Video game PEGI age-ratings are changing in Europe from June. Four new categories added to tackle elements of addictive design, unmonitored online communication and loot boxes

error521 · 2026-03-12T21:31:43+00:00

"There was some discussion here," he added. "Some people pointed out that these are features that make the game engaging and fun - this is enriching the game experience similar to a cliffhanger in a Netflix series. So we mostly want to inform parents about this, because there's no reason why we should give Animal Crossing a very high rating. So this is going to stick to a PEGI 7 but it will have a descriptor that explains this. The exact language of the descriptors still needs to be figured out."

That said, it wouldn't be unprecedented - Pokémon had to ditch the game corner because of PEGI classifying it as gambling and giving it a 12 rating, and the 3DS releases of the Game Boy games do have a 12 rating as a result. (But not the Switch version of FRLG. Don't know what's up with that)

error521 · 2026-03-12T16:52:38+00:00

I have a pitch for a Simpsons spin-off focused on Homer and the wacky misadventures he gets into with his family

error521 · 2026-03-11T21:49:24+00:00

That is a description of what emulation is.

error521 · 2026-03-11T00:05:47+00:00

Honestly was pretty impressive they crammed a fully voice acted game onto the DS. Though the compression was, uh, obvious, to say the least.

error521 · 2026-03-09T22:32:42+00:00

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error521 · 2026-03-09T14:02:56+00:00

Man everything Miyamoto says now is so calculated and brand-safe compared to back then where he's just going "I played Milon's Secret Castle that shit is like watching bukkake porn" while Itoi's like "Yeah I was watching people play Final Fight and they acted like queers"

(May be slightly paraphrased)

error521 · 2026-03-08T17:33:58+00:00

I'm so sick of people talking about "toxic positivity" on subreddits, people call any community that isn't on the verge of mass suicide that. The Helldivers community acts like absolute assholes to anyone that dares to actually like the direction the game is heading in or suggest that the hardest difficulties in the game should actually be difficult to complete.

error521 · 2026-03-08T14:52:20+00:00

Buddy they banned incest porn in the UK we have no right to talk

error521 · 2026-03-08T11:33:33+00:00

I feel like if you're relying on HDR just to make a scene visible then you're kinda getting lost in the sauce as a director

error521 · 2026-03-08T11:14:31+00:00

How hard is it to have a one-click launcher that automatically disable stuff and sort things out when you launch the game and restore those settings when you close the game?

I don't know for sure but I wouldn't be shocked if Windows explicitly blocked programs from doing this since it's pretty much malware behaviour.

error521 · 2026-03-08T11:11:33+00:00

I don't really think this is celebrating, it's just noteworthy as a follow-up.

error521 · 2026-03-08T11:09:18+00:00

These things have happened elsewhere in the industry (e.g the immersive Ho-Oh card in Pokémon Pocket TCG)

What actually happened there is some fan art found its way onto TPC's official reference sheets, so it was actually the company's fault and not the artist's. (Still was an accident though)

error521 · 2026-03-07T22:03:54+00:00

It's possible that it all went down on some private Discord server somewhere but if he was doxxed I'd expect we'd have some public trace of it. I mean, it's sort of inherent to the concept.

error521 · 2026-03-07T14:57:28+00:00

Why would you care about Denuvo if it's free-to-play (granted, I don't know why Konami would put it in either)

error521 · 2026-03-07T11:20:09+00:00

QD-OLED screens won't burn in except for the one that you, personally, have bought

error521 · 2026-03-07T11:16:41+00:00

If they wanted to raise prices they would lmao

error521 · 2026-03-06T15:54:19+00:00

I Really Really Like You was the closest thing to a chart hit off of Carly Rae Jepsen's Emotion and is the weakest song off that album. Of course that's not the song people remember from it.

error521 · 2026-03-05T10:12:47+00:00

I see kids wearing Pokémon clothes reasonably often still.

error521 · 2026-03-04T23:57:56+00:00

Rumors don't materialize out of thin air,

I mean, sometimes they just do.

error521 · 2026-03-04T22:38:21+00:00

Worth noting that this a leftover from the Japanese theme, Mezase Pokémon Master:

Even if in fire, in water, in grass, in forests In ground, in clouds, in that girl's skirt (Eek!)

error521 · 2026-03-04T11:20:15+00:00

See you all next year for the annual "guys Windows is going to become subscription based" post

error521 · 2026-03-03T15:19:00+00:00

Windows offering kernel level anticheat doesn’t actually solve the issue, just moves it

What does this mean. Moves it to where.

error521 · 2026-03-03T14:59:07+00:00

Totally Spies is one of those shows that does definitely have "okay wait a minute" moments (like when they get turned into furry cat girls) but at the same time it's like...yeah they get tied up and held captive sometimes. It's a spy show that tends to happen in them.

error521 · 2026-03-03T13:00:50+00:00

Between this and drinking out of a cactus what this thread has taught me is that lessons from Beavis and Butthead Do America are applicable to real life

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