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Week in Gaming - 24th Aug #2

Personal blog style week in review of my wanderings through gaming media
In “Week in Gaming”, I will be talking about the various snippets of gaming media I have encountered and share any stories or games I have come across in that week. I won’t add everything to keep it a short-ish post, but I will include what I was playing and something that was maybe something bigger in my world.
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Maurice Klimek
Love the wallpaper and how it fits with the clock!
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Peter Monks
I've been wanting to play Big Walk all month, as it would be the first online game I've ever played and it feels like a perfect one to start with. However, I just can't find people or good times to play it. I have managed a couple of hours in someone else's game and I enjoyed it, I need to figure out how to continue though. I'm glad to hear you're enjoying it.

Thoughts: Dealing with the Backlog

Ideas for how to deal with the ever growing backlog of games - gaming clubs
In my first year of gaming on steam, I had a pretty good ratio of games bought vs games played. A lot of that came from the fact that I bought a lot of older smaller indie games and those were easy to finish in 3-10 hours on average, and I was working part time. But as time went on not I only did I keep adding to the backlog with a similar enthusiasm bu…
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Gonçalo Santos
Great topic and one way too common. But I would like to bring back Umberto Eco's famous quote to ease our minds:
“It is foolish to think that you have to read all the books you buy, as it is foolish to criticize those who buy more books than they will ever be able to read. It would be like saying that you should use all the cutlery or glasses or screwdrivers or drill bits you bought before buying new ones. There are things in life that we need to always have plenty of supplies, even if we will only use a small portion. If, for example, we consider books as medicine, we understand that it is good to have many at home rather than a few: when you want to feel better, then you go to the 'medicine closet' and choose a book. Not a random one, but the right book for that moment. That's why you should always have a nutrition choice! Those who buy only one book, read only that one and then get rid of it. They simply apply the consumer mentality to books, that is, they consider them a consumer product, a good. Those who love books know that a book is anything but a commodity.”
You never known when the game that has been collecting dust on your backlog for years will become the right one for that moment!



The Silent Teachings of Physical Media: Part 1 – Video Games

By John Antonio Pascarella
Nearly two months ago, Sony announced that it would cease producing physical copies of its PlayStation games on discs in 2028. The announcement is unsurprising given trends in the gaming industry within the last ten years; video games have increasingly become downloadable, and more people play these games primarily on their smartphones instead of dedica…
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The Only Good Video Games of 2026 (So Far)

All the homies wanna do is play video games.
Aiight, so boom, I’m back. After my much-needed break from writing about video games, I took some time to play some damn video games. Earlier this month I promised y’all I’d drop a little list of my favorites from the first half of the year. Now some of you may ask, “
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Roger Renfro
Great stuff. Gonna add all 9 to the wishlist and play them in like 6 years.
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Cartoon Ghost
The Link's Awakening blasphemy is brutal but I still love you and this list

The video games most at risk from PlayStation’s physical switch-off

Plus, we speak to Gamescom about next week’s European show
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The physical edition of Black Myth: Wukong came out six months later than the digital release. Every game is different, sure, but I suspect RPGs have not at all «a much smaller audience that choose to buy the boxed version».


beyond a restrictive definition of literature.

video games, musicals, and live plays and/as literature
I came into my first year of university as a psychology major. Yes, a psychology major, not an English major, which is what I am better known for online these days. I had no intentions of majoring in English despite my love for the subject, primarily because I feared that I would be forced into classes that expected me to read Shakespeare and Milton and…
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Lyn Hartono
One of my favorite pieces by you !! I also try to constantly expand my definition of what literature could be and weirdly have never considered musicals as an example. Thank you for inspiring me to give them a chance now :)
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Lauren
There’s also Epic the Musical!! I watched The Odyssey and then immediately put on the musical when I got home and then bawled my eyes out :) the duality of woman

My Top 100 Video Games (10-1)

An exhaustive (exhausting?) list, *finale*
Welp, we’ve made it! It took twelve weeks, after some minor delays, but we’ve finally made it to the final part of my exhausting list of Top 100 games. I’ve never been part of an undertaking like this before, and as ever, I’m grateful to my comrades
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Hollywood’s Video Game Era Is Here. Will It Be Any Good?

Why video games will make for better movies than comic books.
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Dan
There’s no way 1/3 of randomly sampled 80 year olds play videos games at least once per week, even if you include mobile games. I suspect there must be some response bias in the way the survey was conducted
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Alex
Do you know which of these data sources defines video games as "Candy Crush" and which as "Fallout"? Because I think one of those two movies would perform much better than the other, I'm interested in whether you have that data (and whether it's what I'm already looking at).



A Comparison of Video Games & Tabletop Games

I was talking to someone recently about Classic Traveller, and ended up discussing the advantages and disadvantages of video games, compared to tabletop roleplaying games. The outcomes of the discussion were pretty interesting, so I want to share them with you in this post.
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Mythic Mountains
Very timely article. Given the frustrations I’ve had over the years just getting people into Classic Traveller (it has been much harder than the dragon game) I’ve recently told a friend I’d take a step back and get into Star Citizen with him, another friend who is the most passionate about Traveller.
For him, I think Star Citizen produced what he wanted, and I like the honesty of your article of asking the question “what is it that you want”?

CORE 535: Zero Hour for Zero Company

Let’s do this! We talk about the games of September. Gamescom Opening Night recap. Star Wars Zero Company day is here. Scott played and LOVED Shape of Dreams. Also, Spinny Dungeon, and Truck-kun is Supporting Me from Another World?! (That’s a real title.) Jon finished How Many Dudes, and is playing Journey with his kiddo! Beau played nothing but played …
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