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[–] slimerancher@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Project Zomboid is back!

[–] slimerancher@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

I was just joking, but thanks for the info, didn't know that.

[–] slimerancher@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Why do female player character have more friends than male player character? I feel discriminated!

[–] slimerancher@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

lol, same here. Except leaning towards super annoyed because of some work related things.

[–] slimerancher@lemmy.world 8 points 4 days ago (3 children)

It did feel like exaggeration to me, but it could be my bias. May feel differently about it later.

You are right about the fact that it could be an agency. Maybe I was just being pedantic 😀

[–] slimerancher@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

That's an interesting point. You are right about that.

[–] slimerancher@lemmy.world 17 points 4 days ago (8 children)

Okay, so grammatically, in perfect tense we can use plural to mention a thing that has happened at least (or exactly) once? Wouldn't using a plural imply multiple, when the known fact is singular?

[–] slimerancher@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Well, the quote specifically says "a private investigator".

[–] slimerancher@lemmy.world 133 points 4 days ago (17 children)

Paczynski says they once hired a private investigator to find someone living off the grid in the UK. He had unknowingly inherited the rights to several games, but was super supportive of "preserving his family's legacy" when GOG tracked him down.

So, it happened once. And they hired one private investigator. Not that it isn't interesting, but why exaggerate everything?

Remaining quotes from article:

"To be perfectly honest, it's harder than we thought it would be," Paczynski explained. "What we've found out is that games and how they work has deteriorated way faster than what we thought. And we are not talking only about the game not launching. We are talking about more subtle things as well, like the game not supporting modern controllers, or the game not supporting ultra-widescreen or modern resolutions, or even a simple thing like not being able to minimise the game, which is an essential feature today."

Pacyznski says digital rights management (DRM) features are especially frustrating to circumvent, which means they're working as designed. Heck, some rather famous games are unplayable without third-party patches because of DRM — any old Xbox-to-PC that's saddled with a "Games for Windows Live" log-in comes to mind.

Pacyznski suggests that triple-A developers remove DRM from games after a few years to make life easier for future game preservationists. Of course, this will never happen because executives don't care about preserving games.

[–] slimerancher@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

This feels like how it will be if there is a real-life Zombie apocalypse. It's different than playing games, we won't be killing the hordes, we will just be scared as hell and trying to run as fast as we can.

[–] slimerancher@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago (2 children)

That sounds scary.

[–] slimerancher@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The colours! My eyes!

 

Still playing Regalia: Of Men and Monarchs. I am very close to the end now.

Played a very tiny bit of Neon Chrome, just a couple of runs. Focusing mainly on Regalia, this is just when I want a break from turn-based.

What about all of you? What have you been playing?

 

Freedom Planet (the first one) is also on Switch and has reviewed very well.

These are basically Sonic games, but with original characters.

 

Releasing mid 2024.

It has Frogs. Lots of frogs.

 

Releasing April 26

 

Launching April 4

 

What I found interesting about this:

What They Don't Sea was created by Team Atlantis, a group of middle school girls, at the Girls Make Games summer camp in Durham, NC. The game won Grand Prize at GMG’s Demo Day competition in 2019. As part of their Demo Day prize, Team Atlantis worked with professional game developers to create the final version of the game.

 

Last weekly thread of March!

  • Still playing Regalia: Of Men and Monarchs. In chapter 5 now, I should be more than half done. Still enjoying it.

  • Finished Jotun: Valhala Edition. I was playing it a few weeks ago, but took a break at last boss. Finally went back and finished the game.

  • While I am enjoying Regalia, wanted something more action-oreinted, so looked at my backlog and started Neon Chrome. I am generally not a roguelike fan, but I like twin stick shooters, so started that. Not sure if I'll actually finish this, but enjoying it for now.

What about all of you? What have you been playing?

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