Nintendo.

At this point, the ONLY reason to buy Nintendo is exclusives (that cannot be emulated). But they make it pretty easy to not buy their stuff anymore.

Morrowind. Its older (should easily runnwell on your rig), and its combat mechanics are more similar to table-talk rpgs (an attack might look like it should hit, but the game internally rolls dice to see if it beats enemy armor etc.), but its an immensely better RPG experience compared to Skyrim.

OpenMW is the most recommended way to play since its a reimplementation of the game engine, fixing various bugs and improving compatibility with modern computer systems while adding some modern features like shadows for terrain and more optimized lighting.

And don’t even get me started on gaming news and influencers, who seem like they love to hate.

Literally every gaming news media outlet and “influencer” when the topic is Xbox:

Disappointed RE1 is getting a remake to turn it into yet another Modern Action Shooter Slop game instead of keeping it Survival Horror.

RE1 was already remade, and it was literally the perfect remake too.

Even if Concord was free, it still would have had less players than Highguard. Nobody wanted to play Concord, at least some people wanted to play Highguard.

Such a shame this game fell off so hard. Previous team didnt do enough for the game. Should have made it F2P, probably would spike the playerbase

Yeah but now ConcernedApe is making Clint marryable, and he truly deserves the fattest of Ls for that one…

(/s, obviously)

Everything was direct download on Myrient. It was also pretty fast for a free site.

It is a free demo, so its not that crazy. Will be interesting to see the number when people have to buy the game.

They made Leon hotter by asking women on the dev team for feedback on his design, thus crafting the Ultimate Hot Leon, or something.

Also, more people buying and playing video games now compared to the past.

Meanwhile Marathon’s server slam is down by more than 50% from yesterday, dropping from ~150k to ~55k.

“Dont worry, its a Thursday, just wait until the weekend.”

Nah bro, it dropped to its lowest concurrent player count on a Friday. That bodes horrendously badly for its future. And I mean, good. Its a skinwalker anyway (though I really love the artstyle, Graphic Brutalism has always been a favorite of mine since it started popping up in the late 2000s, its not a Marathon game, and my love of its art style isnt enough to carry it alone).

So are they going to do the same thing against EA, ActiBlizz, Epic Games, etc etc? Or is this just “Valve has the most money and we want money and dont actually care about this issue” yet again?

He might want to think

In that case, you got a lot of options.

Helldivers 2 would probably be a good fit. It doesn’t have a lot to learn for a player to do well, and if one player is a min-maxing nuisance it won’t really effect the rest of the player’s experience. It’s a cooperative third person shooter. Its hard for one player to take over everything, especially at the higher difficulties.

How many people are in your group? If its 4 people or less then you guys have tons of options, but if its 5 or more, your options are extremely limited (I know this because I play in a group of 5).

Something like Helldivers 2 seems like it could be a good fit, but it only supports up to 4 players.

If you are asleep and your house catches fire, the idea is that the smoke detector will wake you up with enough time hopefully to escape the fire. That is really their primary purpose.

Some European countries do require them. Germany and Britain require smoke detectors in all residential buildings, for example.

If your smoke detectors go off when you are cooking, then the smoke detectors are too close to the kitchen. At least where I live, building code mandates one smoke detector in each bedroom, one in each hallway leading to a bedroom, and at least one smoke detector on each floor of the home. Generally, avoid placing smoke detectors near kitchens or exterior windows which, when open, are right next to a grill or other cooking appliance. Otherwise you’re going to be getting a lot of false positives.

Its true, but also “please give the business more money” isn’t exactly the thing anyone but business owners and shareholders want to hear.

Finally, a YSK post that actually is a YSK.

I feel a bit puzzled as of what a second screen can bring onto the table when emulating single screen games

Maps, a useable notepad, control scheme reminder image if buttons don’t match onscreen prompts, game specific companion apps, etc.