/arcade/ - vidya gaems and other gaems too

I bought a VR headset and now I don't know what to do with it.

I know you guys might not find the idea of indulging in social movements enticing, but there has been this initiative recently that I believe pushes for a benefit for most of us.

Lately Games as a Service have become quite the norm in this day and age, and it's a very common trend for these games to not let players access the game's content any longer once End of Service arrives. Even if you bought a physical copy of it, there is no way to access these games any longer since they required connection to the servers to play them.

This pledge would be in order so that the EU provides consumers the right to be able to still access these games, allowing users to host their own instances of them, in the case a company or developer group decides to announce End of Service. It would allow a decentralization similar to mastodon 's infrastructure, where if one instance is shutdown, users are able to host their own servers, and the products they bought wouldn't be rendered useless.
I normally believe most users have to do the right thing and not purchase games that they'd be sure these kind of things would happen. But given the tracking record of the EU, bringing back replaceable batteries and making USB-C standard, I don't think this isn't that bad of an idea.

If you think this is a good way to help videogames in general, here are some links you might find interesting:

FAQ: https://www.stopkillinggames.com/faq

The initiative:
https://eci.ec.europa.eu/045/public/#/screen/home

The amount of signatures that are required for this to be taken into consideration by the EU parliament is 1 million, and it also requires certain thresholds to be met. ie: it requires 7 countries of the EU to reach a certain amount of signatures.
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whats your favorite console designs/limited edition consoles?

There is NO LORE in Minecraft. Any and all Minecraft "lore" is FANFICTION. Just like there is NO PROGRESSION in Minecraft, or at least there never should be. Slaying the Ender Dragon and freeing the End is just another thing you can do in a free-to-play game, but not in the way that term's usually meant: here it means free as in freedom, not free as in beer.

You could just as truly (in a game where there is no One True Way To Play) "beat the game" by setting your goal of making 37 rows of 37 sheep-shagging redstone machines. That, too, would be progression: YOUR progression, as YOU decide. "This world… is mine to craft."

Elder millennials and Gen-X gamers understood this back in the 90's, 80's, and even 70's: games like Nethack and Daggerfall, which were also procedurally-generated like Minecraft, YOU decided on the fly what "side missions" you wanted to "complete" like making a pudding farm or deciding how best to steal that enchanted sword surrounded by guards without being caught and sent to jail.

You have no idea what a "pudding farm" is, do ya zoomers?

I started playing VRchat just yesterday, and I've been having a GOOD time, although I'd still like to make friends

I dont know where to look though, so if you know of any cool communities on IRC or Discord, please let me know!

Hey sushis, did you guys know about "Fantasy Consoles"?
I recently attempted to locate a browser version of the "Super Hexagon" videogame because I was too impatient to download and install Steam, and I discovered that a version of Super Hexagon is playable in the browser on a "Fantasy Console" called the "TIC-80".
https://tic80.com/play?cart=311
This has been quite an interesting find for me. I have long known that it's possible to use software to emulate any hardware or hardware system (presumably provided one has enough horsepower to emulate the target system) and I knew about the Java Virtual Machine and how Java is about programming for a computer that technically doesn't exist, but still, I never imagined that not only would there be entire consoles that don't physically exist, but that they would also have these genuinely devoted communities making all of these free games for them. It's amazing and really interesting.
Apparently Celeste actually started as a game for the "PICO-8" Fantasy Console before the devs moved it to other platforms.

It's insane to me, with all of the time I've spent lurking on imageboards, particularly where videogame discussion was occurring, that I've never heard of these "Fantasy Consoles" before.
What do you think Sushis? Have you known about these for years and are just rolling your eyes right now? Do you have a favourite Fantasy Console game? Or is this new to you too?

Anyone else get the game? I'm having a lot of fun with it so far.

How do you deal with your /arcade/ backlog?

Do you keep some time of the day/week/year to find and play things you've always wanted to, or do you act on istinct? I have a shit ton of games waiting in my room (or to be downloaded) but can't find a viable method to just jump in and finish some.

Hey sushirolls, you up for some minecraft?
sushi rolls over at 8ch/v/ made a server and it's pretty comfy. It's vanilla 1.10 as of yet, but maybe we'll keep the map and upgrade it and install some mods.
The spawn is still WIP, but there's a town called Jewville if you want to build in a safe spot.

Server IP:
192.99.148.39:25582
Torrent:
magnet:?xt=urn:btih:d703fd87878c059c8c1973095293a9092f16be4e&dn=Minecraft+1.10+Cracked+%5BFull+Installer%5D+%5BOnline%5D+%5BServer+List%5D&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.leechers-paradise.org%3A6969&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Fzer0day.ch%3A1337&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Fopen.demonii.com%3A1337&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.coppersurfer.tk%3A6969&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Fexodus.desync.com%3A6969

Thread for TTRPG discussion and organization.

# What is a TTRPG?
TTRPG, sometimes TRPG, stands for TableTop Role-Playing Game. It includes big names, like D&D, and much less heard of ones, like Song of Swords. The rule systems run from extremely thorough, with rules for things like how many Thai chilli peppers you can eat before getting ill, to so broad as to be nearly nonexistent, with only basic guidelines on how to play. In almost all systems, the key component that sets it apart from video game RPGs is the presence of the Dungeon Master, Game Master, Referee, etc. They help to adjudicate edge cases not covered by rules and create exceptions to the rules in favour of fun, meaning a TRPG has much more freedom of action than a normal RPG.

# Where do I play?
Generally, TTRPGs, especially niche ones without large player bases, are played in-person, but there are also sites and apps that allow you to play over the internet and find groups. The biggest one right now is probably roll20; signing up is free, and as a player, you never need to pay for anything. Other applications include FoundryVTT (paid for by a GM), Maptools (free), AstralVTT (free), and Fantasy Grounds (expensive, but very nice). Some groups even play on Tabletop Simulator, which has the added bonus of letting you play poker or Life before a session starts or if someone flakes.

There's also the potential to show up at a gaming store; if you live in the US, Canada, or Europe, there's plenty of those around too. Gaming stores are in-person, obviously, but they also often boast long-time, highly experienced and confident game masters who are knowledgable at how to best cater to newbies trying to enter the hobby. There are many websites online to help you find game stores near you.

# Where do you get the rulebooks?
You can buy them from places like drivethrurpg, or you can pirate them from https://thetrove.net/. As a new player, you often don't need very many books; both Shadowrun and Pathfinder have relatively complete wikis online with all the setting-agnostic information you need, and Pathfinder even has a setting wiki so there's no reason to buy the books for their content.