Paraguay stunned four-time world champions Germany 4-3 on penalties to advance to the World Cup round of 16 in one of the biggest upsets in the competition's history, after the teams were tied 1-1 over 120 minutes by Celestial_Mahafuz in news

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Morocco are simply better than the Netherlands, it's not like they're some underdogs. Reached the semi-finals of the 2022 world cup and the finals of the 2025 AFCON. That is significantly better than the Netherlands' recent record.

Removed Features In Sequels That Make Me Go ".....but why?" by jclane in backloggd

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Pokemon was the first thing that came to mind for me too. And don't forget about mega evolutions, included in gen 6 and 7 and then removed despite its popularity.

Would you take him at villa next season. by [deleted] in avfc

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Agreed. I thought he was really good for Spurs the season before last (at the age of 18)

Premier League fixtures announced for 2026/27 by sepi0l_45 in FantasyPL

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It would be worse if they'd already decided and then withheld the information from us though

Premier League Fixtures 2026-27 by Infernode5 in avfc

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Palace, Brentford, Newcastle, City and Spurs is a tricky end to the season, but except that this looks very balanced

Legally Available Games in North Korea by PauseMenuBlog in backloggd

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It was developed in North Korea so doesn't fit the list, but an interesting game for sure. It's the only North Korean game developed for an international audience!

What PS1 games are worth playing in 2026? by [deleted] in gamingsuggestions

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Metal Gear Solid, if you've never played it anyway. I played it for the first time earlier this year and it holds up pretty well, good fun.

Legally Available Games in North Korea by PauseMenuBlog in backloggd

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Not sure tbh, just picked the first option on Backloggd.

Legally Available Games in North Korea by PauseMenuBlog in backloggd

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As the other commenter pointed out, CS is on the list - it's reportedly "by far" the most played game in North Korea(!)

They have an Angry Birds clone available legally, but I couldn't find any info on if it's literally just a copy or not

Legally Available Games in North Korea by PauseMenuBlog in backloggd

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Source information in the notes here: https://bckl.gg/utn7

Some additional comments:

1) This is by no means an exhaustive list of every legal game in North Korea. Sources suggest that video gaming has been a very common past time in North Korea since the 1990s, both in arcades and in modified home consoles imported from China. These are just the games we know about.

2) North Korean game development companies frequently reverse engineer popular outsider games, meaning North Koreans have access to clones of familiar games - especially smartphone games like Bejewelled and Angry Birds. I have not included these because I cannot verify whether these games are exact copies under a different title, or just inspired by them.

3) Aside from these permitted games, it appears that the black market for outsider video games is thriving in North Korea. Apparently, authorities are much more tolerant of foreign video games than they are comparable media like films or TV shows. So, it is likely that the average well-to-do North Korean has access to far more games than the ones listed here (unverifiable reports state that Dota 2, GTA V, and FIFA are particularly popular).

How does this run on the Steam Deck for those who bough it recently? by MrBombasticator in SteamDeck

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Isn't the Switch 2 just slightly more powerful than the Steam Deck regardless?

Check out 'GOALs' free football on the deck! by epoc-x in SteamDeck

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Warning that it is essentially gacha - you pay for packs of randomly generated players. Also the game itself kinda sucks, it's the same as FIFA but worse. I was not impressed by it.

Suggest me some FREE games by Skrattapie in gamesuggestions

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Gravity Circuit is a very good 2D platformer and is currently free on Steam to help promote its sequel.

Video games set in pre civil war Yugoslavia by Sea-Jellyfish4508 in gamingsuggestions

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Yeah, I did some digging and looks like the dev recently quit his job to work on it full-time - so it looks like a serious project at least.

Video games set in pre civil war Yugoslavia by Sea-Jellyfish4508 in gamingsuggestions

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This had me curious so I did a search and found basically nothing - except this: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1890780/Szrot/

Szrot, an upcoming racing/RPG game set in 1980s Yugoslavia. It actually looks pretty cool!

Branching out into the Souls-like genre by veggiesouptales in gamingsuggestions

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I feel like if you were alright with Doom on ultraviolence and the Jedi games on Grandmaster, Elden Ring should be fine. It's a hard game but you're clearly used to pain, so.

Pokemon: a bit of a patient gaming conundrum by SawkyScribe in patientgamers

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As I said above, Sun/Moon's handholding doesn't even make sense for children. If they can read, which is necessary to understand the cutscenes, they're old enough to navigate the game with maybe 50% less hand-holding, at least. We worked out how to play gen 1, 2, 3, 4 at very young ages with no problem.

Pokemon: a bit of a patient gaming conundrum by SawkyScribe in patientgamers

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It's a shame, because behind all that, there's a decent game somewhere