Vidya Games Thread

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The burst of creativity from the rise of Napster until the 2008 GFC will probably be unmatched for a century. It's part of why people are going to be nostalgic for it for a long time.

I would not consider Nu Metal and Emo to be "bursts of creativity," rather sub-sub-genres that were extensions of the 90s. And that also sucked.

Film and music during this part of the 2000s were largely a downgrade from what came before, with a few notable bright spots. Same with gaming and comics.

Technologically, it was less advances and more things coming together and being smoothed out.

I'd say the burst happened throughout the 90s. Or, more specifically, ~1987 through ~2002. After that, things just started to really die down.

But compared to what came starting around 2010, yeah, the 2000s looked amazing. Sad as hell that was the last era that looked like an era.

 

[UberSoldat]

If you ever dreamed of combining 40k with Faster Than Light, your dream just came true!

 

[PleaseCheckYourReceipts]

I would not consider Nu Metal and Emo to be "bursts of creativity," rather sub-sub-genres that were extensions of the 90s. And that also sucked.

Film and music during this part of the 2000s were largely a downgrade from what came before, with a few notable bright spots. Same with gaming and comics.

Technologically, it was less advances and more things coming together and being smoothed out.

I'd say the burst happened throughout the 90s. Or, more specifically, ~1987 through ~2002. After that, things just started to really die down.

But compared to what came starting around 2010, yeah, the 2000s looked amazing. Sad as hell that was the last era that looked like an era.

The trend culminated at different times in different mediums, but it's Napster that tied an entire cultural set together. Obviously P2P services really kicked things off, but they were built on technology decades in the making. In Music, a lot of the explosion of creativity is the death of the CD market caused the labels to sign anyone and push everyone. Also, Guitar Hero and Rockband would hit right at the end of this cycle, which just tied everything together in Music.

The problem that Music ran into is the money ran out and they ran out of things to sample from. Around 2010 was the start of the "sampling the samples" era being in full swing, which is why everything really started to sound the same.

Movies became all Franchises because Social Media killed the Movie Star. Writing also went way down hill after the 2007 Writer's Strike. So there was a bunch of trends colliding and wiping out industries, at the same time. We got 10ish year run of incredible TV, though?

 

[RestlessRain]

If 2025 is such a bleak time for gaming, how come we are getting Garfield Kart 2: All You Can Drift, the sequel to the hit game Garfield Kart?



Video game industry naysayers, doomposters and "nothing ever happens" guys BTFO'd.

 

[thhrang]

 

[UberSoldat]

The accident wasn't your fault, thhrang. It is time to let it go........

 

[thhrang]

The accident wasn't your fault, thhrang. It is time to let it go........

Just you wait. One day Valve is going to randomly release the trailer and at the very end it'll say "RELEASING TODAY" and then you'll all have egg on your face.

 

[Planetary Bombardment]

They're release it when they feel like it.

 

[RestlessRain]

It's amazing what treasures that get donated to thrift stores:

This is a commemorative launch plaque for Concord.

Current bid price to own this singular bit of gaming history is $3K, which is higher than the total sales of Concord (probably):

Used Chelsea Grace Founding Concord PS5 Freegunner Wall Hanging Plaque

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[MrProcessor]

If 2025 is such a bleak time for gaming, how come we are getting Garfield Kart 2: All You Can Drift, the sequel to the hit game Garfield Kart?



Video game industry naysayers, doomposters and "nothing ever happens" guys BTFO'd.

Something for Dokibird to play on stream, I suppose:

 

[Smelliest007]

I am enjoying Nightreign since I have friends. It's pretty good so far. However, I can definitely see how divisive it is. Would like to say, they did a much better job optimizing this game than the last couple for PC, no stutters, no crashes, everything maxed out, doesn't make my PC fans whir like a jet engine. Networking is also good, have not had any weird delays or disconnects.

 

[NTRAntagonist]

I am enjoying Nightreign since I have friends. It's pretty good so far. However, I can definitely see how divisive it is. Would like to say, they did a much better job optimizing this game than the last couple for PC, no stutters, no crashes, everything maxed out, doesn't make my PC fans whir like a jet engine. Networking is also good, have not had any weird delays or disconnects.

Great time if ya have friends, yeah. I really like the duchess