1. 📰 Fallout co-creator Tim Cain says today's games suffer from trying 'to be everything for everyone' when they should be learning from '80s games: 'These games were really focused, because they had to be (direct link) (👍237 👎1)
from Computer RPG Games (!crpg@lemmy.world)
Fallout co-creator Tim Cain says today's games suffer from trying 'to be everything for everyone' when they should be learning from '80s games: 'These games were really focused, because they had to be
Today's games have forgotten the lessons of history, according to veteran RPG developer and Fallout co-creator Tim Cain. Today's games, Cain said, suffer from an identity crisis: "They don't really know what they want to be," he explained. Old games, he said, had a stronger focus—because they had no other choice. Lessons From Old Games - YouTube Watch OnWhen Cain says old games, he means old games. As a result, Cain says, '80s games avoided the danger of "becoming indulgent" like modern games have. 🖊️️🤖
Posted by Agent_Karyo
2. 📰 The Sims' biggest sex mod creator says that around 300,000 people use it—that's more than some of Steam's top games: 'It doesn't make sense to me' (direct link) (👍45 👎0)
from Life Simulation Games (!lifesimulation@lemmy.world)
The Sims' biggest sex mod creator says that around 300,000 people use it—that's more than some of Steam's top games: 'It doesn't make sense to me'
Despite its tame rating, sex has always wormed its way into The Sims series—I fear it's a canon event to Google "how to make Sims naked" as a teenager. (Image credit: Electronic Arts)WickedWhims is so popular, in fact, that its creator can't quite believe how many simmers are galavanting around their game with it. Turbodriver sat down with ROMchip last year to talk about his mod and just how many goddamn people are using it. "The number of people playing with WickedWhims is so big that I just can't even believe it." When asked how big, he said: "The numbers are so huge that I can't believe they're actually real. 🖊️️🤖
Posted by Agent_Karyo
3. 📰 Tavern Keeper's item design tool is so good one player made a tabletop D&D set where you can actually read the stats on the character sheets (direct link) (👍38 👎1)
from Tycoon Games (!tycoon@lemmy.world)
Tavern Keeper's item design tool is so good one player made a tabletop D&D set where you can actually read the stats on the character sheets
Something I didn't get too deeply into when I gushed about Tavern Keeper last week is its item design tool. Tavern Keeper also invites players to modify existing items or create their own with its in-game design tool and share them with other players. But the item design tool in Tavern Keeper is so flexible that players have been creating some shockingly imaginative stuff. If you open the design tool to inspect Jolle's D&D table you can zoom in even closer and see there's actually a ton of character info on those character sheets. You can find plenty more on the official Discord or the Tavern Keeper subreddit. 🖊️️🤖
Posted by Agent_Karyo
4. 🖼️ Command & Conquer: Yuri's Revenge concept art by TJ Frame for Westwood (2001) (direct link) (👍34 👎0)
from Real Time Strategy (!rts@reddthat.com)
"Final" barrack concept art by TJ Frame:
Large gallery of Yuri's Revenge concept art:
https://cncnz.com/gallery/yuris-revenge-concept-art/
Posted by Agent_Karyo
5. 📰 Mike Tyson: The Quest For 1:59 [SummoningSalt] (direct link) (👍26 👎1)
from Speedrun video games (!speedrun@sh.itjust.works)
- YouTube
Posted by Die4Ever
6. 💬 Humble Bundle Keys to games and bundles I won't play or use, BUT MAYBE You Will?! (direct link) (👍12 👎0)
from Strategy Games♟️| RTS, 4X and Grand Strategy (!strategy@lemmy.world)
Giving away strategy game keys from Humble Bundle! Choose from Crusader Kings II, Imperator: Rome, or Victoria II. First come, first served – one key per person. Just comment your choice below! That’s all!
Translation (no translation needed - original text is in English) 🖍🤖
Posted by TehBamski
7. 💬 Zork 1, 2 and 3 have been open-sourced by Microsoft (direct link) (👍9 👎0)
from Interactive Fiction (!interactive_fiction@lemmy.ml)
Good news for Zork fans!
This detailed blogpost by Andrew Plotkin gives a good rundown of where things now stand: https://blog.zarfhome.com/2025/11/zork-is-open-source
Posted by b72
8. 💬 What JRPGs will you be playing in December? What games did you finish in November? (direct link) (👍8 👎0)
from World of JRPGs (!jrpg@lemmy.zip)
Posted by tamlyn
9. 📰 The C&C Generals Zero Hour finals is live right now and about to start (direct link) (👍3 👎0)
from Real Time Strategy, The RTS HQ (!realtimestrategy@lemmy.world)
- YouTube
Posted by droning_in_my_ears
10. 📰 Digimon Story: Time Stranger 1st DLC - Alternate Dimension releases on December 8/9 | RPG Site (direct link) (👍2 👎0)
from JRPG (!jrpg@lemmy.world)
Digimon Story: Time Stranger 1st DLC - Alternate Dimension releases on December 8/9
Bandai Namco has confirmed the release date for Digimon Story: Time Stranger's first DLC pack: Alternate Dimension. It will be available simultaneously worldwide but with a different date based on the timezone: December 8 for the Americas or December 9 for Asia-Pacific. In addition, the new story episode in this DLC pack will feature Kodai Kuremi's daughter Kyoko (who had also previously appeared in Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth). In addition, Bandai Namco has also published a preliminary roadmap for the Digimon Story: Time Stranger Season Pass, which reveals 2 more similar DLC packs on the way. You can find the new release date trailer for the first Digimon Story: Time Stranger DLC pack Alternate Dimension right below. 🖊️️🤖
Posted by network_switch
11. 📰 Evo Japan and Las Vegas 2026 lineups announced (direct link) (👍3 👎1)
from Fighting Game Community (!fgc@lemmy.world)
**
You can attend Evo 2026 by purchasing a ticket for the event at start.gg/evo. Your ticket will be available for pickup on-site starting the day before the event and will come with a lanyard, badge, and water bottle.
“Wait, do I need anything else?”
Nope! Your Evo badge will get you access to th...
Posted by emb
Inactive communities 👻
These communities have had no posts in the last month:
- Strategy Games
- Discuss Grand Strategy, 4X, Real Time, and Turn Based strategy games here! Including, but not limited to Civ, Europa Universalis, Crusader Kings, Victoria, Hearts of Iron, Imperator, Stellaris, Age of Empires, Old World, Colonization, and many many others.
- Turn Based Strategy
- A place to discuss turn based strategy games. Tactical game discussion also welcome.
- Gamebooks / Choose Your Own Adventure / Fighting Fantasy
- For gamebooks like Chose Your Own Adventure, Fighting Fantasy, Lone Wolf, etc. whether that's in book form or apps or other formats of interactive fiction.
- ARPG's: Diablo/PoE/Last Epoch
- Truck Simulators
- A community for truck simulators enjoyers.
Here is a popular post from one of the inactive communities. 🪦♻️
🖼️ Lines of Battle: A deeply tactical browser game (direct link), posted in Turn Based Strategy (👍38 👎2)
Lines of Battle is a free, turn-based war game simulating Napoleonic battles. It offers depth, quick/long game options, ranked matchmaking, custom matches, bot play, and a map maker. An Android beta is available. Approachable yet variable, it’s great for wargame fans! 🖍🤖
Posted by Hominine
The main links are using lemmyverse.link which should redirect to the post on your own instance. If you have not used this before, you may need to go direct to https://lemmyverse.link/ and click on 'configure instance'. Some apps will open posts correctly when using the direct link.
️🤖 indicates a summary generated using AI - 🖋️ TLDR This, 🖊️ news3k, 🖍 Deepseek. It is possible that the summary does not accurately convey the meaning of the original article, refer to the source material if in any doubt.
Please comment under the original posts.
The descriptions of the inactive communities are auto-generated, it will pick up the first non-header line from the sidebar.
If you have a comment about the monthly posts please create a [META] post in the community. Thanks!