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 No.12184[Reply]

Have you managed to free yourself of your nostalgia biases? Let's perform a test. Think of some games in series or franchises that you you experienced first as a kid before trying out earlier entries. Are you capable of recognizing any of the earlier entries as superior games?

My first console was an SNES and I had to think a bit on this one. From my perspective it seemed like games were on a general improvement trend with technology in the early '90s. It's hard for me to think of SNES games that weren't better than their counterparts in previous generations. But I will freely admit that Super C and Gradius II are much superior games to Contra III and Gradius III.
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 No.12190

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>>12186
indie games that mimic the 16 bit era are often more fun than AAA games. lack of loading time, lack of being forced to go online, lack of skinner box mechanics, lack of bullshit. Hell I even enjoy ncurses console games like picrel more than a lot of AAA shite
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 No.12214

>>12185
> (technical regressions are unusual, i wonder why that happened)

If I had to guess, some key components of the code were proprietary and had to be ripped out due to ownership disputes or patent trolls.
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 No.12215

>>12214
>If I had to guess, some key components of the code were proprietary and had to be ripped out due to ownership disputes or patent trolls.
That seems plausible, but for example Half-life 2 had decent physics and the source-engine (not sure about the name being correct) is open-source. That's like over 20 years old so even if there were patents, those should have run out.

For the last 10 years or so the visual improvements had a diminishing returns. Some visual improvements like ray/path-tracing could be worth it in the long run, because it looks nicer while reducing software-complexity. But the question remains why haven't they gone for better environment simulation like doing some chemical and electrical interactions. Also basic botany and biology stuff. That would make it easier to build coherent worlds.
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 No.12216

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>>12215
>For the last 10 years or so the visual improvements had a diminishing returns
Amazingly a while back we hit a point where graphics started to get worse. At least as far as I'm concerned. Chromatic aberration and bullshit of the sort is stuff I always turn off without even giving a chance. Games looked and look better without it.
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 No.12217

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>>12216

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 No.8533[Reply]

>No animal crossing thread for 10 pages
Absolutely disgusting you uncultured plebs.
Post friend codes and Island codes, or just screenshots in general.
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 No.12208

>>12098
Depends. Does he charge interest? If yes then he's a rentier rat whose neck belongs in a noose.
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 No.12209

>>12208
It actually is interest-free lol. There is also no deadline.
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 No.12210

>>12209
Sounds like a nice guy.
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 No.12211

>>12210
Yeah. Found some Reddit comments (yeah…):



User A:
You don't know if he is fair because there is no competition on the housing market, so he might be overcharging a lot. He has monopoly and the "free" loan just ensure that he can charge outrageous prices. He know what he is doing.


User B:
A Nintendo switch in-game costs just under 30,000 bells correct? (This is a rough estimate I don't have the numbers in front of me - it's around there).

IRL they cost $300.

A small house and the first upgrade to make it bigger costs 246,000 bells in total after the 2 upgrades. So for a decent home, you pay about 8.2x the cost of a switch in bells.
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 No.12212

>>8639
you are so right bestie!

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 No.12105[Reply]

How do you deal with this asshole?
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 No.12108

>>12107
Does this look like the kind of bloke who will listen to reason?
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 No.12109

>>12105
get the pc version the internet says it's got better difficulty settings, that let you beat the game.

>>12106
It's a really hard enemy character from a really hard 2d side-scroll game
https://farside.link/invidious/watch?v=2aofQC1qXBU
go to time index 00:04:44
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 No.12110

From my experimentation, aggression will get you nowhere but a quick death. The trick is to patiently wait for him to do a swooping attack at you, and then jump backwards away from it while shooting at him.
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 No.12111

>>12108
Give peace a chance
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 No.12196

Buy him a beer and he'll come around

 No.12188[Reply]

This was originally made by the Dwarf Fortress guy Tarn "ToadyOne" Adams back during the George W. Bush administration, but since it's open source there are many independent fan versions. I love this piece of shit game. Maybe I'm mentally ill. Something about making a Blanquist terror cell and grinding their skills while they do cringe adventurism is super fun to me. I wish there were a more communist-flavored version of this game.

https://www.jonathansfox.com/lcs-new-age/
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 No.12189

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forgot image

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 No.12166[Reply]

Thoughts on Roblox game 'Dress to Impress'?

Gameplay revolves around each person dressing up according to a theme and people vote whose fashion walk they liked the best, which is related to democracy in Marxism, because of voting.
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 No.12177

>>12176
Whatever, post your fits
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 No.12178

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>>12177
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 No.12179

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>>12176
>It's related to Marxism because democracy is a thing in Marxism, which relates to how people vote in the game.
Can they vote on how the video game company is run ?

>>12178
so it's fashion for aliens ?
pic related
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 No.12180

>>12178
cute tbh
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 No.12181

>>12178
First one looks like a Masha from Moscow, and the second one looks like a Becky from Brooklyn. 7.5/10

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 No.5309[Reply]

I am a modder for Hearts of Iron IV and I'm currently updating my old mod. My main issue is that I need loading screens/menu screens. The image given is a filler so I'm looking for something different.

The images need to be 1920x1440, and they SHOULD be appropriate to have on the Steam Workshop. Thanks!
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 No.5311

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>>5310

That one lewd Marxist-Leninist cosplayer that became a small meme for doing that maoist cosplay. You know, that one.
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 No.5312

/v/ is now the roulette board, please go there for your video game related discussions.
>>>/roulette/
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 No.11094

>>5311
kek
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 No.12167

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 No.9359[Reply]

Can we talk about how video games like Age of Empires/Civilisation etc are conduits to right wing thought about political economy of globalisation?

Simply, they portray human society and civilisations as inherently atomised and singular in their development as well as presenting culture as essentialist.


Also, an anon posted an academic article related to this recently, but I've lost it, if anyone could repost that would be great.
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 No.12161

its really ugly game i don't know why its popular (maybe because microsoft in the title)
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 No.12162

>>12103
critical support for Rise of Nations

there is no such thing art for the sake of art!
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 No.12163

Francis Tseng wrote about this
https://spaceandtim.es/etc/the_world_any_other_way/
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 No.12164

>>9359
>Can we talk about how video games like Age of Empires/Civilisation etc are conduits to right wing thought about political economy of globalisation?
These games are literally tankie simulators where you the player are the ultimate dictator and economic central planner.
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 No.12165

>>12164
This is retarded. All war economies are command economies, regardless which economic system preceded it. Also Age of Empires is clearly feudal, not socialist. Why do you use the anti-communist label ?

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 No.12129[Reply]

Thoughts on 'bad manners' in videogames? Is it accelerationist to be bad mannered or is it neo-feudalist supestructure pathology manifested?
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 No.12130

How do you draw the line between bad manners and "being an asshole"?
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 No.12131

There is no line. I only do things I can be proud of in non-hentai games. In hentai games open season.
This isn't for some moral reason, but rather because I feel too guilty to have fun being bad in normal games, but being bad makes me cum harder than I feel guilty.

Guilt is probably good, it's extremely limiting and conservative, but I don't see a better way not to hurt people.
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 No.12132

As long as directed towards the other team it's OK by me.
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 No.12134

>>12129
>Thoughts on 'bad manners' in videogames?
Not sure what you mean with this, but manners only exist in relation to sentient people. You can't be rude to a program. At least not yet.

>Is it accelerationist to be bad mannered or is it neo-feudalist supestructure pathology manifested?
This is intriguing, were feudalists bad mannered ?
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 No.12138

>>12129
>Is it accelerationist
Not quite. Even if you'll manage 2 bully some fag out of this particular game xir could just move 2 1other.
Also, as any m*rxist you should always remember th@ actively being a fucking retard shapes you into a fucking retard, so don't be just a stupid uyghur faggot without any purpose 2 it. It's ok to be against the cuckitalist society, it's not ok to be antisocial in general either you slid into tranarchism.

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 No.12099[Reply]

All right can someone explain why the hell there aren't more death race games? I've never been able to understand this. Why would I want to settle for kiddie kart racing where no one ever dies when I could strap guns to my vehicle and kill everyone in front of me?

It's always baffled me why there's a whole bunch of car combat games taking place in an arena, but nobody wants to combine the idea with racing. What gives?
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 No.12100

>>12099
>why the hell there aren't more death race games?
Are you sure ? Have you checked all the indie game makers ?

>Why would I want to settle for kiddie kart racing
It's the same game mechanic though.

There's a spaceship racing game which is somewhat popular. It has interesting maps that blend atmospheric and space obstacle courses. It also has various game modes with "strapon guns". I think it's open source and has fancy graphics as well. But i can't remember the name, sorry.
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 No.12133

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Just remembered I played this like a billion years ago.

Also do kart racing games count? I guess that's where the genre went.
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 No.12135

>>12133
>I played this
what game is that ?
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 No.12136

>>12135
<Hi-Octane
didn't see the game title was in the image file name

 No.4325[Reply]

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-52992675
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 No.4417

Probably same shit for electronic viewfinders on digital cameras, but it's not as intense and constant.
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 No.4480

LMAO imagine SAO-players waking up from their shit to have literal blindness
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 No.6187

They spy on you AND they ruin your eyes.
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 No.12128

NOOO, this can't be happening! What about my escapism and virtual companionship?!
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 No.12137

>>12128
[it's been] 4 fucking years, you massive autistiche faggot

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