>>1472084 I wasn't trying to show them the finer points of material usage and mag growth. It's casual enough that all they really need to do is walk around and smack stuff with a stick while I handle most of the support. When I was their age, I was playing the original Phantasy Star games, and some of my older nieces were just fine playing PSO like this when they were their age. Even asked me for PSZero for their Nintendo DS's for Christmas. >Should have picked a more casual party game or something. I don't have a lot in the way of those, and I don't want them playing anything that will make them too excitable on my good controllers. That's why they usually stay on Xbone or PS4, because they don't know what the fuck they're doing, don't care, and will just button mash and torque on the sticks until every controller they touch is a complete fucking wreck. It's like handing a controller to a chimpanzee I swear to god. That's why they usually only play on my consoles - because I never use them anymore, and I don't care if they get tore up. Figured PSO might be a good choice because the combo timing might dissuade them from button mashing, but nope. Besides, last time we tried to play Fusion Frenzy it was a goddamned mess. The casual games were too hard for them, and every time someone managed to starting to beat the other - they'd start crying, screaming "no fair", and then ragequit. Same with fighters. They just can't handle competition or loss. Left to their own devices, they'd rather just play Minecraft or Dragon Quest Builders and walk around looking at stuff. They won't even bother trying to build a simple house or crafting items. They just mindless pick stuff up in the environment until their inventory is full, punch a few trees, make a fucking random mess and then get bored and walk away. I think they're just stupid. There was a video floating around here a while ago from some Barbie cartoon where she was trying to get her kid sister to play some "Cave Adventure" game and the kid just kept repeatedly falling off the cliff at the very intro of the game despite Barbie explaining at length that you need to go INTO the cave to start the CAVE adventure. That's them to a fucking T. I've seen literal meth babies who grew up to have more cognitive capacity and attention span than these kids.

>>1471860 >kids come over >instead of picking some pick up and play game, pick a fucking MMO First of all, you shouldn't have picked any sort of RPG, because the whole premise of the genre is that you invest a lot of time into it, and you were at a social event, AKA a thing where there is limited time. Plus they're kids. They like fun games, not your boring ass games. You could have maybe got them into something better than phone garbage, but it would need to be something simple, like a kart racer or something. You mentioned fighters, but while that isn't a terrible pick up and play genre, it is if they aren't at equivalent skill levels. And if they all suck that bad, they might get bored due to not being able to do the fun special moves. Kart racers and Mario kart are the way to go. Or platformers if you can get a decent co-op one going, like New Super Mario Bros. or something. >>1472246 >and I don't want them playing anything that will make them too excitable on my good controllers. So you don't want them having a good time. You should have just found something to do other than video games then. >some Barbie cartoon where she was trying to get her kid sister to play some "Cave Adventure" game I'd play Cave Adventure with Skipper, if you know what I mean.

>>1467075 >people forget where vidya came from, the past is sometimes swept aside. This happens to every form of media and its honestly kind of disgusting. It would be like some retarded normie saying boiling water is outdated or the wheel is problematic. The only reason the new breakthroughs happen is because of older ones, and even the older options are still great. People can still watch movies made in the 1930's or old 2D animated movies they aren't just swept under histories rug because they aren't 3D movies with cellphone jokes everywhere.

>>1472314 >So you don't want them having a good time Not on my good controllers, no. Like I said, they can take turns trying to game on the shit they already busted up, or bring their own controllers from home. Oh, wait... they can't, because they broke all the controllers they have at home and now those barely function too. >Having a good time That's also part of the point. They only have a good time for about 10 minutes, and then they start fighting and crying and throwing shit around because they can't handle losing or the other nimrod who can't even figure out where the "A" button is isn't helping them to not die constantly. >You should have just found something to do other than video games then. They usually end up going outside to play when they can't stand playing games with each other anymore, which hey, it's better for them anyhow if they have that much energy to burn and it doesn't cost me over a $150 annually in hardware replacement. Running around in a circle is a simple enough activity for them, except for my one niece, who's broken her arm three times doing that. Four times? This last instance was a two-fer since she broke both of them and is now in a full torso cast. Straight up fucking birdbones on that girl, and she still hasn't learned to look where she's going. >>1472314 >you shouldn't have picked any sort of RPG You missed the entire point. There's four of them, two controllers per console, and one TV. And they all want to play a goddamned single-player game by themselves because they don't like playing with each other, again, they can't handle competition or losing. But two of them will usually end up taking turns. The third had nothing to do, so I offered to let them play what I was playing (PSO) and told them I'd help them out so it was easy. The fourth can't play any games at all right now because she can't stop falling over shit and breaking bones.

>>1472246 They're just kids anon, and for them this is just a casual pastime unless they're really into it like some do. Even while being extremely interested in videogames as a kid I still did plenty of stupid shit. Don't judge, just let them explore and enjoy the vidya. Nobody is born taught, and thanks to boomers, nobody wants to teach anything.

b9f4c3 anon should have gone with games that are simple to understand and to use, be either Katamari, One Piece Pirate Warriors, most of Nintendo offerings, Conduct Together, etc. Or even relying on co-op where the kids go together against the CPU like a splitscreen EDF (on easier difficulties obviously) or by solving a puzzle together (Portal 2, Good Job, Part-Time UFO, etc.)

>>1473100 When I have family over I put on Mario Kart 8 DX or some other one like 64. Either that or Halo 1 or splitscreen Doom, all of which usually are well received.

>>1472349 >People can still watch movies made in the 1930's or old 2D animated movies they aren't just swept under histories rug because they aren't 3D movies with cellphone jokes everywhere. A lot of people can't. Tons of people just refuse to watch black and white movies. Ever try getting someone to watch a silent movie? My own father has a hard time watching movies from the '60s, and he was alive at the time. You might get a few absolute classics that normalfags will watch, maybe The Wizard of Oz, for example, but it's only a few that happen to not have many elements that betray their age. And younger people sometimes have a hard time just paying attention for ninety minutes in a row. Attention spans have been shrinking for decades, and the Chinese mind weapon that is TikTok has exacerbated the problem significantly. I've met "people" in their 30s that are proud of being able to sit through a 90 minute film. >>1473100 Why don't you know how to quote a post? How new can you possibly be? For the love of god, lurk moar.

>>>/v/1473301 >Why don't you know how to quote a post? Making reference to one's id instead of a particular post is a perfectly acceptable posting style, if a bit rare.

>>1473142 It's again part of the reason why I've been owning a Switch since it's a lot easier to introduce games that people in my IRL circle weren't aware of. The young relatives discovered Katamari, Deemo, Taiko, Battle Cats, Dredge, Pirate Warriors, Photon Cube, EDF, etc. that way. Even something like Densha de Go with the train brake controller (that I've imported from Japan) was a fun moment with the family once, since the game had enough visual cues to be intuitive despite being moonrunes-only. That's said, the biggest bottleneck is the language barrier for a lot of Japanese games as they're rarely translated in my native tongue. Atelier would have been a nice gift idea if it wasn't text-heavy thus missing out on a lot of info on the story & characters. >>1473301 >can't hover the cursor over my ID lol

>>1467067 Why should you give two fucks? Do you play in order to enjoy, or get good goy points from normalfags? The sooner you don't care about normalfags the better. They don't give too fucks about quality and only chase after fad games. It baffles them that I would play a game from 1994 and actually enjoy it. Fuck their stupid graphics, I will enjoy my beautiful sprites while they slog through ESG shit.

>>1473327 >Making reference to one's id instead of a particular post is a perfectly acceptable posting style, if a bit rare. Has this sheer degeneracy become acceptable on halfchan over the last decade? Because it's never been here.

For how many hours straight would you ravage him? Please do not go see capeshit

>>1474411 You mean the baby in the thumbnail? You sick fuck. Also that's Franklin Richards. He has reality warping powers and would send you to the cornfield or something if you tried to mess with him.

Oh, and fun fact, same VA.

>>1474411 I do not want to fuck the robot, I want to cuddle it and put it in cute clothes. Listen to that cute chirping voice, that's like wanting to bone WALL-E you sick fuck. On that note, I don't understand the trend of taking cute little roboys and turning them into dumptruck buttsluts.

>>1474411 >>1474414 >>1474418 I will never give a single shekel to (((marvel))).

>>1474444 (checked) QUAD QUADS

>>1474444 >>1474463 >4 4s >On a post about Fantastic Four. Looks like you have to watch this piece of shit now, Anon. I'm sorry.

>>1472314 >I'd play Cave Adventure with Skipper, if you know what I mean.

>>1465866 could you guys at least tell me how my models look so far?

>>1474466 Wasted dubs compel me to do nothing. I will pirate the movie for free and then not watch it anyway.

>>1465866 >>1474478 I need more context anon. What are you going for?

>>1474527 Well I want to use low polygon style look because 1) it is faster to make it and 2) I suck at texturing, so I just use flat coloring from now on. I am making those weapon models for my renamon doom mod, where I intend to add a lot of weapons, well at least around 50 different guns and remodelling guns from other games such as C&C Renegade and UT2004. Yeah I know it's going to be a lot of work, but eh the same could be said if I'd be making 10 different doom weapon mods, so I decided to just make one weapon mod instead. A guy is making a fork of my github version every while so his version is more up to date than mine: https://xxheavy-swagxx.itch.io/gzdoom-digital-weapon-aka-renamon-mod

>>1474557 One thing I noticed is that the different guns have inconsistent levels of detail, some are more finely detailed than others.

>>1474615 Uhh yeah, it depends on the reference image I am working with. I use only one side view image references to make the weapon models that way, some of the images have sharp details while others don't have easy to see detail so I had some difficulties to add more details to those guns since I couldn't clearly see where I need to block out those shapes.

>>1474615 >>1474557 Yeah some have smooth parts and others are all blocky. And some have a flat texture where others have a low res texture. Personally I like the flat textured ones but the MAC 10 looks OKish even though it looks more like it's made from Minecraft smooth stone than brushed metal. What's the most important thing is for everything to be consistent across the different models. Do you have untextured screenshots of those models? I might help to judge them a little better.

>>1474834 Yes I can make untextured screenshot of those. I have made so far 34 models for this mod alone but not all of them are ingame because I removed a few of those in my recent git version. I started working on this weapon mod like 1 year ago. Normally if I worked really hard then only 4 months of work would have all the weapons that I wanted but I end up procrastinating a lot and just binge playing doom because I am too depressed to work more. I mean I am glad there are a few people out there who enjoys my doom weapon mod as it is, despite it is not many people compared to other doom mods, but still I make no money out of it, I am stuck with GZDoom modding limitation so it's not the same as like making a game in Godot. I am just disappointed nobody is willing to donate me a few bucks over the effort I am making so far. Other developers on X seems to be reaching far out more people then I do with my single render post that I do once in a while. >model texturing I intend to replace all those atlas texturing with flat texturing, so it will take some while to go through all those 34 models not changed yet.

>>1473100 >Katamari A good choice, but I don't have it on console. >One Piece Pirate Warriors Don't have it. >Nintendo games Most Nintendo games are too hard for them. Literally cannot beat world 1-1 in Mario Bros. >Conduct Together Don't have it. >EDF Tried it. They don't like it, because bugs scare them. >Portal 2 Tried it. Can't get past the first puzzle, and then they fight because they won't cooperate. >Good Job/PartTime UFO Never heard of them. I'm not buying/pirating games specifically for them, just offering my library for them to play. They all had their own 2DSs and Switches, but they never bring them out because they lost/broke the charging cards or broke the consoles. >>1473142 >Mario Kart 8DX They're not getting anywhere near my Switch. Not that I even play it myself, but I still don't want it broken. I let them play it once with Doughnut County, since you didn't need the controllers, and it ended with one of them smacking the other in the head with the Switch tablet. >Halo 1 Tried that. They can't finish the Pillar of Autum on Easy. End up getting lost or too scared to enter rooms with too many enemies. They'd rather just run around in circles smacking walls and already dead bodies. >DOOM It's too hard for them, and they get lost and frustrated too easily. The only two real successes I've had were with Crazy Taxi, which they are terrible at and won't even bother to pick up passengers, but they have no concept of a high score so it's just a few minutes of crashing into walls and people screaming. The other is Project Diva Future Tone, but only on easy mode and if no-fail is on. My older nephew is starting to venture into normal and some of the easier Hard mode songs. Though I think it might have accidentally planted the seed of a giantess fetish since he is unusually attached to putting her in a bikini and playing Gigantic Girl over and over again.

>>1474922 >Literally cannot beat world 1-1 in Mario Bros >because bugs scare them in EDF How old are these kids? Like 4 or 5?

>>1474937 Youngest two are 7-8, oldest girl with the bird bones is 10, and the oldest boy is 14. He's actually starting to get a little bit of competency in games now (a very little bit), but he's largely lost interest in most games since he started on his school's football team. Built a computer for him a few years ago so he could play Fortnite and COD, but he never bothered to learn how to use it, even with me coming over specifically to teach him the basics, so now it's just a dust collector while he plays with his friends on Xbox. I think I just got spoiled with my old friend's kid. Dude and his wife used to be meth addicts, and the kid came out kinda fucked up. They eventually got busted, did their time, cleaned up, and he got a job at the same place I was working at the time. Ended up going over to his house to help move some old broken refridgerator out of his garage, and afterward we had a beer while watching his 6-7 year old kid play Super Mario Galaxy on the Wii. That little fucker was on the fucking ball. Granted, he wasn't that good at the game... but he was paying attention. He came up with all these little "strategies" to deal with each enemy type, he knew the maps and how to navigate them, where the secrets were. The kid was on the fucking ball, and he was proud to show off how good he was at it. Yeah, he got frustrated a bit like all kids from time to time, but if we had to help him with something - he learned from it, and then was able to identify other areas where the same lesson would apply. I was seriously impressed. I was really hoping my nieces and nephews would end up like that. But nope. Retards all the way down. Best I can figure is that he had to kind of figure out how to do stuff for himself at an early age, since he had to live with his grandma for a while until his parents could get him back. Meanwhile, my sister is more of a helicopter parent - so they never learn to deal with their own problems, figure stuff out for themselves, or learn to deal with each other's bullshit without some authority stepping in to solve their disputes for them.

>>1475008 >I was really hoping my nieces and nephews would end up like that. But nope. Retards all the way down. I get the older one not caring about games now that he's got footbaw and puberty to occupy his time but 7 and 8 year olds ought to be able to deal with an entry level NES game. That's about how old I was when I got my Nintendo for Christmas. I've never been a particularly "good" gamer, just determined. I headbutted my way through almost every game I ever played until I got gud this technique continues to this day. Have you tried them on Kirby? Or possibly some of the more arcady NES ports. Joust, Mario Bros, DK, DK jr., Qbert, etc? Those are harder but there's also less to distract them since they aren't sidescrollers. >so they never learn to deal with their own problems, figure stuff out for themselves, or learn to deal with each other's bullshit without some authority stepping in to solve their disputes for them. Aww man they're never going to survive the post apocalyptic wasteland at that rate.

>>1474858 > I am too depressed Just walk it off!

>>1475669 God this picture looks so awfully brain rotted.

>>1475687 >brain rotted Do you watch Skibidi Toilet too?

>>1475758 Fuck no I don't watch this zoomer pile of shit.

>>1475758 >Jak 3 >is clearly Jak 2

>>1474858 >I am just disappointed nobody is willing to donate me a few bucks over the effort I am making so far >expecting people to just give you money Wrong mindset retard.

>>1476152 Why is it wrong to ask for donations?

>>1474858 The donation model doesn't work sadly.

>>1477137 Any alternatives then? I have a question regarding steam deck. I am not looking to buy one since I am too much of a poorfag to buy one, but how is FPS gameplay with the steam deck? Is it just as smooth like it is in smart phones or does it work differently?

>>1475035 >but 7 and 8 year olds ought to be able to deal with an entry level NES game I've noticed this with my nephews: The moment they get stuck or their enjoyment dies even a little bit, they swap games. Kids don't stick with shit like kids used to before, because the market is flooded with free and easily accessible games so they can just mindlessly jump from one to another. To elaborate a bit more in case I'm not being clear, kids before were usually stuck with what they had so it encouraged you to master and complete shit, and most kids today don't have that issue. They can just jump to another game whenever or just go play whatever their friends are into. >>1477137 It does sometimes, usually for niche areas of modding where you are one of very few content creators. I used to make decent money doing adult/fetish mods for the Sims and a few other games, but that was long ago. Alternatively, make a long term project that fags can follow your progress on as you post updates and such. Get them invested in wanting to see more, and then slowly push shit like donation goals and incentives once you have a solid/consistent following.

>>1477015 It's wrong to EXPECT donations. Especially for mods. I don't doubt you're putting in work, but you need to reevaluate your expectations.

>>1480296 You'd think with ans many mobile fremium games being intentionally shitty to farm micro-transactions that they'd be use to dealing with unfun gaming. I don't really know how to solve that situation with your niece and nephews other than banning phone/tablet time at your place and giving them a choice of a small selection of games you have for them at a given time OR sitting quietly while you all watch Antiques Roadshow and The Joy of Painting. I also thought of another NES game that might be perfect for the terror twins. Rampage >2 player simultaneous >long playtime >gets to smash shit >play as King Kong and Godzilla Ymir >literally cannot lose I still have a huge fondness looking back on that game.

>>1481416 I'm old enough that I saw it in the arcade as a little kid. Even then I thought, "what's the point?" Wasn't worth the limited quarters available.

>>1481416 Do kids still love Bob Ross? I know that was a bit of a meme like five years ago or something. Also, give them later versions of Rampage and they'll like them better just due to fancier graphics and a little more variety. That said, I bet they'll still get bored in about 20 minutes tops, because it's Rampage. But it's a good 20 minutes.

Nintendo are doing a huge Wipeout 3 style advertising campaign in the London Underground right now, but somebody in marketing fucked up BAD because multiple games are labelled with "OUT NOW" even for games that are very much not out now, some don't have release dates yet.

>>1483264 >somebody *something

>>1483264 wew lad

>>1481416 >I don't really know how to solve that situation with your niece and nephews I wasn't the original anon talking about this, check the IDs. Sorry if that wasn't clear. >Rampage I actually got my nephews to play that one a while ago. It is a good suggestion if they like big monsters. They also liked War of the Monsters on the ps2, though that one was a bit on the harder side so they never got very far into it. >>1483264 >London continues to fuck up everything Amazing.

>>1483264 Given how anal British civil courts are this is probably actionable as false advertising.

Man Serious Sam classic should get a AI translator feature, so that I can play russian maps and understand more or less the russian text that is being shown.

>>1483264 Nintendo has been sending copyright takedowns to posts about this lmao. The Big N's a little embarrassed.

>>1483651 Do it yourself :^) https://github.com/tx00100xt/SeriousSamClassic

>>1485959 >just do it yourself bro typical answer

If you want a casual detective game, try The Diary. Took me about 3 hours and I was satisfied with it.

>>1492388 ow's the tone of the game without getting too into spoilers? Does it feature a lot of point & click elements or is it mainly deduction?

>>1492388 Might give it a shot if I can find a torrent. Not really into spending 20 bucks on a 3 hour game.

I JUST found out that Super Smash Bros Brawl contains the entire roms for 12 different classic games, so extracting them means you technically own 12 different games. Or you can just disable the VC timer with cheats. That is something that blew my mind. How did I not know this for 20 years?

>>1494533 It revolves around the POV of 5 characters and while it starts out normally, once you get to the end of Ashley's part things start getting more serious. It's mostly easy point and click puzzles there with some small deductions as to where the plot is going. >>1494550 cs.rin.ru and all that.

Anyone got any good recommendations for online co-op games for at least two people?

>>1497407 -Dungeons and Dragons Chronicles of Mystara -Baldurs Gate Dark Alliance -Serious Sam

>>1497407 Left 4 Dead series. Beat em ups (Armored Warriors, X-Men arcade, Battle Circuit, Aliens vs Predator, etc.) Killing Floor series. >>1497526 You can't remap on Mystara! https://steamcommunity.com/app/229480/discussions/0/630802344055044688/

>>1497407 Sven Co-op tbh Obsidian Conflict (when it finally fucking comes out)

Going to ifunny is like taking a walk through a trailer park.

>>1497407 Things I have played with a friend and enjoyed: >Resident Evil 5 & 6 even 6 was a lot of fun, just by laughing at how absurd it was, should mention that 5 was our first RE game and 6 our second >Valheim >V Rising >Baldur's Gay 3 >Solasta >State of Decay 2 We are almost done with V Rising, and was actually thinking of doing a Halo co-op campaign of the series to see exactly how good or bad the games were, besides the whole "baby's first FPS" and "it killed muh arena shooters". There has to be something to it, considering how the xbox brand only exist because of the nostalgia people have for Halo 2 and 3.

>>1363104 Hold on, there's lovecraftian stuff in Stray? I thought it was a game about a cat roaming a city or something.

>>1363104 >kot vs. the fucking Flame of Frenzy Holyshit!

>>1363104 I thought you guys at least watched a playthrough of it

>>1500000 who got it

>Go to Encyclopedia Dramatica >Check links on a page >All are dead or redirect to some botfarm/thirdie website That shit crushes my soul

>>1501402 Which page? That's depressing.

>>1497407 Portal 2 (2 players) Half-Life: Decay (2 players) TF2 Mann Vs Machine (6 (or more depending on server) players) Minecraft Survival Island or Skyblock LEGO Star Wars (Either Complete Saga via Steam Share/Parsec or LSW1 or 2 via Dolphin Netplay) Zelda Tri-Force Heroes (2 players matchmaking with a stranger or 3 players) Zelda Four Swords Adventures via Dolphin Netplay (2-4 players) Classic Doom/Doom 2/Final Doom (via either the NightDive remaster or Zandronum, easy to pirate for Zandronum) (2 or more) Quake (2 or more) Quake II (NightDive remaster, I recommend the Quake 2 N64 version levels) (2 or more)

>>1497407 >>1502126 Oh, somehow I forgot MOTHERFUCKING BATTLEBLOCK THEATER also Castle Crashers

>>1502130 I keep remembering ones I forgot too, like SM64CoopDX. Either the base game or exploring B3313 in multiplayer is great fun (The B3313 mod for SM64CoopDX is a bit hard to find and you have to go to a Discord for it so I saved you the trouble and uploaded it to Catbox for you, game not included https://files.catbox.moe/f37biu.zip )

>>1501547 Most of them

>>1501402 Nostalgia aside I thought people hated ED since introduced normals (and people who hunt for content) to chan shit.

>>1503287 Not really, ED has always been pretty niche when they started to peak when the newest normalfag wave of 2009-2012 started flooding,is when DeHippo shut down the website around 2011. Subsequent shutdowns didn't help and now it still somehow stands after countless bastions of the good ole free internet have been taken down by corpofuckery.

>>1502130 Whenever I have someone over for a date/hookup I force them to play castle crashers with me all night. I've beaten the game several times now, and been ghosted by many people. Been thinking of occasionally changing it up by playing Pit People but castle crashers is nice because you can beat it in an evening if you have good synergy.

>>1504456 >force someone to play an obscure coop game in which you flex your replay skills on an uninitiated player, probably dont even go easy during the pvp sections for the princesses, for someone you just had a romantic encounter with >get ghosted i wonder why..

Is it possible to earn a little bit of money doing some work as a noob programmer? Like for doing game programming, or do I need far more experience before people seriously consider me as a employee?

>>1508450 You have been replaced by ChatGPT, unless: >Your employer is a boomer running a mom-and pop and hasn't ever touched a computer. >Your employer is inexperienced himself or herself haha..... >You have good communication skills and can weasel your way into a job. >You are already popular and have an audience that will consider buying your shit. >You find someone with obscene amounts of money and is willing to throw it at you.

>>1508488 >You have been replaced by ChatGPT Universal basic income can't come soon enough, I get only fucking 200 euro a month from my mother and fucking nothing else. Fucking christ, apparently I get 800 euro a month or so, but my nigger of a parents are pocketing 600 euro themselves out of MY MONEY. >1-5 options I may as well get hit by a thunder, greater chance of achieving that. Well I fucking dunno, my last resort is begging my friends for some money in the hopes they spare me some few dollars/euros. Of course I as a noob programmer got replaced by those AI. Fucking Artist of all walks are constantly butthurt and are vocal about it on social media that they are getting replaced by AI but don't give a fuck that beginner programmers suffers from the same faith.

>>1508638 >I get 200 euro a month from my mother >Universal basic income Nigger I get nothing and I live a decent life, the biggest issue this society has is disdaining and devaluing blue collar jobs.

>>1508665 Dude. Devalued jobs is the result of kikes importing cheap nigger work forces and outsourcing all those jobs from America/Europa into some shithole countries where people are being paid for a single bag of rice or whatever. Just so that the kikes that owns like at least 95% estimated of all major companies if not more to further bring down the average wage of a worker even more down. White nations are being flooded by subhuman shitskins due to Right and Left leaning kikes working together. Bring war and destabilization to some shithole countries so that those niggers which are mainly at a fighting age males and barely any kids or women are immigrating into America and into Europa. The Left leaning kikes are causing mass immigration while the Right leaning kikes are bringing wars into those third world countries. Have some classic A. Wyatt Mann pictures. The resolution may be fucked up because I saved those images ages ago back when /pol/ was not filled to the brim with shills and kikes.

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>>1508450 >junior entry job in IT 2025 As the kids say: "lol. lmao even" >Software Engineer Should become senior soon enough Sad news is that there is a bit of a downturn in the IT sector, that mostly affects junior roles, so unless you are already in the industry or have a diploma from a prestigious university, then there is not much to do. So if you want to cash, you can work on one of those micro-jobs that take less than an hour and pay like shit https://jumptask.io/jumptask-microtasks/ >but I want IT in gaming First of all, forget about gaming, it pays like shit and there aren't all that many open positions, unless you want to join a startup for a free mobile game with tons of adds, you are better off working in other fields, like automtive, though even that is kinda shit, especially in Germany maybe America as well. >but I really, really want in IT If you don't want to go to a free University and waste spend 3 years of your life learning about processors and A* algorithm, then take pic related, make a public github page with your name, and do as many as you can with ONE programming language of your choice(C++, C#, Java, Python, R*st). Maybe even take some Udemy courses just to add them to your CV, not because Udemy is better than jewtube tutorials, but they are a tiny bit more respected, so the money you give is just for that. Make an account on leetcode.com solve as many problems as you can. Make an account on Likendin, make a CV where you put links to your leetcode and github page, plus any online course you have done and send it to as many companies as you can. Maybe in one or two years you will make it. >that sounds hard anon As the kids say: "lol. lmao even". I went to my Eastern European Computer Science university, and contemplated suicide because of how hard it was and glad I not only passed, but have a job. What I am telling you to do, is nothing compared to what I had to go through.

>>1508732 Bleh I guess I can forget about becoming a wagie programmer then. I mean if I really want to I could make a public github page and such and doing all those stuff you have mentioned here. But it sounds like I would have to spend a awful amount of time doing "basic" programing shit just to fill up my jerb resume so that recruiters get the impression I am actually skilled at programming and not just another noob that does coding for hobby and fun and actually takes it seriously. I am not really that keenly interested in doing /g/ or /tech/ only programming stuff, or maybe doing some GUI programing. I did made a few GUI programs before with Python and I spend like on and off for 2-3 years doing python stuff, mostly on my own with little guidance for doing some little programming in order to solve some issues I have which can be solved through programing a small program. If I am not mistaken, the job market in Germany for becoming a IT programmer is different. They often require me to have some kind of a degree at a school or university which I have no access to and yes even for basic entry level jobs aka junior level. Whatever, call me a quitter or something. I just asked this question about programing because someone on Redot shitcord server offered me a programming job for coding for him a 2D fighting game so I thought I have some chances as a junior programmer to get some basic entry level jobs done or so. My question was not that serious, it was more out of sheer curiosity. I mean I could learn a more serious programming language like C++, C# or Rust and once skilled enough work on a FOSS project for a little while and to build up my job portfolio that way. You can check out my non normie Github profile here if you want: https://github.com/KometFox?tab=repositories So far it's just mostly modding projects for a game and one public repository for a GUI Quake launcher done in python. TL;DR: I thought there is still some chance to become a beginner programmer and the question was not serious, more just for the sake out of interest. I hope that answers your questions, Anon.

>>1508778 Just as an idea, the things you would do from that pic or leetcode are more interesting than what you would get to do as an entry level at a company. Those tasks would be: >add unit tests to the code, because the senior programmer is too lazy >make documentation for the code, because the senior programmer forgot >make UML schematics in draw.io, because the senior programmer said "lol, lmao even" >make the code MISRA compliant, because the senior programmer said he would do that later and he just left the project >fix some easy bug once in a blue moon >I just asked this question about programing because someone on Redot shitcord server offered me a programming job for coding for him a 2D fighting game I mean if he actually offered you the job, it means that he knows what you can do, and if the pay is good why not take it? Did he actually offer (You) in particular the job, or just said on his Shitcord page "I am looking for a programmer?". If it's the former, then accept and add it to your CV.

>>1508808 >Just as an idea, the things you would do from that pic or leetcode are more interesting than what you would get to do as an entry level at a company. Those tasks would be: Hmmm, I guess I can screencap your post for later reference then, so in case I get too bored or something I dunno I could make a normie page with my real dox for the sole purpose to brush up my programming skills and maybe when I worked hard enough on it in the future someone may recruit me as a junior programmer. But right now I would rather prefer working on my hobby projects. Well I forget to mention I should have been already aware that working as a game programmer is a worse job with piss poor pay compared to a regular IT job as I have already read from other anons post where they mentioned that working as a game programmer is not worth it at all. At the very least I should work on some math related programming stuff, that should come in handy overall I think. Right now my math skill is awfully rusty and I am even about to forgetting basic math shit that every kid is being taught at school because it's been ages I did any serious math programming stuff. I mean shit like Vector, Algebra, Matrices and whatever else exist that is commonly used in programming. Then I don't need to beg anons anymore for helping me out with math questions. >I mean if he actually offered you the job, it means that he knows what you can do, and if the pay is good why not take it? Did he actually offer (You) in particular the job, or just said on his Shitcord page "I am looking for a programmer?". If it's the former, then accept and add it to your CV. In Shitcord Redot server I made a thread where I shilled my noob skills and just now today a guy offered me a 10 dollar per hour job. I have no idea if I will actually get this money or not, I guess it depends if he will be happy with my work result. Well anyway I will try my luck and see what happens. I could easily use a little bit of additional cash now.

>>1508808 Do keep in mind that AI (like Cursor, Copilot) is very quickly catching up with >add unit tests to the code, because the senior programmer is too lazy >make documentation for the code, because the senior programmer forgot >fix some easy bug once in a blue moon, From what I've heard. Junior devs are already trying to put all of their work into GPTs and copilots instead of StackOverflow to push code without ever understanding what it actually does. Programmers that actually know their shit only try to take away the tedium and grunt work using these tools, like writing unit tests. You might've also heard of "vibecoding", but it isn't going to fly for large projects as long as the person doing it has no idea how programming (or computers) work. >>1508826 If you are going to use AI make sure you only as a last resort, only use it to ask questions, and NOT to generate code. You have to understand what you are doing and making at all times and it's the only way your skill will grow.

>>1508826 I think you should take the job, considering how you want more money. if he doesn't pay you in one month, then just quit and start denouncing him everywhere, until he gives you hush money, don't fall trap to the Cost Sunk Fallacy. If he does pay you, then that's one job you can add to your CV, and that's already one foot in the door. >that should come in handy overall I think. Depends on field and work. I have worked in automotive, and only once did I have to tackle something even approaching high-school math. of course there are fields, where you need College grade math, fields were you need networking(so maybe a CCNA dimploma), fields were you have to be very familiar with the Linux kernel and so on. College is supposed to dip your feet in every single one of these fields, while work is supposed to make you an expert after 5-10 years. of course that also means, that someone who is a Senior Software Engineer at Volkswagen, can't just become a Senior Azure Cloud Engineer somewhere else, without extra work to back it up. >>1508863 >Do keep in mind that AI (like Cursor, Copilot) is very quickly catching up with That's also true, and part of the reason, why it's even harder for junior programmers to find a job. >Programmers that actually know their shit only try to take away the tedium and grunt work using these tools, like writing unit tests. I personally don't use it, because I don't trust it. I don't even trust "git rebase" and would rather do everything by hand, instead of fighting the computer for those git conflicts. >If you are going to use AI make sure you only as a last resort Forgot to tell the anon this as well. If you were going to tackle the leetcode problems, or the popcorn programs from those pic, if you end up using ChatGPT to do the job for you, then you acknowledge the fact that ChatGPT is more qualified than you for the post you are aiming for, and in which case, why should they hire you when ChatGPT is better?

>>1508863 >If you are going to use AI make sure you only as a last resort, only use it to ask questions, and NOT to generate code. You have to understand what you are doing and making at all times and it's the only way your skill will grow. Well I do use AI more regularly for various coding stuff but mostly mainly about math because I think if I am not mistaken the AI is at least good or better than me doing some math shit. I am kind of too lazy trying to figure all those math shit for game programming right now. I don't think I do even *need* that much math for Godot, considering it comes already built in various math operations that I can use instead. >>1508883 >I think you should take the job, considering how you want more money. if he doesn't pay you in one month, then just quit and start denouncing him everywhere, until he gives you hush money, don't fall trap to the Cost Sunk Fallacy. If he does pay you, then that's one job you can add to your CV, and that's already one foot in the door. I am already in the process to do the 2D fighting game stuff he asked me to do, right now he only asked me to write some basic movement code which I am struggling with, since it involves with a lot of vector shit and i think even some matrix shit that I am not familiar with. I will still try to figure out on my own if I can at least do shit the janky way but a serviceable one, just for the sake of getting the movement code to work what is needed for a 2D fighting game. They already know I am a beginner programmer which I explicitly state it in my Shitcord thread. So kind of no wonder it took so long till somebody wanted to hire me for a game. >Depends on field and work. I have worked in automotive, and only once did I have to tackle something even approaching high-school math. of course there are fields, where you need College grade math, fields were you need networking(so maybe a CCNA dimploma), fields were you have to be very familiar with the Linux kernel and so on. College is supposed to dip your feet in every single one of these fields, while work is supposed to make you an expert after 5-10 years. of course that also means, that someone who is a Senior Software Engineer at Volkswagen, can't just become a Senior Azure Cloud Engineer somewhere else, without extra work to back it up. Funny that you mention the Linux kernel. I am using Linux for like 3-4 years at least I think, well a noob distro like Linux Mint and Xubuntu since I cannot be arsed to install shit like Arch Linux just for a stupid bragging right. I mentioned those math operations because game programming is a bit math heavy more or less. Well it kind of depends what kind of game is being made, I think some games can be made without doing any math but those often don't have much action going on. So those advanced math stuff that I don't know at all is something I need to learn at least. It may not be that useful to learn more about math programming in my case but at least I want to understand shit like Vectors, Matrix, Transforms and such so that I don't need to ask ChatGPT for basic operations. >Forgot to tell the anon this as well. If you were going to tackle the leetcode problems, or the popcorn programs from those pic, if you end up using ChatGPT to do the job for you, then you acknowledge the fact that ChatGPT is more qualified than you for the post you are aiming for, and in which case, why should they hire you when ChatGPT is better? Bleh. Most companies if I am not mistaken are already in process to integrate AI shit into their systems more or less. And I think some companies go even so far to ask the soon to be recruited person if he is better than ChatGPT. If I have a good documentation to work with, eventually some support from people for asking some questions where I get stuck with then I think its for me more than enough to write programs on my own with little or no help from AI at all. Bleh I think I have some details wrong or something in this post. Well whatever, just ask a question and I will try to clear things up if I was not clear enough.

Anon. Red bull me on veganism and vegetarianism

>>1512171 Low meat diets in general are associated with better health outcomes. The best diets are pre-industrial ones like you'd find in rural Papua New Guinea or Borneo; heavy on veggies, nuts and leafy greens, moderate grains, and some meat. People in those regions have the healthiest gut microbiomes, have the lowest rates of diet related diseases (T2 diabetes, heart disease, chronic bowel problems, etc) and have an average ten years longer life expectancy when adjusting for poor health infrastructure and viral diseases. Vegetarianism is extremely broad, but generally leads to better health outcomes, mainly less cancers and heart diseases. Veganism is similar but with worse rates of bone problems and vitamin deficiencies.

>>1512231 So if I get it right then Vegetarianism is overall better than Veganism due to Veganism suffer a few more health related issues? But in a way that kind of doesn't make sense. Humans were evolved during stone age to hunt animals and eating their meat from it. Well of course obviously that means it's fresh meat, so there is no forms of additives or other processing procedure since those technology didn't existed back then. Unless those cavemen also developed to add natural additives from some plants I dunno.

>>1512241 It's more that meat used to be hard to obtain till very recently on the scale of human evolution.

Bandai Namco showcase July 2 coincidentally when Ace Combat celebrates its 30th anniversary and none of you fuckers personally e-mailed me about it?

>>1515703 >>1515883 Poast moar

>>1516556 i dont hav more brain damage gifs..... :(

what the fuck is teto

>>1522280 spanish for moobs

>>1522280 Portuguese for ceiling

>>1522719 he's got very small moobs tbh >>1522885 a bit less flat than a ceiling he's also a fruit for some reason why is that? what kind of meme is this?

>>1522993 >TikToks and ifunny I hate the Antichrist refugees

>>1475008 Birdbones was over again yesterday with my sister. She had just gotten her casts removed, but is apparently still helpless since it hurts too much to remove her velco-arm braces to do things for herself. She's got her hands free to fully use a controller now, though, so she wanted to play video games. Asked which console had the most games - so I told her the Xbox has more, but they're mostly older 360 and Xbox original games. So, she played the PS4. Out of all the games she could choose to play and experiment with - she just picks Project Diva Future Tone for the 10,000th time. So I stop her, ask her if she at least wants to try Diva X, since they're basically the same game - but Diva X has some differences in gameplay that make it a bit more interesting. She agrees, then instantly regrets it because even on Easy Mode you'll have to use more of the face buttons and occasionally flick the analog stick for star notes. Immediately freaks the fuck out and crying because Easy mode is too hard. I tried to explain to her that Diva X is actually a lot easier than Future Tone if she'd just give it a chance, but she was in a fowl mood already, so I said fuck it and just put Future Tone on. Immediately she sets the game to easy and picks songs where there the only buttons you have to press are X and O, then sits there with glazed over eyes as she proceeds to half-assedly fail at even doing that for about 20 minutes - then gets frustrated and quits. It was then that I realized that she wasn't playing a video game. She wasn't engaging with the game at all, and had no desire to. She just wanted something with bright flashy colors and the occasional tap. She wanted the simulacrum of a video game. In her head, she was playing a fucking mobile game.

>>1524123 Wtf

>>1512241 Omnivores should eat more plant based life than animal meat. We started as scavengers and meat was a rare commodity.

>>1524123 Okay after reading your posts I must declare that it's over for your family. They are all retarded and won't ever change. Only that super Mario Galaxy kid has some brains in them and I hope to God he doesn't immediately get corrupted when he starts going to school. From the way you describe your siblings, I would think immediately they were all brown dipshits but given how you're here that's likely not the case. In whatever case, don't ever let them take your switch because they will pawn it off or break it like the brown brained children they are.. On a side note, I'm getting lonely in my games. Not really any good multiplayer games I can just pick up and play. With dead by daylight and SCP secret laboratory, there's a certain time investment and skill check you need to put in the game. And COD? Not even fitting for a quick afternoon break given how trash it is nowadays even for me. And fuck counter strike 2 btw. I'll find something eventually, but it's quite lonely in the meantime anyways.

>>1524184 Play Military shooters like Squad and Hell Let Loose You'll have fun even when you die if you find a nice squad. I remember carrying whole teams by myself in the Darkest Hour mod and most of the squad cheering for me while calling me a faggot. Even more fun with some of the older bitter veterans, some love to shoot the shit and others just get pissed off whatever you do.

Just bought SMT IV for a collection, turns out it was pre owned and the guy who had it last either hacked it or grined the fuck outta it and I got an assload of demons and macca. Thank you YHVH

Gentlemen, it is with great pleasure to inform you, I've spent half of the year employed. As someone who got his first job at 27, I think this is worthy of posting here. Videogames.

>>1529491 Congratulations, anon. Work can be hard and work can suck ass, but at the end of the day it's work you're doing and it's work you're getting paid for. Good for you, and best of luck in the future. Now go "buy" yourself something nice.

Completely unrelated from the last post, but the ID I just got assigned already had a post despite never posting in this thread with this connection before. I'm mobile posting. It's location-based, isn't it?One of you fuckers is within geographic proximity to me. The real question is: are you a Michigander, or a Canuck?

>>1529863 >spoiler Funnily enough I can't think of anything to get myself. I put most of my earnings in a term deposit since last I heard the global economy is going to shit.

>>1529491 Congrats just don't get into debt

>>1530133 I'm so fucking tired, bro. I gotta go to work tomorrow, shit, I mean today. It's gonna be hell. I just want to come back home and go to sleep already, I don't care if fireworks are going off for hours on end anymore, I'll sleep through it all. It's so hot, my asscrack is sweating like a waterfall. The humidity is through the roof. Someone turn off the sun, I want the winter to come back already. Happy 4th of July, Ameribros.

>>1530520 I love to work, I just really fucking hate the people.

What's a good loud build for Payday 2? I have no DLC, I liked running Akimbo MP40's but they seem like they're too much in the middle of the road. Dodge builds don't benefit much, and a tank build would probably want a shotgun or something. I have no DLC / intend not to buy any. This hurts my options, but I want to run and gun. I'm open to other shooter games too, but I'd prefer nothing multiplayer- I'm bad at them.

>>1530532 Honestly? I completely agree with you. My favorite aspect of working a real life job is the actual act of doing what I'm supposed to be doing, mainly the physicality of moving things from one place to another, falling into the flow of things and losing my mind to the desire of pushing myself just a little bit further every little moment I realize I'm there. People suck. Customers suck (obviously). Coworkers suck (sadly sometimes even more than customers do). Frankly, everyone sucks, except me because I'm smart and special and very cool and unique jk. But all of that aside, if there really were some way to just clock in, do my work with no one bothering me or intentionally/unintentionally fucking up my vibe, then leave at the end of the day with my workload done and complete, it'd be great. The only thing I think would come even close to that would be midnight shifts or something like a warehouse job, and as appealing as that sounds fucking up my circadian rhythm and ruining my sleep schedule even further than I already have from a lifetime of MMOs and midnight gaming sessions doesn't really sound the most attractive. But I digress, I'm trailing off here into a topic that's probably worthy of its own thread. This is the lounge thread, I'll wait until I'm back on the clock to write up an OP and post a thread more specific to this whole discussion.

>>1530589 Most customers are fine, majority of coworkers are a pain in the fucking ass. Even my manager is great, it's the cunts that half ass their job and go around creating drama that need a kick in the teeth, that applies to any job.

bro wtf

>>1531628 Wasn't it around 60 gigs on release? What happened?

>>1531628 Christ. I rather watch that shit on youtube.

>>1531971 >>1531628 >Expecting anything less from a GASS piece of shit Everyone who sucked off that game was either retarded or paid to do it.

>>1532373 >Spess Muhrine 2 >GASS What? I heard it has some rudimentary PVP mode.

>>1532454 Anon, the Coop and PVP is where all the focus is, the Campaign is literally just barebones Co-Op. It's a GAAS piece of shit and every cocksucking eceleb pretended otherwise.

>>1532513 Yeah I see a lot of cope in Reddit about not being one cause it doesn't have MTX. BUt most of the posts are about MP shit and a season pass

>>1532454 >it doesn't have MTX https://store.steampowered.com/dlc/2183900/Warhammer_40000_Space_Marine_2/

>>1497407 seconding >>1499090's RE5 and State of Decay 2 >>1501402 had no idea it was still up link plox ?

>>1533022 https://edramatica.com/The_Game

>feel the sudden need to browse the art boorus for some tasteful Peach NSFW art >remember 80% of coomrotten faggots NSFW artists draw her as a disgusting, slutty, blown up bimbo instead of making her just vanilla pretty and cutesy >be depressed and hesitant to look at the boorus now Goddammit, at this rate if I want to see some good Peachy porn I'll have to do it myself! Again!

>>1534080 Just filter the tags that are connected to the shit you don't like, it's not that hard.

>>1534088 What the fuck, I completely forgot I could do that lmfao. Cheers, anon.

Celebrate a post July 4th Jackbox stream with us here: https://cytu.be/r/jackbox1

Played some L4D2 the other night. Stomped some people in versus who immediately left the second they started losing. Quite sad tbh. We were neck to neck. When we got a lead in the second round, they all left. Idk why people are so easy to give up nowadays. Played some Deus Ex for the first time recently, and I have to say that I'm underwhelmed. The first level felt quite dull and uninspired. Hard to see what people saw in it. Human Revolution and Mankind Divided had a far superior intro sequence. And I don't know how the military can get away with having a base right next to hostile enemy occupation. It was kind of immersion breaking ngl. The AI was nothing to write home about. I wouldn't mind seeing a remake to be honest. I'll continue playing however. On a side note, I've been seeing a lot more anti loli sentiment on Twitter, YouTube, and social media as of lately. I know that kiwi farms has a special vendetta against while this place is very much pro loli (I just care about oppai). It's a very interesting dynamic to see play out. I know that the farms like to carry out gayops (despite what they say), but I don't think this is all them. I must say though, it's annoying to center conversations around these topics when games should be focused around fun as the first and foremost goal. Everything else is secondary. Yet, everyone wants turn it into a culture war or narrative agenda. I don't even think they can comprehend actual golden games if they were to come out now, despite what they say. Don't throw pearls to the pigs and all that. It does work as a form of gatekeeping however. Which is interesting.

>>1539533 >Deus Ex for the first time recently, and I have to say that I'm underwhelmed Same, but the plot is good and it's pretty much a sandbox that's 10 times better with balance mods like GMDX. I much prefered System Shock 2 >Human Revolution and Mankind Divided had a far superior intro sequence. Fuck no >And I don't know how the military can get away with having a base right next to hostile enemy occupation. 1.It's a literal fortress 2.Engine constraints

>>1539584 >>1539584 Well I mean, it looks goofy when there's no real security outside. Just 1 guard and that's it. And the enemy troops are just 1 or 2 lone idiots patrolling around the area very slowly.

>>1539533 >Idk why people are so easy to give up nowadays That game had that issue way back when it came out too. I stopped playing vs for that reason.

>>1539591 It's a 2000 game using Unreal Engine 1 And these aren't 2 armies, they're 2 organizations.

I find that in video games that the first playthrough to be the most special one for me. You learn so much about the game and generally enjoy your time going through the hoops while improving your skill level. I don't like replaying games as much because it feels like going through beaten ground. I prefer instead to go on new adventures where I learn something new. Of course this can get muddied a bit where you consider games where the whole point is to replay them. It's a different issue there, but I resolve it by considering different replays as the same playthrough until I've sufficiently squeezed enough content out of the game to satisfy me. IMO, DLCs should be the last content patch the developers add to a game before focusing their efforts to a new game. Way too many devs treat games like live service titles which is why steam charts are so popular on /v/. Back during the PS2 days, this wasn't an issue. You accepted games as they were, even with bugs, without having had even the option to mod them on consoles. This allowed for a very special type of experience as you were just playing 1 version and so could enjoy it as it presented itself to you, warts and all. Now however, developers take like 100 patches to a single game before moving on. While I can appreciate the effort that goes into them, and the necessary bug fixes that come in many of them, I still think it's far too much. Devs should just pour out 5 patches MAX for base game (not considering DLC) with only further patches (free of course) coming alongside paid content that exists to provide expansions to the game. But even then, it would be preferable to push those new ideas towards a new game. So, 1 DLC like the old hunters or artorias of the abyss that can only fit contextually within the base game and not the sequel would fit best here. Sekiro 2 can't have a Lady Tomoe scenario for instance as it would not fit within its new journey to the west setting. It would only make sense for the first game to have had type of scenario take place. Games are made for a consumerist mindset since the beginning, but even so, artists and passionate developers were able to make it into a art form somehow combining greed with a genuinely good time and something memorable. Today, companies are all in on the greed aspect while not having any of the old talent and passion that was there before. Redditors and imbeciles will tell you it's because of the executives, but this is FALSE. 100% BS. For I tell you, let those with an ear to hear listen, the same greedy execs that are here now were there before in the past. Only difference is; developer teams have become brown, filled with unqualified people, and those who don't have any passion for the hobby itself. They may claim they have passion, talent, or actually white (lol) yet this is not true. They are merely camouflaging themselves and are using it a mere pump and dump scheme. It thus cannot be fixed with a gaming market crash like so many hope, for the infection is much deeper than that. Only with a societal and global collapse of everything can the market actually change. For now, good games will have to be like hidden gems tucked away in a cave waiting for some lucky explorer to stumble across them. Expedition 33 is astroturfed btw. I can't explain exactly why, but my gut instinct tells me it is. I know I wouldn't even like playing it just by watching the trailers. No point in pirating it.

>>1539839 >Expedition 33 is astroturfed btw. I can't explain exactly why, but my gut instinct tells me it is. I know I wouldn't even like playing it just by watching the trailers. No point in pirating it. Seemed like a fine game when I played for like 3 hours on someone's Xbox Series, but it's not something I would buy until it gets released on the Switch 2. It's the usual hijinks of gaming journalism and online schizos that are trying to use this game as another ammo for their anti-Japanese campaign, by also calling it a JRPG in the mix (would have been better to just use FRPG, in addition to be a nice pun between FR and RPG). The french dev team is also made up of big weebs which even make this situation rather sadder.

>>1539839 >Expedition 33 is astroturfed btw. I can't explain exactly why, but my gut instinct tells me it is based schizophrenic sixth sense It's not astroturfed, what you're noticing is called an "indie darling". I haven't seen one to this degree in awhile.

>>1539839 33 got the Balder's Gate 3 players. The Gaymers and Female RPG players who like Dragon Age for example. It was designed that way and it made money as a result.

Why don't the horses have 4 legs in the new horse anime?

>>1543506 There are actual horses in the horse anime. Actually if a human male mates with a mare you get a horse girl. Apparently doesn't work the other way around.

>>1545424 >There are actual horses in the horse anime. It doesn't, there are camels and donkeys too iirc but actual horses are non-existent in the Uma universe. There is a reason why the Japanese word for horse (uma) is written in katakana (ウマ) as the kanji for horse (馬) literally does not exist in this world's Japan and kanji compound words that contains components from the horse kanji like the ma in arima kinen is modified two have two "legs" instead of four

>>1545450 Why these horse girls became so popular with algorithms as of late? We going back to plain old gambling addiction with horse races?

>>1545480 Probably Asmongold and the gacha's release on Steam.

>>1545480 Global version of the mobile game released recently, but I've been playing the JP version on mobile since early 2024 personally. It's a neat little mobile game where you train an uma girl by raising her stats and learn skills, watch her run in course races, read through scenario events which are inspired from the IRL horse's career - but with the possibility to win races that certain girls were meant to lose. The whole thing is a love letter to horse racing (even if strictly limited to Japanese horse racing), but it's also why the mobile game still continues to live in license hell since each girl is based on a real racing horse, owned by actual people (often of high status like Satono Diamond is owned by the CEO of SEGA Sammy for example) You can also watch live concerts (where the winner takes on the main stage) with a free mode available (where you can swap characters and costumes you have) too. The franchise also has excellent quality media between the anime (Road to the Top! OVA, Beginning to a New Era movie, Cinderella Gray) and mangas as well as a good doujin scene, which I regularly import stuff from Japan.

>>1545424 So all horse girls are the product of full-on bestiality?

>>1546215 No, they are the byproduct of impregnating a horse girl.

>>1545542 >5th pic is that horse yaoi on the top right

>>1545424 >progeny is based on the mother So hentai horsefuckery is going on Elder Scrolls rules?

The Exit 8 film is releasing in a few weeks, it's apparently pretty decent. <How can you make a film about a game with no story It invents a story, it's a drama/psychological thriller about a man trying to confront his guilt, with the subway being his own Silent Hill. At least that's what the reviews make it sound like.

>>1550570 Isn't this a Japanese one-man indie game?

>>1550574 Yeah, it was an absolute cultural phenomenon in Japan and Toho wanted to turn it into a movie. The lead actor, Kazunari Ninomiya, is rather famous in Japan from what I gather. Famous enough to be mononymously referred to simply as 'ニノ' ('Nino). He's 42. I thought he was 20ish

>>1571315 >implying reality is worse than the derpiest grim dark shit imaginable whoever took this narrative of "reality is le bad" needs to choke on dick

>>1571472 Reality is bad because when a million people die in 40k that's a million fictional people with no names who never existed. When people die irl that's real people, hence by default worse.

>>1571495 Do 40k million people die in your inmediate reality? No, only closed ones that matter. You decide which reality to carry. If you like to live in a pit of shit, it's not my fault you decide to think things are "le bad" Now kill yourself and become one with those 40k

>>1086434 >彼が日本語が分からない ＷＷＷＷＷＷＷＷＷＷＷ

https://cytu.be/r/jackbox1 Jackbox night is on

Why has OpenCritic overtaken Metacritic in recent times? I've noticed more outlets and even devs citing OC scores to MC scores. I pay zero attention to the criticism side of the industry, I'm sure there's some reason for this.

>>1585123 This is the first time I'm hearing about it. Then again, I rarely browse websites other than this and a select few jewtube channels and porn.

>>1585123 Metacritic got very open about how fake it was, though I've never heard of even normalfags and corporate dropping it.

>>1585315 Same, I think the last time I visited or cared about metacritic was like 2013.

>>1585392 >>1585336 For the last 10 (or more?) years the only time metacritic and rotten tomatoes ever seem to come up is when some YouTuber needs to illustrate just how fake the entertainment industry is with all of its bought and paid for reviews filled with cheap whore influencers and dying legacy Media shills.

>>1585123 Because the media company that owns it is paying them >>1585336 >>1585392 >>1585561 They're all corporate owned for profit trash

>>1585627 >They're all corporate owned for profit trash I think one of the things that really opened my eyes up to the retardation of Metacritic was the fact that Obsidian didn't get a bonus on New Vegas because their contract basically stipulated if they didn't get an 80-something they weren't owed for their success, and the score they got was off by one point. Then again that sort of just highlights how retarded the industry was (and still is).

>>1585827 The industry is even more retarded nowadays AAA is barely afloat these days and wholly dependent on whales.

Does anybody have the screencap of that one anons insane 2 billion calorie snack that was just melted chocolate, ramen, and junk food? I need it for reasons.

>>1587847 won't he just vaporize with that kind of calorie count?

>play a game online with random joiners >two of them leave after the first inconvenience >last guy stays and we have a fun time playing together for like an hour or two >add him as a friend >every time I've logged on in the past week he messages me asking to play again >when I start up another multiplayer game he goes "oh man it sure would be great if I had that game too haha" >never respond to him again My mistake, I know. I fucking hate people.

>>1587847 I'm somehow baffled yet intrigued you asked this at all. Now I want to know too.

>>1587847 This one?

>>1588936 >the children are dead at this point There it is. Anon always delivers. Thanks. Now to go grocery shopping

>>1571472 They already do, chief.

>>1588936 Goddamn.

>>1545424 >Apparently doesn't work the other way around. How do you think you get a Dorse?

Do you ever feel like spending so much time on /v/ has negatively shaped your thoughts, especially with how needlessly hostile and negative people can be simply when trying to discuss videogames?

>>1593149 You chose what to think

>>1593149 I don't put that much value on the opinions you heard on anonymous imageboards, a lot of people who post in these would be considered deranged IRL

>>1593193 I disagree. You can do what you will but you can't will what you will. If you could choose what to think, everyone would just be happy all the time and nobody would ever have any negative thoughts or emotions.

>>1593149 Unironically no, my sense of self is probably way too strong to really change due to anything a faglord on the internet tells me.

>>1596881 jej

>>1596881 Where is the joke?

>>1594227 You can easily see what matters or what doesn't in your life If you choose to focus on shit that is, at the end of the day be counterproductive, that is your fault.

>>1596881 Hey buddy I think you got the wrong door. The LOL thread is two blocks down.

>>1597125 i didn't think it was very lol so i put it here

>>1593149 After getting a 3 month ban from cuckchan, I feel legitimately happier. 8chan may not be perfect, but you guys are much better at having a discussion than that gaggle of idiots, trolls, bots and shills. I find myself enjoying video games more than ever.

>>1597778 What was the excuse of the ban?

>>1597778 Yeah, 4chan is a mess.

>>1597778 The concept of a twitter screencap thread and other ragebait shit is already alien to me.

https://doublefine.itch.io/brutal-legend >Brutal Legend made free in tribute of Ozzy's death he's a VA in the game, surprisingly decent too >go to download it <uhh you need an account for THIS game, honey :^) Goddamn it, I'd just pirate it in that case. I've never had to make an Itch account to download something free before.

I AM JUST A TEENAGE DIRTBAG BOY DUN DUN DUN DUN DUN DUN DUN

>>1600134 I fucking love the US Army burger aesthetic tbh

>>1597778 That time 4chan was down on /vb/ was interesting

hue I am a proxy hohol now

>>1600279 It sure was.

I guess I am stuck shitposting on my phone net now, fucking great. Just because my fucking sister took the router again. I made the mistake of paying 18 euro for 16 gb data instead of getting one for 120 gb data for 35 euro. Bleh Maybe the computer shop nearby offers a home internet plan for 10 euro or so, then I will be getting this one and put the router inside my room and praying to the gods that she doesn't take away this one too. What a fucking spiteful bitch she is. inb4 butthurt

>>1602367 a bitch is you

>>1597778 Play Ashes 2063, is gud >>1602367 Why did your sister take your router and why haven't you raped her yet?

>>1602396 your mom is a bitch >>1602430 >Why did your sister take your router I don't know, she just took it away one day while I was away. She later told me on I need to do some chores which I already did in the past and yesterday again too at night but before I start doing her remaining order I want to take some nap first before doing these few clean up. Geh I think she will yell only more at me if I try asking why she took my router away. >why haven't you raped her yet? Only niggers and goat fuckers do that and I am a white male.

>>1602367 Europeans must charge a lot for data still, as here in Californico you can get unlimited for $15 if you know where to go. Also if you're using android you can plug your phone into your PC/laptop and enable USB tethering, which will use your phones data without wasting hotspot data.

>>1602725 >I am a white male more like fwooty gumdwop lmao

>>1603399 I do use USB tethering through my phone so that I don't need to use the shitty touch keyboard of my phone. How comes the mobile data plan in Germany sucks massive cock?

What did they mean by this?

>>1604638 What?

Honestly a crying shame that Superliminal was rather undercooked despite the interesting premise of using forced perspective and trompe-oeil as puzzle elements. Outside of like two puzzle rooms which took me a short while to find out the solution, the game takes 3 hours to complete. Discounted at 7€ on Switch, it was just okay-ish for the novelty but certainly not worth the original price of 18 bucks.

>>1608498 I really liked it despite being short, got it on sale too a long time ago. Some of the more secretive parts of the game were neat and having another layer beyond the normal game would have helped a ton, but sadly the writing had to be very tongue in cheek and one note otherwise the whole presentation would have fallen apart. Speedrunning through the game also makes it really simple how many of the puzzles rely on the same trick and how little experimentation there was by like the halfway point. Still fun though, it's probably the best proof of concept I've seen for really surreal mechanics working since Portal or the mini planet part of the original Prey.

>>1588882 >I responded to him like a retard when he messaged me again >he won't stop bothering me >he bought a game I've been playing and wants to play with me tomorrow >I'm too much of a pushover to just say "hey man I don't want to" life is pain I hate everyone I hate everything I hate people I hate it I hate it fuck

>>1610043 >I alt tabbed out of my game to make this post >it froze and crashed and I lost my fucking run AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

>>1597802 I triggered a word filter by accident. Apparently typing "cheese pizza" doles out a 3 month automatically. Someone had posted a thread showcasing porn of Pauline from the new Donkey Kong game, and some sicko crossed a line by posting actual cheese pizza, and I called the sicko out for it.

>>1610395 Shouldn't have called out the mossad agent

>>1604728 First image looks like the woman who shot up a jewtube HQ. >>1608498 >>1608561 >best proof of concept Yeah it is a fun game, but it definitely feels like they could have done more with the idea. >>1610188 (checked) >cuckchan continues to decline I haven't been there since gaymergay and I really don't want to see just how bad it is has gotten by now. >>1610313 >PPH A shame that so many willingly went back to that shithole after learning about other places they could have populated that do not actively hate them for existing.

>>1610043 Just go offline or say you're busy you fucking autist. >>1610051 Now that's real pain!

>>1611613 I'm just terrible at turning people down. That's a problem in a lot of areas since it makes it hard to set boundaries and it feels like I'm at the whim of other people but it comes from not wanting to disappoint them, and also with how hard it is to actually make lasting friends nowadays so I try to force myself to interact just to see how things go. And also on the weekends when I drink a lot I end up getting way more friendly and social than usual and end up talking to people ingame and adding them as friends. Then I have a hard time keeping in touch or actually enjoying playing together during the week. blogpost over

>/v/ - Music Nine Inch Nails is doing the music for the new Tron? Weird pick, I guess Disney had to go with somebody influential now Daft Punk broke up. Sorry for the fucking obnoxious lyric video. The first song released is alright, it sounds like a blend of Hesitation Marks, Bad Witch, and The Slip. Despite its heavy synth/electronic production, one album it doesn't sound like is Pretty Hate Machine. If I'm not mistaken, isn't this the first time they've done a soundtrack officially as Nine Inch Nails since Quake? They've scored a whole bunch of movies but always as themselves, not as the band.

>>343401 Any Anon with some "comfy vidya setting" pictures to share? Just some pictures of people's homely gaming setup that feel so comfy to look at. I vaguely remember seeing a picture of some eastern European guy playing Heroes of Might and Magic on laptop, with a bottle of booze and some salami on a train and thinking, 'Fuck, that looks so comfy'. I might use those pictures as inspiration to change interior of my room.

I discovered Elina had a sequel called Elin. Is it good? Can you do stupid things with it that are incredibly fun?

>>1619752 Like a battlestation thread but specifically comfy? That sounds chill.

>>1620165 I still haven't had time to really sit down with Elin like I have with Elona, but what little I did play I enjoyed. You might find more info in the thread >>1043639

>>1620165 According to Sseth, you can https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=C1WpNEt51UU

>>1621489 >>1620782 I just want to make experiments and fusions as a manly alchemist, maybe even create a bag of holding.

This isn't the meta thread desu

Get in, we're playing Jackbox: https://cytu.be/r/jackbox1

>>1626783 I missed it :(

The reason I have never drank alcohol is because I fear I would start screaming "I HATE NIGGERS! I HATE NIGGERS!!" at the top of my lungs in front of everyone if I get drunk.

>>1627909 >I fear I would start screaming "I HATE NIGGERS! I HATE NIGGERS!!" May I ask how likely is that to happen?

>>1628212 I regularly think of doing that in public spaces because I think it would be funny so I'll probably actually end up doing it if I get drunk

>>1627909 >>1628247 Autism

>>1627909 Same. I have never drank and I'm terrified at the idea of having even less impulse control.

>>1627909 A good alcoholic drink it to be enjoyed for it's taste, nor to get you drunk. For instance, right now I am enjoying a Negroni, as it is one of my favorite cocktails.

>>1627909 Unless you are getting blackout levels of drunk, you don't usually need to worry about that.

Remember to store your saves Anon! Don't be a dummy like me and lose your progress in games for no good reason. >>1628247 To be fair Anon, you do understand it's something you shouldn't do. So I'd say go ahead and have a few glasses of beer. You can feel how drunk you are in the way you move and how your head feels, and do stay away from public spaces.

>>1628643 I've lost my save of Mother 3 no less than three (3) times which has cured me from trying to complete the game.

>>1628247 I'll drink for you don't worry. Currently drinking red californian wine.

>>1628399 I have such high levels of stress and impulse control that even blacking out doesn't affect my cognition, to the point barely anyone notices I'm even drunk. Still affects my bladder and motor skills unfortunately.

>>1628643 Honestly, once I beat a game I immediately delete all my progress. For some reason I just get bored with a 100% profile sitting on my drive. Would rather start from scratch and enjoy it all over again. Explains my love of randomizers, when you think about it.

>>1615508 He keeps messaging me like every other day asking if I'm free to play something with him. I know it doesn't make me an asshole to ignore him or block him at this point but it makes me feel like one because I've been on the other end of that before and know how it feels, and I think he only has like a handful of other friends. I want to be some good guy that makes time for everyone and be a good friend but between work and life and my usual friends and gaming for myself I can't. I think I'm just making up some dumb excuse to avoid outright telling him off because it'll make me feel like an ass for a day or two. But also he keeps sending me pity messages like "hey man you free?" "I guess not, maybe I'll just have to play alone then..." and it's why I think he's annoying beyond just being immediately clingy. People are so god damn annoying and I hate social gaming and whatever I'm just yelling at the sky here. Thank you for coming to my TED FAG Talk.

>>1634893 I have been that friend for sure (and still am lol), it really sucks being lonely Although i don't go "oh...i'm alone then" i just usually suck it up and say "ah, okay sorry then, may be some other time" (and then subsequently feel like hating myself internally for not being good enough for their time or whatever bullshit my depression spouts that may or may not be true)

>>1627909 >>1628332 Not to mention drunk texting your ex or worse, relatives

Something I've never been able to comprehended is the fact that there are some anons here who somehow managed to get married and have children. How the fuck do you do it? Do you just hide your hobby away and if you're lucky share it with your kid at some point once they're old enough? Do women even actually like videogames? I've had relationships and they were absolutely fuck-awful, all of the women I know either think games are retarded or only give a shit when it's Animal Crossing or some shitty phone game. The only woman I know who likes games is some weeb fiance of one of my work friends, and I think I'd kill myself if I had to be living alongside a pocky-gobbling weeaboo every day. It'd be nice to actually have companionship but as the years go on I keep drifting back to the goal of living in a small town far away from everything so I can game and read and jerk off in peace. Don't you fucking tell me "skill issue" you motherfuckers I swear to fuck

>>1641328 In general you sound insufferable to be around so that's likely part of the issue.

>>1641736 Where do you think we are? Tell me something I don't already know.

>>1641923 >Tell me something I don't already know. Despite the name, hermit crabs are not true crabs, they are falseflagging niggers that aren't even crabs proper. They are the jeets of the crab world.

>>1641328 Don't be fat.

>>1641328 Do you enjoy your own company? Be honest.

>>1642260 Huh, I did not know that. >>1642274 Good advice. >>1642284 Of course not, I'm full of self loathing and suicidal ideation. If I wasn't I wouldn't be spending my nights getting drunk and posting on /v/. That wasn't my question though, I was just curious how things actually have worked out for the anons here with a wife and a life.

>>1642284 What kind of question is this? If I was comfortable with my own company, I wouldn't need to get laid, because I'd be already too comfortable with myself

>>1641328 Guys playing videogames is more accepted than ever, even normalfags do it. If vidya is a dealbreaker the girl is just making excuses. What do you do outside vidya and where do you meet these girls you talk about?

>>1642441 >What do you do outside vidya cry myself to sleep

>>1642633 Certainly they are missing out. Seriously there's nothing else?

>>1642633 Just tell them that you also spend your time discussing important topics on anonymous imageboards and you will be in their pants in no time

>>1643804 I tried many times to get something through /soc/ and duolicious but it all fizzles out. I don't got it, women want something, but I don't got it, maybe I'm just too scared of opening up and get laughed at, or make someone awkward. And the time that it could have worked, it felt insanely draining to me, so much so I had to take nightwalks out. IRL I can manage to make decent talk with the other gender, but the time I have to try something beyond gossip, it's all over. Also, going outside I won't find my autismus maximus that has an obnoxious obsession over dumb shit like the TF2 medic or Randy Marsh. I'll just find people that are grossed out and frightened by me, which is why whenever I tried something IRL people would do their absolutely best to avoid me. I'm gonna die jerking off, about two years and a half until wizardry

never played L.A. Noire before, it's been an enjoyable ride so far

>>1644856 It's a great game, but it makes me sad that there's nothing like it out there

What websites would Anons recommend to store your saves at? Catbox only accepts up to 200 MB free — can't criticize its owner, it's fucking expensive. There's Dropbox and MEGA but what if my 90s Japanese games' saves lands me in a blacklist, what then? Albeit me and everyone else on this board are likely already on several lists :^) >>1644734 Death of third spaces irl has hit everyone hard but perhaps autists even more. Where does someone with our level of dedication to gaming even talk irl? Gaming conventions and maybe colleges. If it salves your woes, dating's hard for everyone especially nowadays with so many feckers single even me, ideally you'd perhaps find an equally nerdy woman, but they are difficult to find, and a great deal are either taken or loathe men. Was romance meant to be this frustrating? >>1644856 >one the "chosen" in a screencap >pantsu in the next one Merely a cohencidence. I read the game has detailed facial movements on its characters so as to let you gauge truth from falsehood. What do you think Anon? Do face movements actually help?

>>1644856 Played it for the second time earlier this year and I actually finished it around this time. Very enjoyable game. Was in part motivated by Action Button's review on it, which is a good video if you watch it in parts. >>1647046 The facial movements are still really good for the time, but the facial movements in Death Stranding /DS2 and Last of Us Pt II are definitely more detailed. That said, the amount of detail they were able to capture is pretty insane, but the tells are pretty easy to spot. A big deficit though is that women have to have their hair tied back for their facial capture, so everyone has similar styles. Nobody has those beautiful voluminous styles old Hollywood is known for.

>>1647046 Just use a NAS or a cloud storage service if you're not paranoid about telemetry.

>>1647046 >There's Dropbox and MEGA but what if my 90s Japanese games' saves lands me in a blacklist, what then? Just 7zip them with a password?

>>1647046 Send them to your email.

>>1642320 >curious how things actually have worked out Well, those anons wouldn't self trash for one. Women hate men who complain, self-trash, inflict constant anxiety, degrade themselves, argue, are petty towards other people, look for needless conflict, or come off as clingy, insecure, or emotionally effeminate. Women don't care about alphas, they want tall chill men, if you're the opposite of that then you better have good traits you can leverage, like being funny and as I said, good company. Show me your phenotype and I will construct more advice based on your Physiognomy.

>>1647823 >Women hate men who complain, inflict constant anxiety, argue, are petty towards other people, look for needless conflict. Yet I'm supposed to stuck up for a bitch that does all of this?

>>1647862 >Yet I'm supposed to stuck up for a bitch that does all of this? Women, like niggers, hate each other and yearn to move away from others that behave as such but unfortunately for many find it difficult to drop social aspect of niggerdry and those that do often struggle against other women who themselves act in a manner reminiscent of niggers and drag other women down or punish them for not acting as such.

>>1647862 I think the problem is that you've never fallen in love with a woman before, real or otherwise. I haven't either, so it doesn't make any sense to me as to why should I put up with it as well. I imagine it'd change if I actually find a woman that I like and not just want to stroke my cock to. If I do get desperate enough to married or get a gf of whatever it will be entirely out of the fear of dying alone or something. I'm still in my 20s so it hasn't hit me yet.

>>1648152 HAVE SEX

>>1649495 Abe I know what you did to Hilary Kun...

>Mecharashi has come out, that 3D turn based mech game from the last Steam NextFest. >Oh cool, just lemme download... >Read reviews. >Gacha everywhere. >They put out a demo for NextFest with no Gacha then applied the Gacha on full release.

>>1650108 This is why gacha fags deserve to be bullied.

>>1650108 Is it actual real micro-transaction GAAS systems or just "lol you are forced to use in-game currency to grind more if you want stuff" but otherwise it's still a proper real offline game?

>>1650150 >duplicate character/mech pieces gacha farming for +1 passives, arena ranking system so people swipe their cards for that high rank (arena shop has limited items of course), limited banners, extremely low resources (unless you pay up and juice the resources with premium currency), absolutely outdated energy system (daily 200 energy kek, this was outdated back in 2015), top up shiny signs all over the UI and wattpad levels of writing on the campaign.. It's just bad.

>>1650293 Oh so it actually went full GAAS with real money involved unlike xenoblade. Yeah it's goyslop.

>>1650108 That's some next level evil shit.

Lol what is this? Silent souls?

>>1652388 They literally want the gen alpha audience.

>>1652388 Konami stopped giving a single fuck about their franchises they consider are only popular in the west like MGS and SH. Even castlevania is on a weird gray area where they let westoids deface it freely in exchange of money but so far haven't let westoids deface the games after lords of shadow was such a disaster. Which mind you is rather bizarre when they are fucking draconian with the IPs they care about and are popular in japan like yugioh and choo choo.

>>1652388 Does this mean we are getting an extensive library of animations where a high school girl gets gored by various monsters?

>>1652388 >Silent Hill is now soulshit

>>1652388 I saw the 90$ pricetag and my promptly shidded myself. I'm not paying more than 30$ for a videogame. At least I still have Forbidden Siren 1&2 downloaded to play on my emulator for OG spooky games. >>1653012 Leave it to the blender magicians once her model is scraped from the game, there is some hope.

>>1652388 >Konami could make a Castlevania souls and out Bloodborne the actual Bloodborne and maybe even get the drop on Duskbloods <"LMAO no we'll bend Silent Hill over and fuck it again while it's loved ones watch in horror." Well at least the Souls thread will have something new to talk about now.

>>1652388 I'm absolutely flabbergasted by the state of video games and the internet these days. It feels like every piece of news, every bit of information, the fandom, and the creators are driven by nothing but money and agendas. I grew up playing these games, watching this industry turn into the billion dollar monster it is now. This isn't a new issue, but the complete disregard and contempt for the people who built and shaped video games, along with the fans who supported it for decades before it was "hip" is just staggering. It's frustrating to see people hyping up Battlefield 6 now just because it's "returning to basics" after the developers actively fucked over and mocked the players. It leaves me feeling completely disillusioned with the whole thing. >>1653169 >I'm not paying more than 30$ for a videogame You should pirate everything.

>>1653838 It's a sinking boat anon, they're all struggling financially. You think Bethesda and Activision would willingly sell themselves to Microsoft otherwise? You think E3 dying was just a change of the times? And not just the ESA imploding? You think Ubisoft selling itself to Tencent while Warner Bros Interactive keeps sinking financially and EA is also looking for a buyer is the sign these companies are healthy? It's all posturing to keep the biggest retarded investors on the boat, even their gubminent gibs are less than they used to be. They aren't growing either, it's way less sales with a bunch of whales to cover up the rest, and even that's not working anymore.

>>1653853 https://archive.is/m7xEN I hope more people take a cue from gen z. Between credit card companies coercing sites like steam to pull out games that doesn’t meet their standards, developers trashing decade long franchises and their fanbases, and the absolute mess that is modern "geek" fandom, I’m rooting for it all to implode. Same goes for streamers, they’ve been a major force behind the shit plaguing video vidya, manga, and anime for the past 10+ years.

>>1653458 MARRY AND REPRODUCE ZOOM ZOOMIE

>>1654238 I wonder if this article takes in account Microtransactions or just game purchases in stores/storefronts My Zoomer nephew is fixated on Fortnite and Rocket League only, doesn't even bother to play anything else. >possibly opting for more free-to-play games, buying less expensive indie games, or waiting for sales.

>>1654238 I sometimes think of just fucking off exclusively to military miniatures for good.

>>1653838 Bruhdder you're throwing a tantrum over konami to the surprise of nobody with a brain, once again showing at best disregard, at worst active contempt to their AAA westoid "fans". If you care about vidya you should have given up on AAA shit since the PS3 when DS1, bamham and uncharted basically ruined mainstream gaming.

>>1654420 Even if you account for MTX shit you still will see zoomies and alphies are spending way less on vidya now. Boomers used to buy a single game on christmas and one on their birthday when they were young, then basically bought 2-3 games a month full price when they grew up. Millennials were raised on f2p mobaslop and then grew out to both buy multiple games at full price on release day AND fund the westoid lootbox gambling industry as well as kickstarting the asian gacha industries. Meanwhile you are lucky to see a single zoomer buy a single game at full price on release date, and it's usually pokemon (if male) or animal crossing (if female) while just riding at best the battle passes of shit like fortnite and not much else.

>>1655128 People have been saying that for over a decade though, nothing has changed beyond that. People still play games, I'm not seeing a difference purchase wise.

>>1654329 bruh how did you figure out i was a zoomer also no i'm gonna fap!

>>1653838 >You should pirate everything. I want to support independent devs and the very few good studios left that give me hope like Mobius Digital. The last time I actually bought a triple A game from a big studio was Witcher 3 back in fucking 2016 on a discount and I think it was money well spend on 300+ hours of gameplay. The same way I buy independent music from small artist on Bandcamp from record labels like Cryo Chamber, when some good single dev makes a fun niche game I want to support him to make more games, as long as I know the money is going to him (because I know there are things like Risk of Rain 2 and no one that should get money from Hopoo will get it).

>>1652388 normgroids will still lap it up

>>1656651 Wish more devs would use dark aatmospheric from that label instead of the absolute shiffest of Blumhouse inspired trash that gets shoehorned into every horror game.

>>1657160 fuck, man, I don't watch horror, what's their style?

>>1655629 HAVE SEX YOU FUCKING RETARDED INCEL NEET

>>1657459 Having sex won’t do much for the birth rate when you can use a contraception or just straight up abort the bablet.

>>1657459 Forced kike plant meme.

>>1654535 People thought tabletop gaming was out of their reach, but they've already taken over 40K and other franchises. It's reached a point where I avoid all the discourse and just enjoy the things I like. The older, the better. >>1655116 >Bruhdder you're throwing a tantrum over konami to the surprise of nobody with a brain The way Silent Hill has been raped and beaten to death hurts me deeply. I can't contain my disappointment and anger over what it’s become and what they’ve done to it. No respect whatsoever for masterpieces. Everything is up for grabs, molded into whatever they need to make it trendy and profit off past glories. >If you care about vidya you should have given up on AAA shit since the PS3 That's exactly what I did. I bought a PS3 in 2010, and it was a huge disappointment. I thought it would be like a PS2 in HD, but it was nothing like that. I ended up using it for RPGs and Japanese imports until it reached the end of its life cycle. >>1656651 >I want to support independent devs and the very few good studios left that give me hope like Mobius Digital I've been fucked over and treated like garbage by devs I used to support and hold in high regard, so I just don't trust any of them anymore. I see your point, though.

wait a fucking minute

>>1658355 Woah woah woah, hold on a second

>>1658367 This was the spirtual successor to Spy Kids, right? Is it really as bad as everybody says? I've never heard anything good about it even though it looks like a fun film.

>>1658355 >>1658367 Oh shit

>>1658461 >This was the spirtual successor to Spy Kids, right? Sort of >Is it really as bad as everybody says? Depends, what are you expecting?

>>1658461 >This was the spirtual successor to Spy Kids, right? It's a shitshow to even try explain because it's officially not a sequel or even a spiritual successor, but there's extremely blatant hints it's on the same universe after the events of spy kids 3, and it's also a spiritual prequel to "we can be heroes" (both shark and lava appear on it) which in turn may connect to "sky high" some-fucking-how. >Is it really as bad as everybody says? Yes, it's pretty dogshit. Imagine a westoid kojimbo copycat wrote a movie about a brat that can warp reality and rewrite history through his dreams and you are somewhat getting the gist of it.

>>1659945 >westoid kojimbo copycat I remember jack shit about this guy's films despite them coming out when I was a kid, but outside of one line from the second Spy Kids, was he that pretentious?

>>1660411 That line was an ad lib by Steve Buscemi that they decided to keep in the film.

>>1660411 Spy kids 1 and 2 weren't that bad, honestly they were rather well written, picrel was probably the most "pretentious" they ever got and even then it wasn't really wrong, just like old kojimbo. At most you could argue SP1 was a little too schizo. He went off the fucking deep end with spy kids 3 onward though, and there's no possible way for me to explain it, just go watch the films, they aren't that long and SP3+SBLG+heroes is barely a weekend for a busy guy.

is this a man?

>>1661764 That's what he says

Might as well post some Aya Nishitani storytime here

Jackbox night is live: https://cytu.be/r/jackbox1

I look up the author of a project on github and it's some variety of a tranny 85% of the time The anubis author is some sort of a tranny nonbinary furry

>>1650108 >>1651471 I remember playing it a bit on mobile when it came out in Japan under the name of "Metal Storm", a while ago. Only knew about that game because of some Japanese dude on Twitter who was pissed off by the state of the Front Mission 3 remake and its battle animations before the nonsensical AI-generated illustrations were later known. It was fun for a moment but it doesn't have the lasting effect like Uma Musume Pretty Derby, which I do continue to play occasionally since early 2024 (especially on job breaks) and don't feel obligated to do the daily tasks. >>1652388 As far as horror games I've recently enjoyed, Crow Country was pretty good (if you're looking for something Silent Hill-esque, it's that one) and Darkwood is particularly unnerving. But like the other anon said, you better stick to the Japanese-centered stuff when it comes to Konami's catalog between Yu-Gi-Oh!, Momotarou Densetsu, Tokimeki Memorial or Shine Post: Be Your Idol!.

>>1661764 yeah, also not gay, has a wife & a kid apparently

God I wish I had a cushy job doing nothing but being a useless piece of shit so I could just play vidya all day

>>1666678 I know the feeling.

>>1666678 You only get those if you are a woman

>>1661764 Yeah he is a man. The art style and color choice definitely makes it look like a woman though. Pic related is him in one of the endings.

>>1661764 >Each time you dick me, I give you a dollar. 🤔

>>1666863 >>1666955 I honestly hate those, fucking mind drain from pretending to be working to socializing to get ahead. Rather a more physical job that tones my body, then I play vidya since my head is clear.

>>1667706 ew gay

>>1663024 Here's some more classics. ("Lanobe" is short for "light novel", by the way.)

>>1663024 >>1667819 Really cool, didn't know he was active online. Thanks for sharing.

>>1647862 this is why virgins turn into incels so easily women are terrible by default, but they are not stubborn, they are very flexible. Men are supposed to have charisma and authority, fucking use it >boo hoo she's gonna call the cops on me kys >she breaks your balls drop her for another bitch >she's good to you spoil her like a princess not rocket fucking science >>1666678 most of these jobs require literally sellong your soul out being a manager and making your team slave away only for you to gloat before the higher ups and appropriate all the merit i have a friend who does it, he disgusts me

>>1667856 >Really cool, didn't know he was active online. Now that's an understatement. Out of all the MegaTen creators, he's the most twitter-addicted one by far. I think he has tweeted just about every single day for the past few years. >Thanks for sharing. My pleasure.

>>1667897 >women are terrible by default, but they are not stubborn, they are very flexible Ok and how am I supposed to do that, Mr Faggot? Because most of the time I try to coarse someone to my interests its forced as shit.

>>1667941 The only similar interests you should have with a woman is food and morals.

>>1667946 Fuck you

>>1668207 HEY FUCK YOU LEATHERMAN

>>1668221 I'll show you who's boss of this gym.

>>1667941 >>1667946 I will not breed I will not reproduce I am the last generation of my family My bloodline will die with me I WILL play videogames

>>1668393 Enough about "muh bloodline", what about me?

>>1669371 You WILL play videogame

>>1667941 Women don't respect whiney faggots. Try acting less like one, for starters

On a side note, this summer hasn't been too hot (where I live at least) so for once I can spend entire days playan. Usually I have to switch to reading to let my room and computer cool down a bit

>>1671949 kill yourself

Just saw Gamescom, there were no games to be shown. And Resident Evil and a new expansion for Cult of the Lamb

>>1673944 It's just the gameplay showcases during the said event that I plan on checking up, specifically the Switch 2 port of Elden Ring (with a definite release date) and Silksong. For me, the real game-related event will be the Tokyo Game Show 2025 in September 25th ~ 28th

>>1674002 TGS has been terrible for years as well

>>1673944 I feel like westoids haven't released any real games since TLOU 1. Before TLOU you could easily have dozens of games from the west have staying power and in the long run either become cult classics or simple classics, some even became mythical games like oblivion or skyrim itself, maybe new vegas. But after TLOU? Basically nothing they did ever stuck, fallout 4 came and went, so did 74, then starfield barely made a blip on the radar, the indiana jones game did nothing, doom maternal is only ever used as a tool for tech jewtuber benchmarks, dark ages is a worse flop, goyguard is only remembered to be mocked, same with concord and dustborn. Feels like the west just gave up culturally after TLOU 1, or to be more specific, after avengers endgame.

<<1675408 The Last of Us and Endgame are 6 years apart, you have no idea what you are talking about. <but F4, 74, Starfield and Indiana Jones aren't culturally relevant Do you think the entire western market is just Bethesda?

>>1675448 >Do you think the entire western market is just Bethesda? I legitimately can't remember anything else from westoids that isn't bethesdaslop and SIEslop.

>>1675462 >legitimately can't remember anything else from westoids that isn't bethesdaslop and SIEslop. Not even Baldur's Gate 3?