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The Beautiful Closed World of Shenmue III

iHobo

This is a critique not a review. If you want my review of Shenmue III it would be 'play this game if you have ever enjoyed a Shenmue game or are interested in unusual approaches to game narrative' It takes me quite a while to get around to playing games these days, which helps insulate me from jumping to kneejerk conclusions about what I've been playing.

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How to Get a Career in Video Games

OPM Jobs

Are you passionate about video games and want to try creating your own for a living? The gaming industry is no longer a niche, and there are lots of opportunities from major studios through to indie developers. That said, there are many different roles available in the industry, so finding out how to get your foot in the door may not be so clear. Here is our guide on how to get a career in video games.

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10 best summer movies - Filmustage Edition

Filmustage

Finally, the light and warm season have arrived, so now, more than ever, it's time to talk about the 10 most summer movies. Without further ado, here we go! Disclaimer: our blog has no academic purpose behind it, because we are viewers just like you. Filmustage does not aim to educate, but to gather a close-knit film community around us. We can be wrong about certain statements - and that is fine.

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Battle Passes - Everything You Ought to Know and Then Some

Deconstructor of Fun

Deconstruction written by Javier Barnes. Opinions shared are personal and do not reflect those of the employers. Battle Passes were first introduced in Valve’s Dota 2 and Team Fortress 2 and later popularized by Fortnite (which still today holds one of the most advanced and constantly improving designs). But they’ve long since stopped being exclusive to mid-core, cosmetic-driven games and nowadays are present in a constantly growing amount of genres and games.

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D2 log 062 – Menu navigation

Catnip Games

I’d love to see the game running on Steam Deck one day. Until then, I’m using an Xbox controller for testing. Some menus were impossible to navigate with the gamepad or keyboard. I’m not building any sort of generalized UI framework but this needed to be fixed. Each menu item contains links to its neighbors and pressing ←↑↓→ changes focus accordingly.

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Four Day Workweek Games Industry Survey Results

OPM Jobs

6th June 2022 The way people work is shifting and changing in historic ways. To improve employee contentment, well-being, and productivity, many businesses are discarding the old playbook and experimenting with new concepts. 58% of employees believe that their job is the primary cause of their mental health concerns, and companies around the world are becoming very aware of this.

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Diablo: Immortal and Aesthetic Gacha-ism

Keith Burgun

Nobody defending the game seems to understand why the monetization is bad. Governments aren’t banning this game because they care about p2w or competition. Its being banned because its literally dangerous and predatory. from DiabloImmortal. Above is a reddit post complaining about the moral and ethical problems with gacha games. This is very valid and I share these concerns.

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Extwee 2.0.3 + Dev Update

Digital Ephemera

Every time I sit down to write a development update on one of my projects lately, I’ve been finding it has been a considerable amount of time since I last wrote something. This was true of Snowman last week , and is also true of Extwee , my Twee 3.0 compiler, which was supposed to move from 1.5 to 2.0 in March 2021, over a year ago from this writing.

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Snowman Dev Update (2.2: 5 June 2022)

Digital Ephemera

Snowman 2.2 Development Updates: Snowman Dev Update (2.2: May 2022) Snowman Dev Update (2.2: 5 June 2022) Snowman Dev Update (2.2: 12 June 2022) Snowman Dev Update (2.2: 14 June 2022) Snowman Dev Update (2.2: 19 June 2022) Snowman Dev Update (2.2: 26 June 2022) Snowman Dev Update (2.2: 3 July 2022) Snowman Dev Update (2.2 -> 3.0: 10 July 2022). Last week , I wrote about some of the changes I was making to Snowman for its 2.2 release.

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