Coelacanth

Looks like @chloyster@beehaw.org sadly isn’t active anymore, and they were the ones usually posting them. I’ve seen one or two be posted since may, but they haven’t been pinned so they don’t get as much traction. Maybe it would be a good thing to contact the remaining active mods about.

I mean, I tried to watch some of L.A. By Night and didn’t really love them there, to be honest. Didn’t make me dislike them as a person or anything though, or as a voice actor. I think they’re talented. Just made me stop watching the show.

Okay but that is actually a clever marketing campaign though. The thick Swedish accent of the announcer included.

You’re not entirely wrong, even if a little disingenuous. I think it’s quite clear that indie games provide the best examples of creativity and freedom of expression in gaming currently, but there definitely is also quite an oversaturated jungle to cut through of roguelikes, deckbuilders, roguelike deckbuilders, Metroidvanias, Soulslikes, Soulslike Metroidvanias…

There are ways to get around the auto update, but those are also futzy. I agree that this is one of the few complaints about Steam that I have.

I used Steam Depot to rollback RDR2 in order to make a mod work about 2 years ago. If nothing has changed it should still work, although it is admittedly more fussy than version rollback on GOG.

Can’t you use Steam Depot to download older versions? It’s been a minute since I futzed with it.

I’m pretty sure you can rollback game versions on Steam too.

It’s funny that it’s by the same creator’s as What Became of Edith Finch (and even is connected narratively!), but while everyone raves about that game nobody seems to check out their other game.

Holy shit a fellow Unfinished Swan enjoyer! I never see people talk about that game but I liked it so much. Definitely second the recommendation, it’s a very sweet little game with some fun and clever mechanics and a touching little story.

I have never played Factorio but I can already tell this is going to be great after the intro.

That is an incredible trajectory for a game, what the actual fuck?

It’s weird that the only other real-time adventure game I know of (The Last Express) also came out in 97. Must have been something in the water around that time.

This game looks fascinating, and absolutely bizarre. I can’t say I have a strong desire to play it, but I would watch a playthrough of it.

Okay. I already knew that much, but thank you. Yeah that is the reason I only use IsThereAnyDeal.com to find sales, instead of like G2A/Kinguin.

Wait, I’m out of the loop here. What is this G2A fight? I don’t use that site because it’s greymarket and often ends up not actually supporting the developers, but would still like to know what is happening.

And if you still want more there is also Chrono Ark.

Only like… a million of them? I could throw you some suggestions but narrowing it down to a few genres would probably help.

Titanium Court is probably the best game released so far this year, my frontrunner for GOTY and one of the best (or at least most interesting) games I’ve ever played. Don’t look up anything about it, just play it blind. Trust me.

Withering Rooms is a wonderful and unique action/horror roguelike made by a single person with some wonderful world building, story and and art direction. Lots of different build variety too.

Death Howl is a really cool grid-based strategy/deckbuilder. Really beautiful pixel art, too.

This is just some of what I’ve played recently, any of that strike your fancy? I can probably come up with more if you give me more to work with.

Football Manager players are too busy taking Harrow United from the English 11th tier to the Champions League to have time to participate in silly handshakes, I assume.

Yeah it’s a very funny game, despite also being serious a lot of the time. It’s an impressive balancing act in the writing.

The music is by a band called Sea Power, which Robert Kurvitz managed to convince make the OST! Some absolute bangers on that soundtrack, every time those horns hit when you step out of the Whirling…

It’s a wonderful game. It might appear depressing at times, but ultimately I think it’s a game about hope. Take your time with it, and don’t be afraid to be weird. This isn’t a game that punishes you for picking wacky dialogue options very often. And don’t be afraid to fail checks either, failure is a recurring theme of the game and it’s designed with a fail-forward philosophy. Some of my favourite moments actually come from failed checks.