Thread: Systemic problems that cause games to have low-quality writing

Systemic problems that cause games to have low-quality writing (shamusyoung.com)

~ 11 pts 0 comments by unknown Oct 8, 2021 ~games Gaming / Retro Computing Culture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread

(2014) Jonathan Blow - Ideas about a new programming language for games (youtube.com)

L 18 pts 2 comments by akurilin Sep 19, 2015 gamesgoprogrammingrustvideo Systems / Low-Level / OS Programming (General)Programming Languages / CS Theory Gaming / Retro Computing thread

Common problems when translating games into Japanese (legendsoflocalization.com)

~ 9 pts 6 comments by unknown Jun 14, 2018 ~games Gaming / Retro Computing thread

Does Denuvo slow game performance? Seven games benchmarked before and after they dropped Denuvo (youtube.com)

~ 7 pts 5 comments by unknown Aug 8, 2018 ~games Gaming / Retro Computing thread

What are your favorite low-end or old games?

~ 32 pts 54 comments by unknown Aug 10, 2018 ~games Gaming / Retro Computing thread

"There’s space in the medium for ultra-hard games." - Capybara's "Below" and the difficulty in crafting difficulty (rockpapershotgun.com)

~ 7 pts 4 comments by unknown Mar 6, 2019 ~games Gaming / Retro Computing thread

New Steam client beta supports "Steam Link Anywhere", allowing streaming games outside the local network (steamcommunity.com)

~ 9 pts 2 comments by unknown Mar 14, 2019 ~games Gaming / Retro Computing thread

Steam now allows you to mark games as owned on another platform, so they will stop appearing in your store but will be used to recommend similar games to you

~ 22 pts 3 comments by unknown Aug 14, 2019 ~games Gaming / Retro Computing thread

French court says Valve must allow Steam users to resell games (kotaku.com)

~ 33 pts 15 comments by unknown Sep 20, 2019 ~games Gaming / Retro Computing thread

Online indie games on Steam are slowly bleeding due to revenge/burnout reviews (medium.com)

~ 21 pts 3 comments by unknown Oct 3, 2019 ~games Gaming / Retro Computing Productivity / Career / Business thread

'Hidden In Plain Sight' developer claims Steam beta feature set to be released soon called "Remote Play Together", allowing local-multiplayer games to be played online with friends. (twitter.com)

~ 4 pts 1 comments by unknown Oct 10, 2019 ~games Programming (General)Gaming / Retro Computing thread

Humble Australia Fire Relief Bundle - $25 for 29 games including Hollow Knight, Void Bastards, and Hand of Fate 2, with all proceeds going to help the wildlife affected by the Australian bushfires (humblebundle.com)

~ 13 pts 1 comments by unknown Jan 16, 2020 ~games Gaming / Retro Computing thread

Using Low Discrepancy Sequences & Blue Noise in Loot Drop Tables for Games (blog.demofox.org)

L 7 pts 0 comments by friendlysock Mar 2, 2020 games Gaming / Retro Computing thread

What 'still/currently/actively in development' games are you following?

~ 14 pts 22 comments by unknown Sep 28, 2020 ~games Gaming / Retro Computing thread

Super Mario Party update allows online play, adds new games mode (en-americas-support.nintendo.com)

~ 11 pts 3 comments by unknown Apr 27, 2021 ~games Gaming / Retro Computing thread

China’s regulators said to slow their approval of new online games, as Beijing’s campaign against gaming addiction heats up (scmp.com)

~ 6 pts 0 comments by unknown Sep 11, 2021 ~games Gaming / Retro Computing thread

What are some good ultra-low-spec computer games?

~ 21 pts 43 comments by unknown Sep 8, 2022 ~games Gaming / Retro Computing thread

What are some of the best games for low-spec PC?

~ 43 pts 53 comments by unknown Jun 19, 2023 ~games Gaming / Retro Computing thread

Any good PC games that are inherently slow or cooldown-based?

~ 28 pts 31 comments by unknown Jan 13, 2024 ~games Gaming / Retro Computing thread

PlayStation quietly removes "slop" shovelware PS5 games following investigation (eurogamer.net)

~ 12 pts 0 comments by unknown Feb 11, 2025 ~games Gaming / Retro Computing thread

Remedy Entertainment will be blowing out thirty candles on the birthday cake in August – celebrating thirty years of independently making video games (remedygames.com)

~ 15 pts 3 comments by unknown Aug 18, 2025 ~games Gaming / Retro Computing thread

Computer program that learns to play classic NES games (youtube.com)

L 8 pts 1 comments by jcs Apr 11, 2013 compscigamesvideo Programming (General)Programming Languages / CS Theory Gaming / Retro Computing thread

Statically Recompiling NES Games into Native Executables with LLVM and Go - Andrew Kelley (andrewkelley.me)

L 9 pts 2 comments by zod000 Jun 7, 2013 gamesgo Systems / Low-Level / OS Programming (General)Gaming / Retro Computing thread

Statically Recompiling NES Games into Native Executables with LLVM and Go (andrewkelley.me)

L 0 pts 0 comments by pushcx Jun 7, 2013 apiassemblycompscigamesgo Systems / Low-Level / OS Programming (General)Programming Languages / CS Theory Gaming / Retro Computing thread

Microsoft’s Xbox One: Owning Your Video Games Is So 1994 (blogs.wsj.com)

L 2 pts 0 comments by jennifer Jun 8, 2013 gameshardware Gaming / Retro Computing Maker / DIY / Hardware thread

Problems with making HTML5 games (chrislord.net)

L 1 pts 0 comments by puffnfresh Dec 2, 2013 javascript Web Development thread

Popular iOS Games That Could Have Been Designed for 8-Bit Systems (prog21.dadgum.com)

L 5 pts 2 comments by lcapaldo Feb 27, 2014 gamesios Apple / macOS / iOS Gaming / Retro Computing thread

EU takes on “misleading” free-to-play games (arstechnica.com)

L 2 pts 0 comments by lm Feb 28, 2014 games Gaming / Retro Computing thread

Japan used to rule video games, so what happened? (theverge.com)

L 2 pts 0 comments by zem Mar 23, 2014 culturegames Gaming / Retro Computing Culture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread

A look at why the once-vibrant Japanese game development scene is now falling behind, and whether indie games are the way forward.

A look at input latency and framerate in videogames (blog.faulty.equipment)

L 5 pts 0 comments by Hamcha May 13, 2014 gamesrant Gaming / Retro Computing thread