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'You’ve been asking, and we’ve been listening': Myst remake adds a whole new world to the classic adventure, one originally introduced in another overhaul from 25 years ago in c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca

[–] lilja@lemmy.ml 25 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's relevant enough for PC Gamer to be writing about it, so someone must've been asking.

This "dead genre" has been steadily receiving games the whole time it's been out of the zeitgeist. And it's popular enough that they were willing to remake one of the greats as well as its sequel. Things aren't dead just because you personally don't like it.

Obituary: Legacy of Kain writer Jim Curry has died in c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca

[–] lilja@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 weeks ago

Jim Curry, a writer and marketing manager on Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver and the Gex series...

What a legacy to leave behind! I hope he was aware of the resurgent interest in the Legacy of Kain universe before he died.

[sale] Command & Conquer™ The Ultimate Collection on Steam for 6 bucks [C&C 1 to 4] in c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca

[–] lilja@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago

Been waiting for a sale on this. Thank you!

2002’s Neverwinter Nights gets a patch in 2025 from “unpaid software engineers” in c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca

[–] lilja@lemmy.ml 17 points 2 months ago (2 children)

NWN is a game I deeply love despite its many flaws. It's great to see that others are keeping it alive and kicking!

Epic Store's Unreal Tournament page now has free download links to Unreal, Unreal 2, and Unreal Tournament '99 in c/games@lemmy.world

[–] lilja@lemmy.ml 36 points 3 months ago (3 children)

The links all go to the OldUnreal site, so I guess Epic has just left it up to the community to keep their legacy alive. Not necessarily a bad thing, but hopefully they send some of their Fortnite fortunes over to the maintainers.

Dave Filoni is currently writing Ahsoka season two, which is set to begin filming next year in c/star_wars@lemmy.world

[–] lilja@lemmy.ml 24 points 3 months ago (16 children)

Was this the one everyone thought was boring? Or was it The Acolyte? Or the most recent season of The Mandalorian?

I do like me some Star Wars, but it's feeling like we're being oversaturating us with shows.

Silent but Deadly: I met some of my closest friends through multiplayer games. Then a strange happening turned everyone (literally) speechless. in c/gaming@beehaw.org

[–] lilja@lemmy.ml 36 points 3 months ago (5 children)

Back when I was actively playing Overwatch (this is now years ago) people were basically using the voice and text chat to be toxic shitheads to each other. At one point I decided that I didn't need strangers telling me to kill myself in my life, so I ditched the game and generally just play single player games now.

Not sure how others have experienced it, but the community feeling of the past that the author is alluding to is gone. If it ever was there to begin with.

Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer TBA on Steam [demo available] in c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca

[–] lilja@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 months ago

I loved the first Kathy Rain so I'm super excited for this! The other game from the same developer, Whispers of a Machine, was also quite good.

Patient gamers, which games have you discovered/played this week? in c/patientgamers@sh.itjust.works

[–] lilja@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 months ago

I really liked this game. Felt like the perfect length for making one introspective about death.

[Acerola] tried making a particle system in c/gamedev@programming.dev

[–] lilja@lemmy.ml 7 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I really love his videos! It usually starts with me thinking "I understand some of this, maybe I could do some graphics programming" and always devolves into "I am completely unable to do any graphics programming."

I made a horror game in 3 days to scare my Girlfriend. Here is a link to to my google drive if you want to try it in c/games@lemmy.world

[–] lilja@lemmy.ml 30 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Judging by that screenshot alone I can tell this is too scary for me.

Baldur's Gate 3 publishing chief calls out Ubisoft's 'broken strategy': If gamers need to get used to not owning games, 'developers must get used to not having jobs' in c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca

[–] lilja@lemmy.ml 65 points 5 months ago (13 children)

It seems like the AAA publishers don't know what to do with that type of mid-budget game that was the staple of the 2000s generation.

Spend a bit of money (not crazy much), make something fun with a bit of originality, and just put it out for sale. No complex monetisation strategy or pipeline to funnel people to subscriptions. We give you money, you give us game.