PerfectDark
@PerfectDark@lemmy.world
- Comment on Vintage gaming advertising pictures: a gallery 3 days ago:
France did the ‘panties’ ads, there were three of them all up.
This one from Chile has exposed breasts, also. And far more obvious to the viewer
- Comment on Vintage gaming advertising pictures: a gallery 3 days ago:
Ironic!
This is the purple shade of the GCN, and its one of the ‘hero’ size on SteamGridDB
But…I know, it looks like an error -___-
- Comment on Vintage gaming advertising pictures: a gallery 3 days ago:
if it actually exists.
Its easily available, but I suppose by ‘in the wild’ you mean picking it up in a secondhand store, rather than online marketplaces. If not, have a look at buyee to pick up a bargain.
Interestingly they command a higher price than I expected on eBay.
- Comment on Vintage gaming advertising pictures: a gallery 3 days ago:
I just wanted to actual official ones shared!
This one is not official, it was done by a girl called shysmith, she just tried her best to make a photo in the ‘style’ of the old Y2K era, and the days of PS2 ads and…everyone ended up believing it was real. She did such an amazing job of it, this one often gets shared as if it were done for Sony.
- Comment on Vintage gaming advertising pictures: a gallery 3 days ago:
It feels VERY Quake-esque, too. So they nailed that image!
- Comment on Vintage gaming advertising pictures: a gallery 3 days ago:
Oh this was nothing. My ‘news’ posts take me some time, and effort, which is why they’re kinda on pause right now (the 17th is when I see my specialist, get blood results, see what is next etc), so for now it’s this kinda thing - smaller!
But thank you so much, glad you enjoyed these :)
- Comment on Vintage gaming advertising pictures: a gallery 3 days ago:
I like the Nintendo ones, there were ‘risky’ ads here, now they’re very conservative
- Comment on Vintage gaming advertising pictures: a gallery 3 days ago:
There’s more, but I suppose…back then shock was a tactic, the gaming industry wasn’t as clean cut and commercialized as it is now, and they were appealing to a certain demographic?!
- Submitted 3 days ago to games@lemmy.world | 103 comments
- Comment on Smaller rally/racing games I recommend you try! 1 week ago:
Watch the YouTube video I linked in that section! Its quite short, and it really shows how utterly crazy that era of car racing was. The footage is soooo worth a watch!
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- Comment on For people who want to play their favorite games but are unable to, what are you currently doing? 1 week ago:
If you want to reach out to me for a chat, I’m happy to walk you through what your phone is capable of doing. Emulation is such a scene now, even low-low end phones are capable of doing so much now. You might now be getting winlator running to play PC games (which is no problem for some phones), but you can even play some basic Switch games. Or worst case if it’s very underpowered, you’ve got so many games from the golden age of RPG’s to play through
- SNES
- Mega Drive/Genesis
- PS1
…and so on. I know this won’t be the “…the games I would otherwise want to play on PC…” but it is still playing incredible games. So, as always, let me know. I’m happy to help with that front!
- Comment on Steam Deck / Gaming News #22 1 week ago:
I’m so glad, I did nothing, but I do hope you have fun with it!!!
- Comment on How Nintendo locked down the Switch 2’s USB-C port and broke third-party docking 1 week ago:
Here’s the article with no paywall!
- Comment on Steam Deck / Gaming News #22 1 week ago:
No, they’re not on by default! It’s no error, just making it a choice rather than choosing for you.
I’m not surprised by NSL showing errors, being that it was coded with GPT.
Go to the installed game’s settings and then turn on cloud saves. It’ll have a warning telling you it’s basically in beta, but again - it’s worked flawlessly for me!
- Comment on Developer interview: my Q&A with a PC game 'repacker' 1 week ago:
Oh gosh you’re way too kind. I wouldn’t call it that, but I am happy to share interesting things here. And I’m so lucky that you all read it and agree with me that it is worth the read!!!
Thank you so much!!!
- Comment on Developer interview: my Q&A with a PC game 'repacker' 1 week ago:
Totally understandable!
I appreciate you reading through these regardless :)
- Comment on Developer interview: my Q&A with a PC game 'repacker' 1 week ago:
I guess just on Mastodon!
I tens to post there daily, and I’m trying to force myself to take a break on my regular long-form gaming news posts on Lemmy, and instead focus on my health. I have a important appointment with my specialist on the 17th so, its 50/50 odds whether I’ll make another news post here before then or not
But, again, daily on Mastodon!
And thank you so much for your kind, kind words. I feel like an imposter so often when I share these, so your words are really appreciated!
I’m so glad you liked this :)
- Submitted 1 week ago to games@lemmy.world | 16 comments
- Comment on Sable is free on Epic until tomorrow 2 weeks ago:
I’m just over 10 hours on my desktop PC right now, playing Epic’s version through Heroic (enabling EOC overlay so that achievements are shown!)
And I’m nowhere near completing, but only because I love gliding and exploring and collecting. Its the perfect stress-free game to play :)
- Comment on Old gamers don't understand what mobile gaming has become 2 weeks ago:
Mobile gaming, on Android, is an interesting space right now. I used to buy flagship phones exclusively, as high spec as I could just…because I could. I played a few emulated Nintendo Switch games on them, as well as the odd Game Pass title (with a telescoping GameSir Xbox mounted controller thing) and then I realized I really had no use for them. I rarely played, and my most recent phone purchases have been mid-range.
That said, so much is now possible on Android. You can emulate everything from Switch to PS3, use pretty front-ends to use as a launcher station (a quick note of appreciation for the totally FOSS option - Lemuroid), and as unbelievable as it still is to me, you can even play full PC games like GTA V using winlator
The scene for Android emulation is incredibly dramatic with frequent in-fighting, but also pretty impressive from a technical standpoint. It’s not going to be everyone’s cup of tea - and that’s fine, but the mobile scene which isn’t just gatcha games hooking kids on the Play Store is so varied. Then you’ve got actually impressive games like DREDGE getting a Android release, replete with custom builds and changes for the Android system (no lazy ports!). Heck, even No Man’s Sky is coming to Android soon!
- Comment on Sable is free on Epic until tomorrow 2 weeks ago:
This is the second really positive review of the game I’ve read the past few days.
I’d like to imagine I’m responsible for the first! Do try it, it’s really good. It doesn’t feel like other games, there’s no frenzied movement, nothing really skill-based, or reaction-based, you can just explore a beautifully designed world (the art style is so unique), with a perfect soundtrack (Japanese Breakfast!)…tackle things your own way!
Its a beautiful game, not something I’d typically enjoy but slowing down to enjoy a slower game made me happy.
- Comment on Xbox is cancelling Rare's 'Everwild' and ZeniMax's new MMORPG IP as part of broader cuts — with 'Perfect Dark' impacted as well 2 weeks ago:
Well now my name has some baggage
- Comment on Developer Interview: my Q&A with the dev who runs 'the' Switch piracy freeshop 2 weeks ago:
Oh thank God.
I was picturing the community sharpening their pitchforks for this kind of sensitive topic!
(Glad you enjoyed it!)
- Comment on Steam Deck / Gaming News #22 2 weeks ago:
Do!
And feel free to send me a message, either on Revolt or Matrix - I’m typically online most of the time anyway :)
- Submitted 2 weeks ago to games@lemmy.world | 19 comments
- Comment on Steam Deck / Gaming News #22 2 weeks ago:
You must be using Boost?
For some reason that app struggles with too many images / GIFs
Once long back the dev was made aware of that issue and had a fix, but…I suppose its broken again for this?
You can use any other app, or just the browser if that helps? Sorry to hear its still a problem
- Comment on Steam Deck / Gaming News #22 2 weeks ago:
Send them a message!
I’ve no doubts they’d love to talk details!!!
- Comment on Steam Deck / Gaming News #22 2 weeks ago:
Oh that’s so interesting!
If they’d like someone to chat to, I’m on Matrix most days (along with Revolt) and more than happy to be an ear if they need! Thanks for leaving a comment, I always appreciate you dropping by :)
- Comment on Steam Deck / Gaming News #22 2 weeks ago:
On the topic of Steam Deck, how reliably do the GOG achievements and cloud saves work with Heroic Launcher? I’ve been using Non-Steam game launcher for Non-Steam games, but it doesn’t always add the game reliably to Steam so I’m stuck doing it manually.
I’ve had some bad blood with the ‘developer’ of NSL in the past. But that’s all ancient history. My main issue with NSL (still to this day) is that it has everything installed under one prefix. This is just insane to me, if one thing goes wrong…everything disappears. But, of course it’s all personal choice and lots of people enjoyed using it before NSL got kicked off Decky Loader, publicly denounced by Kyle (developer of Bazzite) added religious scripture to his work, generally proved themselves to be a shitty person.
Anyway! On to Heroic:
Achievements:
GOG achievements work flawlessly. My good friend imLinguin is in charge of the GOG integration on Heroic, and his work with Comet (how the achievements are logged) is amazing! There’s no on-screen pop up for the achievement, but it is logged on your profile on GOG’s site, as is your playtime.
Adding the game to Steam:
Its in the settings - automatically add the game to Steam, and it’ll do it for you! As well as populate the game with all the required artwork for the title (capsule, capsule wide, logo etc). It does require a restart however to add it to your Steam game library - under non Steam games tab!
Cloud Saves:
They’ve not failed me yet, but the team and imLinguin do warn that it is not finalized yet. It’s ‘experimental’ - that being said, it’s perfect for me. It ‘just works’. Once you set it in the game’s settings you can double-checl (if you like) on the GOG site: www.gog.com/account/cloud-saves/page/1 - you’ll see it listed once it is done and you know you’re safe!
^ Here’s an example of the last game I played via Heroic - TOEM, and the saves were uploaded and are sitting there nicely :)
Lastly if you’re super curious, my friend Gardiner has a server on Revolt where quite a few dev friends of mine, including imLinguin drop by now and then to share their news and work and chat. You could ask him in the server if you’ve any questions! Here’s the link to the Revolt server, if you’re wanting to see!
