Good for them. People expect the world from devs these days. It’s especially galling with a game like Peak that is less than 10 bucks.

The original Portal game does a good job of this. The first several puzzles are essentially tutorials that still manage to feel fun and interesting.

Well shit. I hope the supposedly in development Control 2 manages to come out somewhat unscathed before things go fully downhill.

I had a bad feeling when I saw another developer had picked it up. This sounds worse than I imagined.

What a shame, he would have been a delightful pick.

Funny enough I completely forgot he was in Doctor Strange until reading the article. Goes to show how forgettable some of the villains have been, I suppose.

My feeling on the RDJ as Doom news was that this is absolutely Marvel in panic mode. The last few years have been rough going and now they’re hoping to replay the hits.

“You can change the difficulty at any time in the settings screen” during loading screens after dying always gets me.

Man I friggin loved Descent II. Game was so fun and immersive. I watched that opening cinematic over and over. The soundtrack was fantastic as well.

I later went and played Descent 1 as well but 2 was the one I played the most.

2 also has the thief bot which while infuriating also lead to some of the most memorable gameplay for me. Just chasing that little piece of shit to the ends of the earth and then feeling so triumphant when I finally nabbed it and got my stuff back.

The segment in Ultra Deluxe where the narrator reads mean Steam reviews is so good lol.

I still use Left 4 Dead’s “pills here!” any time I’m dealing with medication. It’s an involuntary reflex at this point.

Also not really a line but the intonation of Chadley calling out “Cloud!” when he starts a conversation is seared into my psyche. Kind of like a modern version Navi’s “hey!”

I would have swore there was a moment in Disco Elysium where a character makes fun of you for talking like you are trying to exhaust all the options in a dialog tree. But now I can’t find it. Anyone know?

Hades is one that I’ll still fire up now and again if I’m not sure what to do. Currently losing my mind at the lack of Hades 2 news.

Yeaaah, kinda seems like people just didn’t want a remastered Braid.

I keep thinking back to years ago when someone at work tried to tell me this guy was good and I could just tell on vibes alone to stay clear.

I loved pvz back in the day, before it got junked up by EA. I have no idea what the state of the game is anymore. Curious if this would be worth playing for a bit of nostalgia.

I wasn’t aware they tried to make it a live service game, but that’s also incredibly unsurprising. It explains so much.

The game has effectively been in maintenance mode for some time. That being said I'm glad it still exists. I unsubbed a little over a year ago, but the idea that it's still there waiting for me makes me happy.

I actually logged in just this week - there's a free login campaign right now for those who are inactive, so it's a good chance to scope things out.

Oh no. 🤢

So gross. It shouldn’t be a surprise anymore, but it’s still depressing.

Since the question is specifically about what Apple could make developers do, I’ll say this: enforce the App Store guideline rule about not using push notifications for advertising.

I very rarely enable push notifications on apps anymore because so many use them for spammy advertisements. This makes apps less useful than they could be if notifications were used responsibly.

Increased the frequency of lap-type courses

This sounds like a good change, and perhaps a sign they are hearing the feedback. I still want a mode that is only lap type races.