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>They really just called it Switch 2
Predictions?
I'm probably too optimistic, but I expect the name and very similar design to bite them in the ass, like with the Wii U.
It will absolutely not sell as well as the switch without another chink-flu and Animal Crossing.
Maybe it will all depend on the games, remember those? What do you think is going to be the "console-seller"? A new 3D bing bing wahoo and walking-sim Zelda?
Last Thread >>256785

Ask you're stupid fucking questions here so they don't clog up the catalog.
niggerpill on jewicide watch edition
Continue to post video game news and report outrage porn.

Lords of the Fallen publisher CI Interactive: 'We will not be integrating any social or political agencies' in published games
>DEI, or diversity,  equity and inclusion organizational frameworks, is largely referred to in processes like recruitment that look to promote the fair treatment all people, particularly groups who have historically been underrepresented or subject to discrimination.
>In recent years the term has become a catch-all for a marginal section of the video game audience to rally behind when a game attempts to broach subjects that are perceived to be “too political.”
<it's afraid
https://gyo.tc/1gGMm
Nintendo's lawyers approached the maker of CES Switch 2 mockup: report
https://gyo.tc/1gGMe
Capcom teases Mai Shiranui in Street Fighter 6, she has tits
https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=bRAl7SwSJ9w
Before the usual suspects start screeching, this Mai seems to be based on her Fatal Fury 2 design which was smaller than the mammoth fucking calcium cannons Mai typically has in KOF. You can tell from the stage (also from FF2) and the fact that she actually has visible muscle tone, something KOF Mai typically doesn't have.
Ubisoft has delayed Assassin's Creed: Shadows again
https://gyo.tc/1gGNn
March 20 this time, which I'm sure has nothing to do with trying to critic-proof by launching during nigger month.
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor reportedly outsold Star Wars Outlaws in Europe despite being a year older
https://gyo.tc/1gGNs
Books and Tutorials
Sometimes they get nuked but >we try to keep them updated.
https://sites.google.com/site/ourwici/
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/5strtvods5gda/Drawgfag_Resources
https://hubpages.com/art/how-to-draw-learn

Helpful Resources
Learn fundamentals with excercises: drawabox.com
8Chan Art Wiki: infiniteart.wikia.com/wiki/InfiniteArt_Wiki
Online poses with timer: quickposes.com/en/gestures/timed
HOW TO DRAW - an /ic/ guide: hubpages.com/art/how-to-draw-learn
Drawfag resources: mediafire.com/folder/5strtvods5gda/Drawgfag_Resources

Helpful Video Resources, mostly YouTube
ProkoTV: Good for basic anatomy needs
Sycra Yasin: General in-depth talk about ways to improve and being an artist
CG Cookie / ConceptCookie: Advanced techniques and many livestreams (on Wednesdays) and tutorials
FZDSCHOOL: Founder of FZD School (in Singapore) Feng Zhu showcases his workflows by re-working art from his students
Scott Robertson: Advanced lessons on drawing fundamentals and concept artwork
Ctrl+Paint: Free lessons on basics and fundamentals of drawing and painting
Draw Mix Paint: Free lessons in traditional painting

Booru and Delivery Archive
8-booru.booru.org/ (Retiring this booru because the owner is fucking dead)

https://ourobooru.booru.org/ (Superior new booru)

Tips for a healthier Drawthread
>Spot out any autistic shitter and repeat offenders ||You know who they are unless you're new, in which case lurk moar.||
>Anyone can participate, even if you're dog shit. The livelier it is, the better, but don't go begging for (you)s or pity. This is not deviantArt.
>If you do draw, draw to the best of your ability! If you're not giving it your all people will notice.
>Any drawfags with works in progress, please post any updates so that the requester and everyone else knows that people are still working hard!
>If for any reason a request is scrapped, upload what you have and say it's at its most complete state. Maybe ask if someone wants to take over and finish it for you.
>Comment. Every artist loves a compliment, it validates their hard work. Don't be afraid of dishing out them (you)s as long as you feel they deserve them.

LASTLY, PLEASE READ THIS
These threads are not meant to be spammed every day like a fucking general.
This isn't an art board. Give the Drawfags their time to do their thing and leave the thread-making to them.
Anyone attempting to make this thread in a newfag/cuckchan/low effort manner will be met with disdain and mockery.
OFFICIAL DEMO DAY THREAD
Please no bully edition

>What is demo day?
A seasonal community event in which your fellow nodev anons show off their projects, and for you anons to do what you do best.

>That is?
Play our vidya, and tell us how we can improve, show us the untapped potential you see, tell us how much our game sucks (or doesn't, after you've played it of course), and why it does or doesn't suck.

Please post criticisms/bugs/etc in this thread.
After this thread is culled, please post criticism/bugs/etc here: https://trashchan.xyz/agdg/thread/1628.html
>What is this
sm64coopdx with the Gore mod that also doubles as a Kaizou-style hack.

>How do I join?

Download gaem at [suspicious link]
then unzip it and run the sm64coopdx executable.
Set your player name under Options>Player, then set up any controls you might need and go back to the main menu.
There, go to Join>Private Lobbies and enter the password ziggers .
Now join the only server that should show up in the list and you're good to go.

>How do I play?

Game plays mostly like regular Mayro 64 with nothing strange at all.
Regarding playable characters there's two character selects, one that's built into the game and comes with a small amount of regular Nintendo characters to choose from+editable palettes, and the char-select community mod that became so popular it now ships with the base game.
The first one can accessed under Options>Player before even joining a game, while the second can be accessed by pausing and pressing Z or typing
/char-select
in chat on servers with it enabled.
char-select and regular character select preferences are both saved but the former can only be viewed ingame, on servers with CS the preferred character settings there are prioritized.
Note that not all CS characters have editable palettes, some have special features/moves mapped to buttons outside the N64 controller, for those you might want to review your control settings and the char's description.
Regular options can be accessed by pausing and pressing R.

Serb will run between 20:00 CET/4PM EST and 24:00 CET/8PM EST from Friday to Sunday.
SLEEPY STATION #8 OUT NOW
https://files.catbox.moe/i6ddl2.zip

SLEEPY STATION #9 COOKING ITT
Planned release date: Q1 2025

ISSUES
#1: https://files.catbox.moe/p9ivcb.zip
#2: https://files.catbox.moe/85kj7n.zip
#3: https://files.catbox.moe/bgkd2g.zip
#4: https://files.catbox.moe/bosv0h.zip
#5: https://files.catbox.moe/plzavp.zip
#6: https://files.catbox.moe/szw3sc.zip
#7: https://files.catbox.moe/09ke9b.zip
#8: https://files.catbox.moe/i6ddl2.zip

FAQ
>What is this?
Sleepy Station is a quarterly e-magazine by anons for anons, made in the spirit of 1990s-2000s gaming magazines back when fun was still allowed.
>Can I contribute?
Of course! Write an article/review about a game you love, a top 10 list, an amusing ad, a comic or art piece, a rant...etc and post it in this thread.
>How do I create an article?
 1. Download Scribus 1.6.x: https://sf.net/projects/scribus/files/scribus/
 2. Download the article template: https://files.catbox.moe/ty9iny.zip
 3. Read the guide provided with the template and watch the videos below.
 4. Start writing! You can share your progress any time by uploading your work folder to the thread.
>How do I create an ad?
Either use the Scribus template above or this GIMP template: https://files.catbox.moe/ryn2zl.xcf (also works with Krita!)

NOTE
Articles must be in Scribus SLA format, this allows the editor to properly merge articles and correct errors.
Ads, comics, and art can be in any format.

Remember: Have FUN

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General thread for video game footage editing and streaming. Ask questions, give advice, and share live streams ITT. Read the software list below first (all FOSS).
Previous threads:
https://archive.today/IOoNY
https://archive.today/Q3XWh
https://archive.today/T0EGg

>Video editors
- Shotcut: A great video editor with various effects and filters, suitable for beginners and pros alike. https://shotcut.org
- Kdenlive: Buggy video editor by the KDE guys. https://kdenlive.org
- Blender Video Editor: Part of Blender and utilizes its node system. Like Blender itself, a pain in the ass to use but supposedly powerful. https://www.blender.org
- Olive: A new, promising video editor. Currently in beta but usable. https://olivevideoeditor.org

>Video recorders
- OBS: Record and/or stream anything on your screen, optimized for vidya. https://obsproject.com

>Command line tools
- ffmpeg: Swiss army knife of video manipulation, convert and trim videos among other features. Can record video and audio too but limited in that area. https://ffmpeg.org
- webm.py: Python wrapper script for ffmpeg, lets you quickly make WEBMs within a specified file size. https://github.com/Kagami/webm.py
- Nadeshiko: Another wrapper for ffmpeg with a focus on optimization. Linux only. https://codeberg.org/deterenkelt/Nadeshiko
- Streamlink: Pull streams from any website to watch with minimal latency. https://streamlink.github.io

>Video sharing/streaming platforms
- PeerTube: Decentralized video sharing platform, supports live streaming albeit with higher latency than usual. Per-instance CoC. https://joinpeertube.org/instances#instances-list
- Odysee: Centralized video sharing platform, paywalled live streaming. Has CoC. https://odysee.com
- Cytube: What streamfags use, queue external (jewtube/peertube) video streams while viewers chat anonymously. https://cytu.be
How was the last game you played? What did you like or hate about it? Why?

Previous thread >>88859
OP copied from the previous thread: >>248164

>Advice on building or upgrading
Post your build list or current specifications, including a monitor: https://pcpartpicker.com/
Provide specific use cases (like playing vidya, editing or programming).
Specify your budget and region.
Think twice before deciding to buy something to avoid buyer's remorse.

>Motherboards
At least one PCIe 4.0 M.2 slot.
Good VRM (power delivery) is required for CPUs like the i5 13500 and above.
Don't pair a K CPU with a B mobo chipset.

>CPUs
HTPC(4K60)/Web Browsing: 5600G, 14100/12100
Vidya: 7600, 7500F, 12600K, 12700KF; budget: 5600, 12400F
Overkill vidya: 7800X3D; alternate: 14600K/13600K
Workstation: 7950X, 14700K, 7900X; budget: i5 13500
AM4 upgrade: 5600, 5800X3D
Avoid iGPU-less CPUs, 5600X (if it is more expensive than the 5600)

>CPU coolers
Air: Phantom Spirit EVO/Peerless Assassin 120 SE; budget: Freezer 36 Air
Liquid: Arctic Liquid Freezer III
Avoid liquid coolers with a single 120mm fan.

>RAM
DDR4: Zen3/AM4 - 2x 16GB 3600 MT/s CL18; for locked "non-K" 12th/13th/LGA1700 - 2x 16GB 3200 MT/s CL16
DDR5: Zen4/AM5 - 2x 16GB 6000 MT/s CL30; for unlocked "K" 13th/14th/LGA1700 - 2x 16GB 6400MT/s CL32
Slower kits are also fine, if much cheaper. Just make sure you check the benchmark comparisons.
Note that the sweetspots are bound to change with the upcoming Zen5 and Meteor Lake processors.

>SSDs
Avoid: outdated Samsung 970 Evo Plus, cheapest poorfag NVMe SSDs.
https://ssd.borecraft.com/

>GPUs
Avoid: GPUs that were used for shitcoin mining, 4070 Ti, 4060 Ti, 3050, NVIDIA GPUs in general if you're a Linuxfag.
1080p: used 3070/3060 Ti, 4060/3060 12 GB, 7600/6650 XT/6600 XT; budget: 6600; poorfag: used 2060
1440p: 4070S/4070, 7900 GRE; budget: 6700 XT
2160p: 4080S/4080 (at MSRP); budget: 4070S Ti (avoid MSI models), 7900 XT/XTX
Production: 4090, used 3090; budget: 4060 Ti 16GB; poorfag: 3060 12GB

>12VHPWR
DO NOT USE ANGLED 12VHPWR ADAPTERS
Fully seat a 12VHPWR connector in its socket, otherwise the connection can melt.

>PSUs
Avoid: untested units, Bronze/Silver rated (assuming you live in yuroland).
Not worth buying a new PSU unless it's ATX 3.0 compliant.
Aim for 50-75% PSU utilization at full system load.
https://cultists.network/140/psu-tier-list/ (archive: https://archive.is/jzJ2L )
https://hwbusters.com/best_picks/best-atxv3-pcie5-ready-psus-picks-hardware-busters/ (archive: https://archive.is/QrPHX)

>Case (from $ to $$$)
mATX: I don't fucking know.
ATX: Lian Li Lancool 216, Lian Li Lancool III, Fractal Torrent.
AVOID: 'Silent' cases, fanless cases, Corsair 4000D airflow, Montech AIR 903 Base (awful stock fans).

>Monitors
Avoid: panels with less than 120 Hz refresh rates, without a single DisplayPort input and Variable Refresh Rate technology (G-Sync/FreeSync).
Check professional reviews for any monitor before you buy at sites like TFTCentral, pcmonitors.info, Monitors Unboxed, or RTINGs.
The bottom tier monitor for any decent gaming build has a 144+ Hz 24" 1080p IPS panel, of which there are many on market for around $125 (some great ones go even as low as $100).
Aim for a panel with low response times and perceived motion blur mode (Black Frame Insertion).
1440p 27" high refresh IPS is a common target for many new builds. 1440p is relatively easy to drive with even mid-range graphics cards.
Decent 2160p (4K) gaming monitors start at around $500.
OLED monitors have good HDR (including infinite contrast) and nearly instant pixel response times. However, potential burn-in is an important consideration for OLED monitors.
TL;DR: They all suck.

>OS
Install Ventoy on a flash drive, then transfer the iso files to it.
You can activate Windows with KMS_VS_ALL:
https://github.com/abbodi1406/KMS_VL_ALL_AIO/releases
I would like some clarification from the mods about a continuing issue with the news thread. Someone (or maybe multiple people) thinks that anything game journos shit out onto their websites constitutes "news", even if it's just some retarded clickbait opinion piece. In my opinion these are all derailment in a thread that is supposed to be about vidya news, and should be deleted or moved to a Gamergate thread instead.

Can I get a mod opinion here to set the rules straight?
I just finished Sonic X Shadow Generations. Twice in fact. 
It has the best gameplay and level design of all the boost games. Base Generations is more dynamic sure, but it's also harder to see what is going on at times, so I prefer this approach. I like the controls more too.
The writing is the best it's been since Unleashed. I'm so glad we're out of that meta era and the stories can take themselves seriously again.
If this is what Team B can do, I can't wait to see what Team A can pull off. I'm looking forward to see what they do with Frontiers 2 now that they have a Yakuza budget.
Overall, bery gud. I still need to go back and S Rank the last stages and collect everything, and so on, but right now I want to play the Sonic Generations "remastered' part and see what they changed dialogue-wise. Good and bad.
Post your shitty gameplay and get bullied by other anons.
SOULSLIKES 

Which is a name I hate but it's sort of become a way to describe the Demons souls, Dark, Elden, ect, flavor of games. So fuck it, I'm going to use it. This also includes non Fromsoft titles that are in a similar vein. 

With the current DLC for ER on the way I've taken to actually trying to beat the game. I find that what happens is that I play it, get bored of my build, then try another one. Recently since picking it back up I've stuck with a dex/fai build and I'm enjoying it enough. I'm tempted eventually to do a build around just using those Carin sword sorceries and not even bother using a weapon but I'm sure I'll change that a few times before I settle on another one.
I got to Radahn and he is slapping my shit because I forgot to level VIG and now I have to go see that one bitch and rebirth or get good but I think there are a few more things around that I can do to get some souls runes to pump my vig up a few points. I don't know how many anons here play but I've always thought it would be fun to try and play together, or at least do a boss or two. 

Speaking of the Soulslike older from titles are Kingsfield and ShadowTower are more than welcome as well as are any other recent games that have come out emulating them, or older titles that are the same. Just talk about gaymes.
Last thread here >>176775 https://web.archive.org/web/20231126140709/https://zzzchan.xyz/v/thread/176775.html hit the bumplock limit a few days ago and is one post away to hit the reply limit. Given how we've had 3 consecutive weekends worth of videogames to some extent it's crucial to create thread here and now to keep the ball rolling.

Now that I've got that out of the way, in hindsight, what the fuck happened to gamenights in Sleepy? Looking back on the archive, to the few catalog pages saved from 2020:
<GAME NIGHT VOTE/PREPARATION THREAD >>1004, ran from September/October 2020 until February/March 2021 (~5 months), saw at least 12 gamenights in that period of time judging by catalog screenshots and discounting gimmick threads and static servers
<Game Night Organization Thread >>176775, has run from November 2022 to November 2022 (1 year), has seen 10 gamenights in that timeframe, 4 of these being in December last year and 3 of them being this month
I know the coronahoax was hot in between 2020-early 2022, but that's no excuse for the gamenight drought we've been suffering this past year. For comparison, just as a reminder for how gifted this site used to be a few years ago, in that Autumn 2020-Winter 2021 timeframe it saw gamenights for:
>JKA
>Co-op campaigns for Doom, Sven and DX
>SRB2K
>Mechwarrior LL
>S4 League
>Empires
>Dystopia
>Joint Ops
>AI War
Just in that small period of time, and that's ignoring the more niche shit like the GBA Mednafen autism, the netplay Pokemon Stadium 2 fuckaround, that Vintage Story server, the Soku tournament, the Wurm saga or those gimmicky Doom WADs that were run from time to time.

Seriously, what the fuck has happened? Did all the hostfags vanish into thin air? Did they all quit the Internet for the remainder of their lives? Did they get a life? Do the only faggots remaining here think dedicated servers are black voodoo magic and their moms will die in their sleep if they learn to fucking host? Are >we going to get our shit together and put together a bunch of fun games on the weekends for old time's sake, or are gamenights as a concept as good as dead?
Now that SF6 has been out for a while, people are beginning to look forward to Tekken 8 and other assorted titles to carry the fighting game torch into 2024.  I'm not sure how much there will be to say about those games when they come, but in the meantime there are a couple topics which I figured bore discussing.

>Them's Fightin' Herds will end active development after 2 additional characters.  Story mode is cancelled.
I went trawling through the Steam and developer forums for this announcement to see what the community reaction was, but there wasn't much helpful.  I was able to find some statements from the developers from as recently as the start of November where they promised story mode content would come for free at a later date.

>Rivals of Aether 2 asks for $200,000 to help cover costs going into 2024 . . . after investing more than $2 million throughout development
<"We want to make the best tournament-level platform fighter."
<they currently have $570,000 with 17 days to go in the crowdfunding campaign

Obviously game development is hard, expensive, and risky, so asking for more money throughout development can sometimes be necessary.  But I can't help but feel as though hyperfocus on the competitive scene is what always ends up killing games that aren't named Mortal Kombat.
WHATCHA'
>PLAYAN
>WATCHAN
>LISTENAN
>READAN
>EATAN
>DRINKAN
>FAPPAN
>FEELAN
ARGH ARGH ARGH

>What the fuck is this?
XPiratez is a total conversion for X-COM about naked musclegirls, stealing shit, kidnapping people and getting dogs killed. Also liberating the world from the dead hand of the Star Gods, but details.
>What the FUCK is this?
It's effectively a whole new squad tactics game in the OpenXcom engine. Forget (almost) everything you know about X-COM because every mechanic has been upgraded, tweaked or replaced in some way. You're sleazy pirates who know almost nothing about the fucked-up world of XPiratez, so taking enemies alive is much more important, the tech tree is massive and damn near anything can and will show up at some point. Lordfag is frankly insane for doing this but godspeed. Screen sharing is handled with noVNC on a dedicated server and chat is a cytube room, so all you need is a relatively recent browser to get started. Just show up and you'll be assigned a gal/catgirl/peasant and maybe a dog or two to pilot.

Everyone else is also free to do the usual ad-hoc emulator netplay fuckaround threads have been known for.

GAMES USUALLY START AT 5PM UTC ON FRIDAY, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY
TO JOIN VISIT https://cytu.be/r/secritxcomcoop WHILE A GAME IS RUNNING

HOW TO INTO PIRATEZ
>Read this, it's outdated but still gives you the gist of what makes Piratez unique: https://www.ufopaedia.org/index.php?title=Strategy_(Piratez)
>no seriously, read it
>your choices are uber gals, catgirls and peasants
<ubers are the "default", strong, tough and have 80ish TUs at game start and get free night vision, but on catgirl route (what we're doing) every one is precious because casualties are very hard to replace
<catgirls have better TUs, skills (especially Firing and Reactions) and a punch that does lethal when everyone else does stun, but are significantly less beefy than ubers
<peasants are X-COM rookies with everything that implies, but they're cheap and the only thing you can recruit on the catgirl route early game so you'll probably be forced to play them at some point; try to take grenades and a bow since throwing is what they're least bad at
>pirate dogs are disposable scouts and item caddies that run fast and have enough reactions to spot enemies before they get gunned down by reaction fire, but don't underestimate their TU-draining bark and melee bite

>no seriously they're disposable, total dog death is almost a prerequisite to a good mission, that said try not to get them killed too early
>normal X-COM battlescape mechanics apply, so don't run off into reaction fire turn 1, remember your own reaction fire requires TUs, etc
>melee works in this game, but it works a lot better if you attack from behind
>take atombeer or moonshine for energy recovery and vodka for fatal wounds as soon as they become available, energy actually matters here and fatal wounds will dumpster your gals' stats and keep them in the hospital for weeks afterward
>take bandages (or bandage kits if they're available) to treat other units' fatal wounds
>this includes downed enemies with the blood drop icon over them, they're almost always worth more alive (big exception: zombies)
>remember to equip armor (click on the paper doll in the equip phase) before you start the mission; lordfag will usually tell you what to pick but if not pirate and sailor are rarely bad choices

Controls:
>Ctrl-click to run (costs less TU but more energy)
>Middle click for extra info on pretty much anything
>Q to search on most inventory and list screens
>Number keys to center camera on spotted enemies
>Arrow keys or WASD to pan camera
>Holding ALT while hovering over a weapon in the inventory will show the calculated damage for the current unit
>Q/E in battle to use left/right weapon
>I for inventory (also works on screens that usually wouldn't allow it)
>R to reload
Three years of zzz edition
Monday nights at 7PM PST/10PM EST

What's the Jackbox Party Packs?
The Jackbox Party Packs are games in which you can play with 
people in a single room or stream them live with others around the world. They can range to coming up with witty punchlines and jokes in Quiplash, creating strange T-shirts in TeeKO or wondering what the prompt is in Drawful!
(Reposting with some alterations because Cantabiles have been expelled from Sleepychan, apparently:)
I'm glad to announce that it's almost time for the 2024 UT summer stream. Can you believe that anons started the tradition of streaming a horrendously bad RPG maker game by a tumblrite, 9 years ago!? Here's hoping we make it to at least another year! This is only the current host's (Not!Alto_Cantabile) second time streaming so please be patient with him as he is still learning. I'm really looking forward to it, and I hope to see you there. Thank you anons, and all the previous streamfags for making all this possible.
START TIME: AUGUST 3RD AT 3pm CDT/1pm PST/9pm for Britbongs/10pm for the rest of Europe
Stream Link: https://cytu.be/r/uncommontime
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE
Aug 3rd: Nuclear.
Aug 4th - Aug 6th: Finish the vanilla UT content.
Aug 7th: CODA and Duet. Will probably also start Predecessors on the same day.
Aug 8th - Aug 9th: Finish Predecessors, and start Retuned.
Aug 10th - Aug 11th: Finish Retuned and if we have time I'll play Sullen Boku Girls Alliance, but I don't know if I'll complete all of it.
This schedule is subject to change based on how quickly Not!Alto can complete the game.
Questions you might have.
>How long will the stream last?
Not!Alto will try to stream for 5-6 hours. This will give our europoors a chance to see the stream without staying up too late. There will not be streaming for 8 to 10 hours like last time.
>Will the stream be recorded by the host?
To be determined
>Are you autistic?
N.A.C. has never been diagnosed. (You) on the other hand...
>is Teagan a NIGGER?
Teagan is Celtic and therefore white.
>Will there be a pre stream?
There may be a Test Stream later tonight and possibly another as we get closer to the main event. The times for those ought to be relayed in the thread.
>is Arietta really 12' tall?
Maybe.
>Who is best girl?
The only correct answer is all of them.
FUCK YOU IT'S JANUARY

What's this?
>Turn-based platforming strategy featuring cartoon worms and animal abuse. Strangely enough has been updated by a wizard programmer who does it for free since 2003.

Playing
STEP 1
Use either one of the following links.
>Windows: https://pixeldrain.com/u/qVLfL1vc
>Linux: https://pixeldrain.com/u/2hFmH9Tr
The Linux version isn't bundled with WKSuperFrontendHD, which I recall didn't work well in it. You can try to download it yourself at https://worms2d.info/SuperFrontendHD
STEP 2
Follow the instructions on the second image then reset your game.
STEP 3
Create a team. Go to the question mark menu then click on the factory button with the worm inside. Customize it you fucking faggot.
STEP 4
Click on the network button in the main menu, set up a nickname then WORMNET > #AnythingGoes. Search for whatever room and password has been posted ITT.

In case you want some extra retardation the zip is bundled with wkTTS, which can replay all chat messages through a TTS. Type /tts on a match's game to enable TTS, type /tts a second time to disable it.

Waggling
https://worms2d.info/In-game_controls
https://worms2d.info/In-game_controls
https://worms2d.info/In-game_controls

Hosting
If you don't see any room available you can make your own. Just click on the Host button top right in #AnythingGoes and you should be good.
In case no one seems to be able to your room, try forwarding port 17011 on TCP.
On Windows:
>Windows key > Control Panel > System and Security > Windows Firewall > Advanced settings
>On Inbound port rules, create a new rule to add an exemption to either TCP port 17011 or W:A's executable
On Linux:
>On terminal type ss -na | grep :17011
>To make sure the port's open simply type in netstat -lntu

Gamenight starts at 6pm UTC Friday 10th. OP's rooms should be named Fast Asleep, password www.ifreeclub.com Check the thread if some other room pops up.
>What's this?
A thread for the organization and development of a VN with minor puzzle/adventure game elements starring Libbie the Cyber Oryx.  Previous thread: >>168647
Thread 3: https://archive.fo/Wosxp
Thread 2: https://archive.ph/z17yE
Thread 1: https://archive.ph/9iIJW

>What will the game be like?
A simple, short puzzle/adventure game presented like a VN and inspired by old Flash adventure/"sim" games.  We'll be working in Ren'py, and the game will mostly be slice-of-life comedy and light romance with some cheesecake or ecchi.

>You've barely done anything in the last two years!
The GitGud repo needs updating, but despite writefag's periods of absence there has been solid progress made on character designs and illustrations.
- Base Libbie and XUE (the mouse girl in the swimsuit) have all their expressions done.
- Maff's expressions are mostly done.
- Concepts/sketches for Art and Kiki are mostly done and their designs are practically final.

>what can I play?
The most recent demo is for day 3: https://files.catbox.moe/zlm5fa.zip - there's also a Linux version: https://files.catbox.moe/c5cg72.bz2
The most recent script is for day 4: https://cryptpad.fr/pad/#/2/pad/view/CUEED+Rote5DxIqRzBOzS2tkLMAuc25aiszokevm4fg/
Should a talented developer be supported in the hope that he will make a better game if he got higher budget?
I want to play 4th gen games on my PS3 but the DS3's d-pad sucks.
What's a good third-party USB controller with a great d-pad?
I wanted to get a defender since it's specifically made for the PS tripple but it's like 50 bucks.
Step 0. Resource Acquisition
Go here to get Anki, a flash card program:
http://ankisrs.net/

Here are some suggested decks:
Core2k/6k: https://mega.nz/#!QIQywAAZ!g6wRM6KvDVmLxq7X5xLrvaw7HZGyYULUkT_YDtQdgfU
KanjiDamage: https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/748570187
Kana: https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/1632090287
Tae Kim's grammar: https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/242060646


Other Resources
RealKana: http://realkana.com/
(alternate version) https://djtguide.neocities.org/kana/
Click the column of characters you want to study and type the corresponding romaji into the box as they appear

Kana Invaders: https://learnjapanesepod.com/kana-invaders/
Space Invaders/Galaga style clone. Type the romaji to shoot the kana alien

KanjiVG: http://kanji.sljfaq.org/kanjivg.html
Simply plug the character in and instantly get a stroke order diagram

Forvo.com: http://ja.forvo.com/
Type in a word or phrase to hear a native speaker's pronunciation

Tae Kim's Guide to Japanese: http://www.guidetojapanese.org/learn/
Great introduction to Nipponese, you can start here to learn basic grammar and vocabulary

Imabi: https://www.imabi.org/
Similar to Tae Kim

KanjiDamage: http://www.kanjidamage.com/
Learn Kanji by using mnemonics and radicals

Mainichi browser extension: http://mainichi.me/
Learn a new vocabulary word every time you open a new tab

JapaneseClass: http://japaneseclass.jp/
Learn Nipponese by playing games (requires registration) 

DJT Guide: https://djtguide.neocities.org

Jisho: https://jisho.org/
Japanese-English dictionary

[YOUTUBE VIDEOS]
JapanesePod101: https://www.youtube.com/user/japanesepod101/videos
Namasensei: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqJ5wU4FamA&list=PL9987A659670D60E0
JapaneseVideocast: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLX6kjDZDLD_dNyrkdvTRKVKIJRo4g7xFD

>Alright I've got everything set up, now what?

Fucking LEARN, you bitch. Learn the Kana first, then move on to grammar and vocabulary. I don't have all the fucking answers, I'm just the OP. Maybe you can ask for help in this thread, but who knows if you'll find any worthwhile feedback amidst the shitposting. Honestly you should be able to figure most shit out on your own.
What is this?
>Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 (L4D2) is the highly anticipated sequel to the award-winning Left 4 Dead, the #1 co-op game of 2008.
>This co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans...
IMPORTANT: the server has been modified to support up to 32 survivors instead of the default of 4.

Where?
Join the server, its IP address and port are: 198.98.56.180:27015

When?
This weekend, January 3rd to the 5th, starting at 7:00 PM (UTC).
Or whenever (You) want: the server will run all week until January 9th.
Just post ITT for anons to join the server if it's empty.

Downloads
Full game including addons
Windows and Linux both packed together, choose one of these links:
http://192.99.245.161/ded_12-30.7z (only available until January 3rd)
https://pixeldrain.com/u/8PvNkTSm (despite the free limit warning, your download won't be stopped, just slower)
https://mega.nz/file/ClxCmDAJ#Gnw2OqyTExDj4dumEAFHPw4ZuMLtQRJoEZxJxLpk4Pg
Archive password: veenewyear
sha256sum: 527ad76553982cb8df5170c79069bcd7fe88e6ab60f21f7592034b43496df657

Addons + Steam emulator only
Useful for anons who want to use their game from Steam.
WARNING: if you use the Steam emulator with your Steam files, your workshop addons will be DELETED.
If you don't want the Steam emulator then don't extract the files in bin/
Choose one of these links:
http://192.99.245.161/ded_addons_only-12_30.7z (only available until January 3rd)
https://pixeldrain.com/u/P7ot4sQM
https://mega.nz/file/ToQnnZSL#yBwRa1FSu_cerUscMKtYpf4qUfoUEfH6CfymZzh_nkI
sha256sum: ef1843e909a21d23de523bf19f23dac988cb28fb60537900c1afb02547aa7169

How to join
>Launch the game by opening start_l4d2_win.bat on Windows, or executing start_l4d2_linux.sh on Linux.
>Change your settings if needed
>Then open the console and type in connect 198.98.56.180:27015
NOTE: do NOT use any lobby or server browser as they don't work.

How to change your name
>Close the game if it's open
>Open the file bin/steam_settings/force_account_name.txt in a text editor
>Write your name in it and save the file

How to vote for a new map/vote for a map change
>Join the server
>Type !nominate in chat then open the main menu for a dialog box with map nomination (for next map) options
>Type !rtv in chat to vote for the map to be changed (requires other players to vote too, if you're not alone)

Addons included
See the next post for a list of workshop addons included.

How to disable or enable addons/mods
NOTE: you'll need the campaign addons if the server is playing a custom map, so avoid deleting them.
>Open the game
>In the main menu, go to "Add-ons"
>Ignore any conflict warning
>Press the checkbox to the left of an addon entry to enable or disable it
OR
>Go to the left4dead2/addons folder
>Copy or delete any files corresponding to an addon (workshop addons are named after their ID, see the next post for a list with IDs and their names)

How to make a custom spray
>Prepare your image, note that it can be transparent or even an animated GIF
>Go to https://rafradek.github.io/Mishcatt/ and follow its instructions
NOTE: transparent DXT1 textures don't work correctly under Linux, pick DXT5 if you want your transparent image to display correctly to Linux players.
>OPTIONAL, rename your spray to something else in the page
>Save both VMT and VTF files to left4dead2/materials/vgui/logos/custom/ (create any needed folders)
>In the game, go to Options > Multiplayer
>Set "Spraypaint Image" to "Custom logo"
>In the file dialog, select the nameless text field above the "File Type" box
>Type in the name of your spray's file name. For example, if your spray's file is named funny.vtf write funny in the text box.
>Press open
>If in the server, re-join to have your new spray appear

How to change character/model in-game
>Join the server
>Type !csm in chat
>Pick the number corresponding to the character you wish

How to toggle third-person
>Join the server
>Type !tp in chat to go to third-person
>Type it again to go back to first-person

Other questions/issues
>On Linux, I get a message looking like Failed to load the launcher (/home/anon/l4d2/bin/libstdc++.so.6: version GLIBCXX_3.4.17' not found (required by /home/anon/l4d2/bin/libsteam_api.so))`
Delete the following files: bin/libstdc++.so.6 and bin/libgcc_s.so.1
>Input is laggy but I have a good frame rate
Go to Options > Video > Advanced Settings and set "Wait for Vertical Sync" to "Disabled".
>How do I disable the film grain effect?
Go to Options > Video > and drag the "Film Grain Amount" slider all the way to the left.
>The game keeps capturing my microphone device
Go to Options > Sound and set "Voice Communication Style" to "Push to Talk".
>I can't see anyone's spray
Go to Options > Multiplayer and set "Disable Sprays" to "No" and rejoin the server.
>How do I limit my FPS?
Open the console and type fps_max [your desired value], for example fps_max 120.
The game won't save this setting (I think), so if you want to make it persist, write that into a text file in left4dead2/cfg/autoexec.cfg

Additional notes
Special thanks to the two anons who helped picking custom campaigns and models.
After 5 years, half a decade, the nogames5 finally has ONE GAME.
I can't wait to wait 11 years to get an used PS5 for 50 bucks to play one game, just like I did with the PS4 and its 2 exclusives I care about.
One of the things thats quite annoying is when you talk to someone about an old game and you start to notice that the person you are talking to is just parroting something. You'll notice phrases,words,sentences being almost exactly the same. Kind of like deja-vu. And something that has happened several times is me coming across a video essay on youtube (which i never watch) and seeing the exact same opinion expressed in that video. So for instance a shitty medicore game called Mad Max i recently played. Another example would be Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days. Another shitty game being praised simply because youtubers says its a hidden gem or some masterpiece that everyone somehow forgot or ignored bla bla bla. Its just very interesting because you could simply go back into the past by looking at old reviews to see how everyone thought of the game. The worst part about this is that normalfags cannot think for themselves. Whatever the youtuber says the normalfag repeats. So now these games are considered to be somewhat good with normalfags which doesnt even make any fucking sense. Common thing i see is that alot of people that have these opinions say something like 
>oh i played this in my childhood
or something like that. So they obviously have some sort of bias towards it already. Just because you played a shitty game as a kid doesnt make the game good. Fucking retards.
Oh and i almost forgot to mention No Man's Sky. Remember that shitty game? Well now its considered a redemption arc something something. Basically some faggot youtuber made a video about how the developers are innocent and didnt deserve the hate and how the game is actually good now and now every dumb fucking normalfag parrots that shit.
I think i could maybe include Spec Ops The Line here aswell. I dont think anyone thought of it as more than a mediocre third person shooter when it released but in the past couple of years theres been a massive shift in opinion on how its somehow this DEEP game. The pretentiousness. These people sound exactly like the art people that pretend there is somehow some hidden meaning or something DEEP in some piece of shit. Its annoying because these are clearly not good games and yet people come to believe they are good because other people said so.
Here have a picture of the DEEEEEEEEP thought process behind the retarded pretentious developers behind Spec Ops The Line. Wow so DEEEEEEEEEEEEEP
It's shit.
Bravo Valve for taking the worst parts of DOTA, mixing it with some TF2, then slapping an unlicensed version of Hellboy over the top, then using shitty MMR to finish the shitcake.
Talk about some proper nippon Visual Novels! Whether you're playing one right now or a novel you've already completed.
No fucking english parody shit allowed!
Take your doki doki and shove it up your faggot ass!
>Eiyuu Senki
I dont know how but it took me 116 hours to beat it. I only skipped the optional dungeon. Let me just tell you that it was a long fucking week of suffering playing that game. Just nonstop talking from the characters in different scenes and just when you think it will stop it just keeps going. Then you go into battle again and then you're in for a long fucking talking session again. Rinse and repeat for the whole fucking game. Theres like maybe 6 or so sex scenes (probably more it was like 2 years ago i beat it) and to even get a sex scene you need to conquer someone and that means a fuckton of battles and a fuckton of talking. I spent a week straight just fucking playing this shit and by the end of it i was pretty much mindbroken by how long and shitty it was. A week of nonstop fapping/sweating/boredom and just waiting for it to end. Another thing that bothered me was their faces. If you look at the cover art you can see how the faces are designed. Their chins are like triangely and pointy and it makes the characters look retarded. Look at this screencap i took from one of the faces in the cover. It looks like she has downs syndrome! So theres that. I dont know what else to say. People say that Eiyuu Senki Gold is supposed to be alot better but it looks exactly like the original game.
ONGOING DISCUSSIONS:
>Sweet Baby Inc designer attempts to censor Steam Curator List highlighting which games the company were hired for
has now surpassed 300,000 subscribers
https://archive.is/TRNrr
>Kotaku EIC Resigns Over New Editorial Edict
https://archive.ph/Oojm4
>Vice to lay off hundreds of staffers, stop publishing content on its website
https://archive.ph/wip/O036P
>Nitter is dying
https://archive.ph/cAA0q
>Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth content being localized during development comes under scrutiny
https://archive.is/1b5Dj https://archive.is/8IBSn
>Persona 3 Reload cuts dialog and quests from previous versions
https://archive.vn/ciEC6
>Jezebel Shutting Down, Parent Company G/O Media Laying Off 23 Staffers as Kotaku is hit
https://archive.ph/wceOt https://archive.is/kSA5k
>Feminist Frequency is dead
https://archive.is/gHAZc
>Buzzfeed News is shutting down
https://archive.is/mI2rz
>The Gamer Praises Censorship in ‘Resident Evil 4’ Remake, Claims Original Game’s Panty Shots Encourage “Misogynistic Behaviour In Real Life”
https://archive.is/qGtKO
>Chris Avellone wins seven figures lawsuit, possible return to video games industry
https://archive.is/ZDgT7
>GJP is attacking Valve over not supporting BLM
https://archive.vn/12kPM
>Nathan Grayson laid off as The Washington Post shuts down Launcher, their gaming section
https://archive.is/B9wT2
>Limited Run Games fires employee after complaints over who she follows on Twitter
https://archive.vn/obNiJ
>Regulators (FTC) Look To Block Microsoft Acquisition Of Activision Blizzard Inc
https://archive.ph/rKNDf
>EU antitrust regulators to probe Microsoft's $69 billion Activision bid
https://archive.ph/SqhgU
>IGN Journalist who reviewed The Last of Us Part 2 joins Naughty Dog as Editorial Content Manager
https://archive.ph/eTmtu
https://pastebin.com/GGG5Kwdr
>Arc System Works confirms that Bridget is trans
https://archive.ph/lkbiL
>Ben Kuchera claims he was fired by Vox Media for taking time off to deal with his children being sexually abused
https://archive.ph/nB79z
>Wiki is up again!
https://ggwiki.deepfreeze.it/index.php/Main_Page

CURRENT TASKS:
1. OPERATION MAX REVIVE
Rebuild the board's userbase and activity through simple, but effective methods
1. Post across the entire board
Activity creates activity. Use threads you like, make new ones if topics don't exist.  Easy examples are Drawthreads and Friday Night threads, go request or draw something right now.
2. Recruit and recover lost or potential anons
Use this site's OC and features to entice anons if necessary when recruiting, just inform that we are alive.
Here's some sites and links with at least some confirmed anons that can be recruited again:
https://steamcommunity.com/groups/8chotwheels
https://steamcommunity.com/groups/SSAVCH
https://steamcommunity.com/groups/video_games
https://steamcommunity.com/groups/8chmohun
https://steamcommunity.com/groups/8chan_monster
https://steamcommunity.com/groups/GoodLuckEbolaChan
https://steamcommunity.com/search/groups/#text=8ch.net
https://steamcommunity.com/search/groups/#text=8chan
Other sites that might yield fruitful results and have anons (art sites use an account so you can see 18+ content):
https://www.deviantart.com/search?q=Vivian+James
https://www.newgrounds.com/search/summary?suitabilities=etm&terms=Vivian%20James
https://twitter.com/search?q=Vivian%20James&src=typed_query&f=image
https://rpgcodex.net/
https://old.reddit.com/r/KotakuInAction/
Somewhere on Telegram
Just searching up GG or 8chan-related terms on certain places/sites can get you possible results.
3. Make your own OC/Memes/Content
Doesn't matter what it is even if its just simple edits or full-on drawings or webms, just make it and have fun. Ask in thread for software recs if necessary.
4. Encourage or create fun events, activities, projects, etc.
Think things like 8chanmania, weekly streams, re-translation projects, demo days, or zzz's gaming magazine for example. If you want to do something, try making or reviving it, it can't hurt and these things are great for the board.
5. Use other boards
All it takes for a board to grow is at least 2 dedicated anons using it. Don't be afraid to make a post, check places periodically, shill, or what have you. Don't force discussions to boards, just encourage the usage of them. 

2. OPERATION TRAJAN:
Collect and catalog all of the various localization and censorship accounts of past video games into a single repository from these sources:
romhacking.net
The_Cutting_Room_Floor/tcrf.net
Segaretro.org
https://redirect.invidious.io/channel/UCFItIX8SIs4zqhJCHpbeV1A
Examples:
http://archive.vn/XQOHW
Sony's policies forces censorship; JP devs allegedly have to go through ENG approval process: https://archive.fo/awzFF
- Japanese blog post about it: https://archive.fo/bF9bE
Sony Japan President Says PS4 Censorship Policy Is To Match Global Standards And Protect Kids: https://archive.fo/U3GLa
- Confirms censorship was deliberate: https://archive.fo/XgAgP
- No rules for censorship policies, games judged case-by-case: https://archive.fo/37DhK
- Marvelous partner starts petition against policy: https://archive.fo/rxQtf https://archive.fo/84UHo
• Twitterfags: Tweet with Sony's stock code $SNE so that investors see your tweets and know you're pissed.
• Consider spreading OP Timber materials to targets as well: http://archive.vn/URjtu

ONGOING TASKS:
A. Operation Download And Conquer: Loosen the death-grip of Google that has taken hold of the internet's audio and video services
>>>/t/5546
B. Support archive.fo! Accountability needs proof:
https://liberapay.com/archiveis/donate
C. OP DisNod: Contact the FTC and advertisers about violations and unethical practices
http://archive.vn/9bylT
D. Internet Censorship happenings: Spread the word about the dangers of FOSTA/CLOUD act/Article 13, etc.
https://www.eff.org/de/deeplinks/2020/03/earn-it-act-violates-constitution
E. OP End the Era: Dig into resetera and their connections to journos, devs, etc.
http://archive.vn/JfuSb

Reminders (important, READ THESE!):
• Use https://archive.today to deny sites ad revenue and traffic and preserve pages in case they are deleted later
• Be civil if you have to argue with people on Twitter, Tumblr or any forum - don't make us look like douchebags
• Do not accept requests for any goal, demand lists or personal army requests: https://pastebin.com/p5dVp1e5
• Beware COINTELPRO: The Gentleperson's Guide to Forum Spies: https://cryptome.org/2012/07/gent-forum-spies.htmSTOP REPLYING TO BAITS AND OBVIOUS DERAILMENT ATTEMPTS, JUST REPORT AND FILTER

Resources
>Summaries of #GamerGate:https://redirect.invidious.io/watch?v=wy9bisUIP3w - #GamerGate - If It's Not About Ethics
• https://redirect.invidious.io/watch?v=5fnRSL3d_xU - #GamerGate in 60 Seconds
• https://archive.fo/23Fde - GamerGate: A State of the Union Address
>Background and Evidence for #GamerGate:
• The #GamerGate Dossier: https://archive.fo/nv1Fb
• #GamerGate Wiki: https://ggwiki.deepfreeze.it/index.php?title=Main_Page
• History of #GamerGate: https://www.historyofgamergate.com/
• View the timeline links in the Current Happenings section!

>Lists: 
• GG Steam Support & Boycott List: https://v.gd/vzRsRb
• Key GamerGate Hubs: https://v.gd/LNJbat
>Thread Repository:
https://gitgud.io/gamergate/gamergateop/blob/master/ThreadRepository.md
https://ggwiki.deepfreeze.it/index.php?title=Thread_Repository
STILL OFFLINE

>Full OP Text:
• Current: https://ggwiki.deepfreeze.it/index.php?title=The_GamerGate_OP

>How Can I Help?
>>>/gamergatehq/
• All OPs: https://gitgud.io/gamergate/gamergateop/tree/master/Operations
• OP Vulcan: Learn logical debating: https://v.gd/Kbzw0L
• An Anon's Guide to Twitter; basics: https://v.gd
SLEEPY STATION #7 OUT NOW
https://files.catbox.moe/09ke9b.zip

SLEEPY STATION #8 COOKING ITT
Planned release date: Q1 2024

ISSUES
#1: https://files.catbox.moe/p9ivcb.zip
#2: https://files.catbox.moe/85kj7n.zip
#3: https://files.catbox.moe/bgkd2g.zip
#4: https://files.catbox.moe/bosv0h.zip
#5: https://files.catbox.moe/plzavp.zip
#6: https://files.catbox.moe/szw3sc.zip
#7: https://files.catbox.moe/09ke9b.zip

FAQ
>What is this?
Sleepy Station is an e-magazine by anons for anons, made in the spirit of 1990s-2000s gaming magazines back when fun was still allowed.
It's a quarterly e-magazine which means a new issue is released roughly every 3 months.
>Can I contribute?
Of course! Write an article/review about a game you love, a top 10 list, an amusing ad, a comic or art piece, a rant...etc and post it in this thread.
>How do I create an article?
 1. Download Scribus 1.5.x: https://sf.net/projects/scribus/files/scribus-devel/
 2. Download the article template: https://files.catbox.moe/ty9iny.zip
 3. Read the guide provided with the template and watch the videos below.
 4. Start writing! You can share your progress any time by uploading your work folder to the thread.
>How do I create an ad?
Either use the Scribus template above or this GIMP template: https://files.catbox.moe/ryn2zl.xcf (also works with Krita!)

NOTE
Articles must be in Scribus SLA format, this allows the editor to properly merge articles and correct errors.
Ads can be in Scribus SLA or GIMP XCF format.
Comics and art can be in any format.

Remember: Have FUN

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Previous threads:
https://archive.today/x16VB
https://archive.today/Y4mVv
https://archive.today/rqkE6
https://archive.today/EWy7O
https://archive.today/ztMjE
https://archive.today/C3EdG
https://archive.today/oOXla
https://archive.today/FTylQ
https://archive.today/p3RGh
Important links
Before requesting, check the gitgud links below. Report any dead links so they may get deleted.
>Warning
Anons have experienced shady shit with IGG (e.g. miners and extra files that served no purpose in terms of running the games) and they're from Vietnam.

gitgud.io/Blank/stv/raw/m/CheckingBeforePosting
gitgud.io/Blank/stv/raw/m/PC
gitgud.io/Blank/stv/raw/m/GOG.sha256
gitgud.io/Blank/stv/raw/m/Consoles
gitgud.io/Blank/stv/raw/m/LewedGames
gitgud.io/Blank/stv/raw/m/NotGames
gitgud.io/Blank/stv/raw/m/OST
gitgud.io/Blank/stv/raw/m/LargeTorrentListings
gitgud.io/Blank/stv/raw/m/Archives
gitgud.io/Blank/stv/raw/m/QuickSearchableArchives
gitlab.com/jc141x/portal

How to contribute
Post ITT, or if you have a gitgud account make a pull request / raise an issue on the repository.
Practice good opsec. Keep yourself anonymous and secure your traffic via a VPN or TOR, see links below for more information.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anonymous_p2p#List_of_anonymous_P2P_networks_and_clients
wiki.installgentoo.com/index.php/Anonymising_yourself
privacytools.io

Guide to a happy share thread

>Leechers
1. Before requesting, search online and use distributed search engines (e.g. InfraSearch, Opencola, YaCy, FAROO).
2. Look in CheckBeforePosting, and the archives.
3. If a password is required check the archives, especially the source thread if it's listed.
4. Be as specific as possible. If you have the cover art of the file you want, post it in the share thread.
5. Links to files will purposely be misleading by having spaces, lines, keys & passwords split in the post. This includes torrent hashes.
	a. If you see a string of hex characters (e.g. c12fe1c06bba254a9dc9f519b335aa7c1367a88a) with or without dashes, it is torrent hash (remove dashes).
	b. If your torrent client is shit, prepend magnet:?xt=urn:btih: to the string.
	c. Find and Replace (sed/tr/awk) is your friend.

>Uploaders
1. When in doubt, upload. Ask questions later.
2. Upload to multiple hosts and keep a local copy if space permits.
3. Obfuscate your links; encode them in base64, and/or indirectly link via a private paste bin (e.g. zerobin.net) to confuse bots and web crawlers.
4. Protect your uploads with a password, key, or generator. Rename the files something random (e.g. their checksums). Maybe even pad files to the nearest GB or so to confuse content identification engines.
5. If your connection is stable, it is extremely advisable to self host using anonymity tools like Freenet, I2P, Gnunet, distributed NNTP or MixMinion/Mixmaster.

Old links
Previous pasta: gitgud.io/Blank/stv/raw/m/OP-Pasta
Previous thread: >>89934
Discuss emulation-related things here.

NEWS

>ユデア天堂 shoahs Ryujinx not through lawsuits but by buying out/threatening the main developer to quit and delete fucking everything.
>However, no DMCAs were filed against the source code unlike Jewzu and none of the contributors were banned nor were any forks taken down, so the emergence of a successor-fork is only a matter of time unless 任天堂 feels like resuming the endless game of DMCA-mole or buying more slaves across the wider emu community.
>The unthinkable has happened and Bloodborne has become playable on PC in less than a month after it first went ingame using shadPS4, a few dozen other games have gone ingame since then.
>Of note is that the emulator requires FSGSBASE instructions necessitating an Intel Ivy bridge or first generation AMD Zen CPU at minimum.
>With Xbox one game encryption having been successfully cracked, various Xboner wrappers soon emerged so people can finally play the vast library of fantastic Xbox wan exclusives beyond the clutches of Microsoft even though none of them run Lunix yet. XWine1 and WinDurango are the most prominent at the moment, with XWine1 capable of playing Minecrap to some degree.
>RPCS3 wires up online multiplayer emulation for a variety of games including Armored Core for Answer.
>MAME devs cook up Nuked-SC55 for emulating the Roland SC-55 Midi synth for all your obscure Nipponese エロゲ and/or Doom needs.
>Dolphin switches to new release model, now instead of one (1) "stable" release every 10 years they'll publish a new "stable" release every 6 months which should make organizing netplay gamenights somewhat easier.
>PCSX2 officially releases 2.0 as stable feat. playable hardware mode Ace Combat 04, but it doesn't seem they intend to change their current release "schedule".
>Parallel-gs makes steady progress, no ETA on an official merge with mainline PCSX2 yet.
>Stenzek incurs a predictable soy/HRT(?)-induced meltdown over users of ebul Duckstation forks sometimes making erroneous bug reports on mainline along with emotional damage incurred from the toxic emu community or some shit so he changed the loicense to prevent anti-semites from redistributing custom forks+builds of HIS sacred code!!11...anything prior to the license change is fair game though and Mednafen still exists, as do existing Duckstation forks.
>RetroArch slightly flattens up its regular Ozone UI for reasons unknown.
>The fate of the VxKex Win10-on-7 wrapper's original developer is still unknown, no DMCA takedowns were filed at any forks or mirrors in the months since the sudden deletion so who knows.
Can be indie, triple-A or whatever.
These four are the only ones I can think of. Maybe that new Sanic racing game, but there's only been a teaser.
Ready for the best vidya movie?
Do you go for the classic "NIGGERMAN" or do you get creative?
Also, to the anons who play VNs, do you name your character after you?
Talk about the RPGs you fired,  or are going to fire or plan to fire towards MBTs, fortified positions IFVs or other light armor.

Last thread: >>170480
Just like that shitty thread about anon journaling his game, I will also do one. But i will make a shitty game, because I have never made one before. Also I have a job so the time allocation will be tough, but it will be a good challenge. If you see me miss a single day report, you are allowed to call me a nigger faggot. The tools and programing language,...uh im thinking alright. 
The entire point of this thread is to prove that other faggot is not commited enough to making games, but I will. Thank you for listening anons, I will do my best alright.
VROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM Edition
I'm thinking of getting a Logitech Driving Force GT. Is that a good starting wheel? 
I was considering the EX at first, since it's a bit cheaper, but I think I'll pay extra for the better feedback and a bigger rotation range.
I want it specifically to use it on my PS triple and PS2. I'm guessing it wouldn't work with PS1 games, and I'd need to use an emulator instead.
We have seen rise of Retro SNES style games with mostly indie and also with some bigger studios. And recently, assuming people who grew up with PSX and N64 are now old enough to start making their own games, now the trend shifted towards boomer shooters, old school horror games, and some 3d platformers. I will not even bother giving examples to these games as you already know this phenomenon. So, I expect that in a couple of years we will see rise of sixth generation imitators, as people who grew up with PS2 and whatnot will start making their own childhood game. 

>Do you expect this trend to happen?
>What kind of games you want to see being revived?
>Will AAA follow this trend if it happens?
>Can sixth gen imitation save video game industry?
>Seventh gen is slowly being considered retro. Will the same thing happen to it as well?

Personally I hope Ratchet and Clank series gets imitation. I know Akimbot exists but that game has such a shit optimization I didn't bother finishing it. Hopefully kino 2000s edge comes back, or at least with seventh gen revival trend.
Gacha shit Edition
What is this?
>Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy is a first- and third-person shooter video game developed by Raven Software and published by LucasArts.
>Play in six multiplayer modes including team based siege mode and two-on-one power duel. Fight in 23 multiplayer arenas!

Where?
Join the server, its IP address and port are: 198.98.56.180:29070

When?
This weekend, December 27th to the 29th, starting at 7:00 PM (UTC).
Or whenever (You) want: the server will run all week until December 30th.
Just post ITT for anons to join the server if it's empty.

Downloads
NOTE: this archive contains the most recent version of the game. The old one might still work, however if you have any issues or want newer features try downloading this (or upgrading yourself).
Windows and Linux both packed together, choose one of the links:
Mirror: http://192.99.245.161/jka_12-21.7z
https://pixeldrain.com/u/zXvgWF7s
https://mega.nz/file/zlQh2ZgL#EIRWlusa8u2NSx0Kp06cHEXAV35Wpe0G5kF4jpDf-Ss
sha256sum: e506215ac799f6f3b9e678072d7c04fdace78e584aeee0a7221cbe1b4d0c0a7b
You may also compile the game yourself (you'll still need the data files from the archive above):
OpenJK: https://github.com/JACoders/OpenJK/archive/refs/tags/latest.tar.gz
JA++: https://github.com/Razish/japp/archive/refs/tags/latest.tar.gz

How to join
>Launch the game by opening start_jka_win.bat on Windows, or executing start_jka_linux.sh on Linux.
>Change your settings if needed, including nickname.
>Then open the console and type in connect 198.98.56.180:29070
OR
>In the main menu, press "PLAY", then "JOIN A GAME"
>In the filters on the right side, press "Source:" until you "Favorites" is selected
>Click on "New Favorite" and write or paste 198.98.56.180:29070 in the text box.
>Press "Done", then click on "Refresh List"
>You should now see the server listed, double click it to join.

How to change your name
>Start the game
>Go to "PROFILE"
>Write your name in the "Name" field and press "APPLY" when you're done

How to vote for a new map
>Join the server
>Open the main menu, and click on "Call Vote"
>Then pick your desired vote type to start and press "OKAY"

How to cast your vote
>Join the server
>When a vote is started, open the main menu, click on "Vote" and choose your option

Additional notes
Special thanks to the old host for his game files, custom maps and custom models.
Post about games that make dick hard and/or your heart soft. 
Complain about never ever eroges, talk shit about nip games for being technically inferior if your game is slow as shit at least don't let it crash from speedhacks fuck, talk shit about western games for being thematically inferior, recommend some decent eroges, and so on.

Previous threads:
>https://archive.ph/Z5YKh
>https://archive.ph/0Wky6
>https://archive.vn/ar5Ev
I don't think I've seen a single /gsg/ thread on zzz since day zero and I decided I've had enough of waiting for someone else to make it. The one on smug, which you can find here https://smuglo.li/vg/res/1231.html , was made a staggering four (4) years ago, only got 200 posts and the last was made 11 months back, so I think it's time we get our own and hopefully get not glacial levels of activity.

So, what are you playing? Still playing Parajew shit and incesting your entire family in CK2, blobbing in Vicky or has anyone been as far as decided to trying something new more like for a change?

Speaking of Parajew, the latest HOI4 expansion "Arms Against Tiranny" dropped a few weeks back adding a few more mechanics, which should've been in the base game to begin with but are instead, in typical Parajew fashion, locked behind a paywall, like slightly more in depth supply networks, transports, a barebones international arms dealing market and new focus trees for Scandinavian countries. I decided to give it a spin and pirated it for the 15th time and I'm now playing an (read: restarted a dozen times because I keep getting repeatedly fucked over by one thing or another) a-historically focused campaign as Shittaly trying to gigablob the entire universe and it's not going particularly great. Here's a recap of the events so far:
>wrapped up the nigger correction expedition just before March and justified against France while in the middle of it still
>knocked out the frogs by mid 38 after a rather slow and sloppy war, which I won 1:5 ratio, and yoinked all their navy which included 7 juicy BBs, 1 CV, a couple dozen light and heavy cruisers and over a hundred destroyers and subs
>barely managed to nick the the strategic Moroccan half of the strait of Gibraltar by declaring on nationalist Spain, sneaking in from France, making a quick push through an ever narrowing strip of land before it could get gobbled up by the other sides of the civil war and then nailing the peace conference just right to demand it and other minor bits of clay
>took less than a month and almost no casualties
>I'm starting to look at Uncle Adolf or the UK when fucking Marxist Portugal decides to declare war on me out of the blue
>they're landlocked so I just lmao naval invade them with not even a full army of nigger irregulars and own them in 3 weeks
>them being Marxist unfortunately translated to them also being in a faction with the USSR and now I'm at war with them but we are too far to fight
>meanwhile 
>Germany is Germanying along doing typical somewhat historical path of annexing Austria, and then going to war with the Czechs and the rest of the balkans because they all decided to be in one faction
>Poland commies are about to win a civil war
>The UK and Japan have been doing fuckall
>Yugo balkanized
It is now almost Christmas 1938 and I'm preparing to invade Turkey from French Syria so I get access to the black sea and the Soviet border, also setting up some defenses in Portugal and the French/Spanish border because, since they're commies, I expect them to join the Soviets and the war as soon as they finish mopping up the anarchists. I'm not confident I can win against the soviets because I really don't have either enough divisions on the field or manpower to last, but they did fight a civil war so maybe they're not doing as well as usual.

Look at my blob in pic related 5 and post caps of your own blob or border gore or whatever. Also the infograph is several years out of date, it could use a revamp if anyone feels like doing free work.

1st of November in history:
>1179 – Philip II is crowned as 'King of France'.
>1805 – Napoleon Bonaparte invades Austria during the War of the Third Coalition.
>1894 – Nicholas II becomes the new (and last) Tsar of Russia after his father, Alexander III, dies.
>1911 – World's first combat aerial bombing mission takes place in Libya during the Italo-Turkish War. Second Lieutenant Giulio Gavotti of Italy drops several small bombs.
>1993 – The Maastricht Treaty takes effect, formally establishing the European Union.
>What is this?
This is an offline 1.7.10 minecraft server running a custom mod pack: https://mega.nz/file/Q3sTjRIA#W-yvXqD03r8xkJ7NVhKNwuG9akqahXnlz_xUCbx1P8g
>What's in it?
little tiles, Ic2, thaumcraft, blood magic, littlemaidmobs, et futurum requiem, grimoire of gaia, hardcore ender expansion etc.
>Can my toaster run this?
It's an even lighter pack than last time and a few versions back. If you have a pc built after 2005 you should be able to run this.
>Did you include the difficulty retardation?
Considering how well that went over last time, I've elected to not add that retardation.
>What if I want "x" mod?
Mention it in the thread and I'll see about adding it as long as it's not too retarded.
>What's this scripts folder?
It's just aspect lists this time so thaumcraft can actually interact with most of the new blocks/items.
>How do I use a skin?
Name your skin "skin.png" and put it in your .minecraft
>How do I avoid giving microshaft all my data?
https://github.com/fn2006/PollyMC
>Will this shit constantly be unavailable like last time?
No, I'm paying for a server this time so it should stay up 24/7.
Here's the ip: 51.81.182.151:25572
REMINDER TO DOWNLOAD THE UPDATED MODPACK
Anything to do with the Zone.
Don't just stand there, come in.

I looked in the catalog and there wasn't anything, and it's sdalger so there should be.

Some standalone mods (free):
https://www.moddb.com/mods/lost-alpha (1.4005 DC was the most fun imo)
https://www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-anomaly (This one is really good but the crafting is extremely autistic. I suggest using the game settings to tweak the economy and skipping the crafting entirely.)
https://www.moddb.com/mods/doctorx-call-of-the-zone (This is neat in a SLIGE map sort of way with generated quests and a freeplay style. The main modder behind this died a while ago. RIP in pepperoni diet sausage.)

Anomaly's Chernobyl Relay Chat was pretty based for a while, but the trannies had found it last time I looked.

Engine links:
https://github.com/OpenXRay
https://github.com/OGSR

I would really hate it if someone autistically forked and fixed the engine in order to make it possible to host a permanent server with co-operative play and zone-wide PDA messages and chat. That would be terrible. Just awful.

sdalger 2 release date is next year, but not much news lately. 

There's this abomination as well: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1818450/STALCRAFT_X/

Nikolai has a new channel because of YouJewbe demonetization.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRGksfFjQN8
A thread is needed.
What is this?
>Dark Messiah of Might and Magic is a first-person action game developed by Arkane Studios.
>Set in the Might & Magic universe, players will experience ferocious combat in a dark and immersive fantasy environment. Swords, Stealth, Sorcery. Choose your way to kill. 

Where?
Join the server, its IP address and port are: 198.98.56.180:27015

When?
This weekend, December 20th to the 22nd, starting at 7:00 PM (UTC).
Or whenever (You) want: the server will run all week until December 23rd.
Just post ITT for anons to join the server if it's empty.

Downloads
NOTE: if you already have the game then please download this repack, as it includes improved voice chat, custom maps and better load times.
Windows (Linux users will need Wine and DXVK if possible), choose one of these:
https://pixeldrain.com/u/FhcnUcua
https://mega.nz/file/ShIkWS6B#AulGNZ_XNf3iPuhV4KBd8D348xh4sMZuO4YlTLT6j5I
Archive password: veexmasnight
sha256sum: abb7f8b974a7c0bf128b77ab105c074393962d3b066aa51ca9c0c4c90d89af1d

How to join
>Launch the game by opening start_dmmm.exe.
>Change your settings if needed, including nickname.
>Then open the console and type in connect 198.98.56.180:27015
OR
>In the main menu, press Find Server, go to Favorites then click on "Add a Server".
>Write or paste 198.98.56.180:27015 in the text box.
>You should now see the server listed in the Favorites section, double click it to join.

How to change your name
>Start the game
>Go to Options > Multiplayer
>Write your name in the "Player name field" and press OK to apply

How to make a custom shield image
See the next post below for instructions.

How to vote for a new map/vote for a map change
>Join the server
>Type !nominate in chat then open the main menu for a dialog box with map nomination (for next map) options
>Type !rtv in chat to vote for the map to be changed (requires other players to vote too, if you're not alone)

How to change FOV
>Join the server, open the console and enter fov [your desired FOV] in it. For example, fov 100
Sorry, couldn't get voice chat in time.

What is this?
>Sven Co-op is a co-operative game originally based around Valve Software's Half-Life.
>In this game players must work together against computer controlled enemies and solve puzzles as a team.

Where?
Join the server, its IP address and port are: 198.98.56.180:27015

When?
Weekends until December 16, starting 7:00 PM (UTC).
Or whenever (You) want, even on weekdays. Just post ITT for anons to join the server.

Downloads
NOTE: if you have the files from last May, you're good to go, no need to re-download. This new download packs the game and all 5 previous map packs.
Windows and Linux (both packed together), choose one of these:
https://pixeldrain.com/u/awP4jVRH
https://mega.nz/file/6pIEHZiS#iiwlyzOlgTy8onN7dYQTTOZLFlInnKtAoLmyvbTlsq0
sha256sum of svencoop_client_12-02.7z: fdee674c762a99d043347d82bf1f5870d467f484324b0f9bbf34f8bf3233b8b8.

OPTIONAL (but recommended): a big player model pack for you (18GB unpacked), see the "How to pick a player model" section at end of this post for usage instructions:
https://pixeldrain.com/u/svjBz5YE
https://mega.nz/file/ygAjCCzT#tE58j4wXSJYxwzA505dG98afkXZFFu1gV8ltNwJRBC0
https://drive.google.com/u/0/uc?id=1RXL3E6YeVXPEYYGE4d1tVk0Mt5yGOqmg&export=download
sha256sum of all_models_2023-06-12.7z: c25ecb06f44c3386bde6abfe1da34f4482dc1f5db17973fe6e0d9482ff8d66f4.

How to join
>Launch Sven Coop by opening svencoop.exe or executing LD_LIBRARY_PATH=. ./svencoop_linux.
>Change your settings if needed
>Then open the console and type in connect 198.98.56.180:27015
NOTE: do NOT use the server browser as it's currently broken

How to change your name
>Start the game at least once, then exit it
>If on Windows, go to C:\Users\<Your windows user name>\AppData\Roaming\Goldberg SteamEmu Saves\
>If on Linux, go to $XDG_DATA_HOME/Goldberg SteamEmu Saves/ or if it's not defined: $HOME/.local/share/Goldberg SteamEmu Saves/
>Enter the settings directory
>Edit account_name.txt with your desired name

How to pick a player model
>Go to https://wootguy.github.io/scmodels/index.html for a searchable list of models with previews
>Inside the game, open the console
>Enter model [name of the model] in the console, for example model aniki_v2
You and other people should now see a new player model.
NOTE: avoid using the in-game model chooser as it may crash while trying to display some models.

How to make a spray
>Make sure your game is closed
>Prepare your image before hand: you may use one as-is or you can edit transparency into it with other tools
>Go to https://micjohnson.github.io/js-hlspray/
>Select your image
>Change any options to your preference
>Export file to [game root]/svencoop/tempdecal.wad
>Set the file as read-only
If all went well, you should be able to see your new spray.

How to use emotes
From the README of https://github.com/wootguy/emotes:
Type ".e list" to list named emotes.
Type ".e off" to stop your emote.
Type ".e <name> [speed]" to play a named emote.
Type ".e <sequence> [mode] [speed] [start_frame] [end_frame]" for more control.

<> = required. [] = optional.

<sequence> = 0-255. Most models have about 190 sequences.
[mode] = ONCE, FREEZE, LOOP, or ILOOP. Doesn't have to be all caps.
[speed] = Any number, even negative. The default speed is 1.
[start_frame/end_frame] = 0-255. This is like a percentage. Frame count in the model doesn't matter.
>start the game wanting to know what the fuzz is all about
>fetch quest
>find this guy to give you information about who you are
>find this guy to tell you about this portal
>the guy that tells you about the portal tells you about another guy who knows a gal that knows how to get into the portal
>get into the portal
>pharod sends me on a fetchquest
>go into the catacombs
>fetchquest for the ratfucks or fetchquest for the skeletons
>choose neither and blast the skeletons
>look up online
<"No dood trust me the game gets really good and its the pinnacle of RPG once you make it to the Lower Ward1!!!111!!!"
>get to the lower ward
>fetchquest to remove the curse
>fetchquest for the wizard to tell you how to find the nighthag
>he doesn´t even tell you that, he tells you to go to the brothel (so another fetchquest
>talk to this prostitute so that you can talk to this other prostitute so you can talk to this prostitute so you can talk to this dude so she can tell you about this prostitute that can´t talk so you can go buy her a tongue and then go back to buy her some tears and...
>finish the brothel arc
>literally no other input or clue
>have to look up a walkthrough
>fetchquest into another fetchquest so you can enter the foundry to do another fetchquest
>realize im halfway through the game (judging from the walkthrough) and there is no sign of the LEGENDARY STORY THAT DEFINED RPGS TO COME, the only thing i have been told or able to discern is some hag stole TNO´s mortality + Amnesiah + TNO built a temple for himself to rest when he died or some shit

i haven´t played something as tedious since Castle Sentinel´s Dungeon in Daggerfall...
i guess all you have to do to sell a shit game is to pretend its an art project and use the "Narrative" buzzword untill libcucks eat it up and make 90+ videoessays on it huh?

discuss similar experiences, or yell at me for not kowtowing to the cultural zeitgeist, pick your poison
Been a while since we had one and I've been thinking about it again so it's time to talk about some Monster Hunter. 
What are ya...
PLAYIN?
HUNTAIN?
MAINING?
CARTIN TO?

Or do you hate MonHunt and want to bitch? Well friend, come on over. We have room in this thread for many opinions, even wrong ones. I myself haven't played in a while. Rise didn't catch on with me the same as the other ones did. I hate the dogs, to much going on with all the palicios and everything during a hunt. Maybe I should give it another go. 
Also maybe we could get a hunting group together again. We did it a bit for portable 3rd and it was pretty fun.
where do you draw the line, chronologically?
>insert coin
>copy protection
>level up
>best GPU wins
>skill trees
>client side hit detection
>updating the game based on what forum kids say
>more than 3 patches
>patching the game "for" the user (steam, etc)
>DLC
>pay to win
>pay for skins
>grind to win
>grind for skins
>loot boxes
>crypto
>play to earn
What is this?
>Team Fortress 2 Classic is a free Sourcemod that aims to re-imagine the 2008/2009 era of the original Team Fortress 2.
>New features range from weapons and maps to gamemodes such as VIP and Four-Team.

Where?
Join the server, its IP address and port are: 198.98.49.187:27015

When?
Weekends on August 2nd to 4th and August 9th to 11th, starting at 7:00 PM (UTC).
Or whenever (You) want, including weekdays until August 12th. Just post ITT for anons to join the server.

Downloads
Windows and Linux (both packed together), choose one of these:
https://pixeldrain.com/u/YZ1DyjYJ
https://mega.nz/file/jxBT2YjB#inOmQSpP5r8cDFC-xLgpmFnnY9cEdvsf554J60kVq4I
sha256sum: 93b57e2606199e30920313c04915338874b5e1f712923ee5b6a6b7998e242ee4
NOTE FOR LINUX USERS: Linux's native client has been abandoned by the devs. Using Proton or Wine+DXVK is recommended.
See https://tf2classic.com/?id=6192 for an explanation.

How to join
>Launch TF2C by running run_tf2c.bat on Windows, or executing the LD_LIBRARY_PATH=bin/ ./hl2_linux -game tf2classic -console -novid command on Linux.
>Change your settings if needed
>Then open the console and type in connect 198.98.49.187:27015 to join the server
Do NOT use the server browser as the server won't show up there.

How to change your name
>Start the game at least once, then exit it
>If on Windows, go to C:\Users\<Your windows user name>\AppData\Roaming\Goldberg SteamEmu Saves\settings\
>If on Linux, go to $XDG_DATA_HOME/Goldberg SteamEmu Saves/settings or if it's not defined: $HOME/.local/share/Goldberg SteamEmu Saves/settings
>Edit account_name.txt with your desired name

How to make a custom spray
>Prepare your image, note that it can be transparent or even an animated GIF
>Go to https://rafradek.github.io/Mishcatt/ and follow its instructions
>Change file name in page to something different than spray
>Save both VMT and VTF to tf2classic/materials/vgui/logos/
>Go to main menu, then Legacy Options (the wrench inside the Options button), then Multiplayer and then select your new spray
>If in the server, re-join to have your new spray appear
Which mount and blade mods are the best ones? Also Mount and Blade thread I guess.
Here's an excuse to watch the last big >videogame show of this year with Anons next week.

WHAT IS THIS?
>The Game Awards recognizes and upholds creative and technical excellence in the global video game industry.
>We bring together a diverse group of game developers, game players, and notable names from popular culture to celebrate and advance gaming's position as the most immersive, challenging and inspiring form of entertainment.
>We strive to recognize those who improve the wellbeing of the community and elevate voices that represent the future of the medium.

WHERE TO WATCH
Join the room at https://cytu.be/r/StockholmVidya when the time comes.

WHEN IS IT HAPPENING?
UTC/GMT/BST: 00:30 AM, Friday December 13th
CET: 01:30 AM, Friday December 13th
PT: 04:30 PM (16:30), Thursday December 12th
ET: 07:30 PM (19:30), Thursday December 12th

Here's some of the >nominees, you can find more at https://www.thegameawards.com/nominees :
Game of the Year and Best Game Direction
>Astro Bot
>Balatro
>Black Myth: Wukong
>Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree
>Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
>Metaphor: Refantazio

Best Narrative
>Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
>Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth
>Metaphor: Refantazio
>Senua's Saga: Hellblade II
>Silent Hill 2 (remake)

Innovation in Accessibility
>Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
>Diablo IV
>Dragon Age: The Veilguard
>Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown
>Star Wars Outlaws

What are your expectations and who do you think will win?
I don't know how to make a game, but I'm at the point where I've gotten far enough in learning how to program that I can start to learn how to make my dream game. This thread is my public log. I'm going to make exactly one post at the end of every day summarizing my progress and replying to other posts. If for whatever reason I do not make a post, I will try to follow up on a subsequent day. 

>Background
I would describe myself as a beginner programmer with some competency in C and in the process of learning Python and C#. I also feel that I have a decent natural artistic and mathematical sensibility. Beyond that, there isn't much else, and rest assured the start will be slow-going. I will be sharing the names of books, videos, online course, and other resources I use and try to upload what I can if there are interested people. 

>Goal
My goal is to produce a decent, non-2D indie game within the next five years. At the moment, I have not typed a single line of code for any game project.

>Ending
This thread will end for likely one of three reasons; I have missed my deadline, I am unable to continue for whatever reason, or I am successful. In the last case, the more I get done the less I will share about the project aside from some demos.

See you tomorrow.
What is this?
>SRB2Kart is a kart racing mod based on the 3D Sonic the Hedgehog fangame Sonic Robo Blast 2, based on a modified version of Doom Legacy.

Where?
Join the server, its IP address is: 198.98.49.187

When?
Weekends on August 16th to 18th and August 23th to 25th, starting at 7:00 PM (UTC).
Or whenever (You) want, including weekdays until August 26th. Just post ITT for anons to join the server.

Downloads
Windows and Linux (both packed together) including mods, choose one of these:
https://pixeldrain.com/u/GcxoFkq3
https://mega.nz/file/jtgAxApD#50nLhHnkz9c-tX6dvoYSNfGmH8VpZ7TjypPvMTVVqEg
sha256sum of srb2k_08-12.7z is 87c9aca02968f8b716f890c91b124c846a4c4d68d3637d5306bfee8204e05c84.
You may also compile the game yourself, the source code is at https://github.com/NepDisk/srb2k-neptune (commit 04dede2).

How to join
>Launch SRB2K by running srb2kart-neptune.exe on Windows, or executing Neptune-2.2gFBO-64Bit.AppImage on Linux.
>Go to "Multiplayer",  "Join the server by IP" then enter the server's IP address.
>When in the server, you may change your player character and play.
NOTE: Don't load any addons before joining the server! They'll all be loaded when you get in.

Additional notes
Game's running the Neptune fork of SRB2K for its features and (claimed) stability.
All addons in the download are from previous nights, so thank you to the previous hosts for putting them together.
Continuing from previous thread: >>>/v/256205

Concord's studio Firewalk closes
https://sonyinteractive.com/en/news/blog/an-update-from-playstation-studios/
>Regarding Firewalk, as announced in early September [...], certain aspects of Concord were exceptional, but others did not land with enough players, and as a result we took the game offline. We have spent considerable time these past few months exploring all our options.
>After much thought, we have determined the best path forward is to permanently sunset the game and close the studio. I want to thank all of Firewalk for their craftsmanship, creative spirit and dedication.

Redot Engine: The Roadmap is Here!
https://www.redotengine.org/news/redot-roadmap/
>One of the most frequently asked questions we have received in the last month has been, “where’s the roadmap?”
>It's something we've thought about and have been working on since announcing this project. We do realize it was frustrating to hear "we're working on it", but we wanted to make sure that the plans were universally agreed on before presenting it to everyone.
>Most people don’t realize the amount of work it takes to put a more formal fork together. Sure, Anyone can fork an open source project, but if you want to do anything outside of a local build, you need to build a lot of infrastructure, and rebranding is just the tip of the iceberg.
>Website, hosting, build system, meetings, feedback, many many hours working by many devs to get all this up and running, along with all the hard work by moderators, artists, web developers, a huge community of people devoting their time and efforts to make this project a reality.
What is an indie game and why normalfags seems to obsess over them? I can only see this term with skepticism. A game made by a smaller studio isn't automatically better, for example. Why "indie"? If indie means independent, and also indie=small studio, then all small studios are independent? what does it means to be independent? are indie games truly independent? I don't think so, well, jumping ahead to the schizo conclusion: this term seems like propaganda, then i can speculate that is spread by corporations or someone else to promote shit as independent and unrelated to then, when, in fact they're not. Is so tiresome...
Ok, niggers, post all your new or updated shit here. If you don't know what logo to use, consider using this or something similar. Thanks in advance for the contributions and definitely thank you for all the quality work done for the previous two boards, hopefully this is the last.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/220/HalfLife_2/

Half-Life 2 got a major update and is now free along with the expansions and Half-Life 2 Deathmatch. Half-Life 2 Deathmatch has a ton of modded co-op stuff.
Tell everyone you know so we can play together should such a requirement arise. It's free so you have no excuse.
Last thread: >>249891
Dumb inane questions that would receive two replies at most, one-liners, small tidbits and other videogame paraphernalia. If you've got any, post them here.

I'd ask something pertinent to start the thread with but in all honesty I don't feel like it. Too tired.
Given everything that's happened to gaming over the past decade, with so much info and shit flying around, I just wanted to see what companies are deemed as "safe" or "parasites" by various Anons and their reasons why? If you can, be sure to includes links and infographs. I just want to be better informed.
Seeing the 2 active threads of anons posting about how they are not developing a game, I have decided to stake my claim on this arms race and start my own nodev thread too, where I will post about the non-progress I made on my non-project as well as what I wasted my time on instead of doing anything productive with my life.
Day 1: I haven't made any plans for the structure of my game or what it will be about or written a single line of experimental code because I have been watching samurai movies instead.
I'll report back with another update tomorrow. (unless I don't feel like it)
A bread about games based off of various licensed IPs, be they the ubiquitous and usually sloppy yet occasionally fun semi-shovelware THQ fare of the early and mid-2000s or Japanese PS3 VNs made as an alternate history continuation to a then-20 year old OVA series noone on western shores had heard about back in 2007 with so little budget left for gameplay after the expenses for the VAs they ended up using prerendered sprites of Mecha models the PS3 wouldn't have had any trouble rendering in real time.

I've found that past a minimum quality threshold the various additions to the lore made by these games range from somewhat reasonable to plain better than what the source material would later become, such as the Cars game which while not doing anything special or amazing I still find intellectually preferable to the awful second movie.
The 2009 Avatar game is another fine example which would never be made today because it allows you to play as the evil white man industralist bad goys to the point of colonizing.com much of the Na'vi culture so of coursh it was retroactively declared non-canon, and the 木の葉戦記 Naruto loicense game on the GBA has the first canon appearance of Autonomously operating 傀儡人形 going after little boys
Would anyone here be interested in getting together and playing Dofus Unity when it releases? Dofus is a French Tactical MMORPG where you play as one of 19 classes and do combat in an srpg format where you move your character in a grid and take turns.
It's been a while since I've seen people talk about the original shooter genre, so let's have a thread dedicate to that. What's some of your favorites from this line of games? For me, my favorite was always Galaga Arrangement because of the enemy patterns and the music.
Radio silence for 3 years and now suddenly it's out.
Is it shit? It has Denuvo so it'll be a while before I get to play it.
Post a quick screenshot of what you're playing or any cool things you want to share.
Bullet sponges are not bad game design. Enemies that aren't interesting to fight for a long time are.

Bosses are the ultimate bullet sponges, yet everyone likes them because they're designed to be interesting to fight for an extended duration. Imagine your worst example of a bullet sponge enemy, but then imagine if it recoiled from every attack, hitting it in specific spots has various effects like slowing it down or interrupting it's attacks, it hides and tries to flank when it gets hit a bunch, it only knows where you are if it can see you and sneak attacks to it deal critical damage, it's body parts can get crippled and it gets weaker, and tries to waddle away when it's about to die.
A programmer can make a videogame, but a function alone doesn't sell. For as long as videogames have been marketed there's been a concious effort to make them visually stand out, either promotionally or in-game, so long as the engine could handle it.
Dump artwork, promotional renders, adverts, posters, sprites, even in-game screenshots if you're pushing it; whatever you deem made the game cool. With every game trying to find their own visual niche and themselves being a little time capsule for their technology and the zeitgeist of their devs, there should be plenty to cover.

For instance I've always liked the uncanny look of early 3D renders, and believe the technology lost its edge when CGI got standardized and overdeveloped. On traditional artwork, Roger Dean's cover art on Psygnosis games is fantastic. Don't know how they managed to land the job on him but I'm glad they did. A master of the canvas, disingenuous cover art aside.
Is there a console, a peripheral, a game, or anything vidya related that you bought only to regret it later on, and wished you never spent the money for it?
Either because it didn't deserve the amount of money spent, you didn't enjoy it enough to justify to price, or just turned out to be shit against your expectations?
I'll start with some of mine:
>Evil Twin on the PS2
I bought this game at the newsstand at budget price but it was not even worth the low asking price.
It was irredeemable trash.
>Chink handheld "Anbernic RG 350 "
I was very happy with it until it started falling apart after only a few months of use.
Not worth the money spent at all, if i ever get another chink handheld it won't be an Anbernic, that's for sure.
>PS Vita
I even pre-ordered and got it on launch day with a bunch of goodies, i loved the PSP and with this i expected "the PSP but with PS3 graphics" it was advertised as, but i got a paper weight that didn't have a fraction of the support nor the library variety that the PSP had.
I still got SOME enjoyment out of it with games like Uncharted: Golden Abyss, Little Big Planet, Dragon's Crown, Odin's Sphere and Gravity Rush, but still wasn't worth the money spent.
This is probably my biggest regret.
>all UT before failed UT4
>double tap movement key (WASD, etc) to dodge
>no option for dedicated dodge key
Is this based or retarded?

With double tap to dodge, there are situations where you might want to quickly tap an arrow key you just finished holding down, to make small adjustments to your position:

Say I want to go behind a column for cover.
If I go too far I stick out of one side.
If I don't go far enough I still stick out of one side.
If I need to make small adjustments instead of holding down the key for the exact amount of time am I retarded?

Say I want to go to the edge of a platform before jumping to the next.
If I go too far I fall off.
If I don't go far enough I won't make the jump.
If I need to make small adjustments instead of holding down the key for the amount of time am I retarded?

What if I want to dodge forward into a ramp to get up it (this is a thing in UT99) but double tapping forward will cancel my momentum. What if the ramp is configured such that the only way to get up is if you're already at full velocity when you do the dodge? Am I retarded? You can get around this for example by hitting right key then do a 90 degree left turn and then hit the right key again so you dodge right into the ramp without losing momentum.
And what games came with it?
Mine was a Genesis with EWJ, Sonic 1 and 2 and Ghouls 'n Ghosts.
I beat Sonic 2 in a hotel room during a family trip and it gave me autism forever. rip.
Or does it depend on the kind of game?
There's games like FF7 and the Yakuza series where I like to focus on what's going on with no distractions, enjoy the OST, and so on, but in most action games I will listen to music I like to pump me up.
How about you?
A thread to post and discuss your favorite soundtracks in videogames.
What have you been listening to lately?
I've been listening to 3D Sonic games OST. Crush 40 gives all of these games a pretty good soundtrack. It's usually what I end up remembering when playing sonic games.
One of the biggest reasons 2011 was so great.
Not the best looking, nor most high depth stealth game (still very fun with how many ways you can approach every level depending on what your skill set is though), but has some of the best writing in a piece of media that TV or Movies wish they could ever reach. As much as this title deserves a high end remake, I doubt a big studio would do it justice. (perhaps a fan remake would) Are the sequels worth playing? Invisible war is panned because most of the original writers left ion storm after the first game, and the eidos Deus Ex games seem to be appreciated for its gameplay, but just like invisible war, the writing isn't on the same level as the first one.
Any fellow Elona players here? As a Kumiromi-worshipping farmer, I'm still having a lot of fun with the OOMSEST version. I've got autosaves disabled so I can savescum from time to time, but I try not to abuse it too much.
I was lucky enough to get the ridiculously good stomach mutation that lets me eat non-food items, helping me free up a lot of item space and develop my attributes and abilities frequently. Not to mention it helps me save money and keep corpses too.
Tailoring is some pretty good stress relief. The quality of the robes I craft is random, and whenever I get one I don't want to keep, I can eat it or sell it.
Anyway, I'm preparing myself for the upcoming annual "Baby Day", a.k.a. Party Day event on July 24. In case you didn't know, that's when shitloads of Bards spawn in "Party Time" quest instances and you can go on a Bard-killing spree all day long to collect tons of valuable instrument items, music tickets and more.
"You know exactly what went on behind those closed doors" edition.
Discuss the games, your favorite or hated rom hacks, leaks, etc.
I mainly wanted to start this bread back up to catalogue some of my favorite shit from the Freak Leaks. Unfortunately most of it got nuked at this point because, and I shit you not:
>only dripfeeding it to his discord
>uploading everything to jewgle drive as opposed to just torrenting them (which people later did, better late than never i guess)
>the leaker taking his sweet time uploading everything because he had to comb through it and make sure nothing was related to the newest Pokemon games because of "spoilers"
<and yet, he somehow still managed to release ALL of game freak's employee info, business cards, even plans to build a park in celebration of the 30th anniversary 

But I digress, we ended up getting a lot of fun shit from it. From some higher-res art and even Holon from the TCH, Game Freak answering WPWYF, Arceus being on some Jungian shit, a scrapped Pokemon musou-ish game that i entirely forgot to save footage of but surely it's archived, the Ruby/Sapphire remake maps being taken from fucking mienkraft, and tons of scrapped proto builds and even various concept arts.

In terms of shit not Freak Leak related, two fan projects I can heavily recommend are Pokemon Odyssey (it's Pokemon with a shitload of Etrian Odyssey references) and the upcoming Cobblemon mod for mienkraft, which even lets you make your own fakemon. Like you can just take existing mobs from old mods, toss their models into blockbench, punch some numbers and make it a fakemon.
Fire Emblem three houses, the best game in the series and what basically revived it, was outsourced to Koei Tecmo, IntSys didn't touch it, and it's why Engage is hot shit.

Here, take a look. These are the credits of the last few major games going back all the way back to Tellius. A couple of things that stuck to me the most was the following... this name
>Synthese Co., Ltd
With a little bit of digging I found that this corporation is an outsourced corporation that's in charge of writing scenarios for games. Notice how all 3 people from this company who worked on Fates returned for Engage plus one more guy.

It's listed as Scenario Writers for both Engage and Fates, both games whose scenario is lead by Nami Komuro (the one everyone claims ruins the games). in fact take a look at Fate's credits
>Main Scenario, Revelation's path: Yukinori Kitajima
Apparently THIS motherfucker is primarily the one who wrote Revelations supporting my theory that at some point the game was split into parts and added Rev way later in development. What are the games under Yukinori and the Synthese's team as script writers?
>Senran Kagura
>Senran Kagura Burst
>Senran Kagura Shinovi Versus
>Senran Kagura 2 Deep Crimson
>Senran Kagura Estival Versus
>Senran Kagura Peach Beach Splash
>Kandagawa Jet Girls
Jesus christ, this explains Kagerou of fuck even her name in Fates

Fates and Engage were written by the people
who made Senran Kagura.

And what is Synthse Co Ltd, you ask?
basically idea guys.
>what's this?
Guess what anon's drawing, /v/idya edition with some imageboard culture thrown in for good measure. Guess the fastest to win. If you draw unrecognizeable shit you don't get any points so don't be a gay nigger.

>how do I play this?
Once it's time hostfag will drop a link inside the thread for the room. Click on that shit and you should be good to go.

>what if host shits the bed and everyone keeps getting DC'ed?
In case hostnigger's playing with his 266MHz Celeron laptop from somewhere in the lowest depths of the Mariana trench and everyone's DCing you could easily create a room yourself and take a huge shit on him.
<head over to https://sketchful.io/
<click on custom
<create private room
<set rounds and drawing time, anything around 2.5~3.5 minutes should be fine since drawing's fun
<click on Use only custom words and copy+paste the following text over: https://files.catbox.moe/m1s6zm.txt
<paste the room link over to the thread

>when is it starting?
I'll try to host this Thursday at 6pm UTC, UTC being https://time.is/UTC
In any case, if (You) want to host it yourself any other time use the thread as-is.
Tomb raiding thread!
Ignore the remaster play the originals.
Also reminder that this friday at 4 EST I will be streaming the tomb raider cartoon and the movies.
https://cytu.be/r/qtmonstergirls
++What's this all about?++
Detective Conan is a game where one of us declares himself the Conan and takes a ragtag team of six goblins assembled by anons into an online competitive murder mystery simulator.
To quote one of Showdown's mods...
>@MacChaeger: None of these people are youtubers
>@MacChaeger: They impersonate verlis to to gain notoriety and attract new members
>@MacChaeger: These people regularly trick others into getting locked
>@MacChaeger: this is the single most toxic group of players on PS

++How does it work?++
After the current Conan calls "new Conan", the first anon to claim the title is our Conan. He uses the first six legal Pokémon suggested after his claim as his team. Conan can also call "new team" when the old one became stale (rule of thumb: 40-60 minutes). Conan plays in ++National Dex++ unless specified otherwise.
Absolutely no experience is necessary and everything is done in-browser.

++Rules++
1. Conan can't forfeit, intentionally throw a match, or timer stall.
2. Conan may not edit a set without the suggester's permission.
3. All Pokémon must be nicknamed. If the goblin didn't have a name, Conan makes one up.
4. Don't send goblin hentai twice, unless your last sugg was 15 minutes ago or Conan explicitly asked for redumps.
5. Conan should replace resuggs with fresh goblins that come in later.
6. Don't spam the catalog with threads.

++Resources++
Pokémon Showdown! BETA: https://play.pokemonshowdown.com/teambuilder/
Premade mons for National Dex: https://felswerfer.de/pastebin.php?id=321d093b622f80c2576a
How to make a shitmon: https://pastebin.com/raw/ZAyX6kY2
OP copypasta: https://felswerfer.de/pastebin.php?id=3476cd150e10fda4cd72
The only thing I remember people saying about Wanted: Dead was that it had a great choice in music, but it's just a general question about what happened to games that used to have rockin', upbeat, fast, and loud music in general? I know these types of songs are still coming out (Especially in Japan), but I cannot think of a single game that really incorporates them outside of rhythm games you find in the arcade. Regular games just seem to have become dominated by grand orchestral music like they're trying to be some opera. So where are the games with the loud fast-paced music that's guaranteed to cause hearing loss?
Game's out on the usual spots, much to Kiketendo's chagrin.

Played it for an hour or so and it seems to largely be the usual M&L affair, but for some reason Luigi's battle blocks/menu jumps are mapped to A whereas his regular attacks and overworld jumps are mapped to B like in all the other games which I chalk up to being a dev oversight/bug that will probably get fixed in an update.
You can manually jump with Luigi in the overworld but for some bizarre reason all the jumps between platforms and traversable obstacles have been automated to the point a manual jump and automated one at the edge of a platform cancel each other out slowing weeg down incl. teleporting if he gets stuck, really strange and I'm not sure if this is some 2deep4U ESG scheme to make kids more suspectible to anti-Palestinian propaganda or just a development remnant to be fixed in a day-one patch when the game releases on November 7.
Weeg has overworld abilities as he should, but unlike prior games these can be highly automated such as him going around and pulling out an entire row of plants for coins all by himself, some early "puzzles" involve carrying objects and swapping them between the Brothers for various purposes.

Emu wise the game runs fine in the last pre-shoah Ryujinx version, a few spots have slight seams on them but that's all the graphics errors I could find so far.

Do not bud benis in socket loli.
One of the best ARPGs and and also one of the game that got Tencent's foot into the Western market is getting a sequel. Since this place is so slow, I park a thread here. 

*Some stuff that's already out*

Wiki article with a list of all the bullshit GGG has planned 

https://www.poewiki.net/wiki/Path_of_Exile_2

Some dude beta testing the game

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSQgmP4OVic
watch?v=eSQgmP4OVic*

< We want to be From Soft

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UehsEJCfuns
watch?v=UehsEJCfuns


*Didn't watch or read anything, WEW!*

> Classes are getting more streamlined.
> Which also lead to 3 more classes 
> Bosses will work more like Darksouls bosses
> Ascension no longer happens in the Lawd's Labyrinth
> Chromatic orbs won't appear. Which removes some bullshit from Path of Exile 1
> Vaal gems won't grant you the non-Vaal version anymore Fucking bullshit
< You have to buy all your stashtabs again
< There will be more chinky microtransactions for all the gorilla niggers who are easily seperated from their money
The 7th generation kind of sucked for a large list of reasons, most of which had to do with ushering legions of normalfags into the hobby and connecting consoles to the internet. However, in hindsight the generation both lasted for a very long time (eight years from the release of the X360 to the Xbone) and marked the last time any console manufacturer would attempt to make a device that looked nice and let you do anything neat with it. The X360's HDD being easily removable and being stylistically consistent with its form factor is practically the product of a lost art compared to the modern spate of black and white rectangles that let you:
- Connect to the internet and buy live service microtransactions
- Post things to facebook with your always-listening microphone
- Fuck yourself in the ass if you want to change the hardware

I had a Wii throughout the 7th gen so I missed out on a lot of the X360's lineup and never got to interact with things like the Xbox Live Arcade when they were in their prime. However I recently got a fully modded X360 with the RGH set up and Aurora custom firmware installed, so exploring the back catalogue will be as easy as dragging and dropping files.

What must-plays are there from the X360's catalogue that I can't get anywhere else, or that would just feel better on the console?
As most people in the west, i am sick and tired of niggers being shoved everywhere they don't belong.
From turning established white characters into niggers (spiderman, deadshot, nick fury, firestorm, green lantern) to forcing them where they shouldn't be (wearing European armor in medieval settings, or the recent WE WUZ Prince of Persia) 
Not to mention the blatant tokenism where a group of (otherwise white, or asian) characters must have at least one, making ugly version of otherwise cute characters in order to not "offend" them (black inklings and octolings in Splatoon, that honestly look like shit, even putting racism aside) or going for the disgusting race mixing propaganda and pairing niggers with white women.

Today i saw a trailer for this game: "Tales of Kenzera: ZAU"
I only saw the "making of" trailer for it and some glimpses of gameplay, and it seems to be about niggers in Africa dealing with all kind zulu and voodoo shit.
Also, i am surprised that the niggers involved with this game talking about "muh culture" were for once correctly talking about sub-saharian Africa and were not pretending DEY WUZ Egyptian, European, Japanese, Everything-but-Africans, and all that ridiculous bullshit.
No idea if the game goes in WE WUZ territory moving forward, honestly

Now, i am not interested in this shit and i don't want to play it, it's a game about niggers made (mostly) for niggers, and so, it is clearly not for me.
BUT, you know what? I am fine with that.

I found myself (for the first time in ages) not bothered by something like this existing, unlike shit like spider-nog, nigger-deadshot, or niggers in medieval armor in fantasy games (Dragon's Dogma 2, Baldur's Gate, Diablo 4 or that lore-raping garbage game Shadow of War that is still making Tolkien spin in his grave).
Maybe that's because (to me at least) this looks like a genuine attempt to please nogs and homage their homeland, and not an attack on white people and and their culture like the shit containing "divershitty" usually is about.

I also remember as kid playing and not being bothered by games like "Akuji: The Heartless" or "ShadowMan", since both were dealing with Voodoo shit and so having a nigger MC made sense.

So i though, could this be the right way to have niggers in vidya?
any games like vampire survivors that are actually good ? ive played halls of torment but i havent found it as fun as vampire survivors
>SA1
>Great movement. Spindash allows you to travel great distances. Great OST, great colorful graphics. Chaos Garden.
<Small linear maps unfitting to such movement. Boring underworld.
>SA2
>Sonic and Shadow's movement's still fun. Great OST, great colorful graphics. Chaos Garden.
<Even more linear maps. 2/3s of the game is shit (Egg/Tails, Knuckles/Batats levels)
>Sonic Heroes
>Movement while not as good, fun enough. Some gimmicks just need a little work and have overall potential. Great OST, great colorful graphics.
<Again, linear maps. Enemies have HP bars for some fucking reason even though the combat sucks dick. Shit puzzles that take 5 minutes to do, that fucking casino level. The same fucking levels for all of the teams. NO CHAOS GARDEN.
19 years later
>Sonic Frontiers
>Big ass open map with tons of platforms.
<Sonic Unleashed movement. Looks like a fucking unreal4 showcasea. Generic boring OST.  NO CHAOS GARDEN
Why is it so hard to fucking get?
Congrats! You just won a zillion dollars!
In your infinite wisdom, you use this never-ending budget to make the gaming room of your dreams.
How do you go about it?
Me personally I would try to recreate as faithfully as possible a gaming basement you would find in the early 2000s. 
6th gen consoles attached to a big-ass CRT. I'd get some of my favorite arcade cabinets like Time Crisis, Galaga, Guitar Hero III and maybe even a japanese import like Taiko no Tatsujin. On the corner I would have a mini LAN party section with multiple WinXP-Win98 PC rigs. I'd have a pool table and a display fridge with fizzy drinks and a giant poster on the wall with all of the Dead or Alive girls on it.
And for post-7th gen games? I'd have a small movie room with a projector to play any modern 16:9 releases.
You all would be invited of course!
None of that gay LED RGB shit with a wall full of consoles I'll never use or "retro art" posters. That kind of shit infuriates me.
Lollipop Chainsaw Repop Just Released On Steam Denuvo Free
Apparently its not censored at all if you count out licensing issues like music and dlc costumes. Like these anime costumes that isnt coming with the game. I wished they released it on GOG aswell.
Square Enix censors iconic Dragon Quest designs
https://archive.is/6zJBI
>The Warrior has notable had a pair of stats added to her iconic armor, covering up more of her thighs. Meanwhile the Priest had her cross switched out for a trident, presumably to avoid a reference to real world religions
>One Japanese user also mentioned the female Jester/Gadabout having her bodysuit extended at the legs to cover the area between her thigh and pelvis.
Minecraft Movie Trailer
A minecraft movie trailer has been released and it looks like what you would expect.
DOOM
Other retroFPS and retro inspired FPS can come too. 

I'm legitimately surprised there is no Doom thread on the catalog, lets rectify that, shall we? 
Post some DOOM.
Post some WADS.
Post some of its COPYCATS.
Post some other retro FPS like DUKE. I need to check up on the DNF restoration project
Post some new takes on an old formula like DUSK and all that jazz.
Post about the communities because GOSSIP is also fun. 
Are you Mappin? Post that TOO
If you can map, offer assistance to young mappers, or make fun of their lack of skill. I'm not your dad

I myself have started to get back into Doom and have been skimming the Cacowards for some gold. I also need to beat Ashes 2063 so I can start on its second game, Through the Ashes. There was also the release of Reelism 2 a little while back which I have mixed feelings on, still worth playing though. I've also always considered making a list of gameplay mods and wads that complement each other well such as Rampancy with Highway Acceleroid Booster for muh robot theme. Lastly I like to just slam random on Doomworld and see what comes up. After this long you know there is some buried treasure just lurking in those archives, or its just fun to see what some random guy made 20+ years ago. 
I have some of the older SoyouwanttoplaysomeDOOM infographics if anyone wants them for posterity or just can't be arsed to find them on the web.

NOW LETS FUCKING DOOM
For example, let's take that statement in reference to what $20 was back in 1992. According to inflation data relating to the CPI, $20 in 1992 is worth $45 in 2024. But that's not the only metric because we have other standards of value. For example, there's commodities. The price of gold in 1992 was $750 an ounce, and is currently worth $2,700 in 2024. Applying that to the game's "standard", that $20 should now be worth $72. But we also have silver in addition to gold, which cost $4 in 1992 (So five ounces worth equals $20) and has now grown to $30 (So that $20 is now worth $150). Meaning that you should "never" pay anything above of $150 for a single game.

But this could also be in relation to everything that came with the game as Monkey Island also came with a manual and a little "extra" toy. By today's standards, such content is reserved for "special edition" versions of games, meaning that everything that I just mentioned up above ONLY applies if you're buying the most complete package of a video game. And that a game lacking such content is worth a fraction of that price. I'd argue that you should reduce the price by a third if it's just the game and box (So $100), and probably reduce it all the way down to 25-33% the original price if it's just the game (So $35-$50).

But Monkey Island also launched for a price of $60 when it originally release. Meaning even LucasArts admitted that their game prices were "too damn high" and was worth only a third as much as they sold it for. Which means that $150 is now $50 again.

Or is it just an overall rule that $20 should be the stopping point altogether and no questions asked? Or am I greatly overthinking this joke?
Post vidya merch.
Any you own?
Any you would like to own?
What's the rarest merch you've seen?
I, personally, would like to have one of these Um Jammer Lammy plushes. She is so cute.
Maybe total war can be fun!
because it's.. 
THE FOREVER WINTER

A game where complete and total war raging for decades to the point of losing all meaning and you are a bunch of sorry saps stuck in the middle of it. You scamper around the battle field dodging squads of soldiers, under the legs of stomping walkers, and between horrific squads of nearly zombified cyborgs to try and get some more water to make it another day. I find it neat. 
According to the devs they are a bunch of industry artists that hated the fact that game art was always the first thing to suffer in a game so decided to do something about it themselves. Apparently it was originally conceived as an artbook with the whole shtick of "combat voyeurism" but then they decided to say fuck it and just make an entire game and I have to say the art direction is pretty keen. You pick through piles of shell casings, mountains of bodies and skeletons, piles of wrecked vehicles, craters that dot the battlefields, or through massive trenches in close quarters. Every night the buildings are reconstructed by various machines and the sun rises and the war starts all over again. Most of the leaders are dead and the war is being driven though task based AI or regional commanders often relying on outdated information. Want a resupply on the front? Better do what you told otherwise no food for you. Meanwhile everyone else still tries to live their life back in the non wartorn sections of the world but often times being a soldier is better than the hellscape that is the modern world. 

The game consists of 3 factions, 2 vs 1. Europa (most of north america and western europe), Eurasia (most of asia), and Euruska (eastern europe and africa). And then your ass who are just a bunch of loosely affiliated scavs. Europa has a bunch of weapon stockpiles and are pretty normalish except you can expect to deploy with weaponry from the Vietnam era. Eurasia is a cyberpunk hellhole where you are probably going to be scraped off the streets and turned into a cyborg for human wave tactics. but their weapons are pretty cool and you might be a big cyborg with a gun. And then there is Euruska where you can get some sweet armor and maybe get turned into a dog or eaten by a mech.  Plus the AK and RPK never really went out of fashion.
You have your main base which is fueled by clean drinking water which depletes daily in real time and the more you have the more vendors show up. There you can take missions from each of the various factions that might range from "extract from an area", "deliver this part" or "go kill this guy" plus a few others. Kill that  guy can range from a commander to a grenade launcher wielding enigma wearing the remains of a spacesuit and an american flag for a cowl. 

The main feature is looting the battlefield which can range from going through soldier supplies to just scaving their bodies. The enemy will typically ignore you if you stay out of the way or they are currently engaged in a fight with a rival faction, something they prefer to do rather than shoot your sorry ass. Unless you start taking to much of their shit, then you get rape squads deployed to look for you. 
You generally pick an area to deploy to and the local you drop in at, if you have higher rep with a faction you can start deploying and extracting in their controlled zones on the map. Some maps have entirely different variants depending on the time of day or certain conditions. The Night Shift as it's called will come out on night maps and occasionally consists of 15ft tall female cyborgs who collect the remains of the dead borgs and pile them into vast pillars of bodies for recycling. Reminder that she isn't to picky and you are just as recyclable as anything else. 
Before a mission you get to pick what you want and get to so some /k/ tier autism with you gun fitting it with mods, scopes, silencers, and various rail attachments before deploying as well as choosing your ammo and consumables and outfitting your Rig which is this massive custom backpack ideal for looting. There are different rigs and some of them have various attachments like different cases or upgrades that let you scan for enemies or boost out of danger. If you die, tough shit, you can pick you body back up and get your weapon parts and rig attachments back but if you die again you can kiss that goodbye. 

I like it, it's different. They do the whole shtick of YOU ARE NOT THAD GUYY!! But when you and the lads roll up with the MG42 squad you can still clean out an area but it feels more rewarding to have to work for it which even the devs agree. It is Early access right now which I'm sure I'll rightly catch shit for, but considering it's a bit of a passion project for the devs I'm willing to play ball. I like the gameplay, I like being the rat in the maze, I like the art direction, and I like the concept. It would be cool to play with some fellow anons. Otherwise call me a faggot.
A thread for strategy games in real time, like rts's and rtt's. RTS's, in particular, have had a resurgence in the last few years. Ambitious games are being released. A lot of them are remakes, but still, they're interesting. Stuff like Age of empires and age of mythology aren't dead ip's any more.
What have you bene playing lately? If you're human and play games on the regular there might be something about them that has stuck to you and you deem worthy of sharing. If faggot e-celebs exist it is proof that plenty can be said about videogames, whether good or bad. Gameplay, story, characters, its sounds department or its music, the graphics or lack thereof, and the like.

For instance, I've been meaning to finish Forbidden Siren on the PS2, and you can tell it's a Japanese game because there are funny slanted faces plastered over the 3D mesh equivalent of a potato.
Gameplaywise it plays like your average survival horror game with a unique twist. For some reason I'm yet to figure out, the player characters have the ability to "sightjack" the vision of the faggots trying to kill you. Using this technique you can check on their behaviour and their movement pattern, as well as guessing where they are located using the map and their field of vision. It's a pretty cool gimmick the game was built on, given you're helpless most of the time and there are plenty of villagers with firearms sprinkled throughout the map.

That being said, I've only procrastinated completing this game because it's a fucking slog to play through. The gameplay loop consists of missions printed on time slots on some retarded looking bulletin board, and each mission needs one objective done to be completed. Keep in mind there are 10 different playable characters the story is constantly jumping to from mission to mission, and the game is constantly reusing the handful stages there are between them. I can't forgo how I had cleared Akira's mines mission at the beginning of the game to be immediately greeted by the same mines in the very next mission only with a different character at a different time, felt like the game spat at my face at that time.
What's more, more often than not you'll clear a mission only to be forced to return to another one you completed an hour ago only to collect some stupid new item on the map. From what I've seen so far this has to be done with every mission in the game, and since you don't get to decide which mission's next you're forced to backtrack two missions to gain access to a new level. This is dogshit level design, and this is coming from the guy who directed the first Silent Hill 1 and later on produced the Gravity Rush games. The fact that a game you have to sit through for 3 hours from start to finish is more replayable than a game split into missions speaks volumes on how grating this game is. I can only hope the second game is better.
On a side note, the localization on this game reminds me how fucked the English language is. The Italian, French and Spanish version all use sex instead of gender on the characters' bios. Surprisingly enough even the UK version does as well, the US one being the odd one of the bunch. I supposed Americans chugged too much fluoride compared to yuropoors, even back in 2004.
The second half of 2024 and first half of 2025 are already confirmed to have a lot of games with an actual budget (if not outright AAAA) that have absolutely zero chance of being even the slightest bit good and are already being shit on by general audiences. At the very least there's
>Concord
>Dragon Age 4
>AssCreed Shadows
>Bloodlines 2
>Star Wars Outlaws
>Flintlock
>Fable 4

Do you
>know any "games" I missed set for 2024/first half 2025 release that looks like pure shit?
>expect one of the companies responsible for this in the wreckage?
>predict we'll ever see the fabled second crash?
Welcome to AnonCraft, a vanilla 1.21.1 Minecraft SMP.

>How do I join?
Server IP: anoncraft.cc
Map link: map.anoncraft.cc

>How old is the world?
The world is 1 month old, so there is still plently of fresh land to claim, and a lot of available resources.

>Server news
A plugin has been added to add individualized loot, currently it is only active in Ancient cities, this is bound to change in the future.
FEATURING RAIDEN II, GAIAPOLIS, EXVANIA AND MORE LATER
Somewhere near the woods lies a gas station, neatly placed seemingly in the middle of nowhere; however, it is far from desolate. For there anons from all around gather inside a room. A room filled to the top with arcade machines. There, anons enjoy the evening drinking, calling each other faggot and just having a good old time.
>What is this?
Anons play some fucking arcade games. Arcade games that don't take long to complete and reward skill. Once finished they post their score and see who did the best. They give others advice, share what they think of the game, call each other casuals, say which character they would fuck and more.
>How much time do I have to play?
Forever, as I'm switching to a rolling release format. I have the whole 3.7TB MAME set and a bunch of No-Intro sets on top of that, so just ask for whatever game you like and I'll upload it so we can play with our joysticks together. (no homo)
>How do I play them?
If you can't figure it out, bitch at me and I'll post a text file.
>Where da ROMs at?
Here: https://pixeldrain.com/u/tg8zHp2x

RAIDEN II
>classic looping STG that took a really long time to emulate perfectly
>alien crystals take over military machines or something, go shoot them
>origin of the legendary TOOTHPASTE LASER

GAIAPOLIS
>overhead beat-em-up with RPG leveling
>Parn, a slutty fairy, and an autistic scalie team up to fight the obligatory evil empire
>also, it's post-apocalyptic fantasy so there's robots and stuff

EXVANIA
>Bomberman clone with flails
>yes, flails
>fucking flails
Come and watch Sonic Central, PlayStation's State of Play and Tokyo Game Show 2024 this week with other anons.

WHERE TO WATCH
Join the room at https://cytu.be/r/StockholmVidya

SCHEDULE
September 24th:
>Sonic Central: 4:00 PM (16:00) UTC
>PlayStation’s State of Play: 10:00 PM (22:00) UTC
September 26th to 29th:
>Tokyo Game Show: 01:00 AM/02:00 AM (01:00/02:00) UTC
Actual game previews are likely to happen later in those days and only until the 27th (or 28th?), see tgs_2024_schedule.png for more details.

You can use this thread to post your expectations and what you think about what will be/has been shown.
In this thread, we will post evidence of autism in the gaming community. The harder it is to watch, the better.
>What is this?
This is an offline 1.7.10 minecraft server running a custom mod pack: https://mega.nz/file/138kFLKQ#NUkR9IRVV_dYv1jrxfYVjZkdWmGTQxujp-NmiEqIQgI
>What's in it?
little tiles, Ic2, thaumcraft, blood magic, littlemaidmobs, et futurum requiem, grimoire of gaia, hardcore ender expansion etc.
>Can my toaster run this?
It's an even lighter pack than last time and a few versions back. If you have a pc built after 2005 you should be able to run this.
>Did you include the difficulty retardation?
Considering how well that went over last time, I've elected to not add that retardation.
>What if I want "x" mod?
Mention it in the thread and I'll see about adding it as long as it's not too retarded.
>What's this scripts folder?
It's just aspect lists this time so thaumcraft can actually interact with most of the new blocks/items.
>How do I use a skin?
you need to add your skin file to this folder (.minecraft/cachedImages/skins), named after your username, ending with .png
>How do I avoid giving microshaft all my data?
https://github.com/EvilToasterDBU/PolyMC-Offline
>Will this shit constantly be unavailable like last time?
No, I'm paying for a server this time so it should stay up 24/7.
>Alright nigger when is the server starting, and where's the ip?
I'll start it once I finish setting it up, and here's the ip: 51.81.182.151:25572
Instead of frowning at the future, How about we celebrate the past?
One of the best years in videogames turned 20 this year, and I figured, Why not make something special for it?
There's this video that compiles footage of multiple games from that era, but I think it could be improved upon.
For one, it's 16:9 instead of 4:3, and it's missing some games. It would also feel more special if it's homemade footage instead of existing walkthroughs.
So just grab Unregistered Hypercam 2, or better yet, record your CRT TV with a shitty camera while you're playing a 2004 game:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:2004_video_games
The deadline is July 20th, so that you don't procrastinate, you wiener.
Today (August 20th) is the day of Gamescom's Open Night Live show.
Join https://cytu.be/r/StockholmVidya at 6:00 PM UTC to watch it live with other Anons.

Here's the show's official descritpion:
>Be there live as host Geoff Keighley and co-host Eefje Depoortere aka Sjokz lead you through an outstanding show.
>Look forward to:
>- New game announcements
>- Trailer and gameplay reveals
>- Talks with prominent guests
>- A first look at gamescom 2024 events
>- And much more!

What are your expectations, and what do you think about what will be/has been shown?
Bored was I, looking through old classic PC games in archive.org when I found Voxelstein 3D, a re-imagining of Wolfenstein 3D in this voxel engine.
Sadly, it's only one level, but it was quite fun for what it was. The voxel engine allows you to destroy everything in the level and can look quite gory in enemies.
I dug a little deeper because I wanted another game like this and found out that it was made in Ken Silverman's Voxlap engine. Ken Silverman is the man responsible for the Build Engine used in Duke Nukem 3D and Blood.
Unfortunately, it seems no other game aside from Voxelstein 3D (and Build and Shoot Aces of Spaces, apparently) was made using this engine.
It's a shame because I had a lot of fun with it and it ended so quickly.
I recommend giving it a try: https://voxelstein3d.sourceforge.net/
TOGETHER WE RIDE

>What is it?
Play Fire Emblem together with other people you don't know on a grid and get (generally) fucked up. Work with other anons to get as far ahead into the story as possible using one unit per anon.
>What the fuck?
It's time for strategic grid-based ACTION. The rules are simple: one person controls one unit at a time and the host controls the lord. Assemble an ANON ARMY (play as anime characters!), equip with EPIC GEAR and LEAD THEM INTO BATTLE. Raise your own personal unit - but be careful with your decisions, or it might just die! (second chances available while replacements last.)
>Why play it?
It's an unexpectedly nice format. The game will be FE7 Randomized, with tacthack and other goodness as backup should something go wrong. 

>When is it?
STARTING THIS FRIDAY 5 PM UTC https://time.is/UTC ALL WEEKEND

SETUP

>1. Download mednafen with roms: https://files.catbox.moe/r38zw0.zip
>2. Unpack, drag rom of choice over mednafen.exe to launch it with that (playgaem.bat is provided for your enjoyment)
>3. Press ALT+SHIFT+1 to set up the controls. There can be two buttons assigned to one input. Use the same button for first and second prompt if only one is desired. Try not to assign "t" and "Enter" to anything.
>4. Press t to open a chat menu, type in /connect ny.yuribacon.com and press enter. To rename yourself, use /nick [NAME]. To activate controls, use /dupe 1 .
>5. Play the game

FIRE EMBLEM INSTRUCTIONS: HOW TO FUCK UP IN STYLE

>0. The host controls all lords and deploys as few of them as possible.
>1. Every anon is assigned one unit of their choice when they join from the ones not claimed by others. They can only deploy and control that unit. Move around, trade, etc etc. Use chat to call dibs on units.
>2. If a new unit joins in the middle of a stage (as a reinforcement, etc, etc), that player can assign that unit to himself. If he does, he controls that unit alongside the one that he started the stage with during that stage - effectively controlling two units at once. Next stage, he can only deploy the new unit as usual.
>3. If people can't come to a consensus over who gets what item (stat booster, etc, etc), the host reserves the right to have the final say.
>4. We'll probably fucking die not even quarter of the way in. Game overs mean restarting the stage from the beginning. Do your best!

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

>Rompack contains various other roms to play after we finish FE7 Randomizer. There will be a poll and people will be able to vote on the next game.
>If you've played PSX Multitap gamenight, Mednafen version is the same (1.31), you can get away with using your setup. Linux autists can use wine or get this version somewhere by themselves. Use roms from the archive.
>In an unlikely event in which host can't attend, people are invited and encouraged to play some Advance Wars 2 multiplayer. It's not likely, but it's there just in case.
>Press F1 to display help.

GAME TO BE PLAYED WILL BE FIRE EMBLEM 7 RANDOMIZER, LAUNCH "playgaem.bat" FROM THE EXTRACTED ARCHIVE AND PROCEED WITH THE SETUP WHEN THE TIME COMES. GOOD LUCK!
They flood the market with all of these cruddy child-labor-built controllers. making it really hard to find legit controllers. Wii remote "Replacements" are the worst, Especially when family members can't seem to comprehend that one first party remote will be cheaper  in the long run, than buying ten third party remotes that break within six months.

Now I feel a lot better for getting that out.
It's that time of the year again. This should have been setup a week ago.

WHERE TO WATCH
Join the room: https://cytu.be/r/StockholmVidya
Shows should be queued near their start.
You can queue anything before then.

SCHEDULE
>Access-Ability Showcase: June 7 at 3 PM UTC (15:00)
>Summer Game Fest: June 7 at 9 PM UTC (21:00)
>Day of the Devs: right after Summer Game Fest
>Devolver Direct: June 8 (June 7's night) at 0 PM UTC (00:00)
>Wholesome Direct: June 8 at 4:00 PM UTC (16:00)
>Future Games Show: June 8 at 7:00 PM UTC (19:00)
>Xbox Games Showcase: June 9 at 4:00 PM UTC (16:00)
>PC Gaming Show: June 9 at 8:00 PM UTC (20:00)
>Ubisoft Forward: June 10 at 7:00 PM UTC (19:00)
>Nintendo Direct: time to be announced
Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20240605141707/https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/events-conferences/videogame-summer-showcase-schedule-2024/
Please mention if anything's missing in the thread.

Post your expectations, what you think about what's shown and anything else on your mind.
So im gonna use Halo 3 as an example here since well I was just playing MCC and it frankly sucked.

>Halo 3 on the 360 typically had you start with an AR and Magnum
>Certain playlists let you spawn with a battle rifle 
>Battle Rifle is usually a pick up on maps 
>MCC halo 3 basically just has every mode have you start with the battle rifle 
>Certain maps become unplayable as people are jump plinking each other across the map 
>Minor weapon pickups like the plasma rifle, SMG, spiker are utterly useless 

Like a good 80% of weapons in halo 3 feel like ass and are garbage and starting with a BR just eliminates the reason to use variety. At least Quakes weapon sandbox had every weapon be viable but current day quake suffers from Clan Arena being whats mostly played which again just gives you the best guns at spawn.
Palworld got a thread so fuck it. I want to talk about HellDivers 2.
This shit wasn't even on my radar until a friend said to check it out. I checked out of gameplay vids and it looked fun, sure enough I'm having a blast. 

I feel like this is the Starship troopers game we were supposed to get with it being just as campy as it should be. It also feels like they took inspiration from warhammer 40k as well considering the bots have a scout walker. 
Guns are fun to use, they could use a tiny buff but I can live with them they way they are. The secondaries all have their uses like the Autocannon being a good slapper and the Railgun being great at getting rid of the big guys. It gets hectic really fast on the harder difficulties and you really need to solid snake your way around the levels unless you want to be drowning in bugs and bots.

So far there are only 2 factions but it looks like there might be at least 4. Each completely change the way you play with the bugs being the unstoppable horde with the designated wallbreaker units like the charger, the bile spewers to bust you when you've bunkered up. Then there is bots. They shoot back, call in support and really seem like a worse threat. There is a current defend order against them and it's an absolute meat grinder. I love the way their eyes light up when they spot you, it casts a glow and looks nice and intimidating. The game has a ton of little details like your soldiers cries becoming more panicked as more enemies come and you are running low on resources, or out of stims. They cackle with glee when you are going full auto on a machinegun or say retarded shit when they get their legs blown off. 
There is a cash shop, but not really. You can get all the currency in games and there is a "premium" progression but all the armor is functionally the same and everyone I've talked with agree the the guns are side grades at best or just kinda shit. 
This was more a random stream of through rather than a coherent thread but here it is. Talk about Helldivers, or shit on it to your hearts content.
So one of the things that my wageslave job provides me with loads of time to myself to listen to whatever I want. So I downloaded to my PSP various interviews and documentaries pertaining to anything and everything. 'One' of such interviews that I listened to yesterday pertained to Harlan Ellison on the development of I Have No Mouth I Must Scream, which is attached to this opening post. For those who don't want to bother watching/listening to the vid, here's the gist of what Ellison bangs on about:
>This is a game designed so players will always lose and never win
>Only educated people will enjoy this, not those stunted Far Right individuals that play "Wolfensteen"
>Video games will only ever progress is we focus on narratives and puzzles rather than action
Now the reason why I bring this up is because I feel like this is an open secret when it comes to video games from the 80's to the Auights, that people more want to deny rather than actually acknowledge about the medium and why it's gone down the part that it has. With developers like David Jaffe who only entered the medium because they couldn't make it as a filmmaker or comic writer, to developers like Gabe Newel who wanted to make a "more sophisticated and philosophical" game than "Qwack", to Dave Theurer literally creating Missile Command as a political statement on nuclear war, to Kojima's entire career being just a copy and paste of whatever was popular in Pedowood. And it's like no one was ever really secretive about this because you can easily find interviews of them boasting about it, and even gaming media like Future, GameTrailers, and G4 being absolutely blatant in their biases.

The 'only' difference is that before 2010, they were being very open about them. But made their activities more secretive after 2010, and THAT'S when people started getting suspicious and caring. It's almost like the lesson they failed to learn in the industry is that you gain a lot more trust and money from the public if you tell them 'exactly' how you're going to fuck them over rather than try to be hidden about your intentions.
Let's start building again edition

>Recent news
AMD Ryzen 8000F Series Processors Are Finally Here
https://archive.ph/CJAlT
Qualcomm goes where Apple won't, readies official Linux support for Snapdragon X Elite
https://archive.ph/ptIhe

>Advice on building or upgrading
Post your build list or current specifications, including a monitor: https://pcpartpicker.com/
Provide specific use cases (like playing vidya, editing or programming).
Specify your budget and region.
Think twice before deciding to buy something to avoid buyer's remorse.

>Motherboards
At least one PCIe 4.0 M.2 slot.
Good VRM (power delivery) is required for CPUs like the i5 13500 and above.
Don't pair a K CPU with a B mobo chipset.

>CPUs
HTPC(4K60)/Web Browsing: 5600G, 14100/12100
Vidya: 7600, 7500F, 12600K, 12700KF; budget: 5600, 12400F
Overkill vidya: 7800X3D; alternate: 14600K/13600K
Workstation: 7950X, 14700K, 7900X; budget: i5 13500
AM4 upgrade: 5600, 5800X3D
Avoid iGPU-less CPUs, 5600X (if it is more expensive than the 5600)

>CPU coolers
Air: Phantom Spirit EVO/Peerless Assassin 120 SE; budget: Freezer 36 Air
Liquid: Arctic Liquid Freezer III
Avoid liquid coolers with a single 120mm fan.

>RAM
DDR4: Zen3/AM4 - 2x 16GB 3600 MT/s CL18; for locked "non-K" 12th/13th/LGA1700 - 2x 16GB 3200 MT/s CL16
DDR5: Zen4/AM5 - 2x 16GB 6000 MT/s CL30; for unlocked "K" 13th/14th/LGA1700 - 2x 16GB 6400MT/s CL32
Slower kits are also fine, if much cheaper. Just make sure you check the benchmark comparisons.
Note that the sweetspots are bound to change with the upcoming Zen5 and Meteor Lake processors.

>SSDs
Avoid: outdated Samsung 970 Evo Plus, cheapest poorfag NVMe SSDs.
https://ssd.borecraft.com/

>GPUs
Avoid: GPUs that were used for shitcoin mining, 4070 Ti, 4060 Ti, 3050, NVIDIA GPUs in general if you're a Linuxfag.
1080p: used 3070/3060 Ti, 4060/3060 12 GB, 7600/6650 XT/6600 XT; budget: 6600; poorfag: used 2060
1440p: 4070S/4070, 7900 GRE; budget: 6700 XT
2160p: 4080S/4080 (at MSRP); budget: 4070S Ti (avoid MSI models), 7900 XT/XTX
Production: 4090, used 3090; budget: 4060 Ti 16GB; poorfag: 3060 12GB

>12VHPWR
DO NOT USE ANGLED 12VHPWR ADAPTERS
Fully seat a 12VHPWR connector in its socket, otherwise the connection can melt.

>PSUs
Avoid: untested units, Bronze/Silver rated (assuming you live in yuroland).
Not worth buying a new PSU unless it's ATX 3.0 compliant.
Aim for 50-75% PSU utilization at full system load.
https://cultists.network/140/psu-tier-list/ (archive: https://archive.is/jzJ2L )
https://hwbusters.com/best_picks/best-atxv3-pcie5-ready-psus-picks-hardware-busters/ (archive: https://archive.is/QrPHX)

>Case (from $ to $$$)
mATX: I don't fucking know.
ATX: Lian Li Lancool 216, Lian Li Lancool III, Fractal Torrent.
AVOID: 'Silent' cases, fanless cases, Corsair 4000D airflow, Montech AIR 903 Base (awful stock fans).

>Monitors
Avoid: panels with less than 120 Hz refresh rates, without a single DisplayPort input and Variable Refresh Rate technology (G-Sync/FreeSync).
Check professional reviews for any monitor before you buy at sites like TFTCentral, pcmonitors.info, Monitors Unboxed, or RTINGs.
The bottom tier monitor for any decent gaming build has a 144+ Hz 24" 1080p IPS panel, of which there are many on market for around $125 (some great ones go even as low as $100).
Aim for a panel with low response times and perceived motion blur mode (Black Frame Insertion).
1440p 27" high refresh IPS is a common target for many new builds. 1440p is relatively easy to drive with even mid-range graphics cards.
Decent 2160p (4K) gaming monitors start at around $500.
OLED monitors have good HDR (including infinite contrast) and nearly instant pixel response times. However, potential burn-in is an important consideration for OLED monitors.
TL;DR: They all suck.

>OS
Install Ventoy on a flash drive, then transfer the iso files to it.
You can activate Windows with KMS_VS_ALL:
https://github.com/abbodi1406/KMS_VL_ALL_AIO/releases
>Previous thread
>>238860 (archive: https://archive.is/Dddgc )
Oi, Zelda, innit? 
Now that the dust has settled, what do you think about ToTK? Was it worth the hype? Or was it all one big asset flip? And what about that live-action Zelda movie? I, for one, am terrified of it. But yeah, talk about Zelda, keep it civil. and no Zelink.
Discuss games that should be or are objectively shit/pozzed. but you can't help but find fun in spite of having lived through multiple imageboard exodi amidst the political upheavals of the past ~15 years.

Mine is the 2010 Scott Pilgrim loicense game on PS3/360, when considering the objectively heretical premise of both the game and its source material Jewbishit Montreal[spoiler]'s Chink subsidiary[/spoiler] of all developers somehow managed to put out a fairly decent game with what they had.
Memes aside.
I love this game. You see all these games trying to replicate the PS1 aesthetic but nothing ever comes close to how beautiful Door of Phantomile presents itself.
It's a shame it didn't sell that well, then again, there's a sequel and a couple of GBA games I haven't played much of.
Post funny, cool, interesting or strange quotes from video games.
What can I play if I'm dead exhausted?
What is this?
>Zandronum is a multiplayer oriented port, based off Skulltag, for Doom and Doom II by id Software.

Where?
Join the server, its IP address and port are: 198.98.49.187:10777
See "How to join" below for instructions.

When?
Weekend on September 13th and September 14th, starting at 7:00 PM (UTC).
Or whenever (You) want until September 14th. Just post ITT for anons to join the server.
NOTE: I'm not sure if it will go offline on the 15th (Sunday) or the day after.

Downloads
Windows and Linux (both packed together), choose one of these:
https://pixeldrain.com/u/MsygBbpQ
https://mega.nz/file/u4ZzFK4A#uyQ56vu_EIbrsd0fJehYkA9K7yJVfDJdr15jCfJ7sss
sha256sum of zan_0909.7z is 55a53cab58f1395029abe527f043aa7608759d5249a134af2d6945ff66cc7edf.

Mods included
>Ghouls vs Humans: Legacy of Darkness
>SamsaraHold Rejuvenated
>Shotgun Frenzy Plus
>Stronghold Rejuvenated
>Stupid LMS Revival
If you want to try some other mod as well then please post it.

How to join
>Launch the Doomseeker by running doomseker.exe on Windows or doomseeker on Linux.
>Go to Options > Configure > Pinned servers and pick Zandronum from the dropdown list
>Add host 198.98.49.187 and port 10777 to the list and press OK
You should now see a server called "/v/ Server" at the top of the server list, double click it (and download the test client if asked) to join it.
You may also have to add the "zandronum" folder to Options > Configure > File Paths.
WHATCHA'

>PLAYAN
>WATCHAN
>LISTENAN
>READAN
>EATAN
>DRINKAN
>FAPPAN
>FEELAN
Will every single classic RTS get a remake now? 

I though RTS were dead, how are remakes seen as a good investment?
What is this?
>Multiplayer based, first person enabled, action packed and skill demanding shooter set in the Wild West times. A unique combination of non stop action and slow but powerful weaponry.

Where?
Join the server, its IP address and port are: 198.98.49.187:27015

When?
Weekend on September 6th to September 8th, starting at 7:00 PM (UTC).
Or whenever (You) want until September 9th. Just post ITT for anons to join the server.

Downloads
Windows and Linux (both packed together), choose one of these:
https://pixeldrain.com/u/GLeE17EA
https://mega.nz/file/Cko0nBYa#NhImDKnAwULkM7qf5ha4FKG0WCInXUo4-iX1UsTNAas
sha256sum of fof_0901.7z is a766ae54f2868102544ae586cf83b03e7ff9bd923b5d60568cde5ff74db7fd28.

How to join
>Launch the game by running run_fof.bat on Windows or run_fof.sh on Linux.
>Change your settings if needed
>Then open the console and type in connect 198.98.49.187:27015 to join the server
Do NOT use the server browser as the server won't show up there.

How to change your name
>Start the game at least once, then quit it
>If on Windows, go to C:\Users\<Your windows user name>\AppData\Roaming\Goldberg SteamEmu Saves\settings\
>If on Linux, go to $XDG_DATA_HOME/Goldberg SteamEmu Saves/settings or if it's not defined: $HOME/.local/share/Goldberg SteamEmu Saves/settings
>Edit account_name.txt with your desired name
>If you stop Sakon from stealing the Bomb Bag from the shop, you can't complete the Anju quest because Sakon has no reason to visit the Curiosity shop on the Final day. Kafei will just be 
>If you beat the Stone Tower temple without using the Song of healing on Pamela's Dad, Pamela won't recognize you and kick you out. 
>Playing the Song of Storms next to a Mask of Truth statue will spawn a big fairy that restores health and magic. Playing the Song of Storms next to a bean sprout will DO FUCKING NOTHING WHAT THE FUCK AOUNUMA
>You can witness the chat between Gorman, and the Mayor's wife on the first morning at 10:00 a.m. where she cancels his circus for the carnival. This is why he despondant and drunk at the Milk Bar

PC port good. Play the game.
I was wondering if anyone has a magnet link sorted for this emu. I am not spending 200 for a jailbroken ps4 to play a not even working game for sys modules

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