Nioh 3 is brutal, fast and surprisingly generous — a rare soulslike that feels like it wants you to win. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2026/02/04/digital/nioh-3-action-rpg-team-ninja-game-of-the-year/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #life #digital #videogames #nioh3 #teamninja #fromsoftware #eldenring
Shares in Japanese gaming giant Nintendo plunged 11%, as it was hit by investor concern over software sales and the impact of a memory chip shortage. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/02/04/companies/nintendo-shares-dive/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #nintendo #videogames #chipmakers
fedicat
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Imagine you are an indie developer, and an orchestra is touring the world, playing the music you figured out at night while hacking around. He is living the dream.
Yesterday they played in Berlin.
#indiedev #videogames #buildinpublic #stardewvalley
Stefano Marinelli
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Which game supposedly needs more than 8GB of VRAM? I want to test it on my #SteamMachine .
Which game supposedly needs more than 8GB of VRAM? I want to test it on my #SteamMachine .
Konstantin 🔭
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Gotta catch them all.
I finally got them all. It takes a bit to restore them, like getting replacement stickers and replacing the battery.
Since my daughter gets slowly indoctrinated in the Kindergarten with Pokémon, I could see myself playing with her with the original and trading with her some Pokémon.
#parenting #pokemon #videogames #retrogaming
Gotta catch them all.
I finally got them all. It takes a bit to restore them, like getting replacement stickers and replacing the battery.
Since my daughter gets slowly indoctrinated in the Kindergarten with Pokémon, I could see myself playing with her with the original and trading with her some Pokémon.
#parenting #pokemon #videogames #retrogaming
Imagine you are an indie developer, and an orchestra is touring the world, playing the music you figured out at night while hacking around. He is living the dream.
Yesterday they played in Berlin.
#indiedev #videogames #buildinpublic #stardewvalley
New forms of subscription services have expanded beyond the realm of entertainment in Japan, branching into industries such as gaming, hotels and cars amid a shift in consumer attitudes. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/02/04/companies/japan-subscription-services/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #streaming #hotels #videogames #cars
Alex, the Hearth Fire
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My partner gives me a lot of crap for playing videogames with mods and cheats. Sorry, but aren’t games supposed to be an enjoyable escape? If I wanted a character to grind fictional money, points, minerals, or vespene gas to build my empire, I’d just stay offline. That’s called Monday morning.
My partner gives me a lot of crap for playing videogames with mods and cheats. Sorry, but aren’t games supposed to be an enjoyable escape? If I wanted a character to grind fictional money, points, minerals, or vespene gas to build my empire, I’d just stay offline. That’s called Monday morning.
The success of the Switch 2 console drove up Nintendo's net profit by more than 50% in the nine months to December, the company said, but a global memory chip shortage could push up manufacturing costs. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/02/03/companies/nintendo-sales-switch2/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #nintendo #switch2 #videogames #chipmakers #ai
#QuestionOfTheDay who is a character that ruined a work of fiction you were otherwise enjoying and why?
bonus points if you actually stopped watching/playing/reading etc because of this character, so not just like an annoying character you hate but you still kept going
#fiction #movies #film #TV #Television #anime #manga #musicals #comics #comicbooks #ttrpg #CCGs #books #videogames
Kathy Reid
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Behind the music of hit Australian indie game Hollow Knight: Silksong
By Gianfranco Di Giovanni and Meena Shamaly
The video game soundtrack will be performed live for the first time by Orchestra Victoria at ACMI in February.
#VideoGames #Soundtracks #Music #GianfrancoDiGiovanni #MeenaShamaly
Behind the music of hit Australian indie game Hollow Knight: Silksong
By Gianfranco Di Giovanni and Meena Shamaly
The video game soundtrack will be performed live for the first time by Orchestra Victoria at ACMI in February.
#VideoGames #Soundtracks #Music #GianfrancoDiGiovanni #MeenaShamaly
#QuestionOfTheDay the single greatest scene in any fictional work you've enjoyed (describe it, spoiler tags if necessary, and why you love it)
#fiction #videogames #gaming #TTRPG #CCGs #musicals #books #comicbooks #comics #anime #manga #film #movies #TV #television
Luanti (formerly Minetest)
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People playing on our server at #FOSDEM2026 🥹💖
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Kevin Carson
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#QuestionOfTheDay what's a piece of fiction that really blew your mind/impacted/changed your perspective/taught you an important value as a child/teen where that impact/perspective/lesson isn't particularly unique or groundbreaking but it was your first encounter with it and it's meaningful to you?
everybody has to have their first encounter with a concept, no matter how obvious/tropey/overplayed etc, at some point in their life. So don't be ashamed if your answer is like "this episode of a cartoon show taught me not to hate ugly people" or something. This is a safe space for sharing. At least I will try my best to keep it as one.
#fiction #TV #television #movies #film #books #comics #comicbooks #anime #manga #videogames #TTRPG #CCGs #musicals #poetry #music