Nobody Cares: Gaming Edition

[Dakota Tebaldi]

WHYYYYYYYYYYY

 

[Veritable Quandry]

Yeah, the annual Skyrim rerelease!

 

[Free]

Hrm.

Searching for meditative transcendence in Lawn Mowing Simulator

Normcore simulator games are all the rage, but this one might just be too realistic

www.avclub.com

 

[Caete]

 

[bubblesort]

I'm a huge fan of Saints Row.

It looks like the franchise is getting a reboot. They just launched a trailer for it. It looks good. I mean, the old crew is awesome, but I would love to see the world of saints row through some fresh eyes. Saints Row 3 is a decade old now. People can't be pissed off about Johnny Gat forever, I don't care how cool he was. They kill a dozen major crime bosses a day in Saints Row. He'd be forgotten after two news cycles. After a decade? Even his old gang would have moved on. Plus, in SR4, they opened the world. The universe is a simulation, and there are alternate time lines. Why not start with some fresh faces to explore a fresh new virtual universe? I just hope the reboot is narrated by Jane Austin, like the last one was. She's the best narrator.

I do worry that the reboot might end up overproduced, though. I mean, I think investors probably see the mountains of cash Rockstar is raking in with GTA5, and they're thinking they want to cut in on it. Big money might file off the rough edges to the Saints Row humor that I love so much. I'm pretty sure it will be good, though. Deep Silver does good work (not counting Agents of Mayhem, but one bad game is forgivable, IMHO).

 

[Noodles]

I'm a huge fan of Saints Row.

It looks like the franchise is getting a reboot. They just launched a trailer for it. It looks good. I mean, the old crew is awesome, but I would love to see the world of saints row through some fresh eyes. Saints Row 3 is a decade old now. People can't be pissed off about Johnny Gat forever, I don't care how cool he was. They kill a dozen major crime bosses a day in Saints Row. He'd be forgotten after two news cycles. After a decade? Even his old gang would have moved on. Plus, in SR4, they opened the world. The universe is a simulation, and there are alternate time lines. Why not start with some fresh faces to explore a fresh new virtual universe? I just hope the reboot is narrated by Jane Austin, like the last one was. She's the best narrator.

Yeah, I got pretty excited when this popped up on the Epic store, I didn't know they were doing another. I really liked SR 3 and 4 but I have no idea where they could have gone with that so a reboot or an alternate universe or whatever is fine by me.

Also, I enjoyed GTA V but enjoy Saints Row a lot more. For starters, you don't get stuck playing angry white dudes. Hell I absolutely love that your custom character isn't just a mute nobody in the Saints Row Games, because they did voice work for them, using several options. Makes them feel like actually part of the world. Also GTA's people in general are all ugly as shit. I mean, they don't need to be some sort of perfect model types while running around doing crazy shit, but the entire city feels like the birthing process involved a meat grinder at some point.

 

[Noodles]

Oh right, also, Saints Row 3 Remastered is free right now on Epic Games.

It's great if you like this sort of Sandbox Shooter game. It's basically what GTA would be if they had pressed more into the Vice City direction instead of going all SRS BNS with GTA4.

 

[bubblesort]

Oh right, also, Saints Row 3 Remastered is free right now on Epic Games.

It's great if you like this sort of Sandbox Shooter game. It's basically what GTA would be if they had pressed more into the Vice City direction instead of going all SRS BNS with GTA4.

Thanks for letting us know! I do love Saints Row 3, but I've played it so much, already, I wasn't going to buy the remaster. If it's free, though, I'll definitely grab it!

 

[Fionalein]

WHYYYYYYYYYYY

To thwart all those Beyond Skyrim SE modders who are fishing the same waters ESO tries to market. With CC we had a choice between good free mods that work together and BS paymods that ruin every other mod that slightly looked in their direction,...

 

[Veritable Quandry]

It is helpful to remember that Microsoft bought Bethesda. Microtransactions were not working in Skyrim thanks to the quality of free mods, so MS is probably more interested in bundling all of the Creation Club content into a single upgrade than maintaining the Bethesda store.

 

[CronoCloud Creeggan]

Polygon did a story about a retro-pinball/arcade location not that far away from me in McLean, Illinois.

Pinball is reviving a small Illinois town

One man is turning McLean, Illinois, into a pinball nexus

www.polygon.com

I've been there, went there for my birthday one year, well worth a visit for the pinballs. I went there for the old video games but was more impressed by all the pinballs. Also, play the big Aliens rail-shooter in back, it's an average to mediocre game, but still silly fun with another player. My sister loved that thing, said it would be cathartic after a long day at work. No Gauntlet when I was there, sadface. They do have the standup version of the Star Wars vector arcade game.

 

[Noodles]

Polygon did a story about a retro-pinball/arcade location not that far away from me in McLean, Illinois.

Pinball is reviving a small Illinois town

One man is turning McLean, Illinois, into a pinball nexus

www.polygon.com

I've been there, went there for my birthday one year, well worth a visit for the pinballs. I went there for the old video games but was more impressed by all the pinballs. Also, play the big Aliens rail-shooter in back, it's an average to mediocre game, but still silly fun with another player. My sister loved that thing, said it would be cathartic after a long day at work. No Gauntlet when I was there, sadface. They do have the standup version of the Star Wars vector arcade game.

Maps says it's almost an hour's drive away, which is pretty doable for a trip.

 

[Essence Lumin]

Mod Designed To Make Skyrim Unplayable Banned For Same Reason

Nexus Mods no longer hosts upload, but you can still download it

kotaku.com

 

[Bartholomew Gallacher]

And then decided I just didn't have the time or energy to record, then do the editing [which took longer] - So, I swapped to Twitch streaming.

You might want consider to get yourself a ring light set for better illumination, because that lamp in the background is just way too bright.

https://www.amazon.de/-/en/Conference-Lighting-Laptops-Dimmable-Recording/dp/B08XQ4GXV6/ref=sr_1_30?dchild=1&keywords=ringlicht&qid=1630404732&s=ce-de&sr=1-30

Many startup Twitchers just tape it on the wall behind their screen.

 

[bubblesort]

You might want consider to get yourself a ring light set for better illumination, because that lamp in the background is just way too bright.

https://www.amazon.de/-/en/Conference-Lighting-Laptops-Dimmable-Recording/dp/B08XQ4GXV6/ref=sr_1_30?dchild=1&keywords=ringlicht&qid=1630404732&s=ce-de&sr=1-30

Many startup Twitchers just tape it on the wall behind their screen.

I agree, that lighting is too harsh. Lighting is one of those things I like to tinker with, using cheap things I have laying around. You know, bed sheets as diffusors, tin foil reflectors, LEDs, desk lamps, etc. Most of my experiments deal with long exposures and a DSL, but for my office, the best web cam light set up I ever found is a shop light. You know, the kind you clip on or hang from the hood of a car? I found that if I point that directly at my white ceiling, it bounces off everything, including the big white wall behind my camera, and gives off a really nice diffuse light. I also have an off camera desk lamp to give me a bit of depth, but my main diffuse light is just an old shop light pointed at a white ceiling and walls.

 

[Aribeth Zelin]

You might want consider to get yourself a ring light set for better illumination, because that lamp in the background is just way too bright.

https://www.amazon.de/-/en/Conference-Lighting-Laptops-Dimmable-Recording/dp/B08XQ4GXV6/ref=sr_1_30?dchild=1&keywords=ringlicht&qid=1630404732&s=ce-de&sr=1-30

Many startup Twitchers just tape it on the wall behind their screen.

I agree, that lighting is too harsh. Lighting is one of those things I like to tinker with, using cheap things I have laying around. You know, bed sheets as diffusors, tin foil reflectors, LEDs, desk lamps, etc. Most of my experiments deal with long exposures and a DSL, but for my office, the best web cam light set up I ever found is a shop light. You know, the kind you clip on or hang from the hood of a car? I found that if I point that directly at my white ceiling, it bounces off everything, including the big white wall behind my camera, and gives off a really nice diffuse light. I also have an off camera desk lamp to give me a bit of depth, but my main diffuse light is just an old shop light pointed at a white ceiling and walls.

Thanks! Yeah, I need to remember to just turn the light off when I stream - but I would need to mount a ring light [Its on my list of get when can], because my monitors are backed by open space, not a wall.

 

[bubblesort]

I should check out roblox some day. Not to make money, but just to see what their tools are like.

IDK about all of the claims made in this video. Like, "roblox is a monopoly" seems a little shaky to me. Overall, though, it does look like a very shady company.

 

[Caete]

 

[Veritable Quandry]

Ruling in the Epic v Apple suit today.

https://kotaku.com/epic-wins-big-fortnite-lawsuit-against-apple-1847653612

As another article put it, this is a case where Apple and Epic both lost, but it is a win for developers and consumers.

Apple lost because the ruling says they can not require apps to tie all future in-app purchases to the Apple system. Developers can direct users to a web page or other system to buy content.

Epic lost because the court did not require Apple to allow side loading or alternative app stores, and also held that since Epic deliberately violated their agreement with Apple that Apple was within its rights to terminate their developer account. Epic had to pay a cut of revenue for bypassing Apple's payment system and is not guaranteed that Fortenite will return to the iOS store.

The real winner is other app makers who will benefit from the ability to use their choice of processors. That may well lead to Apple having to reduce fees for purchases since there will be competition for in app purchase processing, benefitting both developers and consumers.

At this point either side can appeal. It seems that Epic is likely to.

 

[bubblesort]

This is a massive industry leak. Somebody unlocked NVIDIA GeForce NOW, and they found a huge list of unreleased games that NVIDIA used for testing. Games like God of War and Demon Souls, and Bioshock 2022. It includes some nintendo games, but that's probably just because of shield, not because they are coming to PC.

Link to reddit thread where I found out about this.

Link to Medium article:

Found 18K+ games on NVIDIA GeForce NOW

I, along with many NVIDIA GeForce NOW users, am waiting for Nvidia to add new games. Some of the preferred games, like the Mafia series…

ighor.medium.com