mysticpickle
@mysticpickle@lemmy.ca
- Comment on Steam Deck / Gaming News #8 3 days ago:
Very detailed and informative post as always! This is how video game journalism should be done.
You’ve convinced me to give Death Standing another go. I bounced off of it 30 minutes in after the 20th minute of cut scenes but there seems to be more juice to it further in so I’ll power through another hour or two and see if I can’t find the hooks!
- Comment on Reddit’s 50% Plunge Fails to Entice Dip Buyers as Growth Slows. 5 days ago:
Dude charges a million bucks for an hour lunch with him. Imagine how much an overnight special with Warren is :>
- Comment on You can only imagine what is going on in there 1 week ago:
Probably just a buncha Klingons :>
- Comment on Steam Deck / Gaming News #6 2 weeks ago:
Love these! Reading the bit about Sierra have me big nostalgia vibes.
Just a FYI, the turds at Longdue making “Hopetown” are suing Argo Tuulik one of the lead writers for the OG Disco Elysium in some lame effort to snuff out any preternatural competition from Argo’s own project.
Luckily the community has really rallied behind him so things are looking up. Still I wouldn’t give Longdue/Riaz Moola/Hopetown (ugh what kind of hack came up with that name?) any more positive press because they ate as hell don’t deserve it :o
- Comment on Your all-time favorite game? Let's discuss the best options! 2 weeks ago:
Star Control 2 - it’s a mix of RPG storytelling with zany aliens mixed with Asteroids style PvP arcade gameplay. Like Ham and Cantaloupe, you think the combination wouldn’t work but it just somehow does. The writing and lore of the whole universe is just super rich and really immerses you into the whole universe.
- Comment on Spent half an hour on it. Felt good. 3 weeks ago:
Recycling is what Disney does best :>
- Comment on What was your favorite shareware game? 4 weeks ago:
I could not for the life of me get my head into the classic version of subspace. Buuuut Trench Wars was sick AF especially when the server admins set up Zombies! Events on the weekends.
- Comment on What was your favorite shareware game? 4 weeks ago:
I actually bought the boxed version of the game on 4 separate 3.5" floppies :o
Was in a clearance bin at Toys R Us for like 5 bucks. I remember being so stoked to be able to buy all the different weapons they teased at the end of the shareware episode!
- Comment on What was your favorite shareware game? 4 weeks ago:
I’ll show you mine if you show me yours:
- Comment on What was your favorite shareware game? 4 weeks ago:
Loved the Hugo games. The jungle one was probably my favorite up to the point where I needed to find out some trivia question about the name of some person’s dog before the time of Internet.
- Comment on What was your favorite shareware game? 4 weeks ago:
Def after gorilla
- Comment on What was your favorite shareware game? 4 weeks ago:
Woah didn’t know about the Android port! Def gonna check it out. Thanks!
- Comment on What was your favorite shareware game? 4 weeks ago:
You try Tyrian? It was like raptor but dialed up to 11 with different planes and an actual storyline :o
- Comment on What was your favorite shareware game? 4 weeks ago:
Solar winds blew my mind once I actually figured out all the controls. The universe they built was super cool and I really dug the combat. Can’t count the number of times I got owned by this guy trying to blow him up from the get go.
- Comment on What was your favorite shareware game? 4 weeks ago:
Save 5 rounds of cash for a death’s head nuke, accidentally blow yourself up when the wind pushes it back in your direction 🤡
- Comment on What was your favorite shareware game? 4 weeks ago:
- Comment on What's this thing stuck on my dirty underwear? Is it a piece of undissolved tide pod? 4 weeks ago:
- Comment on Life isn't easy if your last name is 'Null' as it still breaks database entries the world over 5 weeks ago:
Mandatory xkcd:
- Comment on Robot with 1,000 muscles twitches like human while dangling from ceiling 5 weeks ago:
Pretty sure I’ve seen this one in a Silent Hill game
- Comment on All of Humane's AI pins will stop working in 10 days 1 month ago:
HP. Now there’s a company with an eye for the future! 🤭
- Comment on Playing Dragonsweeper because of Ars' article. Did I have any way out of this without guessing? 1 month ago:
Woah I’m still getting new stuff this is great! The Romeo and Juliet equidistant is particularly cool! Thank you! :o
I’m using Sync for Lemmy which hasn’t updated in forever so its spoiler tag function is all borked for me :<
- Comment on Reddit plans to lock some content behind a paywall this year, CEO says | Reddit executives also discussed how they might introduce more ads into the social media platform 1 month ago:
Welcome!
- Comment on Playing Dragonsweeper because of Ars' article. Did I have any way out of this without guessing? 1 month ago:
Woah didn’t know what one, mind blown thanks!
- Comment on Playing Dragonsweeper because of Ars' article. Did I have any way out of this without guessing? 1 month ago:
New player monster/object guide
Since there’s no explanation in game of how the monsters behave I’ve put this together with the hopes it’ll make the initial experience a bit less frustrating for new players. Feel free to chime in if I get anything wrong or miss something and I’ll edit it in:
WARNING: POSSIBLE SPOILERS FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO PREFER TO DISCOVER THINGS ON YOUR OWN. SCROLL NO FURTHER
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X-Walls - always spawns in orthogonally (vertically or horizontally) adjacent pairs. Can be destroyed if hit 3 times at a cost of 1 health per hit. Drops a coin worth 1 xp when destroyed.
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0-Starting Orb - reveals all tiles in two orthogonal (vertical/horizontal) tile radius when used. You should usually start by clicking this.
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0-Healing Scroll - restores life full. Also drops from Romeo and Juliet (9 power monsters)
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0-Clairvoyance Scroll - randomly reveals any random tile on the board and all 8 tiles around it.
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0-Gnome - ?? seems to teleport around randomly until you corner him eventually. Worth 9 xp
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0-Dragon Egg - spawns in one of the 8 spaces around the dragon (power 13 monster). Leave it in tact for an achievement. Worth 3 xp
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1-Rat - all of them can be revealed by defeating the rat king (power 5 monster) and using the scroll that drops from him. Avoid killing for achievement.
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1-Slime King - always spawns on the board edge surrounded by five Purple Slimes. Drops a scroll that reveals all Purple and Green Slimes.
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2-Bat - nothing special
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3-Skeleton - nothing special
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4-Gargoyle - always spawns in orthogonally (vertically or horizontally) adjacent pairs
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5-Green Slime - all of them can be revealed by defeating the slime king (power 1 monster) and using the scroll that drops from him
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5-Beholder - replaces clues in a two orthogonal (vertical/horizontal) tile radius while alive.
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5-Rat King - drops a scroll that reveals all rats on the board
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6-Minotaur - a treasure chest always spawns in one of the 8 spaces surrounding him
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7-Guardian - nothing special
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8-Purple Slime - always spawns in a ring around the slime king (power 1 monster) along the edges of the board. All of them are revealed by using the scroll that drops from the slime king.
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9-Romeo and Juliet - drops a healing scroll on death. Leave them alive for an achievement
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10-Mine King - always spawns in one of the 4 corners of the board. Drops a scroll that disarms all mines in the board.
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11-Mimic - looks like a regular chest upon being revealed. Won’t fight you until you click it again after revealing it.
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13-Dragon - always spawns in the same spot on board near the center. A dragon egg (power 0 monster with 3 xp) will always spawn in one of the 8 tiles surrounding it. Defeat it to end the game with a win.
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100-Mine - the only way to disarm these is by defeating the mine king (power 10 monster) and using the scroll he drops. Disarmed mines are worth 3 xp
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- Comment on Playing Dragonsweeper because of Ars' article. Did I have any way out of this without guessing? 1 month ago:
The game is fun but man it was rough figuring out all the monster abilities. I wish they’d improve the monsternomicon to actually tell you what the monsters do. Like I still don’t know how the gnome monster works.
- Comment on It's 2025 now, what are the games you'll be starting the year with? 2 months ago:
Uprising is so much better than the base game but I didn’t think they have a digital version of it yet sadly
- Comment on Major Health Insurance Companies Take Down Leadership Pages Following Murder of United Healthcare CEO 3 months ago:
- Comment on Patient gamers, which games have you discovered/played this week? 4 months ago:
You forgot the greatest one of them all:
Silent Hills: Playable Teaser :>
- Comment on Kroger’s plans to roll out facial recognition at its grocery stores is attracting criticism from lawmakers, who warn it could lead to surge pricing and put customers’ personal data at risk 5 months ago:
If they carry through with this, everyone that plans on shopping at Kroger should be wearing Juggalo makeup
- Comment on Ubisoft Director Claims "Non-Decent Humans" Are Wishing For Company's Demise 5 months ago:
Nestle. I rest my case.
