Did they show every instance of a character called Johnny shitting his pants? There’s one in every game. Like I said, Chip is thorough.

I enjoyed Chip Cheezum and General Ironicus’ playthroughs of the Metal Gear Solid series back in the day, and their 50 Cent: Blood in the Sand playthrough was good. Oh, and the Uncharted series. Chip is very thorough. They’re still putting stuff out to this day.

Also, I know they’re all dated now, but I still miss Super Best Friends Plays and go back and rewatch their stuff now and then.

All games I had no interest in playing myself, but wanted to know what they were about.

The physics and force feedback is so good in that game right now. It’s the only driving sim I actually feel fear in. Especially in VR.

First good thing Russia’s done in a while, even if it’s for a dumb reason.

I play beam.ng and try not to crash.

The only games I really care about graphical fidelity are racing simulators, and that’s because I’m in VR in a simrig and looking to be as immersed as possible. Even then, frame rate is more important that just about everything else.

Destructible buildings like in Red Faction: Guerilla.

Same here, although I did play the first couple of levels. I found it kind of boring.

I played the first of the reboot series, and enjoyed it well enough, but it was mostly just a fairly bog-standard third person shooter. The really cool parts were the puzzles in the actual tombs but they were too few and far between. I got the other two free on EGS at some pint, but have yet to play them.

However, the isometric games Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light and Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris are excellent and I’ve played them a couple of times each. The second one is fun in couch co-op as well. They both run brilliantly on the Steam Deck as well. Check 'em out.

Edit: Just looked on Steam and they’re both currently 85% off until the 11th of November. I can’t think of a better deal right now. Links added

Am I going insane?

I’m not ruling it out ;⁠)

Getting bought out by a private equity firm would be pretty dire for them as that never ends well, but that’s not what I was talking about and I thought that was pretty clear, but you responded as though it was. ‘Legally’ they may be the same, but they’re functionally very different, as the article I linked pointed out, but you chose to keep digging.

Whatever. You’re right. Have a cookie.

Well done missing the point.

Lollipop Chainsaw Repop. It’s very silly and mostly fun, but very button-mashy, I can’t reliably trigger the more lengthy combos, and the cut scenes go on way too long.

Fair enough.

Privately owned is not the same thing as private equity. https://irely.com/private-equity-or-privately-owned-does-it-matter/

As far as I’m aware Ross Scott is not the founder and has no official ties with SKG. His long running series ‘Dead Game News’ was merely the inspiration for it, and he’s been a big part in promoting it.

As long as it remains privately owned, it should be OK. The day shares go public, god forbid, will be the beginning of the end.

AKA ‘executive meddling’.

I was never really happy with the button/stick/trackpad layout on the original controller. This looks to be more in line with the Steam Deck layout, which I’m pretty happy with. I rarely play games on controller that require the trackpads anyway - I prefer a mouse and keyboard for those, but I might get one of these to replace my aging Xbox 360 controller.

Hahaha. No.

The best thing that’s come from Peter Molyneux is the Peter Molydeux spoof account, that actually has some genuinely interesting ideas amongst all the silliness.

It probably is pretty short if you’re better at games than I am, but I got my money’s worth. It’s pretty hilarious, and I reckon it’s worth $20, but wait for a sale if you’re not sure. I’ll be playing it more than once, as well.

En Garde, when while I was using the environment against them, one of the enemies cried out “She’s using the environment against us!”

Because children are easily manipulated, and they’ll carry that shit over into adulthood.

I might just play Painkiller: Black Edition again instead. I’m not interested in co-op.

Lol, ‘invest’, as if they’ll ever get a return.

Ooh. Love a Nextfest. Already downloaded iRacing Arcade, because I quite like Circuit Superstars, and also just on an initial browse, gonna check out Aussie Bogan Hero, because I love a metroidvania, and LOL.

Gotta get in on that child exploitation money!

I can’t remember. It wasn’t very far into the game either.

I really like that game, but got to a point where I couldn’t figure out how to progress and put it aside indefinitely.

Adalia from En Garde, or Tchia. (sidenote: the ukulele simulator in Tchia is pretty cool)

More people need to know about En Garde. The sheer joy of the game is infectious. You can stun enemies by putting a roast turkey on their heads, amongst other hilarity.

House Of The Dying Sun is pretty good for casual fun from what little I’ve played of it.

Fuck off, Elon. Nobody likes you.

Picked up Shinobi: Art Of Vengeance and loving it so far. Also Patrick’s Parabox as I played the demo in a recent Nextfest and loved it. Also the 2025 Nurburgring for Automobilista 2 because I cannot resist the allure of The 'Ring.

Edit: Really digging Shinobi, but goddammit I wish I could dodge cancel.

For shame! You press X to doubt. Pressing F is to pay respect.

“The investors are betting that AI-based cost cuts will significantly boost EA’s profits in the coming years"

I’ll take that bet.

Civilised countries already do. There’s government grants available for games dev in Australia and Canada that I’m aware of, at least. Not sure about the USA, but I don’t really classify that as a civilised country any more, and they do everything government related in the stupidest way possible anyway.

So Premium.

Colin McRae: Dirt. The first one.

I’ve been seeing billboards around Brisbane for Borderlands 4. It’s pretty rare to see them for game releases. I can’t remember the last one, maybe RDR2. Seems like a lot of money to spend on marketing for something that’s only for ‘Premium Gamers’.

It takes me so many tries to beat a fight, I’ve forgotten what the story even is by the time the next cut scene comes up. I don’t really pay much attention to stories in games at the best of times. I’m there mostly for the gameplay and atmosphere. Kill Knight is another one I’ve been enjoying.

I’ll watch your video though.

Edit: I’ve watched the video now. Really good. Thanks.