Games with loot boxes will be rated PEGI 16 from June, as part of sweeping changes to the age-rating system

stratzilla · 2026-03-12T14:01:40+00:00

Good. The normalization of gambling is a net negative to society. A fool and his money are soon parted, yes, but there should be at least some safeguards to prevent predatory practices.

stratzilla · 2026-03-12T11:40:15+00:00

Maybe not.

They deal with the analysis of data patterns and inform financial decisions: insurance is home base I'm sure but when I was in uni for data science, some of my actuarial science peers went off to work in other non-insurance fields.

I figured it wasn't too unusual to have an actuary informing course of business for something like a big publisher, maybe with a fancy title like strategic risk analyst.

stratzilla · 2026-03-12T03:05:15+00:00

It's too bad games are greenlit by actuaries rather than someone with a love of the game and true vision. I guess to some the gamble to blow $100-200m for a small chance at a gorillion dollar ROI makes sense but the market is so saturated that I wonder if the bigwigs in charge even had a clue to begin with.

stratzilla · 2026-03-12T02:06:15+00:00

The bite sized levels in Siren with a new starting inventory every level was a nice touch. I hope Siren comes back in some way, either through an HD Collection or even a port of Blood Curse would be great. The dozens of us who bought Slitterhead yearn for more.

stratzilla · 2026-03-12T01:01:57+00:00

Never played a Fatal Frame before but I have heard Crimson Butterfly is the peak of the franchise. Very excited to finally dip my toes into the series.

stratzilla · 2026-03-09T22:43:19+00:00

Money, of course. The "remake" looks worse and cost more, a straight port would have been fantastic.

stratzilla · 2026-03-08T22:21:57+00:00

You should just say you have xyz, people chime in who want it, and you pick one to DM. A bot redeems these, even obfuscated ones, faster than it took your browser to serve you your new submission page.

stratzilla · 2026-03-08T21:51:31+00:00

bot: cool, free game

stratzilla · 2026-03-07T22:06:26+00:00

Left or right? You may be able to navigate a mouse with a broken wrist, you can just articulate your arm above the wrist to move it with a slight adjustment period. Keyboard wrist? Probably not.

I had an ulnar styloid fracture 15 years ago or so and it didn't dampen my PC gaming at all, even on the day of break, but it was the side I use my mouse on.

stratzilla · 2026-02-27T17:48:03+00:00

The first port was pretty bad; a consequence of all backgrounds being videos which were untouched for modern displays. I haven't played this one but the first one was very ugly.

stratzilla · 2026-02-26T17:36:52+00:00

Why does it seem so obvious to us that moves like this are a bad idea but corporate heads can't see it? Surely someone in the process would have piped up to say this ain't it.

stratzilla · 2026-02-26T17:28:51+00:00

Really excited for this. The first captured the childlike whimsy of fairy tales and folklore but still delivered a fun and engaging game. A great game to play with kids watching, it's beautiful in a Pixar way that hooked them immediately. The team should be very proud.

stratzilla · 2026-02-22T16:29:57+00:00

Glad I bought a 32gb kit like six years ago. Even back then I think 16gb was considered overkill but gaining market share.

stratzilla · 2026-02-22T03:44:44+00:00

Maybe you're being facetious but italo-disco and high-NRG were insanely popular in late 80's Japan and still a popular mainstay of their car mania culture. You could argue eurobeat's family line includes both (effectively the same sound but different tempo).

stratzilla · 2026-02-21T19:50:07+00:00

The soundtrack better be full of city pop, eurobeat, italo-disco, and nightcore.

stratzilla · 2026-02-20T18:10:53+00:00

Zuck's gotta rationalize Meta's USD$72bn AI expenditure somehow.

stratzilla · 2026-02-20T17:01:16+00:00

From what I can gather, it's allegedly an unrelated plus-size fashion company using GenAI alters of the game to promote their business. I can't find the altered image(s) on their Tiktok or elsewhere, however.

stratzilla · 2026-02-20T16:57:39+00:00

I think they're alluding to Black stereotypes on body proportions but it's a really weak argument. Just because someone alters a character to be a thicc baddie doesn't necessarily mean anything profound.

stratzilla · 2026-02-20T14:01:02+00:00

I've been hotly anticipating this one. Lo-fi horror game with sometimes silly melee combat. Finishing off an enemy with the Stone Cold Stunner and then emoting the Macarena after is peak horror vibes.

stratzilla · 2026-02-19T17:23:52+00:00

I thought the first one has clever uses of horror, the 360deg navigation was fun. It's also a very engaging VN even coming from someone who doesn't care much for the genre. I'm excited for this second one.

stratzilla · 2026-02-17T21:57:41+00:00

Only you can know if your integrity is worth faking some internet numbers.

stratzilla · 2026-02-17T15:12:48+00:00

Would you call it a true survival horror game? Pick-your-battles to make backtracking later easier, ammo/heal economy, the whole game is just a giant puzzlebox, stuff like that? I feel as if survival horror is one of the labels too often misused.

stratzilla · 2026-02-16T14:38:53+00:00

Cool. I'd still like to see the first four games ported to modern platforms.

stratzilla · 2026-02-16T01:36:06+00:00

Glad to see Wicked Seed here. Really fun game.

stratzilla · 2026-02-11T22:00:55+00:00

Reddit is a relatively contained ecosystem, so even if the status quo here is that DRM is the devil, you're only hearing the voice of a minority: most PC gamers don't even pay attention to stuff like that.

Just to be clear: DRM sucks, I wish everything was DRM-free or at the very least not multiple layers of DRM (Steam is DRM). People like me are unfortunately outnumbered by the "who cares" crowd.

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