cross-posted from: https://lemmy.wtf/post/18752399

My blog is live, with my first post being a look at 3D platformer prototypes from various sources. I played the abandoned Kickstarter game Lobodestroyo, the decade-old prototype for Corn Kidz 64, and a couple of forgotten games inspired by Spyro.

What is all this daily pain and suffering for if I don't do what I was meant to do? We die eventually... fuck it!

cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/7354020

This is one Direct before the Nintendo Switch 2 Direct on April 2nd that's coming up soon

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/23565790

Hello! I'm currently working on a research paper for my English composition course, and we were given free reign on the topic. I decided to do my topic on the history of queerness in gaming, and I'm not only talking about queer characters, but also the gaming community too. So far, my major sources focus on things like:

• Demographics of games with queer characters (which identities, created in what country, what year was the game made, etc.)
• I want to try to find more stuff about trans, enby, and ace characters as I feel their representation is a little underepresented
• Opinions of queer and non-queer gamers on queer representation in games
• How fan interpretations, fanon, and external content (like social media posts) is important to gaming too
• What games do right and wrong with representation, especially when it comes to "non-gendered" character creators
• How localizations/translations are sometimes used to censor queerness. Also about how queerness can be seen differently around the world.
• Some info on Gamergate, but that's not a major focus of the paper
• A pinch of info about feminist gaming, but not necessarily lesbian-women-only gaming

I want to make sure I'm hitting what people find important to explain and teach to others, as the goal of this paper is to be read by anyone who's curious to learn. So if there's any topic you deem extremely important that shouldn't be missed, please tell me! Also, I'm a little more knowledgeable about JRPGs compared to popular western games, so character recommendations to bring up are appreciated greatly.

I plan to promote a survey about this stuff later on, I just need to get my questions together :). I will crosspost this to other gaming or queer communities, so you might see me there too!

This post is also on Reddit, although due to it being a new account I'm going to struggle to gain traction there with the low karma bans :(

Microsoft might be preparing to integrate Steam and other game launchers into the Xbox app. The company briefly posted a mockup image showing the new Xbox app...

I just beat the game on the easiest difficulty. That was still pretty fucking hard. The game was so fucking weird, and I mean that in a good way. I'm not quite sure what to make of it. I liked it but I wasn't super impressed with the gameplay. All in all, I'd reccommend giving it a shot if you get it on sale.

cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/7253857

I tried using Pluvia but can't. Pluvia keeps crashing for some reason.

And I tried using Winlator, but can't get it to work for some reason (I can't find the backup file where you're supposed to deposit the setup.exe file to play games on Winlator).

How do you get Winlator and Pluvia to work?

And how do I play Disco Elysium: The Final Cut and Devil May Cry 1 to 4 on RetroArch?

cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/7235699

Psst! Steam mistranslates its VNs!

Okay, but seriously, you can hear it from the 3:00 mark of the video onward.

Top ones I know of these days are siege, but some people have made a case that dead by daylight is pretty bad as well. Like if any of you remember the Xbox 360 Halo days. I think those would pass for toxic today. What do you guys think? Is the most toxic community out there in gaming?

I liked how saints row let you be naked.