The History of Video Games

@SpawnWaveMedia @Cromwelp They draw inspiration from so many other games. Woulda been nice if one of those games they drew from also inspired them to create a semi-normal control scheme.

@Cromwelp Triangle being save instead of cross got me a few times too. Stopped holding the button before it happened but certainly would have been frustrating losing hours from the odd button configuration.

I started Crimson Desert, played an hour, went to save my game in the save/load screen and instead of saving over a slot it loaded it. I think we aren't going to get on :(

Thanks to everyone who is making the History of Video Games a success!! Blown away by the support, 10,000 views on episode 1 and counting!

@westerosies Rankings: 1.) In the Name of the Mother 2.) Seven 3.) the morrow 4.) The Squire 5.) The Hedge Knight 6.) Hard Salt Beef

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@LarAtLarian The amount of time you put in to try and connect with the people who play and experience your titles is admirable. Baldurs Gate 3 was my first larian title. I’ve recently started revisiting your older games. The progression from back then to now is remarkable to see.

I really need to learn to weigh my words more carefully. I genuinely was trying to make a constructive argument but phrased it poorly. It's been bugging me so let me try again: My point wasn’t that I have an issue with criticism. My point was that it doesn’t need to be hurtful. Imho that creates alienation between people who have the same hobby and essentially all want the same thing: better games. Constructive criticism really has higher impact. I get that there's a lot of disappointment out there. Good games are being mutilated to turn them into money machines and that obviously causes a lot of frustration because it makes the games worse. I think I've been fairly vocal about my thoughts on that and will continue to rant against those responsible because they devalue something I care about deeply. But they were not the ones I was thinking of when writing my words. Instead I was thinking of those who truly care about their craft and want to continuously improve what they're making. I know many of them, and I’ve seen how hurtful packaging of criticism has affected them. Often, their reaction is to stop reading feedback altogether. Which is a pity because that means they stop engaging with their audience and lose all the good bits they could get from feedback. Not to say that their reaction isn't understandable. Continuing to engage after repeated written or verbal abuse requires growing a lot of callus on your soul. Some callus is fine. Too much, and you risk becoming desensitized. Personally, I got my first threats of violence in 2009, all because I was trying to make something fun and failed in that person's opinion. There’s been a long list of things thrown at me since. It kind of sucks, especially given that I got into making games because I enjoy seeing people have fun with what I worked on. It took me quite some time to learn how to deal with that. These days, I still read the hurtful comments, but I focus mainly on the constructive opinions. They're the ones that helped shape BG3's success. Speaking of opinions, I also wanted to mention that contrary to what's been written, I have a great deal of respect for game critics. Over the years, my job brought me in contact with many of them and I hope they felt that during the many chats we had. Respect doesn't mean agreement but I appreciate what they bring to the table. We have many ex-reviewers on our team. They are my first port of call whenever I work on something for too long and can't tell if it's good anymore. Often they will tell me that what I made was shit, but they'll phrase it such that it helps me understand why it was shit. That's invaluable. The same goes for some public reviews of our games. A few were genuinely formative and had a real impact because they pointed out things we were overlooking. I consider us lucky that those reviewers took the time to think through why something wasn't working because by listening to them, we avoided making the same mistake twice. So yes, I see great value in criticism and our development history should reflect that. It's the packaging I was trying to comment about. Didn't land as well as I'd intended so hopefully this helps.

@ArcRaidersInfo It would appear bro got a clip after all

Family friendly streamer Nick Eh 30 tried playing Arc Raiders… 😬

The History of Video Games is 2 Episodes deep! Episode 1: youtu.be/LA_hxbWewKg?si… Covers pre-history, everything that led to the dawn of Video Games. Episode 2: youtu.be/M_PKGq7R4mY?si… Covers the earliest games ever created, and the men responsible for sparking the industry

Wake up on this fine Friday with The History of Video Games Episode 2! Including: - Early Computer Programs - Tennis for Two - Spacewar! - the dawn of an industry - and MORE youtu.be/M_PKGq7R4mY?si…

Well, it was a rockier road than anticipated…but EPISODE 2 is LIVE! For those who are still up, enjoy! youtu.be/M_PKGq7R4mY?si…

New Episode Thursday 7:30pm CST!

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The Duffer Brothers say that they went into production on ‘STRANGER THINGS’ Season 5 without having a finished script for the finale (Source: @netflix)

I own an Xbox for no reason.

Episode 2 arrives this Thursday! Get yourself caught up on the story, by checking out Episode 1! youtu.be/LA_hxbWewKg?si…

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@gamer_lafan Very cool piece of history. Thanks for sharing.

In the late 1980s, South Korea saw the release of its first console game system, the Daewoo Zemmix. A game called Super Boy, which was a copy of Super Mario, was released for this system. (1/2)

At the time, about 99.9% of Korean didn’t even know that the Nintendo Famicom existed, so Super Boy became a hit in its own way. Later on, when I first saw Super Mario on the Famicom, the shock was absolutely nuclear. (2/2)

@WolfheartFPS The fact there were so many people that didn’t get what he was saying is a little alarming.

"We've hired creatives for their talent, not for their ability to do what a machine suggests, but they can experiment with these tools to make their lives easier." Hate to break it to the internet but I'm fairly certain that most if not all studios are doing this in some capacity, they are just not telling you. Larian is at least is giving these tools to their devs as an aid if needed vs straight up replacing them which I can guarantee all upcoming EA / Microsoft / Ubisoft / Activision will be replacing devs. Welcome to 2025.

Larian Studios promises Divinity will be "next level," combining everything they've done in the past. • Bigger than Baldur's Gate 3 • Confirmed turn based • Aiming for shorter dev time (3-4 years) • Early access release "most likely" planned but not ready to commit • New engine • Co-op confirmed • In development for over two years, now in full production • EA release unlikely before 2027 (via @business / @IGN)