Random Video Games/News Thread

[JSGeneral]

Custom gun building in a rogue FPS.

[21Kid]

Without playing down the very good Humble Star Wars bundle that Scotty highlighted for us last week…

THIS is a bundle.

THE FREEDOM BUNDLE

https://www.humblebundle.com/freedom

It's a flat fee of $30

100% of it is going to charity in response to the idiotic immigration ban that Trump attempted to lump upon the world

Humble is also matching the first $300,000 and donating that as well

The three charities are ACLU, MSF and IRC

That's the important info.

I haven't mentioned the games yet. It is the greatest collection of indie gems that I have ever seen. I have already bought, played, or pirated a fair chunk of the games in the list, so I know that a lot of them are highly recommended, and I recommend them to you all.

And even though I have already spent well over $30 to play the games I've already sampled, I'm totally going to buy the Humble Freedom Bundle. Mostly for Stardew Valley.

Apparently, Steam doesn't like me trying to activate 30+ codes at a time.

[Rare White Ape]

Haha!

Fuck Steam. It's shit.

Very convenient, but shit.

[animalica]

Another new Rally game ahead, from the inventors of RBR-Online.it:





Now on Greenlight:
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfile.../?id=772533407

Homepage:
http://grally.net
https://www.facebook.com/grallysim

[speedpimp]

Hahaha!

Sadly, that's not the weirdest creepy-suppressed-adolescent-sexploitation-Japanese-schoolgirl… weirdness I've ever seen in video games. There are some genuinely uncomfortable games that come out of Japan. This one is a good satire on them.

Presenting The Yakuyken Special aka Strip Rock Paper Scissors.

Spoiler:

[MR2 Fan]

I approve

[Rare White Ape]

Stardew Valley. It hasn't grabbed me yet but I'm a few days in and I've grown a crop.

My character's name is Keg. He lives on Barrel Farm. His favourite thing is whiskey.

Character creation, huh? It truly reflects your personality.

And VVVVVV is a fucking raaaad game. I'm super late to the party here; I've got it on PS+ but I don't own a Vita, which is something I must fix one day, so I'm finally able to play it thanks to the Freedom Bundle. Thanks Oba... err I mean Trump!

[21Kid]

Wife is enjoying Stardew Valley. Stayed up until 3am playing it.

My son though Octodad was funny. It was pretty annoying to me.

I'll have to try out VVVVV also.

[Tom Servo]

Haha!

Fuck Steam. It's shit.

Very convenient, but shit.

Out of curiosity, what's shit about it? I've found it to be pretty much seamless, and easily the best experience I've had in the realm of non-physical-media game purchasing.

[Rare White Ape]

Technology-wise it's quite awesome. I love it's features. It handles everything you need it to and then some, but doesn't soak up too many resources to allow a smooth gaming experience.

But fuck Steam for the almost completely hands-off approach to Greenlight, a thing which has turned 99% of the Steam store into a wasteland of shit.

Fuck Steam for the proliferation of dodgy side-businesses that engage in gambling (refer to the CS:GO controversy of last year), scams, and giving away free games in exchange for good reviews.

Fuck Steam for allowing developers and publishers to take money for what are often essentially pre-alpha builds of games under the guise of early access, with no guarantee that they'll eventually deliver a complete game, or that it will be any good.

And fuck Steam because Valve still hasn't made Half-Life 3. And also fuck it because of my pile of shame.