the Vita, this should be a guide or something for getting it working: https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=wdH1CweG1Js A big Vita themes place went down but they came back I think (more or less): https://psvt.ovh/ (Backup version) http://qcnnvxi.cluster027.hosting.ovh.net/ MGBA version 0.10.2 released with some minor Vita improvements, but I still think its an imperfect emulator, haven't tested it in a long while though: https://mgba.io/2023/04/23/mgba-0.10.2/

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Witches!

Let us all post games where you can play as cute witches. In memory of our fallen anon. I thought I had lost this pic but I found it I am so happy.

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Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero

Sparking Zero the successor to Budokai Tenkaichi 3 has now released. Anyone playing it? I can say the game very much feels like Tenkaichi should, if you've played them before you should feel right at home with Sparking Zero. Mechanically, the game is mostly the same as it's always been, but there are a few handy new things to the combat. The skill points that let you use sub abilities and transformations now can also be used for Combo breaker/or attack deflection type moves as well. One thing i've found pretty useful is that inputting the Dragon Rush command a 2nd time can near instantly home you in close to your opponent. One of the minor things about the game that's actually impressive happens to be it's final size. it's only 29GB. So accustomed to newer games being 100 gigs or over, it's surprising when a games size is actually optimized once and a while. In other news, normal fags seem to be getting their shit kicked in by Great Ape Vegeta in the story mode, to the point Bandai Namco's twitter responded. I couldn't tell you what the big deal is with this fight is since I had zero issues with it at all. He just spams Blast moves, but I just did what i'v always done in Tenkaichi for years, Charge Ki to Max, get up close behind him and combo in the back. It works as it always has.

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1.7.10 minecraft server Minecraft server

>What is this? This is an offline 1.7.10 minecraft server running a custom mod pack: https://mega.nz/file/138kFLKQ#NUkR9IRVV_dYv1jrxfYVjZkdWmGTQxujp-NmiEqIQgI DOWNLOAD AT YOUR OWN RISK >What's in it? little tiles, Ic2, thaumcraft, blood magic, littlemaidmobs, et futurum requiem, grimoire of gaia, hardcore ender expansion etc. >Can my toaster run this? It's an even lighter pack than last time and a few versions back. If you have a pc built after 2005 you should be able to run this. >Did you include the difficulty retardation? Considering how well that went over last time, I've elected to not add that retardation. >What if I want "x" mod? Mention it in the thread and I'll see about adding it as long as it's not too retarded. >What's this scripts folder? It's just aspect lists this time so thaumcraft can actually interact with most of the new blocks/items. >How do I use a skin? you need to add your skin file to this folder (.minecraft/cachedImages/skins), named after your username, ending with .png >How do I avoid giving microshaft all my data? https://github.com/EvilToasterDBU/PolyMC-Offline >Will this shit constantly be unavailable No, I'm paying for the server and it should stay up 24/7. >Alright nigger when is the server starting, and where's the ip? Its finished setting up and has been up for over a week. Here's the ip: 51.81.182.151:25572

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Share Thread: Please Remember the Abused Chaikas

READ ME BEFORE ASKING FOR ANYTHING YOU FAGGOT FUCK gitgud.io/Blank/stv/raw/m/OP-Pasta Previous Thread: https://archive.ph/ldX0N How to Contribute Post ITT, make a pull request (git client or gitgud IDE) or raise an issue. If you do not have you own gitgud.io account: tough shit because the public account is busted. Before requesting first check THE GITGUDS YOU COLOSSAL COCKGUZZLER, THEY EXIST FOR A REASON DEAD LINKS ARE CURRENTLY BEING PURGED Anons have experienced shady shit with IGG (e.g. miners and extra files that served no purpose in terms of running the games) and they're from Vietnam gitgud.io/Blank/stv/raw/m/CheckingBeforePosting gitgud.io/Blank/stv/raw/m/PC gitgud.io/Blank/stv/raw/m/GOG.sha256 gitgud.io/Blank/stv/raw/m/Consoles gitgud.io/Blank/stv/raw/m/LewedGames gitgud.io/Blank/stv/raw/m/NotGames gitgud.io/Blank/stv/raw/m/OST gitgud.io/Blank/stv/raw/m/LargeTorrentListings gitgud.io/Blank/stv/raw/m/Archives gitgud.io/Blank/stv/raw/m/QuickSearchableArchives We prefer danknet magnet links, not that garbage clearnet shit like bittorrents & IPFS. Read a book or something if you want to catch up en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anonymous_p2p#List_of_anonymous_P2P_networks_and_clients wiki.installgentoo.com/index.php/Anonymising_yourself privacytools.io thatoneprivacysite.net Save EVERYTHING >>>/eternalarchive/ >Bypassing Mega's bandwith quota MegaDownloader + github.com/dannyvoid/FNSRWR or mega-dl (megatools) and a proxy %>!,-space, https://mega.co.nz/result Guide to a Happy Share Thread Leechers 1. Before requesting, search online and even use distributed search engines (e.g. InfraSearch, Opencola, YaCy, FAROO). 2. Look in CheckBeforePosting, the archives, and volafile. 3. If a password is required check the archives, especially the source thread if it's listed. 4. Be as specific as possible. If you have the cover art of the file you want, post it in both the share thread and in vola room. 5. Links to files will purposely be misleading by having spaces, lines, keys & passwords split in the post. This includes torrent hashes. a. If you see a string of characters (e.g. c12fe1c06bba254a9dc9f519b335aa7c1367a88a) with or without dashes, it is a magnet link. b. If your bittorrent is shit, prepend magnet:?xt=urn:btih: to the string. c. Find and Replace (sed/tr/awk) is your friend. Uploaders 1. When in doubt, upload. Ask questions later. 2. Upload to at least 5 alternative sources and keep a local copy if space permits. 3. Use a URL shortener (spaced or split), base64 encryption, and/or paste relinks (e.g. zerobin.net) on file links to confuse bots. 4. Encrypt your uploads with a password, key, or generator. Rename the files something random, even their checksums. Maybe even pad files to the nearest GB or so to confuse bots. 5. If your connection is stable, it is extremely advisable to self host using anonymity tools like Freenet, I2P, Gnunet, distributed NNTP or MixMinion/Mixmaster. Volafile volafile.org/r/vg 1. Before uploading a batch of miscellaneous files (e.g images and music), be sure they are unique enough to stand on their own and that you ask for the majority's consensus whether to upload the files individually. 2. Upload 5 files and then zip the rest if the dump is larger then 6-7 files. Music Albums exceeding 5 files are to be zipped. 3. When uploading .torrent, either add them to the a zip of the game or just don’t upload those misc files. Properly label files so that they can be identified without asking someone else. 4. For lewd stuff with filenames like RJ74765, either add a .txt linking to the contents on a website or just add the title to the .txt (e.g. "BIG BOOTY WOMEN SIT ON SHOTA FACE (RJ34734)"). 5. You can filter files by file type (.txt, .rar, etc) or search the file list with the bar hidden by the filter files button. a. When in doubt, archive as a single [or split if too large], then upload.

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Chinese Character/Art Design

I want to discuss a certain phenomenon that I have noticed particularly with games funded by China or appealing to their Chinese demographic. I can't really describe exactly what it is which is why I wished to make a thread about it to get some perspective. Maybe it'll make sense to others more than me. All, or most Chinese-appealing characters have this 'sameness' about them. They all look generic in a way. Soulless is another word to describe them. Almost like they have no real character for themselves. They all have very similar attributes that make them cookie-cutter. The thing is, I can't really name a specific attribute that does this, but I can feel it. I know it's there, I just can't put my finger on it, like a 6th sense. If I were to take a guess at the specifics, I'd say it's almost like they're 'safe' in a way, not meant to offend and not meant to have any hugely defining characteristic that might set them apart from other characters. That, and they're overdesigned, making it presumably very hard to make any fanart for the character. The simpler designs always tend to have more fanart. But does correlation equal causation? I don't know. Anyone able to help express what I am noticing here?

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Space Marine 2 and 40k games

Pirated Space Marine 2 and it's been pretty good so far for the hour or so I've been playing. But in case it's not your cup of tea we can talk about all the other 40k games.

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NINTENDO'S ONLINE PLAYTEST REVEALED

Nintendo’s mystery online test is a Minecraft-like MMO https://archive.md/bdv0K Last week, Nintendo announced the Switch Online Playtest Program, a mysterious playtest for Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack members who were lucky enough to sign up (and live in one of the participating countries). With codes now going out, we finally know what it is. Simply called the Nintendo Switch Online Playtest Program, it’s a new game where the goal is to work with others to fully “develop” a massive, expansive planet by utilizing creativity and farmed resources. As you progress across the planet, you’ll discover new lands, enemies, and resources to aid you on your journey. As you play through the game, you’ll receive special tools called Beacons. These Beacons emit a healing light that purifies and develops the land. The higher your Beacon is placed, the wider the area it purifies. Within your Beacon Zone, you can move, lift, and edit items. In this zone, you can create whatever you like: platforms, stairs, Minecraft-like blocks, trees, and other items, as shown in the screenshots. However, you can only edit your own zone, not anyone else’s nearby. Areas outside of the Beacon Zones are public spaces where anyone can work and place items. The game also features a Dev Core, a separate area from the planet that serves as a social hub where players gather. Here, you can level up your character, which resembles a cross between a Fall Guy and Pushmo. Every player has a special skill called the Development Positioning System (DPS), which allows them to see the development status of the planet and the position of other players. Anyone can create content for the game, but you must first earn a UGC license to do so — essentially to prove you’re not going to cause trouble. “To create UGC, you must obtain a UGC License by taking a test in the game to show that you understand the importance of respectful communication.” We have chosen not to share any screenshots of the game, as it is hidden behind the player agreement. Australia and New Zealand were not included in the list of participating countries, so we’ll have to sit back and watch as those lucky enough to join enjoy it. The playtest kicks off at 12:00 PM (noon) AEDT this Thursday. What will this turn into? A brand new IP, or is it just an experiment, or perhaps a test for Nintendo’s networking? We’ll have to wait and see.

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Perfect Games

Are there any games which you consider to be perfect vidya? Just pure distilled quality. Here are two games I consider to be near-perfect (they have their glitches and exploits like any other piece of software).

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Happy 10th Anniversary!

I wrote a reflection piece about a month ago since I don't really have any lavish plans to celebrate the occassion. Although I'm thankful for those of us who are with us to this day and I look forward to helping out as long as I can. Link to the piece: https://medium.com/@markmann447_91903/hello-everyone-42645dc49fb5 also the anniversary was actually in September, but this is fine too

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Steam Next Fest #7: October 2024

It's time for /v/ to play some vidya demos as developers once more dump thousands of samples of their WEGs, Early Access never-evers, RPGMaker refuse, and the occasional diamond in the rough for everyone to try. The new thing this event is that Valve is linking to all the previous Next Fests as well, meaning that devs who keep their demos up are rewarded and JP devs stay losing at they cling to muh timed exclusivity. The headliner and tentpole seems to be a not-DangitRonpaul gacha centered around baseball, among with a smattering of other titles like the UE5 Phantom Breaker: Battlegrounds "remaster." Now, technically, the event hasn't started yet (October 14-21) as of the time of OP's writing, but who cares? It's probably the 14th right now somewhere in the world and the demos are waiting to be played. Let's get to digging! https://store.steampowered.com/sale/nextfest https://store.steampowered.com/search/?sort_by=Released_DESC&category1=10&supportedlang=english&ndl=1

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What was the last game to have a rockin'/upbeat soundtrack?

The only thing I remember people saying about Wanted: Dead was that it had a great choice in music, but it's just a general question about what happened to games that used to have rockin', upbeat, fast, and loud music in general? I know these types of songs are still coming out (Especially in Japan), but I cannot think of a single game that really incorporates them outside of rhythm games you find in the arcade. Regular games just seem to have become dominated by grand orchestral music like they're trying to be some opera. So where are the games with the loud fast-paced music that's guaranteed to cause hearing loss?

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The forgotten art of convenience

So I got a sudden urge to play Runescape (2007scape, it should go without saying) again after however many years. Didn't have anything spectacular in mind, mostly just wanted to fuck about in Lumbridge, murder a few chickens, chop a few trees, basically just live out the experience of being a noob again for shits and giggles. Now, back in the day, all you needed in order to start playing was to go to the website, open the game, click "new account", come up with a username and a password, and you were good to go. Upon trying to set up an account, this was my experience: >Game is no longer browser based, you have to download a client to even run it >Click to make new account >Game opens up my web browser >Have to enter account info there, can no longer do so in the game window >Click to make new account >Get redirected like, 4 times >Have to fill out captcha not once, but twice >Have to give an e-mail address, game no longer accepts usernames >Don't feel like giving my actual e-mail address >Make throwaway Gmail account >Enter it in >Webpage decides I've put in "too many requests" and blocks me from finishing the process >Attempt to finish signing up on my phone browser >Blocked on there as well >After an hour or so, decide to try again >Get redirected multiple times, again >Have to fill out multiple captchas, again >Finally am able to finish creating the account >Open up client >Enter in the email I just signed up with >"New accounts must use the Jagex Launcher" >Have to download an entire launcher, alongside the client, in order for the game to allow me to connect >Decide it's no longer worth it and give up the attempt When and why did simple convenience become such a no-no in the gaming world? Why is all this bullshit involved with something as simple as setting up an account, that benefits absolutely no-one and serves no purpose but to hinder and infuriate people who just want to play the fucking game? It's not just Runescape, either. Almost every game you come across now requires some sort of sign up that requires forking over email addresses, signing up for special accounts, whatever. Then, years later, these companies have a security breach, and whoops, all your accounts and e-mail addresses or whatever are out there in the hands of whomever, because these companies apparently absolutely NEEDED to have them, for some reason, just to let you play a 30 year old game for a few hours. And before anyone starts saying "It's to deter bots", no, no it absolutely is not. Anyone who has ever played free to play Runescape for more than 5 seconds will tell you that free to play is absolutely filled to the brim with bots, to the point where the game becomes borderline unplayable for legitimate players on more populated worlds. Anyone who has played for any length of time can tell you that Jagex absolutely, positively, does not give a FUCK about getting rid of bots or doing anything to solve or address the bot problem. Anyone trying to tell you that all these extra steps are some attempt on their part to try and deter these people (who probably have automated programs that do the entire signup process for them anyway) is completely delusional. So, I guess the TL;DR version of my post is: What is the point of all these extra steps in the signup process for pretty much everything? Why is a simple username and password not sufficient anymore?

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PlayStation 2 25th Anniversary

The PS2 released October 26, 2000 in North America, so it's 25 soon (or now depending on when you read this). Discuss >when did you first get a PS2? >favorite PS2 games? >favorite PS2 girls?

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Granblue Fantasy - /gbfg/

Touch the Cow Edition Crews 1.Infinity - 692908 2.Kihou - 740471 3.Sky Lords - 733000 4.Raven Nest (Dead) - 1024216 5.Heaven&Hel (Dead) - 933194 Guides and info https://gbf.wiki/ >How do I even play this shit? You can play it from your browser by going to http://game.granbluefantasy.jp/ >I'm not going to use google botnet to play this. You can use chrome alternatives, such as Slimjet or Iridium. If you don't like doing that, use an agent spoofer for the browser you do use to spoof chrome. Relink http://relink.granbluefantasy.jp/ Versus https://versus.granbluefantasy.jp/

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Sexy Sprites (part 2)

Continuing from the old one >>516987 Here's what i spent working ALL DAY.

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Silent Hill

Silent Hill 2 Remake is out. Discuss the abortion and the future milking of the series.

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Xbox pulls out of Saudi Arabia

https://xcancel.com/MAlbsimi/status/1844310455432642698 (SA journo) This confirms earlier reporting by Saudi journalists from some weeks ago. Microsoft hasn't officially made any statements yet.

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Printed Advertisement

Video Game ads, from the days of printed media. TALK ABOUT THEM OR SHUT IT!

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Ryujinx devs sold out to Nintendo: Switch Emulation is currently dead

Figured I'd share the big news since I know a lot of people currently emulate switch games due to the hardware being dogshit at running games release in 2024 and just for the sake of piracy. Basically it's not a DMCA nor was it a Github take down. The devs of Ryujinx "made a deal" to stop working on Switch emulation and released a bunch of WIP projects in their private Discord group, including mobile ports, Linux multiplayer and native applet support. I'm still not buying a Switch since there's no value to the thing, although this WILL make it harder to run Switch games on PC in the long run. Hopefully someone got an archive of the source code and can continue the project.

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343i is dead. Long live Halo Studios.

The title is a bit dramatic, but 343i has been totally restructured and renamed. https://archive.is/7Z9Qr Going forward, they'll be using Unreal 5 and changing their workflow. The article is quite extensive, I recommend you read it yourself. Posting their new introduction video in a second. After that, I'll post their new concept art for what they want Halo to be going forward. Thread question: Spartan pussy, or xeno pussy?

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What does it mean to "never" pay more than $20 for a video game?

For example, let's take that statement in reference to what $20 was back in 1992. According to inflation data relating to the CPI, $20 in 1992 is worth $45 in 2024. But that's not the only metric because we have other standards of value. For example, there's commodities. The price of gold in 1992 was $750 an ounce, and is currently worth $2,700 in 2024. Applying that to the game's "standard", that $20 should now be worth $72. But we also have silver in addition to gold, which cost $4 in 1992 (So five ounces worth equals $20) and has now grown to $30 (So that $20 is now worth $150). Meaning that you should "never" pay anything above of $150 for a single game. But this could also be in relation to everything that came with the game as Monkey Island also came with a manual and a little "extra" toy. By today's standards, such content is reserved for "special edition" versions of games, meaning that everything that I just mentioned up above ONLY applies if you're buying the most complete package of a video game. And that a game lacking such content is worth a fraction of that price. I'd argue that you should reduce the price by a third if it's just the game and box (So $100), and probably reduce it all the way down to 25-33% the original price if it's just the game (So $35-$50). But Monkey Island also launched for a price of $60 when it originally release. Meaning even LucasArts admitted that their game prices were "too damn high" and was worth only a third as much as they sold it for. Which means that $150 is now $50 again. Or is it just an overall rule that $20 should be the stopping point altogether and no questions asked? Or am I greatly overthinking this joke?

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Former PlayStation head says there's an 'existential crisis' of consoles as platform sales haven't increased in 25 years

This is from June, but I just found it. It's an interesting read. https://archive.is/OkZ7a >Is console gaming hurdling towards ruin? Former PlayStation chairman Shawn Layden gives a frank answer on the current state of play with the traditional nexus of Big 3 hardware. >It isn't trouble, but it's not a new thing. >If you look at the history of consoles, from PS1 to PS5 and everything associated in those verticals, the global install base in any one of those generations never got over about 250 million. No matter how you rack it up. There's at one point in time when the Wii came out, and thanks to Wii Fit, an extra like 20 million units got sold because everyone thought they could lose weight. >But that wasn't sustainable, and that came crashing down. And we're still kind of in the 250 million overall install base of active consoles. I think that's a challenge. We've managed to do a lot over time, and during the pandemic, revenues went up 20-25%, but it was still just getting more money from the same people. It wasn't necessarily bringing new people into the console gaming world. >So I think that's the existential threat to gaming right now: How do you break out of that glass ceiling? TL;DR since the PS1 consoles have sold roughly 250,000,000 units each gen, with those numbers shifting around between systems. He thinks the lack of growth is a long-term threat as the industry keeps extracting more money from the same pool of people.

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Stream Thread 13: The Gang

https://8chan.tv/ Post links to your streams here. Any subject: Games, movies, anime, art, programming, politics... whatever you like! >How do I stream? ∙ Register an account at https://8chan.tv/. ∙ Go to My Channels under your avatar icon, top right. ∙ Create a channel, click on it and then the ⚙ icon (channel settings) to find your stream key. ∙ Install OBS Studio https://obsproject.com/ and paste your stream key to Settings/Stream, set Service to Custom and Server to rtmp://8chan.tv/stream/. Some emails may not work when registering. Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo (and maybe others) have issues with Cockmail and won't receive the verification email. If you insist in using these emails or have already registered using one, email sudsshit@proton.me for help with your account. Max supported bitrate is 3500 Kbps. Set Keyframe Interval to 1 for lowest stream delay. Ask here if you have further questions and also on >>>/site/1519 Last thread >>945094 And remember. HAVE FUN!

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Localization "Discourse"

Seeing fags on twitter flinging shit over Unicorn Overlord's translation, I don't speak nipponese but according to defenders its good localization because "it adds flavor", or that you can translate it different ways because of the language. Wonder what your fags thoughts are. Screencaps are from this thread, Yasumi Matsuno also posted his thoughts on it. https://twitter.com/zakogdo/status/1761626628890018155 https://twitter.com/YasumiMatsuno/status/1761962610243830081 https://archive.is/ijDMK

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Series that Peaked with the First Game

With most series, the first game tends to be something like a rough draft that is improved upon by later installments. But some times you get a series where they get it right on the first try, and later games mess up the formula in one or another. A good example of this is Spyro. The first game is a great platformer with big, open levels that encourage lots of exploration. Every other game in the series turns levels essentially into straight lines that will occasionally have a branch that leads to a mini game. By the time you get to Spyro 3, it feels like mini games take up at least half the game. Also, the sequels feel like they're missing some of the magic of the original. The worlds don't feel quite as mysterious for some reason.

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Pirates of the Hawaii: Like a Black Dragon Flag

Quest for Madlantis ft. Captain Jack Majima from the Yakuza series. Look at this madness. RGG done it again

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Xbox Direct for "partners" on October 17th

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2024/10/14/xbox-partner-preview-october-2024/ >Thursday, October 17, at 10am Pacific / 1pm Eastern / 6pm UK. >We’re thrilled to announce the next Xbox Partner Preview – our no-fluff, all-games broadcast – is coming this Thursday, October 17. In the latest installment, we’ll feature a mix of new and upcoming games for you from incredible partners like Remedy Entertainment, Sega, 505 Games, and many more, with over a dozen new trailers over the course of around 25 minutes. >During Xbox Partner Preview, you’ll get a first look at gameplay from Alan Wake 2’s next expansion, The Lake House, an action-packed new trailer for Like A Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii, a peek at multiple bosses in dark-fantasy action game Wuchang: Fallen Feathers, multiple world premieres, and other great titles coming to Xbox consoles, Windows PC, and Game Pass. And here I thought we were finally done with this shit for the year after TGS came and left with a whimper.

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Bandai Namco All-In On DEI after seeing rigged survey

So I just woke up to seeing this article, and it just makes me think about this thread >>1004518 on how the video games industry is run by out of touch retards who are going to ruin these companies by appealing to an audience that doesn't buy games. I just don't get it, you see it failure after failure that this isn't something people want. Yet they insist on putting it in their games. I'm thinking it might have to do with these faulty surveys made by companies like Newzoo who I think are worth looking into. Especially now, as Japanese companies are being misled due to the language barrier and politically motivated employees. Just look at examples like Concord and Forespoken, hell Bandai Namco has an upcoming flop known as Unknown 9 which is specifically made by former Sweet Baby Inc people, and will be boosted by AMD card sales along with the new Space Marine game. Although if you look everywhere the game is promoted, it's getting HEAVY backlash from more authentic sources. I wonder what would be an effective way of giving them a proper message, since these survey companies clearly have some sort of political agenda or closed off pooling data. Perhaps we can contact shareholders and ask them to disinvest after Unknown 9 flops and use both Unknown 9 and Blue Protocol's failure to launch in the western market as examples of why they should disinvest from Bandai Namco until they get their shit together. https://www.4gamer.net/games/999/G999905/20240826044/

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Metaphor: ReFantazio Brand new gameplay stream

New gameplay dropped today /v/ https://www.youtube.com/live/solgLpxaMd0?si=-xCkOL7B7yqMM597

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Touhou thread

GATHER ROUND YEE OTAKU AS I TELL YEE WHY CIRNO IS THE BEST 2HU 1. She's the STRONGEST 2. She's the SMARTEST 3. She's the CUTEST All you fags who waifu over tengu or okuu, you'll never have true bliss unless you abandon all yokai and mortal tendencies and bow down to THE STRONGEST FAIRY With that autism out of the way, I've been playing a bit of Touhouvania game and I'm kinda hoping we get a third one since Touhouvania 2 is also coming to Steam next year, which I'm quite looking forward too. What's your favorite Touhou mainline and fangames /v/?

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regarding minecraft

tell me which is good- java or bedrock to play minecraft in?

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The Sims: 1, 2, 3

Thread for the discussion, gameplay & screencap sharing of The Sims 1, 2, 3 & 4? 1st Question: >Which Sims is the best? (1, 2, or 3?) 2nd Question: >Have any characters / families / houses to screenshot & share? 3rd Question: >Recommend any good mods? Tell any stories about your time playing The Sims™.

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The Sims 5 cancelled

YOU WILL PLAY SIMS 4 FOREVER AND YOU WILL LIKE IT https://archive.ph/mrD6X This is actually old news now, having officially been cancelled last week. Seems to have gone under the radar. Their reasoning is such bullshit. >EA vice president and The Sims general manager Kate Gorman explained that rather than starting over from scratch again and 'replacing' past games, "You'll see there are more ways to experience The Sims on different platforms, different ways to play, transmedia, and lots of great offerings within this universe." EA has also stated they're not going to be making any more Sims sequels, saying they've "moved beyond" that. This broken, janky piece of trash will be the last numbered Sims title. Did you know they forked it from some scrapped web MMO, and that's why it's so feature limited?

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Vidya Oekaki Art Thread!

Thread for sharing your Oekaki art of vidya characters/Locales I present you all with Smaus, the bunty hunty

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Sushi Ben dev caught false flagging on Twitter and 4chan.

The Sushi Ben dev posted on 4chan /v/ "Offended loser destroyed by game developer". With a .webm of a video from Twitter from the game dev making fun of the "offended loser" and blanking out his name. An Anon points out that the "offended loser" turns out to be someone who makes fun of right wingers and "chuds" and defends gender pronouns and shows proof (along with the account name) in a screen grab. Anons on 4chan notice the false flag attempts and of course, the jannies on 4chan deleted the thread, due to Anons noticing the false flag. Want proof of the false flag? Here are some archive links to go with the screenshots: Twitter thread archive through Nitter front end: https://archive.ph/h2IJU and https://nitter.poast.org/DmawDev/status/1842630765957255239 to see the videos. The Steam Thread of the Original False Flag (with the dev and false flagger thanking each other and wishing each other well) https://archive.ph/k8SPf Twitter post of someone showing the false flagger and dev interacting with each other and the dev acknowledged they interacted with each other (both through nitter): https://archive.ph/cdXxJ and https://archive.ph/rWPzz Misc: Supporters of the game saying what the dev did wasn't scummy and "doesn't matter because the "anti-woke" brainrot is everywhere these days." https://archive.ph/VntDL Twitter.com/X.com archives: https://archive.ph/roQTp https://archive.ph/SGlVO https://archive.ph/xnUPX https://archive.ph/cXTt4 https://archive.ph/HAKJY

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Red Dead Redemption coming to PC on October 29th

NEVER EVER THEY SAID!!! https://archive.is/lYkpt https://store.steampowered.com/app/2668510/Red_Dead_Redemption/

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Avatar (cartoon) is getting a major AAA RPG

Developers are reportedly Saber Interactive. http://web.archive.org/web/20241003133422/https://www.ign.com/articles/avatar-the-last-airbender-is-getting-a-aaa-rpg-with-saber-interactive-and-paramount-game-studios-exclusive It won't be based on either of the shows, but set in the wider Avatar universe. The MC will be a 'new' Avatar not yet mentioned in lore won't be hard, there's shockingly few namedropped for how important they are canonically. It's going to be set in the very distant past, thousands of years before where the timeline currently is.

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Assassin’s Creed Shadows’ Lead Producer Claims “We Are Trying To Create A Game That Is As Authentic As Possible”

>"We are trying to create a game that is as authentic as possible. It's something we take pride in," Onnée tells us. "And that is also a very long process. When we build a Japanese house from feudal Japan, it is very different from, say, a French medieval house or an English one. >"It's not feudal Japan, obviously, but it is good to go on site, because it is only then that we realise it is very different to what we think it is," Onnée explains. "It is very interesting, because when the team went there, one of the things that jumped out was the forests and how they are. We had made some forests based on the Greece landscape [for Odyssey], but when we went, we noticed it was very different to what we'd done, and we had to change it. You don't necessarily find that stuff out when doing historical research. Seems like Ubisoft is sticking to their lies, and are much more interested in trees than making accurate Japanese architecture and cities. https://archive.is/pp0aj https://archive.is/hsAbj