whatchu playing now

it's Windows-only but it's pretty much a standalone game, no emulator required, just unzip the file and run the EXE

aw, mac
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runs on wine in linux so it probably works with wine on mac

this?
http://winebottler.kronenberg.org/

i played like a full day of rimworld on saturday. thought i saved enough food for the winter, but then i got attacked by some raiders, and while tey didn't get far i thought it clever to capture them and heal them and feed them and try to convince them to join me. i almost ran out of food but then some muffalo packs showed up so i slaughtered them. so much meat! and i got two good cooks just running hella kitchen work to get me through until my potatoes came back.

xp yeah that looks like it will work.. seems like you can just double click an exe after installing that app and it should be able to run it

Great, will try!

The PC ports had horrible pad support (DirectInput vs. PS2 adapter days), I remember having to use a third party app that would fix this

fyi, I found a simple fix for the Vice City controller problem. Something called GInput is what you need. Hassle free set up.

star trek: the next generation: a final unity

i read reviews of this when it came out in like 1995 but never played it til this weekend. this is an excellent star trek game and a pretty good adventure game. it's only been unbearably irritating once and mildly irritating a couple times. mostly the TNG atmosphere and vibe is spot on--good voice work from the og cast, sound effects are right, the writing is convoluted and trekkish.

it's OOP but easily obtained--the version i got has a dosbox wrapper and works perfectly. highly recommended.

ugh i remember playing A Final Unity back in the 90s, gave up after about an hour. interface and slowness drove me nuts

interface is so good! it's in star trek font what more do you want

sorry okuda

i played through Kentucky Route Zero (acts 1-4, the final one's not out yet) the other weekend and it was really great in the sort of way where i still can't stop thinking about it a week later. it's abnormally good at making you feel like your decisions matter, even though they're generally not tied to in-game outcomes

you may just have sold me on it; been on the fence.
think a non-gamer would enjoy watching as i play? is it one of those?

yeah probably. the actual gameplay is fairly light even for a point+click, it's much more focused on atmosphere and storytelling than being a Game

Super Bomberman 2, and other BM games.

My 7yo godson has recently fell in love with this game and keeps kicking my ass on it. lol

As I was saying goodbye to him the other day I could just hear him yelling from the lounge "..Get some practice in!"

I took a week off of gta races, but back on track now. Approaching 200 in the last 3 weeks

Amazing how much better graphics are on a PC laptop from any given year vs a double-priced Mac in boot camp mode

bomberman > tetris

challopy but true!

i love me some Bomberman.

highly recommend Saturn Bomberman for not only great gameplay but one of the coolest soundtracks ever.

ha cool thanks. Just tried it on Yabause emulator, very nice!

As I was saying goodbye to him the other day I could just hear him yelling from the lounge "..Get some practice in!"

re: kentucky route zero I realized that it's basically Dahlgren which explains why I like it

Dhalgren, rather. apologies

haha now i feel like i should get around to playing it

yeah, sold

talking of games with that vibe, i'm not going to get it for a minute but ... overland? anyone?

Playing through the original Infamous on PS3. Fairly solid, definitely feels very 2009 in its open world gameplay, growly dumb main character in sloppy racetrack gear (kinda like the guy from Dead Rising 2) and even more dumbass sidekick character. Came out about two years after Assassin's Creed and a few months before Batman: Arkham Asylum which would totally eclipse this.
Beginning looked graphically hideous, but the game picked up later. Definitely gotten more fun the more powers/speed you get, though similar to the Arkham games it feels kinda stupid when you're walking around a city getting shot at half a mile away by like a dozen different guys at the same time.

About to start playing Diablo III: Reaper of Souls, You Belong to Satan Now, Kill Your Parents, Ultimate Evil Edition on PS4. I'm pumped because I've only played the vanilla PC version, which I thoroughly enjoyed, and the console version is supposed to be better. Also because I'll be playing co-op with my wife this time through, god Satan willing

I loved playing Infamous and Infamous 2. They are great games to just play without getting too engaged by.

i love sigur ros, they're great music to fall asleep to

lol, yeah

battlefield 1 beta is a lot of fun. favorite thing so far is taking planes and jumping out of them over caps. also hacking ppl w shovel, gas grenades, and barking commands to squad in turkish

been working through Bioshock 1 w the remaster. combat is a little blah (damage to enemies carries over to respawn meaning there is very little consequence to dying) but dang, this art design, just incredible. an underwater art deco city is like the perfect video game environment. i love it, i want to eat it w a spoon. even the steampunky backgrounds in the hacking minigames look incredible. sound design rules as well, i love how everything sounds like a penny arcade. i replayed some of Infinite and found it way more boring in comparison.

yeah Bioshock has kind of gotten old. world design is still great but running out of ammo, dying over and over, respawning in the next room, rinse, repeat, it's all a bit boring. maybe i am just really bad at this.

i hooked up a new TV and got out the Dreamcast a friend gave to me a year ago. been making some breakthroughs in Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2.

any Dreamcast recommendations?

Jet Set Radio / Rez if you've never played them on another system. Shenmue is worth playing just for wtfing at the world.

Possible Challops: Sonic Adventure is completely terrible.

This seems like a decent rundown:
http://www.denofgeek.com/games/sega-dreamcast/25026/the-top-25-sega-dreamcast-games

thanks! i will definitely look into Rez! looks nice and psych.

Sonic Adventure is hilarious. closest thing ever to "bad movie good" a videogame has gotten.

i have Jet Set Radio, love that soundtrack so much. takes me back to my late-90s shibuya-kei obsession.

In fairness I suspect that a lot of SA's terribleness was just impenetrability - I'm not the sort to need my hand held, nor do I hate stumbling into something hidden, but once I started reading FAQs for what I had to do I realised that there wasn't any hints about a lot of things relating to basic progression at all.

any Dreamcast recommendations?

Bangai-O

Chu Chu Rocket is a good time. And it's free! (It's probably not free any more).

Also, Powerstone.

powerstone was amazing

cosign chu chu rocket and powerstone, but it's all about the multiplayer with both of them

oh for sure - multiplayer powerstone is some of the best fun i've ever had with a game

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does anyone remember a short level strategy game on the PC that i think had an egyptian theme? it was called something like papyrus or nile or pharoah i think (but it's not the sierra city building game pharoah). it's maybe from about 10 years ago and is less grand strategy than like small board strategy?