hollyhoppet wrote on June 23, 2022 at 1:33 AM

The revolutionary group your character joins is called libertad, and the Canadian spook you encounter does make a joke about lib-tard; really the only based part of the entire game.

cringe

djsumdog wrote on May 24, 2022 at 8:38 PM

Reply to Playdate. (handheld gaming system by publishers of untitled goose game and firewatch) by oolong

Did this finally release? I remember it took forever, was pretty overpriced and does this silly "new game a week" or "ever x days" subscription model. Neat idea, but super expensive. But at this point I guess we should just be glad they delivered.

djsumdog wrote on May 24, 2022 at 8:36 PM

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Oxyd!!

https://www.myabandonware.com/game/oxyd-1ha

toasthaste wrote on May 15, 2022 at 2:53 PM

Reply to Time for a creative exercise: What is the cup and ball of video games? by hollyhoppet

risk of rain 2

flabberghaster wrote on May 14, 2022 at 11:43 PM

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Could it be "the concept of speed runs"? It's obvious, anyone could come up with the idea of trying to play faster. It doesn't require any research to start doing it (beyond knowing how the game works). And yet, the fun of speed running a game is often completely separate from the game you're speed running.

hollyhoppet OP wrote on May 13, 2022 at 7:05 PM

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i think this is my favorite answer so far lol

cute_spider_ni_srsly wrote on May 13, 2022 at 3:16 PM

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If you took Peggle or Peglin and stripped out all the gimmicks and flashing lights, then...

well I suppose it would just be upside-down breakout.

But as far as a simple physics game where you're trying to control a chaotic gravity/ball situation, a game that can be quickly intuited by anybody but then when they realize the "gravity" of the task everything becomes much harder, and (again assuming no gimmicks and flashing lights) how quickly I get bored of either? I gotta leave the obvious answer of Peggle and leave it at that.

voxpoplar wrote on May 13, 2022 at 11:39 AM

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Crusader Kings 3

hollyhoppet OP wrote on May 13, 2022 at 5:48 AM

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found it https://authentic-items.offersupermarket.com/Game_Poke_Mini_classic_handheld_LCD_tetris_brick_retro_game_console_With_brick_breaker_tanks_arkanoid_and_other_free_amazing_classic_games/p6630326_20043927.aspx

twovests wrote on May 13, 2022 at 4:12 AM

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Ball-in-a-cup presents an obvious objective with a clear way to obtain it. Crucially, most people can look at it and see what the point is. It has centuries of history and is a craft that someone can replicate it without having to do any research on it. It relies mostly on skill, with most "randomness" being attributed to the inherently chaotic system. It has myriad variations.

I imagine now those myriad, ultra-shitty Game-and-Watch esque games. You know the ones, which can be replicated on the cheapest LCD display the world has to offer.

But which game meets all these factors, while also being so ubiquitous and important? Which videogame has been used as a courtship device, a gambling device, a competitive device, while also being an absolutely leisurely and mindnumbing activity?

Which game deserves the title of Contendor to Ball in a Cup?

It has to be Tetris.