There was a theory that the purchase restrictions were put in place by Valve, not Sony (because those countries couldn’t make an account without violating TOS). If so, Valve might shortly remove the restrictions.
Sales follow the tradition of supply and demand. Products come out at their highest price because of expectations and hype. Then, as interest wanes, the publisher continues to make some sales by reducing price to tempt the less interested parties....
We get a lot of sequels in the gaming world, and a common criticism is when a series isn’t really innovating enough. We’re given an open world game that takes 40 hours, with DLC stretching it out 20 more, and see a sequel releasing that cut out it’s late 30 hours because players were already getting bored....
Occult Crime Police is an indie-made, Ace Attorney-inspired mystery game about a local town sheriff investigating crazy occurrences in her small, four-figure population hometown of Boomtown, USA....
Just happened to come across this one on Steam, and the reviews are generally positive. Not expecting it to reach the best points of the best Ace Attorney games, but certainly seems to be worth a try.
To give an impression of what it’s been like for me:
I had a quest where I needed Iron. I found a random planet that had it, and picked a spot in the middle of the scan readouts. Arrive, looks like a barren rock - but that’s fine because I only wanted rocks. However, I see something in the distance, and check it out. On the way, I find a wandering trader taking her alien dog for a walk, and sell some stuff weighing me down. I find a cave, where a colonist is hiding out with a respiratory infection - and am able to help them get out as a little mini-quest, though the infection spreads to me.
I come past a little mining installation, where I find a bounty hunter that tells me of a bounty nearby she’s offering to split with me. We do so, fighting a base full of raiders to get to their captain, and I finally decide to leave.
The key here is, I don’t think any of those quests are amazing - they’re likely very dynamically generated. But they’re also not fun to “seek them out” - just to come across them in some other mission, like trying to make an outpost or mining for stuff.
Ahhh, so it’s not actually the bike lane causing problems - it’s the backed-up traffic, and they want to expand to use the lane again during rush hour.
Missing, of course, that even if they use that lane for cars, soon enough even that lane will be backed up as well. Missing, of course, that cyclists and pedestrians also want to use the lane during commuting hours. And, that the other potential solution is to encourage people to use other ways of commuting, like by trains and buses. OR, to enforce automative standards that have engines shut down when they’re stopped for more than a few seconds, then autostart the engine when resuming - as European cars often do.
But no, let’s kick cyclists out to expand the waiting-in-place-mobile.
I’ve been working for several years on a novel, and in a lot of ways it’s been fun. I have some very interconnected themes, some plot twists that tread the line between being surprising, and meaningful, and a fair few characters that develop through a lengthy confrontation....
This category of glitch has been common in many types of games. It occurs to me that if someone ever, intentionally or unintentionally, triggers it in TOTK, they'll just end up in The Depths.
Boston has always been a confusing city for transit. Recently, in an effort to improve the Somerville region of the city, the construction group extending the green line completed work on a walking and biking path that follows the green line's tracks, connecting the Magoun Square area, through to the new stations at Gilman...
I ended up picking out Tunic as my Game of the Year, when at first it only seemed like a mild Zelda-like. There’s certainly other trashy games out there I’ve enjoyed, such as Neoverse, a deck-building Roguelike (no longer on there anymore), Rune Factory, Battletoads....
When it snows in Boston, I know it tends not to last very long, so I go out to take a lot of pictures on a morning walk. These are from January. Click the link for about 30 more pictures, through Somerville and Cambridge Crossing!...
Sony cancelled the PSN account linking requirement for Helldivers 2 (lemmy.world)
It's Not About The Nail (www.youtube.com)
Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy released (store.steampowered.com)
An HD re-release of Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney, Dual Destinies, and Spirit of Justice, for Steam, Nintendo Switch, Xbox, and PS4.
Many players have become "patient gamers". What are games people might miss out on by waiting for sales?
Sales follow the tradition of supply and demand. Products come out at their highest price because of expectations and hype. Then, as interest wanes, the publisher continues to make some sales by reducing price to tempt the less interested parties....
Game genres where "It's just more X content" is more than enough
We get a lot of sequels in the gaming world, and a common criticism is when a series isn’t really innovating enough. We’re given an open world game that takes 40 hours, with DLC stretching it out 20 more, and see a sequel releasing that cut out it’s late 30 hours because players were already getting bored....
Can't play an EA game via geforce now due to quitting a couple of times in one day (lemmy.world)
I’ve been getting into mass effect trilogy finally, and since I don’t own a gaming pc, I like to play through GeForce Now....
Occult Crime Police Case 2: Medium at Large (eggcorn-games.itch.io)
Occult Crime Police is an indie-made, Ace Attorney-inspired mystery game about a local town sheriff investigating crazy occurrences in her small, four-figure population hometown of Boomtown, USA....
Blue Bikes adding E-Bikes to their fleet in Somerville/Cambridge (www.bostonglobe.com)
Tyrion Cuthbert: Attorney of the Arcane (AA-inspired game) (store.steampowered.com)
Just happened to come across this one on Steam, and the reviews are generally positive. Not expecting it to reach the best points of the best Ace Attorney games, but certainly seems to be worth a try.
Dead by Daylight x Chucky (youtu.be)
Apparently coming to the public test beta on Steam today.
Capcom President Thinks Game Prices Are 'Too Low' - IGN (www.ign.com)
Capcom president Harushiro Tsujimoto claims that the prices of video games need to increase to meet ballooning development costs.
My bet is still with the Zuck! (lemmy.world)
Bethesda says most of Starfield's 1000+ planets are dull on purpose because 'when the astronauts went to the moon, there was nothing there' but 'they certainly weren't bored' (www.pcgamer.com)
Sure Todd, lol
[video] Bill Nye got it right back in 1995 (www.youtube.com)
Short segment on the subject, but he was aware of the issue long before many other channels. (If timestamp code does not work, go to 11:00)
Massachusetts tax free weekend starts tomorrow (www.mass.gov)
This should apply to internet purchases as well as retail, up to a $2,500 limit on a single item.
[Fanatical] Build Your Own Bento Bundle 2 (Min. 3 for $6: Corpse Factory, The Last Friend, Gal*Gun, Nurse Love Syndrome, others) (www.fanatical.com)
Bike lane on Richmond-San Rafael Bridge seen as major cause of pollution (www.cbsnews.com)
In no way did my brain consider this to not be satire…
July 2023 Developer Update (Hook grabs removed!) (forums.bhvr.com)
The Steam Summer Sale is on now! (steamcommunity.com)
Looking for advice about a novel that's grown too long
I’ve been working for several years on a novel, and in a lot of ways it’s been fun. I have some very interconnected themes, some plot twists that tread the line between being surprising, and meaningful, and a fair few characters that develop through a lengthy confrontation....
Have we seen a "Fall through the world" glitch yet?
This category of glitch has been common in many types of games. It occurs to me that if someone ever, intentionally or unintentionally, triggers it in TOTK, they'll just end up in The Depths.
Boston - GLX Community Path now Open (www.somervillema.gov)
Boston has always been a confusing city for transit. Recently, in an effort to improve the Somerville region of the city, the construction group extending the green line completed work on a walking and biking path that follows the green line's tracks, connecting the Magoun Square area, through to the new stations at Gilman...
Which games would you not have tried if not for Game Pass?
I ended up picking out Tunic as my Game of the Year, when at first it only seemed like a mild Zelda-like. There’s certainly other trashy games out there I’ve enjoyed, such as Neoverse, a deck-building Roguelike (no longer on there anymore), Rune Factory, Battletoads....
Snowy Boston (more in album link) (lemmy.world)
When it snows in Boston, I know it tends not to last very long, so I go out to take a lot of pictures on a morning walk. These are from January. Click the link for about 30 more pictures, through Somerville and Cambridge Crossing!...