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  • Cities Skylines Consolidation

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  • Only occasional content from my perspective, just would be cool to have clarity whether we have the zip or the LW version as a main comm for cross-posting from !citybuilders@sh.itjust.works.

  • Valve block Steam game with queer art in Russia after state censor attacks it for “promoting non-traditional sexualities”

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  • When you use steam, do you mail Newell the cash?

  • Valve block Steam game with queer art in Russia after state censor attacks it for “promoting non-traditional sexualities”

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  • How does that contradict what I said?

    You think living in Ukraine, I would be aware of the exact scope of sanctions against russia (and the massive loopholes)?

  • Valve block Steam game with queer art in Russia after state censor attacks it for “promoting non-traditional sexualities”

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  • From the article:

    For context, Steam currently doesn't allow direct purchases by Russian players, in accordance with western sanctions, so Russian buyers have to make use of workarounds such as third-party key resellers.

    Btw, I knew this before reading the article. Do a web search around how these workarounds operate (the example cited by RPS isn't the only one).

  • Valve block Steam game with queer art in Russia after state censor attacks it for “promoting non-traditional sexualities”

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  • I respect your reasoning and I agree that it would massively increase piracy in russia, but remember, russia is sanctioned; Valve isn't supposed to be selling to russians in the first place.

    Disagree on impact on global piracy rates. Pirated games were widely available via public russia sources such as rutracker.org.

    You don't even need to know russian as all titles have english headings.

    Here is a link to Vampire Bloodlines 2, originally release on October 21st, with consistent updates since then, last one being on November 18th:

    https://rutracker.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6761118

    You don't need to speak russian to figure out what "magnet-ссылке" with a magnet icon refers to.

  • Valve block Steam game with queer art in Russia after state censor attacks it for “promoting non-traditional sexualities”

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  • I strongly disagree, the Workers & Resource DLC link can provide some insights on this; russian language reviews talk about "getting salo for the Ukrainians" and whataboutism about Palestine (like they care about Palestine, if anything most russians tend to support Israel). There is lots of anti-Ukrainian, pro-invasion russian language commentary on Steam.

    We've lived in russia as an expat family for many years, we left as soon as our finances allowed us to (this was was before the russians invaded Georgia in 2008).

    Then there is broader research on russian support for the full scale invasion; even using demographic splits (e.g. people aged 18 to 24, highly educated russians, high income russians), all demographic segments show at least majority support for the full scale invasion (with almost all segment groups showing at strong majority support and very commonly overwhelming majority support).

    With respect to arguments that "people are afraid to show their true views"; there are multiple research pieces that specifically account for preference falsification. Some russians do hide their preferences, but this group is so small that even with preference falsification adjustments you have a strong majority support (65%+) for the full scale invasion. That's specifically the full scale invasion (i.e. 2022), with respect to the annexation of Crimea, preference falsification was found to be not statistically significant with the respect to the baseline ~85% support for the annexation of Crimea.

  • Valve block Steam game with queer art in Russia after state censor attacks it for “promoting non-traditional sexualities”

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  • What's wrong with Steam getting blocked in Russia? It's not like Valve allows direct purchases by russian users.

    Russian users losing access to their libraries without VPN is their own problem. They are responsible for their government, no one else.

  • Valve block Steam game with queer art in Russia after state censor attacks it for “promoting non-traditional sexualities”

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  • So Valve does not accept money from russian users directly (the roundabout methods are well known by russian users and Valve does nothing in this case even though it acts against similar methods when publishers make the call), so why would they even care what Roskomnadzor says? What can Roskomnadzor do to Valve?

    I will note that Valve also does nothing about genocidal imperialist russian reviews on this DLC for support of Ukraine in Workers and Resources:

    I'm from Donetsk. We have been bombarded since 2014 by the state in which I was born and lived. Declaring us enemies of the people. I am for the Russian SVO. Buy a dls only because of the Zaporizhia NPP, it is well made <3

    You can check the number of civilians deaths in Donbas in 2014 vs 2022 to present and look at what happened to cities like Bahmut during the russian invasion. Not to mention the 1.5 million Ukrainians who had to leave just in 2014 (including my family members).

    And yet we have to hear faux-libertarian polemics about alleged belief in "freedom of speech" and arrogant gibberish about "I am a free speech absolutist!" from individuals who know nothing about the value of free speech.

    I said it before and I will say it again, American companies cannot be relied upon as a source of digital services. Both for systematic reasons (submission to the local oligarch/criminal regime) and philosophical reasons (a culture of ignorance and lack of desire to go beyond theatrical proclamations about freedom of this or freedom of that).

    Let's say you think I am being uncharitable in my attitude. Then tell me, why does Valve even read notices from Roskomnadzor (not to mention implementing their orders)? Russia is sanctioned and they are not supposed be able to make purchases at all. And yet Valve feels the need to follow orders from Roskomnadzor. What's the logic here?

  • The AYN Thor is looking like the perfect way to emulate dual-screen games

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  • Is there a version "made by" Soulja Boy?

  • This brilliant Skies of Arcadia is 25, so here's the story of why a screeching noise and a sense of terror is the main thing I remember about it

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  • I am not into JRPGs (or console games), but this does sound interesting. I have always liked "flying ships" settings.

    I wonder if we'll ever see a proper pc port/remaster.

  • /r/RedditAlternatives - Piefed [50K MAU network] for gaming discussions/communities [Guide]

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  • At least you can see the post (or so I am guessing). I honestly thought it would be shadowbanned/blocked.

  • Weekly thread - how is everyone doing with their communities?

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  • Sorry to hear that! KNThost went bust? They weren't making ends meet?

  • Reddit CEO Steve Huffman becomes a billionaire after a highly profitable quarter

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  • I don't think people at that level have friends, more like business aquintences. And all they do is work; feed their net worth value must increase addiction.

  • Vampire: the Masquerade - Bloodlines, why is it so hyped?

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  • It's a great game but definitely flawed in places. I will agree that the world building really carries the game. By modern standards the open world is rather small (and some parts look like they simply didn't have time to develop - the hotel in downtown), but it works really well.

    I will pick a less commonly chosen favourite; you get to meet the creator of the zombie movie genre and help him out.

    And I love the Hollywood map music track (and this just excellent track among many).

    VTMB2 sounds like an action game that's lacking in RPG elements, so it's not for me.

    I might get it at as some point if the game + all DLC are available for under $10. If not, no problem, there are more than enough games to keep me occupied.

  • New World will stop receiving updates following Amazon layoffs

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  • I think this is due to the broader "move towards AI", gaming was big around COVID, now it's in a massive decline, at least in terms of employment and investment opportunities, if not actual revenues.

  • US government uses Halo images in a call to 'destroy' immigration, Microsoft declines to comment

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  • Microsoft is a criminal organisation that thrives on corruption (no real action being taken with respect to anti trust proceedings is still relevant today).

    Crime isn't only about someone stealing your phone, extracting many billion of dollars via oligopolistic methods of limiting competition and leaving people with no other option than to use their products (irrespective of price or feature considerations) is also criminal activity.

    They are not going to fight the US administratorion on this.

  • Weekly thread - how is everyone doing with their communities?

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  • Unfortunately, we are not really at the size yet where we can have good content/discussions about countries with lower news coverage.

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    Celeste Mountain art

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  • Cool art, but yeah this is spam.

  • Weekly thread - how is everyone doing with their communities?

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  • !crpg@lemmy.world got a nice boost after I used the community promo function. Hopefully this will drive engagement.

    !strategy_games@piefed.world is seeing solid growth dynamics, it's on its way to overtake the dormant strategy gaming comm with most subs.

    !turnbasedstrategy@piefed.world has less engagement and subscribers (it's a more niche genre than generic strategy), but I think in 3-6 month it will overtake the dormant TBS comm by subscribers.

    Thinking of opening a cozy games community on piefed.world since I am the only contributor to !cozygames@lemmy.world.

  • Computer RPGs @lemmy.world
    Agent Karyo @lemmy.world

    RPG devs stopped making games like Baldur's Gate 'because retailers told us no one wanted to buy them', says New Vegas and Pillars of Eternity director Josh Sawyer

    www.pcgamer.com /games/baldurs-gate/rpg-devs-stopped-making-games-like-baldurs-gate-because-retailers-told-us-no-one-wanted-to-buy-them-says-new-vegas-and-pillars-of-eternity-director-josh-sawyer/
  • Computer RPGs @lemmy.world
    Agent Karyo @lemmy.world

    Lost Eidolons: Veil of the Witch, a tactical roguelite RPG, where you are shipwrecked on a zombie infested Island, released on Steam.

    store.steampowered.com /app/2530490/Lost_Eidolons_Veil_of_the_Witch/
  • Tycoon Games @lemmy.world
    Agent Karyo @lemmy.world

    Werner Waffenwerke: Arms Tycoon, a military industrial complex company management game, with classical isometric graphics, released in early access on steam.

    store.steampowered.com /app/3048030/Werner_Waffenwerke_Arms_Tycoon/
  • Roguelike Games @lemmy.world
    Agent Karyo @lemmy.world

    CloverPit review - Plenty of personality, but not enough depth to keep you hooked.

    www.pcgamer.com /games/roguelike/cloverpit-review/
  • Computer RPGs @lemmy.world
    Agent Karyo @lemmy.world

    "This is going to be horrible": BioWare's classic D&D RPG Baldur's Gate 2 looked like a "hacked-up monstrosity that was still full of bugs" as the devs crunched to get it finished in time for launch

    www.gamesradar.com /games/baldur-s-gate/this-is-going-to-be-horrible-biowares-classic-d-and-d-rpg-baldurs-gate-2-looked-like-a-hacked-up-monstrosity-that-was-still-full-of-bugs-as-the-devs-crunched-to-get-it-finished-in-time-for-launch/
  • Games @lemmy.world
    Agent Karyo @lemmy.world

    If Peter Molyneux had a time machine to remake his cursed cube game, 'what you would give, now, would be a cryptocurrency thing'

    www.pcgamer.com /games/puzzle/peter-molyneux-says-we-never-took-a-penny-from-people-with-his-cursed-cube-game-contradicting-peter-molyneux-who-said-it-had-made-a-few-tens-of-thousands-in-2012/
  • PC Gaming @lemmy.ca
    Agent Karyo @lemmy.world

    If Peter Molyneux had a time machine to remake his cursed cube game, 'what you would give, now, would be a cryptocurrency thing'

    www.pcgamer.com /games/puzzle/peter-molyneux-says-we-never-took-a-penny-from-people-with-his-cursed-cube-game-contradicting-peter-molyneux-who-said-it-had-made-a-few-tens-of-thousands-in-2012/
  • Tycoon Games @lemmy.world
    Agent Karyo @lemmy.world

    Acres, a farm management game where you build out your farm acre by acre, released on Steam.

    store.steampowered.com /app/2460920/ACRES/
  • Computer RPGs @lemmy.world
    Agent Karyo @lemmy.world

    The Outer Worlds 2's first open biome is "pretty big and meaty" because Obsidian "wanted to see how far we could push things," but the RPGs other areas "are not much smaller"

    www.gamesradar.com /games/rpg/the-outer-worlds-2s-first-open-biome-is-pretty-big-and-meaty-because-obsidian-wanted-to-see-how-far-we-could-push-things-but-the-rpgs-other-areas-are-not-much-smaller/
  • Games @lemmy.world
    Agent Karyo @lemmy.world

    Free Lives (Terra Nil, Broforce) released a demo for Side Effects that's Buckshot Roulette meets Big Pharma

    www.gamingonlinux.com /2025/10/free-lives-terra-nil-broforce-released-a-demo-for-side-effects-thats-buckshot-roulette-meets-big-pharma/
  • PC Gaming @lemmy.ca
    Agent Karyo @lemmy.world

    Free Lives (Terra Nil, Broforce) released a demo for Side Effects that's Buckshot Roulette meets Big Pharma

    www.gamingonlinux.com /2025/10/free-lives-terra-nil-broforce-released-a-demo-for-side-effects-thats-buckshot-roulette-meets-big-pharma/
  • Roguelike Games @lemmy.world
    Agent Karyo @lemmy.world

    Merge dogs to make bigger dogs in the delightfully silly roguelike deckbuilder Dogpile

    www.gamingonlinux.com /2025/10/merge-dogs-to-make-bigger-dogs-in-the-roguelike-deckbuilder-dogpile/
  • Computer RPGs @lemmy.world
    Agent Karyo @lemmy.world

    Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's lead writer had apparently never played a video game before writing it

    www.rockpapershotgun.com /clair-obscur-expedition-33s-lead-writer-had-apparently-never-played-a-video-game-before-writing-it
  • Computer RPGs @lemmy.world
    Agent Karyo @lemmy.world

    House Of Necrosis is a Resident Evil Mystery Dungeon RPG in which you can accidentally level up the zombies

    www.rockpapershotgun.com /house-of-necrosis-is-a-resident-evil-mystery-dungeon-rpg-in-which-you-can-accidentally-level-up-the-zombies
  • PC Gaming @lemmy.ca
    Agent Karyo @lemmy.world

    Emperor of overpromising Peter Molyneux says he's done with games after Masters of Albion, which is also his 'redemption title'

    www.pcgamer.com /games/sim/emperor-of-overpromising-peter-molyneux-says-hes-done-with-games-after-masters-of-albion-which-is-also-his-redemption-title/
  • Tycoon Games @lemmy.world
    Agent Karyo @lemmy.world

    Dressmaker is my new favourite cosy game, even if my clients give me absolutely nothing to work with

    www.pcgamer.com /games/sim/dressmaker-is-my-new-favourite-cosy-game-even-if-my-clients-give-me-absolutely-nothing-to-work-with/
  • Cozy Games @lemmy.world
    Agent Karyo @lemmy.world

    Dressmaker is my new favourite cosy game, even if my clients give me absolutely nothing to work with

    www.pcgamer.com /games/sim/dressmaker-is-my-new-favourite-cosy-game-even-if-my-clients-give-me-absolutely-nothing-to-work-with/
  • Computer RPGs @lemmy.world
    Agent Karyo @lemmy.world

    After a decade in development, [a] massive Skyrim mod, [Lordbound] adds a whole new region, 50 new dungeons and 'the biggest main quest you've ever played in Skyrim'

    www.pcgamer.com /games/rpg/after-a-decade-in-development-this-massive-skyrim-mod-adds-a-whole-new-region-50-new-dungeons-and-the-biggest-main-quest-youve-ever-played-in-skyrim/
  • Computer RPGs @lemmy.world
    Agent Karyo @lemmy.world

    The solo dev behind RPG Sword Hero is promising a 'seamless open world' with amazing combat, intricate simulation, and systemic dismemberment—the demo on Steam makes me think they can pull it off

    www.pcgamer.com /games/rpg/the-solo-dev-behind-rpg-sword-hero-is-promising-a-seamless-open-world-with-amazing-combat-intricate-simulation-and-systemic-dismemberment-the-demo-on-steam-makes-me-think-they-can-pull-it-off/
  • Cozy Games @lemmy.world
    Agent Karyo @lemmy.world

    Cropia (in development) a cute looking 3D, 3rd person farm management game with farming, animal husbandry, mining, exploration and townsfolk interaction, releases a demo on Steam.

    store.steampowered.com /app/3714180/Cropia/