AI: Videogames
An interactive AI game
https://x.com/venturetwins/status/1943774226399297698?t=6R18n5Twg-W61tpiW9LyNA&s=19
How to combine AI, Gaussian Splats, and the Unreal Engine to create an experience.
https://youtu.be/1ykQnA8VUu0?si=a3Myn3EpME0A6wQh
Banana pro makes videogame art really easy
https://x.com/ProperPrompter/status/1992992649977221513?t=CTVxyLfPV74JGlN3vloeLQ&s=19
This prototype was coded by Grok. Graphics made by MidJourney, itchio, and retrodiffusion
https://x.com/DannyLimanseta/status/1944415010836599003?t=hXEcQle8OUiI85XJQt67Xw&s=19
Grummz says consoles are heading to PC now, and it's all going to be AI soon.
https://x.com/Grummz/status/1983370723281514546?t=JOU8597yLDd9WXqXoANQjA&s=19
A gaussian splat connector that lets you explore an area. In this case it's a ship at the bottom of the sea.
https://x.com/martin_casado/status/1971681134464655678?t=P7VD-tvEaY39GRpa9P4tQg&s=19
Videos of people playing AI Games. Consistency seems to be the big problem.
https://x.com/kimmonismus/status/1944140252937171346?t=hUCfPFkJR1hkjSPfxVoqmQ&s=19
HL2 with AI enhanced textures. Feb 24
Grok designed these games. Godfather, Dune, others
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1946570458754601237.html
Google has an AI that can create 2D Games. Feb 24
Website for games made by AI
https://www.astrocade.com/?twclid=22j0ew0mhp7k6ztzanx81mxt49
A game designer says AI will never make great games
https://x.com/georgebsocial/status/1952538059313963152?t=s9niLLMRXfGhk5t5OQkKbQ&s=19
Grok Theft Auto is a GTA 1 clone made by Grok prompts
https://x.com/testerlabor/status/1953464478428737687?t=ieS4J0ku0fxp4nZp1rziAg&s=19
Portraying Castlevania bosses in a more realistic style.
AI: VG: Mobile Phone
Loading whole 3D world from Gaussian Splats and Unreal Engine onto a Phone.
More on that subject with better lighting and in game characters
AI: VG: Driving Simulator of real roads
Driving simulator from gaussian splats
The original video of the recording
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/activity-7385307906327523328-Oqeh
The recording set up
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/activity-7385592679864242176-ZJi9
AI: VG: Minecraft
Someone created a SLL for Minecraft. Like actually in Minecraft.
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/smithymayo_heychris-ugcPost-7378196290427543552-aHlB
Have the video
Have an article
AI: VG: Genie 3
Genie 3 from Google deep mind allows a few minutes of videogame world to be played. It's not actual 3D, but feels like it with fewer hallucinations.
https://deepmind.google/discover/blog/genie-3-a-new-frontier-for-world-models/
A list of things done by genie 3
https://x.com/EHuanglu/status/1952769676666388799?t=Eer3ARb_CvYdFqdZvHoL9A&s=19
Comment from one of the creators
https://x.com/jparkerholder/status/1952732999193096392?t=7qzq3OsIBciLpsWVGXSKcw&s=19
A comparison to genie 2 from 7 months ago.
https://x.com/bilawalsidhu/status/1952792880285896710?t=lyD_utBnjmYNq-UQaI8TxA&s=19
From Google directly
https://x.com/GoogleDeepMind/status/1952732150928724043?t=PpDZT6nrFLHi48OyD1aFeA&s=19
Another creator talks about working on it.
https://x.com/holynski_/status/1952736761534366032?t=NpMlKp10kW-wEG6SKbUAaw&s=19
Cel shaded RPG look
https://x.com/philipjohnball/status/1952767070623437063?t=O_ANUrx3msJeZIJIK4etBg&s=19
AI: VG: G3: Paintings
Walking through the painting Nighthawks
https://x.com/holynski_/status/1953879983535141043?t=OchT7fZ6dIkKg884bdpmSw&s=19
Opening a painting into 3D with Gaussian Splatting and Genie 3
AI: VG: Huanyuan GameCrafter
Huanyuan responded with an open source, playable on your computer version.
https://hunyuan-gamecraft.github.io/
Have a tweet about it.
https://x.com/itsPaulAi/status/1957182570309013714?t=croj-R4zPOsZigAxoaeMBg&s=19
Mirage has a new one as well. Walking through a van Gogh painting is pretty amazing.
https://x.com/minchoi/status/1959056575382904988?t=2fVCbZECXEtH1VNw5mjskw&s=19
Walkable 3D videos is the newest thing. It's not true 3D, but it keeps context and allows you to move within it.
AI: Videogames: Classic Style
This is a fun one. Midjourney has been creating this beautiful classic game look. The problem is not everyone knows it's a classic game.
https://ghostarchive.org/archive/ufvx7
Example of this style.
https://x.com/Alfred909/status/1944234217883181148?t=ldKo82_-z6pjPb32BeCg4w&s=19
--sref 759416501 is one of the references to it.
https://x.com/gizakdag/status/1947657194058514631?t=5PZ2GI40JjUDynkmSRdTEw&s=19
PC Gamers says it's not real
Someone tried to vibe code the style in a 3D preview set
https://x.com/DannyLimanseta/status/1951694371927269457?t=eQPXzbdyFVzkwMahM0qNzg&s=19
Riding a motorbike
https://x.com/gufutokuku999/status/1952474630100553898?t=qwkb6xGC_qx3W_5ZSKa_ww&s=19
Someone made a website for it
Interview with game creators
Another attempt to make it
https://x.com/Pirat_Nation/status/1976619219400962252?t=pj9cZV54jbecOMJ2IlISHA&s=19
Steam page for the game
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4144090/Shores_of_Vaelithar/
AI: Propaganda
Grummz explains why so many companies are going for broke and promising the world for AI.
https://ghostarchive.org/archive/djAdj
Jimmy Carr explains his view that we are creating a God in our image with AI.
https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1CLNaHiP1d/
Atlantic article on AIs freshman year. Lots of women portrayed as pioneers. March 2024
NYT article on making sure AI says what you want it to say… I mean tells the truth. March 2024
The president has made AI a priority and this article says we can't get bogged down by copyright insanity.
Adobe says their road ahead is very strict rules. Article written March 2024
Adobe works to bring their AI I to Microsoft products. March 2024
AI slop is here
George RR Martin is suing ChatGPT because it figured out the ending to his books, and probably wrote it better.
AI is killing Wikipedia
How LLMs can create forbidden knowledge
We need better museums now because AI is destroying us
Sam Altman is starting to believe in the Dead Internet Theory because of Bot accounts on twitter.
Schools should be more medieval with students to thwart AI
MIT says governments should control ai because the youth are growing emotional bonds with chat ai.
A commentary that making with AI isn't getting the views it should. Too many people are posting to each other, but it's not reaching outside the bubble.
https://ghostarchive.org/archive/rb8Tk
AI has difficulties doing things if it hasn't been taught how to do it. This means niche programming skills can't be done.
Cloudflare no longer allows ai crawlers on spaces and websites it rents out.
An author speaks for 6 minutes against the use of AI with access to his works. I agree, the AI could write way better without him
Remember the Willy Wonka experience that promoted itself with AI? Here's an article from when it released. Feb 24
Donald Trump is pro AI. This is why both are evil.
EU has placed large rules for AI.
Google promises to keep Nazis white in image generation. Feb 24
An artist couldn't get a project done because of various politics. The person who hired her finished it with AI. The artist is very angry she is being replaced.
A programmer beat AI in a competition
The Atlantic says AI was supposed to make things easier, and hasn't.
AI art is spurring a niche for analog media.
TUmblr and WordPress posts used for AI. Feb 24
Ai: propaganda: Open AI
OpenAI is harassing people who support bills for people who open up about company problems. I archived it twice to make sure.
https://ghostarchive.org/archive/LUdV1 https://archive.ph/OyKtD
ChatGPT sees that you're making prompts that could be dangerous, it changes to an emergency mode. This could be used against you in the future.
https://ghostarchive.org/archive/Wz39d https://archive.ph/KAit0
ChatGPT will do mature and sexy stuff if you submit to online verification
AI: Prop: Movies and shows
Back in 2023 Disney was creating background characters with AI. Oct 23
Netflix has started using AI for FX shots
VG: Classics: Rereleased
Megaman Starforce Legacy Collection
Stinger is a Shootemup from the same company that made Raiden. It's being released onto Switch and PS4
Handhelds that play Data East and Neo Geo games, a review.
Updated BioMenace
https://x.com/Dosgamert/status/1942161418155184412?t=WCRpI-lI8ELrQTPDj5TkaA&s=19
Super Basketball, an arcade game by Konami, is being released on Switch and PS4
Tony Hawk 3+4 is out now
Duke Nukem 1-2 remastered released two years ago
VG: C: RR: Atari Desire
Atari CEO names the three games he wants to remaster. Panzer Dragoon Saga, Ogre Tactics, and Snatcher
Another article talking about his response
VG: Class: ReR: Dawn of War WarHammer 40k
Have the new creators talking about it over gameplay footage
https://youtu.be/9gV1AH4lga0?si=J-sVjXNf87ADZ6pH
Dawn of War Warhammer 40K has war twice and an upgraded edition. Check out this new improved trailer.
It's addictive and perfect in its age says PCGamer
Working to make it good was hard.
How many orks does it take to screw up the game? A modder found out
VG: Design
Super Mario Wonder was made based on idea from junior designer. 2 year old article.
Princess Mononoke may or may not have influenced Zelda Ocarina of Time
New Unreal Engine 5.7
VG: D: Donkey Kong Bananza
Interview with the director of Donkey Kong Bananza. Apparently the producer had directed the previous DK game 20 years ago and asked if they could make another one. The new director has worked at Square, and SeGa. The team had been working on voxel engines anyway, and DKs arms made sense.
Koizumi requested the new game.
VG: Mods and Fan Made
Rana is a student made game based on Filipino culture about returning a tadpole to its kingdom.
The animated series SkibidiToilet has been taken over by the investor company. They don't know how to do it right, and likely attacked Gary’s Mod
https://x.com/Blue10373599Guy/status/1993004487624343623?t=Y0mvuhAdadl92UC34tjFQg&s=19
Command Conquer now has two player co-op mod for both campaigns
Videogames out of a liquid controlling medical device.
https://x.com/haildhruv/status/1993183746980483427?t=m1JUTzCwxijn1ZL8a91ebg&s=19
Nintendo Famicom in CRT TV as gaming display
Voxel Duke Nukem 3D to release soon.
ArmA 3 WarHammer 40K mod
Contra and Castlevania II music from a Master System
Fan Game of Metroid called X Fusion
Exploring Sega Saturn architecture. Mar 24
Mario 64 Amped footage
VG: Fan Remakes
Resident Evil in Unreal Engine 5. Feb 24
WarCraft 3 in StarCraft 2 engine fully released
Silent Hill 1999 in Unreal Engine
Unreal
Mole Mania by Shigeru Miyamoto
Tiny Toons adventure for GameBoy gets a DX edition
VG: Fan Ports
The same set up that has been used to do fan stuff with Sega Dreamcast is now working on Nintendo GameCube. Check comments to see that Paprium is getting ported to Dreamcast as well.
https://x.com/falco_girgis/status/1941990313192456232?t=zvN1m_8hGBo62bJWWLNU-g&s=19
Fan Port of Super Mario 64 to Dreamcast with better textures, more triangles, and faster speed. I don't see how the DC controller would work though.
https://x.com/falco_girgis/status/1944449877682905577?t=286kuIxYMmJ3atBVRKvqAA&s=19
Doom on Blender
VG: Emulation
PS1 Emulator working on Nintendo DS
Nintendo wins lawsuit against braggart emulator site
EverQuest Emulator threatens the existence of EverQuest!
Virtual Boy on the 3DS. Feb 24
QByte gets PS1 Emulation
Nintendo suing switch emulator yuzu. Feb 24
PS4 Emulator can now play The Order 1886
VG: Emu: YouTuber Jail Time
A YouTuber could face jail time for reviewing emulator handhelds
It turns out he was telling people how to get ROMs
VG: Classic Indies
Pulse breaker is a classic styled Resident Evil game.
https://x.com/ArtofAdval/status/1942245746587439383?t=V423BRxycWhIOdA7d202WA&s=19
Windswept is a 2D side scrolling platform game with Donkey Kong vibes
A bunch of Indie games based on Earthbound.
https://x.com/earthbound3d/status/1986950737889214745?t=0IiZoPr144P_QPQuB5Qjbw&s=19
Born64 is a Nintendo 64 looking game with a Bloodborne feel.
New 8Bit console based on the modern 6502 processor
Commodore industries is trying to stop the new mini commodore 64
Bat Galaxy is like Star Fox on the 3DS
https://x.com/bat_galactic/status/1984985161948340632?t=CNuPQYpVaNUg9LnXMgylMQ&s=19
1CC Games releases a run and aim game called Silver Bullet. You hunt monsters while dodging their attacks.
12 psykio games are taken off of Steam because license ran out for the publisher
Sugar Ghouls is a PS1 Platformer style game
Infinos 1 and 2 are classic styled shootemups being released on modern consoles
Rogue craft is coming out for several classic consoles
Luigi’s Mansion on the Gameboy
https://distractedcoder.itch.io/luigi-mansion-gameboy-demake
Nightvein is a gothic run and shoot for the mega drive
Mario Maker style NES game maker
Modern Vintage Gamer moves to new classic Indie porting studio
Sir Noggin is a Sega inspired platformer
Neon Inferno is a beatem up shooter. I don't have a good term for it, but they're a lot of fun.
https://x.com/NoSoloBits/status/1963677451445469383?t=-tO5g_teQJAmFO9e8XleUA&s=19
Review of Daemon Hunter for the Mega Drive. It's a side scrolling jump and shoot.
Guy shows off his game being run on CD on his PS1
https://x.com/EliasDaler/status/1946176114688147917?t=XvtD4QIQEs5IdANZjtceRQ&s=19
Dreamsdk has been released for windows making it way easier to make games for the Dreamcast.
https://ghostarchive.org/archive/Mnnt8
Sabrina the Teenage Witch for GameBoy Color has a few companies working to release it.
A cozy game about turnip sales called Marchant 64 has sold enough to keep its creator comfortable.
VG: CI: Castlevania
Classicvania game Lady Dracula
Spine Lasher is a Castlevania and Mega Man mix. A Megavania if you will.
3D Classic Castlevania based game
https://x.com/Unholy_Malphas/status/1982602117400674391?t=ejIxQhkbWv-4QehquRTtuw&s=19
Castlevania port to Atari 2600
Amiga port being updated
Saint Slayer is a Castlevania like 2D NES style game with pogo stick
VG: CI: Physical
Fixing a modded PS2 for a client
https://ghostarchive.org/archive/SkUPY
A new 8 bit player may be opening soon
GameStop releases physical GameBoy Color Game. Buck and the Cursed Cartridge
A look at the Pico 8 and it's retroware services.
Amiga 1200 with HDMI hook up
ZX Spectrum Next has a Kickstarter
Mods for PC Engine that upgrades S video output
VG: CI: Vectrex
Vectrex remake with emulation and nice controller. I doubt the screen is the same.
https://www.facebook.com/share/r/19doPhC3Rz/
It's awesome
VG: CI l: Atari Intellivision
Atri is releasing a new intellivision
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srqUdmzcQbc
Have an article. It has screens on the controllers and can hook up to modern TVs.
VG: CI: GameBoy
Shadow Island is getting a physical release for Game Boy. It's a moody RPG game
Maiden of the Dark is being released for the Game Boy by a YouTuber
An open source Wii the size of a Gameboy color cartridge is now released.
VG: CI: Paprium
A game that was supposed to release years ago, and was completed is now playable.
https://x.com/AVGN82/status/1941909780475367665?t=BzfkDUx7uErO6i1QxQN0Yw&s=19
Easily put onto consoles like Sega CD
https://x.com/St1ka/status/1942000376489673186?t=pjGnCJDNCreqzCqw3ruo4A&s=19
VG: CI: Classic Ports
Night Knight was a classic indie for MSX and then released on the Atari LX/XR. This article is 2 years old.
TMNT, Super C and Contra Force are being ported to SNES by Infidelity. The reason is to reduce flicker, improve audio and insert FMVs.
Toaplan games on Atari consoles
Y’s 1-3 collection to the X68000 Z
Golden Axe on the Atari 2600
VG: CI: SNES Doom
A very special port of Doom to SNES uses a Raspberry device to become an FX3 chip. It's based on, and using the engine that was used to port it in the first place. Limited Run will release it eventually
The creator explains it's not running from a raspberry pi. The device is being used as an FX chip.
https://ghostarchive.org/archive/7vPX7
Have an article on the response by the creator
VG: Graphics
1980’s animated show on CRT effect for a game.
Look at OmniEdge a scriptable add on to Blender that could make FPS, but is actually for adding shaders like 2D lines
Occlusion Culling for optimized systems on Nintendo 64
New game engine has a CRT effect built in
Modern Vintage Gamer talks about the computer Scene that came from pirates and programmers.
NVidia GT 1030 still being updated, but barely able to play new games.
Cyberpunk 2077 looks way better with a graphics overhaul. Feb 24
DirectSR promoted by big names at GDC. Feb 24
Fallout New Vegas with RTX mod
VG: Graphics: Web
Online Web Graphics demo
https://ssgi-webgpu-demo.vercel.app/
Explanation of what it is
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/activity-7384169925508157440-rCVx
VG: Graphics: DLSS
DLSS. Plugin for Unreal Engine updated
DLSS for switch 2 could help games in the future
VG: Bandai Namco Showcase
It's going to happen
The showcase. The hosts were boringly enthusiastic. Hot Shots is back. Several open world fighting games. Super War Tactics gets a new release.
https://www.youtube.com/live/fSoTEO-ntF8
VG: WarGames lists
There's a lot of lists by this guy, and he always has multiple pages. So he gets his own section.
WarGame Design Studio has a sale going on. These are the best to buy.
https://archive.ph/cizUe https://archive.ph/N0DzV https://archive.ph/5LEeO https://archive.ph/SbhCH
WarGames to look forward to in 2025 and 2026
https://archive.ph/XfIrj https://archive.ph/whGKu https://archive.ph/sQYD3 https://archive.ph/mihvx
VG: Propaganda
Stop Killing Games has 1 Million petition to get lawmakers attention. Game companies respond negatively
Decolonizing Cozy Games.. game presented as evil was made by the company itself.
https://ghostarchive.org/archive/108CY
Stuttering Craig talks about how the State of Play is pure propaganda. They skew numbers and use emotions for statistics
https://x.com/StutteringCraig/status/1977400221635149940?t=bJek1JLoibzmw2K_1tyikA&s=19
UK vIdeogame Council members announced
Silent Hill f has a label that says you own the license to the game, not the actual game.
Ubisoft addresses Stop Killing Games by saying they can't keep servers on forever.
What will Switch 2 ‘s Gimmick be? Speculation by Polygon. Feb 24
VG: Business
Neil Druckman returns to duties at Naughty Dog to finish up game that will fail.
https://ghostarchive.org/archive/NUtjI
XBox division unable to make a profit off of several bad moves and expectations.
https://x.com/Grummz/status/1992023625676038465?t=CpxMc4gGU9qKLOtRTiG4hA&s=19
Valve announces new console. It's probably the actual competition for the Switch 2.
Nintendo has a monthly newsletter
Halo Infinite is dead
https://x.com/ImKadaddle/status/1986885331514192368?t=WnOsF33W0mmIZQdhWl2i2g&s=19
Best VG universities during 2024. March 2024
Gabr Neweel still plays DotA2 even though he's kind of bad at it
GameStop declares console wars between PlayStation and Xbox over
https://x.com/gamestop/status/1982213786221109263?t=NqPnddTmHItb_6ZvZKPANQ&s=19
Why do companies go public if it's usually going to kill them? Valve is doing fine? Videogames don't create steady income, and that scares investors.
https://x.com/SandyofCthulhu/status/1979942914055872820?t=Ny8FCm9oEFPS6SNyDkrvuA&s=19
PS5 slim has less memory than originally
Epic blames bad game designers for sub par looking games
Perfect Dark was supposed to be episodic and step into James Bond style worlds.
Capcom removes Denuvo
Former Polygon staff are making a subscription based website
Japan tends to be nicer to creators, because they understand it's a n invention process
Sandy Peterson says Microsoft buying Valve would be a bad thing. Commenter homes Gaben needs to be put on a golden throne.
https://ghostarchive.org/archive/v7ZnZ
Members of Valve are making millions each. The second place company is Facebook which has employees making less than a million.
Rod Ferguson to return to 2K to direct next Bioshock game.
https://ghostarchive.org/archive/grYJ8
AAA Gaming is so harsh that Calisto Protocol may be directors final game.
GameStop has plans to continue, though videogames may not be fully central to it.
A fan explains why Nintendo won't go multiplatform while others are. IP’s make them money and they are winning is the gist of it.
https://ghostarchive.org/archive/5UPWd
Ubisoft says buying stuff in a single player game with real money makes games more fun. To counter that, someone points out that the three top single player games let you find stuff in game.
https://ghostarchive.org/archive/lkJtC
After leaving Ubisoft to have an NFT business, son of Yves Guillemot takes over part of Ubisoft.
Could an overly grindy game be illegal? Lawyer says maybe. July 24
GamePass and Epic free games are no longer getting big names. July 24
CD Project Red says micro transactions for single player games is a no go. July 24
Bethesda and Rockstar have announced big games, and haven't delivered them for years. Feb 24
Speculation that Sony and Microsoft are going to be more buddy buddy over the years, while Nintendo likely won't. Feb 24
18-24 year olds are spending less on games year on year
Miyamoto views games as products, not art.
Tokyo Game Show Vendors list and visuals
Yves Guillemot says Star Wars game did badly because Star Wars is doing badly.
Phil Spencer says jacking up prices can be manipulative. Feb 24
We can't get ports of Bloodborne, or a sequel because Sony owns the IP. Feb 24
Nintendo patented a reeling device for controllers. Fishing game looks good.
VG: B: Doug Bowser Retires
He was only in power a few years, but it seems Bowser has been defeated
His official announcement
VG: Business: Digital over Physical
Ubisoft demands you destroy your physical games when they take it offline.
https://ghostarchive.org/archive/6tJo2
Ubisoft defends it's insanity
Network of games instead of game company.
VG: Business: Capcom on Steam
Capcom has done well with Steam
We wish to congratulate PC for winning the console competition
https://ghostarchive.org/archive/ql6VE
VG: Old Posts
Remember when Unreal was going to be charged a monthly fee? Yeah, this article is from when it was announced
Silent Hill Ascension released in October 23. This article was from the announcement.
A new look at the game by Stardew Valley creator. Oct 23
Unreal Engine won't be free for all. Oct 23
Fortunes Run is a classic indie shooter. Oct 23
VG: OP: Twisted Metal Live Service
Sony fired 900 people and cancelled live service twisted metal, which has barely started being made. Feb 24
Tweet I got this from. Feb 24
More on the firings. Feb 24
VG: Microsoft Layoffs
Microsoft firing Xbox employees. It could be to replace them with H1B visa holders
https://ghostarchive.org/archive/rcAyy
Perfect dark is cancelled rumour says
https://ghostarchive.org/archive/tv2Iw
Now confirmed
Romero Games has all their games pulled because of the Microsoft shenanigans
https://ghostarchive.org/archive/T3Asa
A list of games and companies affected. Forza hit hard. Rare and Everwild. Call of Duty had several companies hit. Blizzard had a Fortnite like game!?
Phil Spencer to retire after Next a Xbox release
Microsoft employees who were fired were given access to AI to help them grieve.
Forza Motorsport team gone. Only Horizons is left.
VG: Indie Business
Godot has an asset store
John Romero's best advice to indie game creators. Article is two years old.
Open Source group changes from Godot to Mirror 2
Indieish game Ready or Not sells millions despite changes and angry fan responses.
The Chinese Room, which made Still Wakes the Deep and Dear Esther, has separated from Sumo Digital and is fully indie again.
How to survive as an indie company for 20 years
VG: BI: Publishers
New indie publishers Lyrical Games
https://ghostarchive.org/archive/zGhCp
Digital Foundry parts from IGN and goes full independent
VG: IB: Unity Stupidity 2 Years ago
John Riccitello steps down as Unity CEO. 2 year old article
2 years after Unity did a stupid thing, how is Godot doing?
VG: Classics
The angry video nerd looks at the original Metroid trilogy
Breath of Fire should make a return
Castlevania influenced Ninja Gaiden
Source Materials for Final Fantasy 7 are mostly gone, says the creator of the remake.
https://archive.ph/pWGAt https://x.com/Genki_JPN/status/1983910385901334576?t=S7kFzAbI4epzj1F8xpLX_w&s=19
Kojima does not remember talks about him making game about the Matrix, even though he met the creators.
https://x.com/HIDEO_KOJIMA_EN/status/1983390844037009907?t=hudVAFOv8igHWdAjfZImpA&s=19
People are collecting boxy old CRT TVs, so, some companies are starting to make them
Microsoft has always been bad at management and rarely sees a good idea until too late.
Creators in their 50’s in Japan are treated poorly and have difficulties getting jobs. The creator of Hylide opened up about it. People interviewed him just to meet him, but he had no chance of a job.
Games that have aged like fine wine. Cants say I agree with all of it.
Retro computing museum in a bus
Interview with a major game executive from the NES and Genesis days.
Tech Demo that sold the Super Grafx
The skeletons in the original Super Smash Bros can be switched over at any time. This includes cut scenes.
https://x.com/MarioBrothBlog/status/1976317230335001083?t=Xf9zSbToAFV82VJrpdwe-Q&s=19
An RPG historian wrote a book. He's a friend on Twitter and loves to play these games. His publisher found out about early posts from blueskyusers and kept his money. They're saying it's being donated, but we know the truth.
A list of lesser known Castlevania games
Italian museum finds blueprints for lost arcade game
The reason why the Tales Series is being rereleased out fo order is they have to find and rework the original code.
35 year old visit to Nintendo by BBC
Koji Igarashi enjoyed the Castlevania musical
A collector had tons of prototype consoles and games from SeGa. He tried giving it to museums and others to be used for public knowledge. SeGa sent the police to raid his house and destroy it all.
A look at the super Mario world beta
https://x.com/Abathor_Game/status/1960692651394527314?t=MgMBwsq-TSGs-O_TAc9CCA&s=19
Footage of Prey 2 gameplay has released
https://x.com/VinciusMedeiro6/status/1963015203534340243?t=56oyl-KU3Bt101VFTOsrJg&s=19
The King Boo in Super Mario World is actually a green bubble recolored.
https://ghostarchive.org/archive/sxEFZ
Silent Hill 3 creator glad grizzlies cords were finally found in a specific area.
Hunting games came because a Texas Walmart executive didn't want to shoot aliens. He asked for a shooting game, and the Deer Hunter series was created.
Fans talk about the design of cities and villages in PS1 RPGs
https://ghostarchive.org/archive/1RR1P
Footage of unreleased Akira game for Sega Mega Drive
https://x.com/retro_twt/status/1943445349323935966?t=YsTRzfblWdD2ZgAP8O8MUQ&s=19
A look back at the creation of Gunman Chronicles, a Half Life mod that went full game.
Masohiro Sakurai was on GameCenter CX on YouTube. Oct 23
PS3 Levels as Liminal Spaces
https://x.com/realradec/status/1943124225960653258?t=MPRLZ7TcT4J1jXDY1HfrKw&s=19
Ars Technica teams up with GOG to review old school games.
How Tomb Raider the original dealt with texture tearing. Feb 24
20 Best Programs for ZX Spectrum is getting a remaster. It's a book, and has a Kickstarter. The author created the original book 40 years ago.
VG: Classics: Halo MMO
There was going to be a Halo MMO about covenant vs ForeRunners, but Don Mattrick fired the entire studio to make his numbers go up
https://x.com/SandyofCthulhu/status/1982965186781954468?t=DboBJCbHQzA5JKHnbjMIZQ&s=19
Human was a character set, and not forerunner
https://x.com/SandyofCthulhu/status/1984015071773913603?t=eLuJR_bVcol2FPVPbv5ieA&s=19
VG: Classics: Pinball on Windows
Tweet about porting the pinball game to Windows
https://ghostarchive.org/archive/0REcd
He gives other memories and credits
https://ghostarchive.org/archive/6H1Dy
VG: Classics: Rereleased
Zanac EX is an MSX Shootemup from a company called Compile. It's being released on the Switch.
Night Striker 2
Battle Arena Toshinden
Mario Paint on the Switch and Switch 2. You need a USB mouse for the switch, and can use a controller in mouse mode for Switch 2.
Fallout 4 gets a new slick if paint and is released for all modern consoles, including Switch 2
Last Ninja collections stalled by Nintendo over possible controversial items in games.
Battlantis is a top down space Invaders style shooter set in toga times by Konami. It was originally for arcades and is now for the Switch, PS and others.
Scurge Hive was for DS and GBA and will be released for everything soon
Steel Worker is a construction platformer on a single frame from 1980
Old Japanese Computer Games like Y’s are getting a release for modern consoles.
Street Fighter 6 for Switch 2 has Mega Man 3, Bionic Commando, Street Fighter 2010, and Mighty Final Fight to play in a special menu.
Two year old article. Star Wars games collection getting a physical edition
Videogames
Maniac is a top down roguelite that let's you play the non story part of GTA. March 24
Mecha combat with various influences
https://x.com/KnightDivGames/status/1986840524972507609?t=etoQe0i6yKtr4FkCEHZI7Q&s=19
New Disagaea Beatemup 3D game
Assetto Corsa Rally is a simulation driver.
Road Tripped Live is a traveling game where you are trying to get shots of the big weird things happening around an area. It doesn't take itself too seriously
https://youtu.be/EWVyp7Cj5i4?si=V7ELZbEvPDZPpilU
A guitar controller for the Switch that teaches you how to play an actual guitar.
Meatboy 3D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYBOMo-RNzA
Where Wind Meets is an Asian open world game with Mahjong playing dogs
Death Stranding, but Norman Reedus is a horse in Mongolia called the Legend of Khiimori
Warhammer 40k mechanicus 2 has a demo out
Fighting game in a retro look where the characters are dangling from ropes connected to helicopters. Saka Do is the name.
Display for character Blitzcrank on the game 2XKO
Everwind is another roguelite that wants to be Minecraft with story. Nice airships though.
New Lego Batman Open World Game!
Denshattack is a Sonic 3D like but the main character is a train.
https://x.com/FrackDeals/status/1957861983216365831?t=M572UnKokWE9v32XFYg6rQ&s=19
Dark Storm is a top down tactical shooter that takes place on Mars. It's in open beta
Dungeon Stalker is a PvEvP dungeon explorer. I'm certain the graphics are worse than the trailer.
Paper Animal Adventure is a cozy exploration RPG with a fun graphical look.
https://x.com/Azurexis/status/1953504715599159522?t=IlcEI7HLNhdlBtsQ-3V9rQ&s=19
New SpongeBob game about King Titan and Davy Jones
Rally classic arcade style game Rally Arcade Classics
Phantasy Star Online might get a reboot. March 24
Recur has time move forward or backward based on which direction you walk. Very artsy
https://x.com/Okami13_/status/1952811390483480940?t=qZEfPOU7zy3Fr1n2W1_gFg&s=19
Fast and Furious Arcade Edition. We are getting arcade ports again.
Super Hero Simulator 17 minutes of gameplay
Foundry is a procedurally generated factory sim. Oct 23
FZero Clone called Star Racer with 2D and 3D mixed together.
Reynatis is a shooter set in Tokyo. Feb 24
Resident Evil gets a phone strategy game
Mecha Break is a mech Brawler and has gained 50,000 players within 10 minutes of opening.
Halo is getting another remake. I expect it to release on Switch 2
Last Epoch is a great top down dungeon explorer. Feb 24
Praise for Pacific Drive. Feb 24
Plants vs Zombies remastered for the Switch
New Tales of the Shire can run on a gaming potato
Preview for Cronos by Bloomberg Team
VG: Fortnite
Disneyland in Fortnite as a promotion for the parks
Fortnite update has Springfield
https://x.com/DrewDisneyDude/status/1986104725889032428?t=anzSsgPi0QJcR6uozF8U9g&s=19
VG: Halo Remake
Halo is being remade and released on XBox and PlayStation
Have the trailer from the PlayStation channel
VG: Plants Vs Zombies Replanted
Plants vs Zombies has a remake and now has co-op
Check out the staff interview for it.
VG: HD2D
Threads of Time is a HD2D RPG for the Xbox that has time travel and anime shorts.
HD2D beatemup with RPG elements mad king redemption
VG: Heroes of Might and Magic Olden Era
A game that plays like the old Heroes of Might and Magic but with new stylish graphics. Made by the same people as Manor Lords
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXjHOsH-k5E
Article about the demo
Will it save the franchise?
VG: Ananta
Ananta is an open world city game where each character is a style of open world gameplay. Are you the hacker? Spiderman? Violence Goblin? Killer? This could be a hit or it could be a disaster. And it's opening on the phone.
https://x.com/NikTekOfficial/status/1970482235175248002?t=8I2t-VEqsHowUt4o_jmyzA&s=19
Have another video. Yes, phones will have it.
https://x.com/Grummz/status/1971007265646969259?t=DIR6oA2z1B1HhNXea-yiQg&s=19
VG: Dragon Quest VII Reimagined
A comparison between the different versions of the game
New images for the game
Update by Square Enix with lots of pictures
VG: Dawn of War IV
Dawn of War IV announced
An article
VG: Horror
Silent Hill f Story Trailer
https://x.com/Konami/status/1957888995142299830?t=XZDegS72oQDZL8pZFNX5Fg&s=19
Hellraiser has a game coming out. Have the trailer.
Crathos Deep is a horror exploration game of wrecked at the bottom of the ocean
Bornless is a horror story FPS
System Shock 1&2 for Switch
Little girl in the library. Creepy Pasta puzzle game
Necrophisis is a Scorn like game with a lot of work put into it. A few hours of gameplay
Co Op dark stealth puzzle game Reanimal looks familiar, but it's early in the morning and I can't remember the game it's mimicking.
Horror story about an aging black and white Mickey in first person
Blight is a survival horror game in medieval times
Desktop Explorer is about a possessed operating system
VG: Resident Evil 9
Resident Evil 9 demo
Trailer
VG: Likely Crap
There is a game based on the Stop Motion Rudolph The Red Nose Reindeer. It is as bad as you think it is.
Another DC Fighting game has been announced. I remember the one for the Super NES
VG: Gamescom
An hour long video with several trailers
Valor Mortis is about a vampire in the French Imperial Army
Star Trek Voyager the FTL game in a star Trek universe
Halloween the Game… again…
VG: Bubsy
A new Bubsy game
https://x.com/SmugPorky/status/1957868309686231382?t=YlqDQ91lIkNn8WjAHV1cpA&s=19
Check out this footage. It's simple, but workable.
https://x.com/Fabrazz/status/1958118469271970241?t=9JxaIhqd2QUBv9ObWGK0Dw&s=19
VG: HeMan
It's now a beatemup style game.
https://x.com/LimitedRunGames/status/1957861994041638915?t=rYKpZErQTkFT8sIiHiW8CA&s=19
VG: Nintendo Direct
There was a partners showcase the last day of July. I will show what I liked. Here is the whole thing.
https://www.youtube.com/live/gZoLrfLcIVg
Ninja Gaiden Rage Bound is a classic styled 2D slash em up.
Katamari Damacy
Pac Man World 2 Reamped
Final Fantasy Tactics
Hyrule Warriors age of imprisonment
The adventure of Elliot is a 2DHD Secret of Mana style game that has time travel.
Octopath Traveler 0 is a prequel to the game series. You can build towns and see areas before they were changed
Hela is a puzzle adventure game where you play a mouse with a frog backpack.
Cronos is coming to Switch 2, and I look forward to it.
VG: Old Footage
Bodycam 37 minutes. Feb 24
Forza Horizon 5 trailer from Feb 24
VG: Dinosaurs
Vikings riding dinosaurs in this rts. Article is 2 years old.
Dinosaur Survival Game
VG: Metroidvania
Necrofujitive is a metroidvania where you are a villain trying to defeat a castle with your powers. Have the pre alpha trailer.
Cathedral was a retro Metroidvania. It's getting a sequel.
Eternal Soul looks like Symphony of the Night
VG: Silksong
Hollow Knight Silk Song has a demo at gamescom, a long with some gameplay footage.
Gameplay by Nintendo life
Trailer
It's $20 and outselling $80 games easily.
VG: Updates, and Add Ons
Ken on Fatal Fury
New DLC for Atari 50 includes console ports of PacMan.
New update to two point museum let's you run a retro arcade.
Castlevania update to Vampire Survivors. New characters and levels.
Castlevania Dead by Daylight
VG: Reviews
Review of Chronicles of the Wolf, a retro styled Metroidvania
Final Fantasy f review by IGN. The combat is difficult because of stability, psychic and health meters with breakable weapons. The levels and enemies are wonderful
VG: Final Fantasy Turn Based?
The next Final Fantasy may or may not be turn based
Yoshi P says it's up to the next director
VG: Lists
Nintendo games coming out
Most iconic Metroidvania protagonists. Feb 24
Games being remade this year
Every FPS game from Japanese companies
Terrorizing DHS Raid Yielded Few Results You may have heard about the September 30 federal law enforcement raid of an apartment complex in Chicago where SWAT teams rappelled onto the roof from Black Hawk helicopters, and sleeping children were wrenched from their beds and the arms of their parents.
What you may not have heard about was the outcome of the performative raid, captured by news crews that were invited to cover it. The 300 agents who descended on the 130-unit apartment complex claimed the building was “filled” with members of Tres de Aragua, a Venezuelan gang the Trump administration has designated a terrorist group.
The claims about the gang were apparent justification for agents’ aggressive tactics, including knocking down doors and hurling flash grenades. White House advisor Stephen Miller, with his trademark hyperbolic distortions, claimed it was “one of the most successful law enforcement operations that we’ve seen in this country.”
Thirty-seven people were detained. The Department of Homeland Security said they arrested two members of Tres de Aragua. ProPublica spoke with one of the two men arrested. He denies being a member of the gang and has no criminal record. The government has offered no evidence of his involvement with the gang. Criminal charges have not been filed against anyone taken in the raid. Taken from Dan Rather
Anyone else watching? All they can talk about is how evil Trump is and that the 'Real' Republicans will regain the power from him. Cheney is being seen as some great monarch to the state.
I'm going to the big Theme Park, Arcade, outdoors, indoors and everything else out of home market convention. There are arcade games and theme park rides in a giant show floor. I met VR creators and talked to various people on designing stuff for them. People in suits and people in casual clothes with a lot of money.
People make big announcements and talk a lot about the future of these markets. Which is why a Women in the Industry talk caught my eye. I noticed a lot of the HR and bureaucracies in the larger parks is women and effeminate men. It's being promoted here at the show.
Also, Asians have taken over the arcade and small display market almost completely. RAW is still there, and that's all I could find. Everything else is Chinese or Japanese. They don't have a talk about Asians in the market.
https://store.steampowered.com/sale/hardware?l=english
I was just discussing the Steamdeck with a coworker. We now have a console, head gear and new controller to go with it. If priced right, it becomes major competition for consoles.
No Kings protest has tons of preplanned and stuff that could only work if half the people were doing it as a job. But yeah, grass roots.
People leave as soon as their paid protest time is up and the streets are empty.
Antifa attempts to siege the ICE facility
They tried to start a fire near the building and throw burning debris
Portland ICE gave no shits and fired tear gas at protestors trying to breach the wall of their facility. The area was flooded with the gas and the rioters left.
During the day, tear gas is called evil by lefty
Man calls a TPUSA reporter a token and tries to block her from entering protest area. He is arrested by police.
President Trump made an AI video of him dropping fecal matter on the no Kings protestors.
All the other cities are peaceful, because the terrorists only want Portland. Something something
ABC had an amazing shot of what is obviously paid propaganda in LA
Buses used to take in paid protestors
A man died in front of the protestors, and they didn't care.
Police are helping left rioters in Portland. They think this will curry favor with the powers that be in the state.