jwiggler

@jwiggler@sh.itjust.works

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What emulated games hold up in 2025?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Thank you for the recs. Part of the reason I wasn’t more specific is because, in terms of retro games, I have no idea of what I like since I haven’t really played any. Another part is that I want to know what you, the people, think holds up in 2025. And another part, I’m trying to keep my taste open – my first exposure to video games was GameBoy games, then Halo on PC, then having an Xbox 360 and playing popular action-y games. Later I’d find a taste for action RPGs (after much picking up and putting down), and only in the last few years have I expanded that to more…traditional? slower, I guess…RPGs like BG3 and Disco Elysium…expanding to puzzle games, sidescrollers, bullethells. I know they’re a lot different but I guess my point is, at one point, I found it hard to get into them, but over time I was able to figure them out and have fun. Still have never played a JRPG, so that’s on the horizon for me. I enjoy when things “click” in my brain, and if it takes a long time, that’s okay.

  Some games that I’ve loved over my 25 or so years of consciousness:

  My all time fav is Outer Wilds RDR2 Disco Elysium Balatro Alan Wake 2 I’ll always have a soft spot for Halo 1-Reach Portal 1 and 2 Hades Risk of Rain 2 Doom 2016 Batman: Arkham City Dark Souls, Dark Souls 3, Sekiro Batman: Arkham City Dave the Diver Vampire Survivors INSIDE (noticing none of these are retro games so idk if this is even helpful) Kingdom Come: Deliverance Baldur’s Gate 3 Dredge was cool but I didn’t finish it Witcher 3 Baba is You Factorio was too addicting so I had to stop because it started feeling like work GTA V because I enjoyed the satire I have 2k+ hours in Rocket League since its the only game I can play while focusing on an audiobook or podcast or album.

  Sounds pretentious because it is, but I like “heady” stuff, in games-terms I think that translates to things that expand my conception of what a game is and what it can do, or something that challenges me in a new way. But yeah, that’s a long winded explanation of why I wasn’t more specific regarding my taste.

• What emulated games hold up in 2025?
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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why are there so many different Proton versions? Proton 8, Proton 9, Experimental, GE-Proton⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Helps them feel better than others, maybe they have low self esteem or something

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Leak: Valve is making a Steam Controller 2 and a ‘Roy’ for its Deckard⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I came pretty close to buying an index off marketplace (blegh) but then I snapped myself out of it. I’m really really hoping Deckard offers some innovation over what is currently available in terms of VR, and that it is a mostly open platform.

• Recommendations for games to listen to audiobooks to?
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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Discussion] Double discussion this month, what games did you buy for your Deck during the Steam Sale, and what are you playing on Deck right now? - July 2024⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I got an OLED the other day and splurged hard during the summer sale.

  I got Stray and Little Kitty, Big City to show off to my cat-loving GF, and for me I got Dave the Diver, Sifu, and Babu is You. Also picked up Hollow Knight for good measure, but have yet to start it. 9 Sols, Mullet Madjack, Warhammer Boltgun, Baldurs Gate 3, and Return of the Obra Dinn all on my wishlist.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨64GB and 512GB Steam Deck LCD models are 15% off until July 11th, 10 AM PDT⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks, I’ll check out strange horticulture. I’m looking for arthouse games in a sense. Outer Wilds completely changed me, for example, and I want to try to recreate that feeling, but I don’t want an Outer Wilds clone, like how Lords of the Fallen is to Dark Souls.

  I want something that’s going to destroy me and make me think, or just be ultra fun and different from anything else I’ve played.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨64GB and 512GB Steam Deck LCD models are 15% off until July 11th, 10 AM PDT⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  It took me a bunch of tries, too. It’s not really a “fun” game, more like a visual and interactive novel. Once I got the hang of the dice rolls being the biggest part of the game, and knowing/remembering where to seek them out, and getting used to the map, it because easy to pick up and put back down. It’s amazing, but not easy to get going.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨64GB and 512GB Steam Deck LCD models are 15% off until July 11th, 10 AM PDT⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  My OLED is coming in today, so hyped. Will definitely help with the commute. First off is finishing up Disco Elysium, then maybe playing Edith Finch? Anyone have any other recs? Besides Hades 1, I guess.