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I think in 2024 I’m going to advocate for more horseposting.

Where does Dwarf Fortress stand after a decade defined by its own successors?

An image made of sections from different screencaps: a panel of the 90s Doom comic; a scene from Pentiment; the protagonist of Hi-Fi Rush jumping at the screen, a Sim from the first Sims game, and an enemy from Gloomwood patrolling.

assess their new toy after a year - is a very good one.

See also: hisroundtable interview on RPGs.

If nothing else, calling your convention the Game Dungeon is a move I massively respect.

One dwarf in Dwarf Fortress, caught in a miasma and witnessing a lot of other dwarfs die, but feeling nothing in particular about it

Just read everything Edwin posts, basically.

Joyful and slightly weird: the perfect combination.

I’m not proud of this, but it is what it is.

Isaac approaches a spooky-looking vent in the Dead Space remake.

Doom At 30: Does 1993’s Doom still hold up for a first-time player today?

Yet more fascinating community antics, good work video games.

A blocky yet attractive female Sim from The Sims 1 stretches out in front of a (definitely not in-engine) glowing fire, with a similarly non-canonical bottle of wine and two glasses next to her.

Andreas talking to one of the townspeople in Pentiment

A Steam Deck surrounded by confetti and a cupcake with a lit birthday candle.

A small pointy robot with a glowing blue eye

A still from the Total War Warhammer 3 Immortal Empires trailer, showing a white bearded dwarf looking very angry and pointing over a table at someone off screen

PC doujn game Make Friends, where you build a person’s face using a dummy head, being shown at Tokyo Game Dungeon

Chai and Korsica perform a synced special attack in Hi-Fi Rush.

The player in Jurassic Park Trespasser standing over the body of a velociraptor

Being attacked by a viper in a dungeon - a geometric collection of pink lines that kind of look like a big snake - in Akalabeth: World Of Doom, an 1979 RPG

Irritatou, an annoying Saitou, smiles directly into the camera as Mr. Saitou weeps in the background.

Diablo 4’s costly horse next to screenshots from several other horse games on Steam

A big spaceship sat in a salvage dock in a Hardspace: Shipbreaker screenshot.

An image of the player’s ship exploding in Starfield.

A cloaked warden with green glowing eyes holds up a torch in Gloomwood

Fishers getting ready to go out Ocean Fishing in Final Fantasy XIV

Red smoke rises in front of V in Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty.

The player faces off against the Headless boss in a misty cave in Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice.

Featured promo player packs in the FIFA Ultimate Team store in EA Sports FC 24

A selection of various panels from the 1996 DOOM comic book, along with the cover, as illustrated by Tom Grindberg.

The player fires a shotgun at two zombiemen in Doom (1993)

Looking at a ducky in a bath in MyHouse.wad, the DOOM mod

A Hammerite church in Thief mod The Black Parade