Even a crapshoot is better than the straight advertisements on Google.

Oh, I’ve seen this movie.

In the next 5 years?

I’m skeptical. In the next 20, sure.

I think Bethesda doesn’t crunch anymore.

https://www.pcgamer.com/xbox-game-studios-boss-says-theres-no-more-crunching-at-bethesda/

Fantastic news for the devs!

Don’t want this to come across as defeatist, because the message is nice and Ursula K. Le Guin is a real one, but there’s still 43 monarchies in existence in 2024.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_current_monarchies

Picked up Bloons Tower Defence 6 on sale for $1.50, already put quite a few hours into it.

Helping to contribute to OpenStreetMap using Street Complete has the potential to change that.

Serif (which owns Affinity) was just bought out by Canva, so it’s only a moment of time before they are enshittified unfortunately.

Shout out to Louis Pasteur.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Pasteur

Arma 3?

Haven’t played it personally, I’m not big on milsim games, but it’s got a decent following. Might not have the accessibility options though.

I’ve heard good things about Battlebits, for what it’s worth it seems decent.

Nice list, definitely gonna download some of these demos.

The Alters looks really cool, and What the Car seems like a fun time.

Does it require a PSN account to use the adaptor?

1×2=2

Wow. Much brain. Maths wow.

They released one on Egypt pretty recently.

It’s the mindflayer power upgrade tree from Baldur’s Gate 3.

This might change your mind a bit more: https://tribunemag.co.uk/2021/07/the-icelandic-popstars-who-brought-palestine-to-eurovision

Icelandic band Hatari held up the Palestinian flag at Eurovision in 2019.

They do. There are plenty of indie Devs.

The reason why everyone doesn’t do it is because it requires significant capital to be able to support a dev team through production for a number of years.

Not to mention they will still have to deal with publishers potentially fucking them over, as shown with the Helldivers 2 PSN fiasco.

Fall of Civilizations podcast.

Great insight it a number of civilisations that have collapsed throughout human history. Explains their rise, peak and of course collapse in great detail.

Usually analog sticks, but it depends on the game. Something like shovel knight is better with the dpad.

I just happen to play more games that are better with analog sticks.