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Written by nephariuz on 2025-01-26 at 05:14

Lovely Planet is the prime example of an emerging genre: the first-person cuter.

I'll see myself out.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/298600/Lovely_Planet/

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Written by nephariuz on 2024-11-12 at 20:15

Here, finally, are the three Japanese patents that Nintendo is accusing the Palworld creators of violating. Remember, these patents were filed AFTER Palworld was published.

• https://patents.google.com/patent/JP7545191B1/en

• https://patents.google.com/patent/JP7493117B2/en

• https://patents.google.com/patent/JP7528390B2/en

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/pocketpair-shares-nintendo-the-pokemon-companys-demands-from-palworld-lawsuit

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Written by nephariuz on 2024-09-30 at 00:08

I don't understand why there's all this un-skeptical excitement for UFO 50.

I'm glad I watched https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaNM3biswfA first. Made it clear to me that this game collection is not my speed. I'll give it a chance, but not until it's on deep discount.

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Written by nephariuz on 2024-09-27 at 20:58

What if Steam checkout was required by law to use the term "Get License" rather than "Buy" or "Purchase"? Because you're not really purchasing the content, you're just getting a license to use it.

And because of my (naive) faith in the Steam platform, for a long time it didn't really register with me that license can be taken away at any time. https://www.gamesindustry.biz/california-law-compels-digital-storefronts-to-inform-players-they-dont-own-their-games

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Written by nephariuz on 2024-09-24 at 22:37

I had wondered how Caravan SandWitch dealt with the van getting stuck, and now I know: I found myself wedged on a cliff wall, front bumper to the ground, wheels spinning uselessly in the air. After a couple seconds a prompt asked me if I'd like to return to Nefle's garage.

Not sure how the "stuck" detection works exactly. Would it get me out of a situation where the van was upright but I was blocked behind something?

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Written by nephariuz on 2024-09-24 at 18:41

I'm sure the OxenFree executable will always be available from various sources. But how will we be sure malware hasn't been added to it, if we don't have a known-good checksum from a reliable source?

I can't possibly be the first person to think of this. I figured the #GamePreservation types would be all over it.

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Written by nephariuz on 2024-09-24 at 18:33

Night School is pulling Oxenfree from itch.io, presumably on Netflix's orders. It's still on GOG for now, but this is one less DRM-free source for the game.

So it's alarming that even with this high-profile removal, no one seems to be recording checksums for the itch.io distribution. A Google search for this checksum isn't turning up any hits, anyway.

So I'M recording it, at least.

$ md5sum oxenfree-release-win64.zip

b000fad3ef664ed5a4c0722808c2880b oxenfree-release-win64.zip

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Written by nephariuz on 2024-09-22 at 04:25

804 strokes at Hole 400. Sad to have lost all that progress, but the new Desert Golfing run is going pretty well so far! #IndieGame

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Written by nephariuz on 2024-09-13 at 18:30

"Two-fifths of parents say that on most days, “they are so stressed they cannot function,” the Office of the Surgeon General reports in an advisory titled Parents Under Pressure."

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2024/09/13/parenting-hazardous-to-health-surgeon-general/75180466007/

Unregulated capitalism has removed all social safety nets. If you become a parent now, you're risking debilitating mental health or welfare issues for you, your kids, or both.

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Written by nephariuz on 2024-09-09 at 16:35

[#]IndieGame arcade shooter Utopia Must Fall is now in early access!

If you liked Command Raid on the Atari 2600 (where you control a single rotating turret at the bottom of the screen) you're really gonna like this. The Peglin-style powerup build mechanic is cool too.

I definitely enjoyed the Next Fest demo.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2849680/Utopia_Must_Fall/

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Written by nephariuz on 2024-09-04 at 18:52

Aw. 😞

$ brew search rrootage

Error: No formulae or casks found for "rrootage".

$ brew search noiz2sa

Error: No formulae or casks found for "noiz2sa".

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Written by nephariuz on 2024-08-23 at 05:52

Oh, noo. That obnoxious voice acting in the Kitsune Tails trailer IS part of the game itself. (Sorry, but you're not getting Oscar-worthy voice actors on an indie studio's budget.)

Thankfully, you can restore a NES-like, all-text experience just by setting voice volume to 0% in the options. Much better; I don't think I'd have been able to continue playing otherwise!

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