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When was a game's price worth it to you?

Say a simple (hours enjoyed playing)/(price of game) equation. How many hours (you enjoyed) per $ do you think is reasonable/expected? Or is there other criteria for you?...

Xbox's biggest crisis right now isn't games. It's hardware. (Opinion - Jez Corden) (www.windowscentral.com)

"Today, PlayStation revealed that its PS5 has sold 40 million units. Microsoft doesn’t share hardware numbers typically, but court documents, math, and slides from an ID@Xbox in Brazil seem to suggest the Xbox Series X|S line-up is around 20-23 million units sold globally. That essentially puts the PS5 at a 2:1 advantage...

Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of July 30th

Whatcha all playing!...

The only manned submersible that could reach the missing Titan is owned by Steam's Gabe Newell (wegotthiscovered.com)

How many stinkers did you play this year?

How many and which bad games did you play this year?

Are there any good VR games yet?

I got a Quest 2 a while back and played around with it a bit. There were some entertaining games like “I expect you to die” and the first portion of “Lone Echo”, but mostly they just felt like proof of concept demos and I quickly lost interest....

What are some of your favorite game mechanics?

What game mechanics do you enjoy or that surprised you when playing a game? I recently started playing Tunic and I love building out the "manual" for the game and getting hints on how to play.

Starfield’s 30fps frame rate is “a choice,” God of War dev says (www.pcgamesn.com)

Anyone else here right into emulation/roms/CFW and retro handhelds? What've you got + what are you playing?

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What difficult games/game challenges did you give up on?

Be it a game that’s difficult in its entirety, or a particular challenge in a game that you just couldn’t complete....

What forgotten cult classic games are worth revisiting?

I’ve recently rekindled my love for Katamari Damacy and it made me wonder if there’s any other amazing cult classics out there that aren’t talked about these days. What are your recommendations?

Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of September 10th

New thread!...

CD Projekt Red devs unionise after its third round of layoffs in three months (www.eurogamer.net)

Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of July 16th

Another week another thread!...

How to let my kids find quality games on Android? Right now they only find the pay to win / ad riddled games.

My 9yo daughter has a tablet with family link, so I can monitor what apps she wants to install. As the garbage games are mostly at the top free, she keeps asking for games that I reject, in most cases because it’s riddled with ads....

Which game would you want to get rebooted?

I wish that there were a reboot or remake of Total Overdose. It was a fun GTA-like game

What ttRPG are you playing right now/ or are you planning on trying soon?

I am interested in what RPGs the people here are playing. Tell me about the cool systems you are trying out or about your campaigns.

Actual Hidden Gems on Steam

I love obscure and overlooked games and want to share a bunch with all of you. Most “hidden gem” threads end up listing titles with thousands of reviews or that got some level of marketing. I aim to mostly avoid that. While you may see a few familiar games here, everything in the list below has under 1500 reviews on Steam...

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