Random Video Game Crap

GasBandit

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Would anyone be interested in trying out Valheim? It's a 1-10 player co-op PvE survival game set in a viking mythos. It has REALLY good reviews, and is blowing up. Comes from Coffee Stain, the same company that did Satisfactory, Deep Rock Galactic, and, uh, well, Goat Simulator.



I'm thinking about setting up a server on my... well, server.
 
Would anyone be interested in trying out Valheim? It's a 1-10 player co-op PvE survival game set in a viking mythos. It has REALLY good reviews, and is blowing up. Comes from Coffee Stain, the same company that did Satisfactory, Deep Rock Galactic, and, uh, well, Goat Simulator.



I'm thinking about setting up a server on my... well, server.
Is this a game that we'd all have to play together, or one where I could log in when people aren't around and do my own thing? I ask because I've been jonesing for a building game, but I'd want to be able to play when other normal people are probably busy.
 

GasBandit

Staff member
Is this a game that we'd all have to play together, or one where I could log in when people aren't around and do my own thing? I ask because I've been jonesing for a building game, but I'd want to be able to play when other normal people are probably busy.
Similar to a minecraft dedicated server. The server would always be up and you could always log in to do your own thing.
 

GasBandit

Staff member
I've managed to not die to a tree thus far, but I've seen the trees try to sweep the leg head on me on multiple occasions.
 

GasBandit

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And not to spoil anything, but there's a boss battle in this game that's straight out of THAT scene in Evil Dead 1... Tree Hentai tentacles!!
 

GasBandit

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The twitch feed for Blizzconline automatically replaced the closing performance of For Whom The Bell Tolls, actually performed by Metallica, with a copyright-free xylophone song.

 
The twitch feed for Blizzconline automatically replaced the closing performance of For Whom The Bell Tolls, actually performed by Metallica, with a copyright-free xylophone song.
"For Metallica—whose landmark lawsuit against Napster led directly to the copyright policies that automatically silenced it—it's a comical dish of just desserts. For everyone else, it's a reminder that private copyright enforcement is broken beyond repair, a tool of censors and brainless culture-policing algorithms."

I'm reminded of what happened to that judge (I think it was a judge) who ruled that tickets issued by privately owned speed cameras could not be contested/dismissed. I can't find the link to the story, but shortly after issuing his ruling, a car very similar to the judge's own vehicle and with the judge's license number on the plate was caught zooming back and forth in front of those same cameras, even multiple times in the same day, almost like the driver was trying to be caught on camera. Needless to say, the judge was issued multiple citations by the private company. I don't know if he tried to contest any of them.

--Patrick
 
Having never played, I'm always curious about Nier: Automata - is there a reason for the skimpy outfit, or is it as gratuitous as it seems? I'm kind of at a place in my life where women's fantasy "armor" is distracting for the wrong reasons, i.e. "what the hell is she thinking going into battle like that?", and I suspect this might be the same thing.
 
Having never played, I'm always curious about Nier: Automata - is there a reason for the skimpy outfit, or is it as gratuitous as it seems? I'm kind of at a place in my life where women's fantasy "armor" is distracting for the wrong reasons, i.e. "what the hell is she thinking going into battle like that?", and I suspect this might be the same thing.
From a story perspective, you could say it's because they are basically dolls. They have no real control of their lives, and a lot of the storyline is about figuring that out. From a meta perspective, Yoko Taro has outright said he just likes pretty girls in high heels and that's why, and I can kinda respect that.
 
Hey so....uh, I was thinking, are there good vampire games? Other than the ultimate mixed bag Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines. Any? Bloodrayne's pretty bad. I honestly can't think of many other vampire games.

Vampyr's ok. There's lots to like but it's a mixed bag too.
 
Hey so....uh, I was thinking, are there good vampire games? Other than the ultimate mixed bag Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines. Any? Bloodrayne's pretty bad. I honestly can't think of many other vampire games.

Vampyr's ok. There's lots to like but it's a mixed bag too.
The Legacy of Kain: Blood Omen/Soul Reaver series is mostly good.
BloodNet is an interesting rpg that's basically vampires meet Johnny Mnenomic.
Vampire the Masquarade: Redemption is very much a diablo style single player rpg that I think is better than average.
Nosferatu: The Wrath of Malach-i is an interesting first person shooter game where you play as someone trying to rescue their family members from a castle full of vampires. Doing so gets you better weapons, armor, and ammo.
Darkwatch is a wild west shooter for PS2 and Xbox where you play as and fight vampires.

I'd also recommend retrying Vampyr if it's been awhile? They did a new difficult that is more... story focused and less combat focused.
 
An account I follow on Twitter said there were PS5s on Amazon, so I went over and added it to my cart. It was moved to "save for later", and then gone entirely, before I could buy it. The thing is, I'm not even planning on buying one, or at least not soon. For some reason I was just stepping through the process on autopilot and would have fully purchased it before questioning things like "Do I have $500 for this right now?".
 
Mr. Z and I had a similar discussion a few month back. It boiled down to, "Yes, we want a PS5 eventually, but it doesn't have any game exclusive we care about yet, so it's not worth buying".
 
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