Brute Force Competition 2022

[Wyvern]

Diablo Immortal - 2 June 2022

Skarn, Lord of Damnation has amassed his battle-hungry forces in anticipation of your near arrival to Sanctuary. With an ashen gaze and ghastly gesture, the demon lord utters “we are waiting for. . .YOU!” In just a few days it will be up to you, noble adventurer, to scour Sanctuary’s many locales in search of fragments from the shattered Worldstone. Only then will you have a chance in Hell of thwarting Skarn’s nefarious plan. Before you begin to traverse the eight expansive zones of Diablo® Imm…

Stasis: Bone Totem

[GregRedd]

Week 30 May - 5 June

Topic:

Destroy All Humans! For the second time. Again

[image] Yay! The first remake a couple of years ago was solid. This one should be too. Crypto is back with a license to probe. The alien invader returns, groovier than ever. Experience the swinging ‘60s in all its chemical-induced glory and take revenge on the KGB for blowing up your mothership. You’ll have to form alliances with members of the very species you came to enslave. [Destroy All Humans! 2 - Reprobed - Announcement Trailer] In Destroy All Humans! 2: Reprobed, a faith…

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New Game Releases - June 2022

[DarthMol]

Have a Nice Death

No I’m not wishing you nice unpleasantries. This is the title of a game that caught my eye in the Gearbox publisher promotion on Steam. While I was buying Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak for 90% my eye was caught by the fantastic art of Have a Nice Death. A bit of Hollow Knight, Hades and Dead Cells, and you have my attention. [Have a Nice Death | Early Access Launch Trailer] It’s been released into Early Access but already looks quite promising. I haven’t picked it up yet but thou…

[Beo]

Think I created topic in the week:

Should I buy/play - gaming suggestions

Taking some inspiration here from the subreddits of /r/shouldibuythisgame and /r/gamingsuggestions I wanted to have a space where we can ask about suggestions and recommendations on games across any and all platforms and mediums. I much prefer talking about and getting insights from others on a game’s experience from those who have actually played the games in suggestion, rather than reading or watching reviews and letting that drive the experience. Perhaps this is also just another way to hel…

[czc]

For the week 30 May - 5 June

Topic:

How many settings do you tweak?

You start a new game. There is a bunch of settings to change. Do you leave the defaults as they are or do you change them? For example. In the Amnesia game change the contrast has never worker for me because the contrast was already fine. Alternatively I spent a lot of time playing Dirt rally 2.0 in 720p mode because I thought my PC wouldn’t be able to handle it. Once I had to reinstall it on an SSD and left everything on default, hey presto, it worked regardless of the age of the GPU. From w…

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Captain of Industry

[czc]

For week 6 June - 12 June

Topic:

Would you ever consider a custom shaped PC Case?

Recently watched a LTT video where they made a ‘case’ out of radiators. Then there was the famous desk PC case. On mybb a long time ago there was a guy that built his own case. @Avatar I think you also considered building your own case? Would you consider ever building your own custom shaped case? Would it be a standard ‘shaped’ case, or would it be something more exotic shaped? A banana case /jk If I was to do one it would possibly be a desk one. It could also be something …

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All the games announced during Netflix Geeked Week 2022

[GregRedd]

Week 6 - 12 June

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June 2022 Game Shows

Topics:

Geeked Week 2022

[image] Netflix Geeked’s Geeked Week is back for the second year, and the schedule is jammed packed again. Geeked Week 2022 is a free five-day virtual event celebrating Netflix’s genre series, films, and games. [GEEKED WEEK 2022 | Official Trailer | Coming June 6th - 10th | Netflix] Geeked Week is hosted for free across multiple Netflix Geeked channels including thier YouTube, Twitter, TikTok, Twitch and Facebook channels. Each day of Geeked Week has a special theme: Monday, J…

Summer Game Fest 2022

Summer Game Fest 2022 [image] Join Geoff Keighley for a spectacular showcase of what’s next in video games with world premieres, first looks, gameplay demos and more! Plus Day of the Devs! Featuring Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, The Callisto Protocol, Cuphead, One Piece Odyssey, Gotham Knights, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and so much more! YouTube Summer Game Fest: Official Livestream, Today! (20:00) [☀️ Summer Game Fest: Official Livestream, Today! (11a PT/2p ET/6p GM…

Xbox & Bethesda Games Showcase 2022

Xbox & Bethesda Games Showcase [image] Time for some games. Dive into this 90-minute showcase of what you can expect from Xbox Game Studios, Bethesda Softworks, and a ton of other great game creators from our partners around the world. Xbox will also host a simultaneous Xbox FanFest Watch Party (virtual for us unless you’re in Los Angeles, Madrid, Toronto, or Melbourne). Lots of early rumours about what to expect, but nothing 100% confirmed. Remember also, the Extended Showcase event comi…

[DarthMol]

Darthmol's D - I - Why? Tips

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[Solitude]

I will update both weeks sometime later today.

[Solitude]

I take it back. I just don’t have the energy. I will try and get it done early tomorrow.

[Solitude]

30 May - 5 June
@GregRedd - 3
@czc - 3
@Wyvern - 3
@Beo - 2
@DarthMol - 1
@DieGrootHammer - 0

6 - 12 June
@GregRedd - 3
@czc - 3
@DarthMol - 2
@Wyvern - 1
@Beo - 1
@DieGrootHammer - 0

Standings
@GregRedd - 57
@czc - 45
@DarthMol - 25
@Wyvern - 22
@Beo - 18
@DieGrootHammer - 10

[DarthMol]

Dad Jokes 2022 Edition

In celebration of Father’s Day let us hear some of your best or new or not-so-original dad jokes. Here’s a novel one I heard recently: Did you hear about the dead dog tree?

[czc]

13 June - 19 June

Topic:

Annoyances of the modern web

What are the greatest annoyances of the modern web. I think it is those cookie popups that ask you to accept all or customise. If you didn’t ask me I wouldn’t care. But since you’ve asked me I’m going to deny everything that can be denied. And damn you for putting a big colurful button at the end of that and trying to trick my parents into accepting everything anyway. Another annoyance is those popups that the website wants to push updates to you. No I don’t want that either. What your biggest…

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Born Punk

[GregRedd]

Week 13 - 19 June

Topic:

Final Fantasy VII Remake on Steam

It took a while, but eventually FF VII Remake Intergrade is available on Steam. [image] This game contains FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE, a new episode called FF7R EPISODE INTERmission that features Yuffie as the main character, and Photo Mode, which allows you to take pictures of memorable moments. This game is a remake of FINAL FANTASY VII, first released in 1997. The first title in a multi-part series, it is based on the story from the original game, up to the escape from Midgar, adding in n…

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Steam Summer Next Fest 2022

[Beo]

Week 25, 13-19 June.

Topic:

Professional skills development program

I thought we could have a space to discuss any and all work or professional-related content here. This offers opportunities for us to share insights from our own experiences and learn from others in order to promote personal growth in our particular craft and fields. Perhaps we can kick it off with discussions about presentation skills, knowledge and best practices. Could the fine Mr @GregRedd please be so kind as to move that info over?

[DarthMol]

A Plague Tale: Requiem

[Focus Showcase | A Plague Tale: Requiem - Release Date & Extended Gameplay Trailer] A new trailer and the announcement of the release date is dropping in about an hour and a half’s time. In the mean time the stream is a collection of scenes or environments from the game. Looking good I must say.

Thread for the week and for once I actually reached the quota of posts!

[Beo]

Week 25, 19-25 June.

Topic:

Long-Term Gaming

So yeah, I find myself often playing games that I can frequent, return to regularly, or after a prolonged period of not playing them. What are some of your games that can spend hours, days, weeks, or even months or years playing? What are some of your biggest times spent on games? I think over the past 10 or so years I have played Destiny 1&2 on and off and probably have over 3000 hours across the franchise. Another mention that I always have installed and occasionally play is Elite Dangerous …

[GregRedd]

@Beo

Week 25, 19-25 June.

You have to change that silly US “Sunday is Week Day 1” setting!

Week of 20 - 26 June

Topic:

Prime Gaming - 30+ Free Games for Prime Day 2022

Prime Gaming are giving away 30-odd games this year in tandem with the big annual Amazon Prime Day sales event. [1_mGyxMM5fssJ5IzRw9fwv5A] Leading up to Prime Day (12-13 July) Amazon Prime members can already start claiming, downloading and playing a collection of 25 small indie titles. And then look forward to another handful of AA and AAA titles that will be released on and during Prime Day itself. [1_dBx_SD1M17l9wp5ZwzPUQQ] The indie games that are available from now until July 13: On A…

Blade Runner: Enhanced Edition

[image] Early in 2020, Nightdive Studios and Alcon Entertainment announced they would be developing an Enhanced Edition of the classic 1997 Westwood Studios Blade Runner game. It was originally planned to release in 2020 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch, but was delayed to an unspecified date due to technical issues. Stephen Kick of Nightdive explained that while the source code for the game was lost, they had managed to reverse engineered it and reworked it…

[oltman]

Bonus points to all of you! Dont know how you keep it going?l!

[Solitude]

Will catch up again today. Sorry people, life has been very busy.