playing games on a PC, misc. chatter, Steam names, etc...

enticing

it may just have hit my specific emotional buttons, though, so ymmv I guess

Dude in charge of the company is a former Idle Thumb who moved up here to Portland.

Also pulled his game from PAX due to the PA LGBT-related idiocy

I've heard enough glowing sentiments about this game from sources I trust that I'll probably buy it

Ya me too. First I need to finish a game of Zelda I started in 2007.

papers, please is pretty engrossing, to the point that i got a headache from staring at the screen during my first playthru. it's basically a brain exercise game with a bit of compelling narrative.

How is it compared to Cart Life? They seemed really similar to me at a glance.

have not played that but similarity seems superficial, and only on the narrative decision making end. the bulk of PP gameplay is against the clock complex memory/spot the difference game

Expeditions: Conquistador looks cool (50% off on GOG atm) as does Sir, You Are Being Hunted. I love that the hot indie gaming trends are niche RPGs + open world procedurally generated games. My faves!

Sir, You Are Being Hunted

Oh, this got finished, huh? Neat. The Kickstarter trailer was A+++ but the tiers were a bit expensive and survival horror is not a genre I particularly care for so I didn't kick in. Still interested to try it.

Meanwhile I funded another Britisher indie game on Kickstarter finishing at the same time and that is nowhere near finished so maybe I backed the wrong horse. (Or maybe if I ever looked at the betas I get sent links to every so often and had some opinions it would be finished already, or something.)

so apparently rogue legacy just keeps getting new game+'s and getting harder. i'm on +3 now.

bought the paradox humble bundle in the weekly sale then lost my weekend to Crusader Kings 2. Never enjoyed my attempts at Europa Universalis, but love this.

I would like to see a 'Random Game' button on the steam store

make it an achievement/badge to buy based on that and i bet they sell a gazillion

Trails In The Sky First Chapter & Second Chapter are getting releases on Steam!
XSeed are publishing and the guy who brought over Recettear is localizing Second Chapter - First Chapter coming in winter, Second next summer
Recettear has sold 300,000 on Steam and sales of the Ys games are supposed to be good, maybe Japanese developers are finally "getting" Steam?

Notable that these are PC to PSP ports that are pretty old. Still, a good thing overall. Ys sales probably increased once they were willing to pull the trigger on the big Steam sales.

Recettear is somewhat unique, I think, it got a lot of indie/PC blog press, and was included in a ridiculously low priced $5 bundle including 5 games which gave it even more exposure, crucially, a few months after its release. It never dropped that low again afterwards but continues to be featured in Steam sales. Also of course, it's a very good localization and fun game.

oh, looks like they are doing a PSN version of Second Chapter for PSP & presumably playable on Vita. that's odd, can't be a very big market for that, maybe its easy to port the (hefty) dialog to the PSP version?

SteamOS
http://store.steampowered.com/livingroom/SteamOS/

but no hardware ?_?

another announcement in 2 days time apparently

i imagine they have an apple app on the way, maybe a partnership with ouya or more likely LG or Sanyo. seems like a smart move not to get into the hardware business

This is a big move for Valve. Seems likely to define the company's strategy more than any of the games they've made. (And has probably been defining their strategy for the last couple years.)

I have spare steam keys for 2 games everyone probably already has - Limbo, and Faster Than Light. I've offered them up on G+ and FB, but no takers, so figured I'd see if anyone on ILG wants one?

the long rumoured Steam Machines announced, "we are working with multiple partners to bring a variety of Steam gaming machines to market during 2014"
http://store.steampowered.com/livingroom/SteamMachines/

And you can get one for free if you jump through numerous hoops and then gabe smiles on you.

to be fair if you've been using Big Picture anyway they're exceptionally wide hoops

they should call it the GabeCube.
another announcement on Friday, official controller maybe?

need 2 more friends pls add :)

Controller strongly hinted at by one of the FAQs from today's announcement and the teaser icon.

if steam library after console release is as robust as ps4/xbone maybe that'll just be my pick for next gen console.

need 2 more friends pls add :)

Added. Add me if y'all like:
http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198038960414

Most interesting of the three announcements by far - http://store.steampowered.com/livingroom/SteamController/

i thought they "didn't want to get into the hardware game"

i'll have to reserve real judgment for the thing to be in my hands, but as a concept i'm not super impressed by the dual trackpads

Seems like it will be pricey too. Most games i play, a good d-pad is the most important thing, so two track pads aren't really exciting...

Who knows how it'll work out, but with their own (linux based?) operating system, vague hardware hardware announcements, and a weird looking controller, it does seem like Valve has maybe lost the plot a little bit...

Most games i play, a good d-pad is the most important thing, so two track pads aren't really exciting...

^ this

what a weird move, have no idea how this will play out
Xbone is now the only console controller without any touchpad part

I don't think Valve has lost the plot. I think they are going to eat the Xbone's lunch. They are making a big play here in the hotly-contested "own the living room" space. SteamOS could become the Android of the set-top box, with Valve taking 30% plus of every transaction from a user base way more willing to pay premium prices than Android users. I guarantee you SteamOS will have a Netflix app.

As for that controller, you can already play PC games with controllers if they support them. Valve think they have something interesting here that will expand the range of couch-based gameplay. If anything, the controller is the most gaming-focused of these announcements. The rest is strategy.

http://tommyrefenes.tumblr.com/post/62476523677/my-time-with-the-steam-controller

Although all he tells us really is "pad works as pad, just about", when the real question is whether it works as a keyboard/mouse replacement.

good post

The screenshot in the hero image on the controller page is Civ 5 so they probably are confident. xp

http://cdn3.store.steampowered.com/public/images/promo/livingroom/rljKewyz3M/prototypes.jpg

looks too small

http://store.steampowered.com/app/242680

Nuclear Throne looks fun

that looks super cool. i'll play it the moment it's out on the mac

does look good, but waiting a bit (mac or gtfo)

haha xp

papers, please is pretty engrossing, to the point that i got a headache from staring at the screen during my first playthru. it's basically a brain exercise game with a bit of compelling narrative.
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yeah just picked this up on sale from gog, quickly found myself totally immersed. caught myself looking back and forth at the person in booth while checking their documents, nodding, raising eyebrows etc

great game; grim tho

i also purchased it, just two nights ago. i'm early on (maybe 6-7 days in) but i'm assuming my entire family is going to die because of my poor work.

also got it - i played it a bunch last night (made it up to day 20 or so) but it does get awfully monotonous. i guess that's part of the point?

like i felt like i got a lot of insight into borders + security + economic cross-sections, but i'm not sure any of those things are conducive to a fun-to-play video game

long live the queen reminds me a lot of princess maker (nb i haven't played it yet - just from the screenshots)

saw that too, kind of interested