I thought your post said games for a second there and was excited to hear about synthwave games

I think it’s going to get more and more challenging due to how many games are focused on online play. If co-op or multiplayer servers are shutdown a lot of the time it comes down to fans to recreate them.

I’d highly recommend checking out this PCGamingWiki page about GameSpy server replacements if you are into that kind of thing.

Even with these mods you still run into the issue of needing either players or bots and whether or not to archive all game altering updates.

I would say MagiPacks might be an even better example primarily because they deal with older games. They also operate along the GOG logic of ensuring games run on modern operating systems but they do it by bundling in commonly used fan patches.

It’s a shame they don’t have a sex based reputation system like Fallout 2 did.

Nice. That’s one of those games I wish I got into at the same time as my friends. Portal co-op looks like a lot of fun

Have you played since the release of the Wastelanders DLC? I’ve heard that was the turning point for a lot of people

If you read the title of the article you’ve read the article. It doesn’t really elaborate on it anymore than that sentence.

Did you two play much afterwards? I’ve played a few times with friends but I find it usually fizzles out after a couple months then it’s just me who hosts occasionally messing around.

I think for me it’s going to end up depending on the modding community and how linear the game feels.

I played The Outer Worlds due to the hype around Obsidian releasing a game but it just felt kind of flat and lifeless. Maybe it’s just because it seems similar in atmosphere but I’m worried Starfield is going to end up feeling the same.

I’ve been reading the news through some RSS feeds I have setup. Other than that I’ve been looking for a decent offline game to play. I have a few that I’ve player in the past but none of them are particularly great for those awkward periods of time at home when I have 15 to 30 minutes to spare.

There’s no single player game you played because your friends were hyping it up?

No Man’s Sky. It looked slow and grindy but people kept hyping it up. I caved, and forced myself to play 20 hours trying to find the good bits. I never found them.

That’s a game I tried as well but I feel like I set myself up for failure by trying to see everything the beginning of the game had to offer versus exploring naturally.

Even then I’d argue the lines are blurred with so many online marketplaces going down and how secondhand games have exponentially increased in price.

As far as I’m concerned emulation is the solution to this but I could see it being a hurdle for those that do want to play them legitimately

I guess I meant it more so in the fear of missing out on something culturally relevant. Whether it’s a modern multiplayer game like Destiny 2 or a classic that is frequently referenced like Half Life. Not being able to be part of the conversation when it’s brought up

I get what you are saying but a lot of the time it’s just a mediocre experience and I’m not necessarily disliking it. More indifferent than anything. Occasionally a game has made a pretty solid turn around in the last act

When you put it like that yeah but I was forcing myself through games I wasn’t necessarily enjoying.

Here’s a photo taken from their website.

The triggers look like they would get very tiring to use. There’s also only two so you wouldn’t be able to play PSX.

Sometimes the portability is nice.

There’s also a ton of emulation handhelds out there that can likely do the same thing with better firmware for around $100. Look at the RG35XX or the Miyoo Mini. Both devices can play up to PSX.

That’s why it’s specifically paid content that is now free. You wouldn’t be able to play a majority of free games available online or watch YouTube.

Physical objects like groceries aren’t media you consume and wouldn’t fit into the public domain.

Is video games included?

Yes out of the two examples I gave one was StarCraft which is a game.

If software is included I’m pretty sure you can’t really use any electronic devices, since I’m unaware of any now public domain oses that aren’t huge vulnerabilities.

I wouldn’t consider an OS or game system content that you are consuming. Unless you are really just into screensavers.